Drum roll please...
Hold onto your hats!
I'm down to 168.8!! That's -4.0 impossible pounds! (5.8 since Aug 14th)
No, I will be one of those people who tell you "this week was better because I did everything right. I kept track of every calorie!", because that would be a lie. This week was similar to the ones before. I cannot explain to you why all of a sudden a body wants to function properly. It puts up quite a fight sometimes when we are doing all of the right things and still do not see it reflected in emperical progress. Our bodies can be so stubbornly resistant to change.
Fitness gurus get my [insert "feathers ruffled", or "panties in a bunch", or basically any polite way of saying "pissed off" or "-ing annoyed"] when they make losing weight seem so simple by saying, "It's all about burning more calories than you take in. It's a numbers game." Really? Is it? Because my body does not go by that simple formula. It holds on. It resists. It fights to keep every calorie packed onto it for an energy savings account anywhere it can fit. Sometimes it feels like a two-year old with a death grip on a sucker. You know you're stronger than the two-year old, but it takes a long time to finally pull the chubby, sticky, clenched fingers off the little stick.
Not that I'm running around stealing suckers from two-year olds world round, but you can imagine...any red flavor especially.
Do I feel different? Yes, a little. I notice in the mornings that I physically feel a bit lighter...not as much gravity weighing me down I guess? I've noticed that my stomach has lost some of it's padding. I don't feel as fatigued during the day as I did before I started exercising more (about 6 weeks ago). I don't have to rely on afternoon coffee for energy, though I enjoy it when I can. I have slept a lot better and haven't had any insomniac spells since I started this, which truly is saying something. There's less time of laying my head on the pillow before I am asleep, and I haven't had to do my countdown trick to get to sleep either....more on that later.
Bring on Week Six!
Hold onto your hats!
I'm down to 168.8!! That's -4.0 impossible pounds! (5.8 since Aug 14th)
No, I will be one of those people who tell you "this week was better because I did everything right. I kept track of every calorie!", because that would be a lie. This week was similar to the ones before. I cannot explain to you why all of a sudden a body wants to function properly. It puts up quite a fight sometimes when we are doing all of the right things and still do not see it reflected in emperical progress. Our bodies can be so stubbornly resistant to change.
Fitness gurus get my [insert "feathers ruffled", or "panties in a bunch", or basically any polite way of saying "pissed off" or "-ing annoyed"] when they make losing weight seem so simple by saying, "It's all about burning more calories than you take in. It's a numbers game." Really? Is it? Because my body does not go by that simple formula. It holds on. It resists. It fights to keep every calorie packed onto it for an energy savings account anywhere it can fit. Sometimes it feels like a two-year old with a death grip on a sucker. You know you're stronger than the two-year old, but it takes a long time to finally pull the chubby, sticky, clenched fingers off the little stick.
Not that I'm running around stealing suckers from two-year olds world round, but you can imagine...any red flavor especially.
Do I feel different? Yes, a little. I notice in the mornings that I physically feel a bit lighter...not as much gravity weighing me down I guess? I've noticed that my stomach has lost some of it's padding. I don't feel as fatigued during the day as I did before I started exercising more (about 6 weeks ago). I don't have to rely on afternoon coffee for energy, though I enjoy it when I can. I have slept a lot better and haven't had any insomniac spells since I started this, which truly is saying something. There's less time of laying my head on the pillow before I am asleep, and I haven't had to do my countdown trick to get to sleep either....more on that later.
Bring on Week Six!
