LIW 2/26/08 161.7
Day 1 - 161.7 At LIW
Day 2 - 163.8 2.1 OVER
Day 3 - 162.7 1 OVER
Day 4 - 165.1 3.4 OVER (Steak day)
Day 5 - 163.6 1.9 OVER (Started daily workouts)
Day 6 - 165.7 4 OVER (felt like water retention, ate light)
Day 7 - 166.4 4.7 OVER (Egg day)
Day 8 - 164.7 3 OVER (Partial Egg day)
Day 9 - 164.5 2.8 OVER
Day 10 - 165.6 3.9 OVER
Day 11 - 167.0 5.3 OVER
Day 12 - 166.3 4.6 OVER
Day 13 - 167.5 5.8 OVER (Egg day)
Day 14 - 166.4 4.7 OVER (Egg day)
Day 15 - 166.9 5.2 OVER
Day 16 - 167 5.3 OVER
Day 17 - 167.4 5.7 OVER
Day 18 - 168.8 7.1 OVER (Steak Day)
Well it's Monday night & I'm actually in front of my computer! I've been so swamped at work, I didn't go anywhere near my computer all weekend, but I just couldn't stay away any longer.
So, I've been gaining steadily over the last few days & I really don't get it. I've been eating almost all protein, but the scale just goes up every day. So this morning when I saw how close I was to leaving this century, I decided I'd better do a steak day. Then when I got to work... TOM showed up! You gotta be kiddin me! i should have known... it's right back on schedule. Now I definately am not naive enough to think that all this gain is because of TOM, but he sure doesn't help! I think I may have been eating too many calories because my appetite is always greater when I start working out after being away for a while. I really don't want to count calories though. I don't intend on living my life that way, so I want to try to make it work by just paying attention to my body's signals. Tomorrow, I'm going to start journaling my food intake. I'll get it right in the end.
Anyway.... I've been keeping up with my workouts, except for today. I was soooo sore from a 3 hour hip hop class on saturday, that I could still barely move today! So I'll be picking it back up tomorrow morning. I hope my steak day did some good. I did much better making my steak this time... pan seared with a sauce made by deglazing the pan with red wine & butter with 2 sliced mushrooms added.
Hey bloggers! I've been reading but I haven't had time to post. I'll comment as soon as I can.
To my commentor's - Thanks for checking in on me :)
Ed & Jenn - I think I may continue working out during my next P2. I just can't imagine stopping and having to start back up again with the soreness of it all. I think I'll just slow it down to 2-3 times a week. I see you've started as well... Yaaay! You're gonna love it cus you'll see a change so quickly bacause you'll be able to SEE all the muscle cus there's no fat to get in the way! I can't wait to hear about it :)
Mary - I'm sure some of it is muscle, but there's gotta be some fat in there too. I can't have gained 7 lbs of muscle in 3 weeks, so I really need to start paying closer attention to what's going on.
Shelly - Hey you... Nice to see you again! This P3 thing is tricky. I am sooo glad I can do another round to fix this up. I guess we all are, except Jenn, but she's right where we're trying to get to. I'm so happy to be able to go through this with my online workout buddy though :) I think I'll take my measurements tomorrow too.
4 comments:
Hey girl!! Kudos to you for keeping up with the workouts!!
Don't know what to tell ya about the gain, some of it's got to be water retention because of TOM.
Keep us posted!!
Monica,
Did you ever consider that you may not be getting ENOUGH calories for your activity level? When you kick it up several notches as you have, you will need to increase your calories as well. Dr. S mentions women who eat less than they should because they fear gaining and he convinces them to eat more and they lose. Here is a link to a BMR calculator which you use to calculate the calories needed to stay alive if you just laid in bed all day. Then you must multiply it by your activity level. So calulate your BMR and then go click on the "Daily Calorie Needs" link to find your mulitplier. You will be shocked at how many calories you SHOULD be eating!
I'm supposed to eat 1,918 and that's at a "lightly active" level.
whoops! you need the link!
http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/
Hey Monica, Becca may be right. I know that I was soooo suprised when I saw how many calories I need to eat. I know that you said that you don't wanty to count calories, but maybe if you did for a week or two, you might get some insight! Just keep on working out girl!
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