This was not a good week for me, plan-wise. My brother was visiting from out of town, and stayed with me Monday-Thursday. Three things happened while he was here:

1- Our schedule was completely unpredictable, including meals.
2- He wanted to go out to eat for every meal (even though I offered to cook)
3- He chose the restaurants

Between these three things, it was very difficult to stay on plan. I tried, and I tried very hard, but I didn't quite manage it. At one point, my brother was a very healthy eater, but that time has apparently come and gone. So I felt very virtuous in comparison to him, but I think that meant that I wasn't checking myself against my own norms. I definitely has that, "I ate too much," feeling, on two occasions. In addition, I couldn't get to the gym to bike, and my ankle/foot was bothering me so I couldn't walk at home.

According to the scale this morning, I'm up two. I didn't think my calorie intake was high enough to warrant that, but like I said, it was really hard for me to judge. My official WI is not until Sunday morning, so we'll see how things look then. And if I'm up two, it's not the end of the world. These things happen, and the most important thing is not to let it derail me.

This is mostly just an accountability post, and a chance for me to reflect on the week. However, as always, I would value any comments or suggestions people have.

Thanks for listening.

Lisa

We had a birthday celebration dinner last Saturday and that totally derailed me. I felt bad for like 2 days afterwards. Too much food!

It took me a week to get back to where I started but I feel good that I'm back and I know that the way I'm eating now is the way I have to eat forever.

I'm sure these celebrations will happen again and I'll be bad but I think that as long as I stay on plan it will all work out.

Hang in this will pass.

I am willing to bet the farm it's water weight. Just flush yourself out by drinking a boatload of water!

Those 2 lbs are probably not all "gain", but like Jen415 said, some of it is probably water retention. Restaurants do have a lot of salt.

I think it's important to focus on the positive here. You truly tried your best to stay on plan while going out to restaurants 4 days in a row for almost every meal! And only 2 you felt like you ate too much. That's like 2 out of 12 meals.

You're right that "these things happen." Even when you're down at goal these sorts of weeks will happen. We learn to deal with them & move on. (Life does not stop while we are losing weight.) So, IMHO, you did really well! And next time, you'll do even better having this experience under your belt

I agree it sounds like water weight. 2 pounds of fat would be 7000 calories....soooooo.....probably not that! This is a speedbump. I'm glad you are not letting it derail you!

Thank you all for your support and rational thinking. It really helped me stay on plan for the rest of the week, and not simply write it off as a lost week. To everyone who suggested that it was water weight, I think you were very right. When I weighed in this morning, I was down two. (I think I got on and off the scale about a dozen times, not believing it.)

Yay Lisa!!!!