Hi everyone -
I was getting extremely frustrated by the fact that I was eating the "right things," but the scale just wasn't budging. Not going up or down, just staying the same. I am still doing bootcamp, which is about 500 times the amount of exercise I was doing before, but still, nothing.
I only lost about 5 pounds during the first 2 weeks, and 6 or so weeks in I was still only at 9.
I decided to count my calories, and realized that I was averaging only about 900-1000 a day - far too little for my 5'7", pretty active self. I know I posted before about not eating enough calories.
I think what happened is that I had been eating so much processed junk, and not nearly enough veggies, pre SBD. When I changed my lifestyle I obviously incorporated a ton more veggies, so I was probably eating the same VOLUME of food, but the calorie count was much less.
So, I started splurging. I had a horrible weekend of eating - I was ashamed of myself because I knew exactly what I was doing. I was traveling with coworkers, and I was just eating junk - too much wine, cheesecake, potato skins..........and WOW did I ever pay the price. I woke up with the worst stomach cramps. I absolutely DREADED getting on the scale when I got back home. But guess what? Yep, I was down a 1/2 pound . First time that had happened in weeks.
So, this past weekend I made the decision to go back to WW. By counting points, I can better track my calories, and make sure that I'm eating enough. I'm still sticking to a lot of my "SBD ways," with mostly whole grains, lots of veggies, etc. But, I have also added Subway sandwiches back in to my life, which makes me smile. I missed those. I was told that their whole wheat isn't really whole wheat, so my Type A self avoided them like the plague, but they are healthier than the average fast food, and easy to do while traveling, and I just plain like them.
I'm still struggling a bit - despite my best intentions yesterday, I ended the day short by 9 points, which means I only had roughly 900 calories (again), but was right on the day before. I'm also happy to report that my scale says I'm down 3 pounds since Friday morning, so maybe I'm just better suited to a WW / SB combo.
If you got this far, thanks. Hope I'm still welcome to read here, despite being a SBD failure!