Week 7 Weigh-In

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Starting weight (6/30): 234.0
Week 5 weight (8/3): 233.0
Week 6 weight (8/11): 233.0
Week 7 weight (8/18): 234.5

I weighed in last week, but didn't get around to posting. Not much to report, anyway. I'm frustrated that I'm not making any progress (I blame the current uptick on water weight), but I really shouldn't be surprised considering I've hardly modified my behavior or food intake. Okay, I've been trying to avoid processed foods and I'm consciously trying to knock corn and all of its byproducts (corn syrup, corn starch, etc) out of my diet due to digestive sensitivities. That's not enough on its own, though. It certainly doesn't help that I'm in the middle of moving, so my kitchen is getting packed up and I don't want to have to move food from one fridge to the other, so purchasing Real Food has been put temporarily on hold. I am a little more active, between packing boxes, loading cars, and unloading cars (with flights of stairs at both old and new residences), but it's not enough.

I guess that's my theme: Not Enough.

At this point, it's unlikely (bordering on impossible, and definitely unhealthy) for me to reach my goal of 15 pounds lost by September. I had not yet established either a carrot or stick for myself, so it might be time to get on that (maybe that lack of motivation played into it? who knows). What can I say, it's been a rough month.

Comments

[silverstreak.livejournal.com]

If you know you haven't been as good as you could be, that might be it. But also consider that your body will have certain weight "set points" where it tries to equal out your metabolism. You can work like hell for 2-3 weeks but see no change and then all of a sudden it will drop again. These plateaus are normal so don't sweat them!

Anyway, accountability and knowing what you are doing, bad and good, is always a positive step.