Hello everyone. Hope the weekend is going well. I’m not a big Easter celebrator but I know for many this is a challenging weekend, and best wishes in advance for a successful day tomorrow, be it food, family, NSV or otherwise.
Welcome
Mimi
Jenny I like following along your journey - thank you for your posts
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Finished my first P1 day yesterday since starting maintenance. I had several days this week of water retention, inflammation, bloating, constipation, a few pound weight gain. The P1 day made all that go away, which was really nice, and back down to my maintenance weight again today, and the muscle pain associated with all of that is also gone.
I learned a lot from doing it - I was reluctant to do the day, and it was somewhat uncomfortable, but by the end of the day I felt so much better it was worth it.
Ran across the website “Refuse to Gain” after seeing it posted on an older thread here, and that gave me a ton of really good information, and also explained why I might have had the week I had, and also explained the benefits with more “science facts” of doing intermittent fasts/lower carb days, and made me want to do a P1 day or partial day from time to time. Also gave me a different understanding of the benefit of feeling hunger from time to time, and actually planning times to let that happen, as it is beneficial for the mind and body to burn through the hunger sometimes, it’s actually a good thing. I am always been afraid of the blood sugar swings, but if I plan it properly and don’t let it go on for too long, it is actually a good thing.
I think that I had been eating a little too often (snack every 3 hours or so) than my particular body could digest, and also my body needs a little more time to build up the digestive enzymes for the carbs (though mine are still quite low and minimal) so I am going to reduce carbs and calories slightly the next few weeks and see if reintroducing them just slightly slower and it slightly smaller amounts helps. I also took a lot of magnesium the night before the P1, which really helped ease the inflammation and also moved out the bowel discomfort (I know TMI)
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Also in cutting out most things yesterday, I could also see how in even eating the “right” foods and snacks some compulsion had creeped back in just a little - as when I didn’t have the option of a snack I could see the times where it was more for comfort/boredom/desire for pleasure than hunger. Not that it is always bad to have that per say, but good to just watch what I am doing and why. When “hunger” starts to actually be something else. It’s all so subtle sometimes.
Also, this is a significant juncture and a new phase, and also having compassion and understanding for myself that it’s not a bad thing I have so much attention on it right now, and whatever I need to do to succeed, esp. this month and over this coming year, is good. Like I have mentioned before, statistically I have only a 2 to 5% chance of keeping the weight where I am, so any and all maintenance successes and realizations are huge, and worth celebrating. And I need to expect that I will slip and fall sometimes, and the critical thing is continuing to adjust and succeed again.
It also just really helped me to read through that website about how much the body really wants to regain the weight, and how much I need to embrace the real challenge of maintenance. It’s not going to be some simple thing, but it is going to be better than regaining the weight.
For me the social support here seems important, so I am grateful for that and having 3FC be a part of my day and maintenance tools, so that I keep social support in my daily and weekly program, esp. since I won’t be seeing my coach as often. I also have a friend that is working on similar things, and we will talk once a week.
Thank you all for your sharing and support.
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P1 today and the gym lots of water and I will breathe and remember it will be ok
