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A day spun about on the numerical roulette wheel of weight loss. On the one hand, I was a bit disappointed with my 1.8 lbs loss this week, hoping as I was to have lost at least 3 lbs, seduced by the lure of low numbers during the rest of the week and desperate to get past my half-way point. I sabotaged myself by eating just beforehand – ostensibly because I was too busy to eat and drink enough today. But really, I just fell subconsciously into the old mindset of “I’ll lose more this week if I just eat less.” Wrong! Whenever I do that, the scales end up reminding me that that just doesn’t work. Being as active as I am, I have to eat enough to keep my metabolism up; in fact, I've had such a physically strenuous week that, if I'd eaten more, I probably would have lost that magical 3 lbs.
Still, two other numbers intervened to balance out my disappointment a bit. 1) My body composition stats were great: body fat and visceral fat down again, muscle and fluid up. Even if the numbers on these scales aren’t ever entirely accurate, it’s still a positive trend for the week, and I’m definitely seeing a reduction finally in that wickedly resistant lower tummy bulge. 2) I bought a new pair of jogging pants today, thinking they were a size 18 UK/16 US, when in fact they were a size smaller, 16 UK/14 US. Getting them in a high street sports store, I thought they’d definitely be on the smaller side so, pulling them on, I was already placating myself with “not to worry, I’ll keep them as the next target” – only to find that they fitted!
Numbers really do make weight loss such a game of roulette. But then, to quote the fine and lofty words of William Lloyd Garrison (1805 –1879), US abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer, “The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.”
Diet Calendar Entries for 11 September 2013:
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1046 kcal
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Fat: 24.57g | Prot: 100.95g | Carb: 99.93g.
Breakfast: Skinless Chicken Breast, Morrisons Carvery Peppered Ham, Ryvita Dark Rye Crackers, Tomatoes. Lunch: Promax Protein high protein bar (dark chocolate orange flavour). Dinner: Philadelphia 1/3 Less Fat Cream Cheese, Morrisons Carvery Peppered Ham, Schneider Brot Organic Three Grain Bread, Tomatoes, Skinless Chicken Breast. Snacks/Other: 2% Fat Milk, Decaffeinated Tea Unsweetened, Promax Protein high protein bar (dark chocolate orange flavour), Lime Juice, Morrisons Savers Coldwater prawns - cooked & peeled, Fage Total 0% Greek Yogurt, Nairn's Oat Cake, Green Tea, Water. more...
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3571 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Shopping - 2 hours, Desk Work - 3 hours, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 1 hour, Resting - 10 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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