sore muscles-- is that a factor? how much so?
Ok, I need a little pep talk here, and maybe some information.
I'm doing so great-- I don't lose weight at a fast rate, and I weigh in weekly, on Friday mornings. I have lost, on average, about 3.something lbs a month in this manner, taking into account the weight fluctuations with my TOM. So far, I've lost at least 22 lbs, and I'm really happy about that!
Last week, I weighed in, and I was down to 170.6! I was so thrilled. So I was extra diligent this week and did not cheat AT ALL on my food plan (limit to 1500 cals a day)-- in fact, earlier this week, I unfortunately suffered from some food poisoning, so for a day or so, I took in about 1100 calories (maybe that messed me up? I don't know), but now, I feel fine and normal. Gym routine, I'm doing great, even encorporated some new weight training machines in my routine-- in fact, my shoulders are a little sore from that...
Anyway, I weighed in this morning, a day early, cause I wanted to peek, and I was frankly feeling thinner. And I'm 'up' .2 lb. Now, ok, fine, whatever, but I don't understand it. Could it be water retention for sore shoulder muscles? I swear, I was so good for this week. I wonder if anyone knows just how much you can sort of 'retain' if a muscle group is sore.
Overall, I'm not that bummed about it, cause well, I'll get to where I want to be, but it makes me second guess if my goal weight is a reasonable one to 'maintain'-- I mean, I think it is, and maybe things are just sort of slowing down because I'm getting closer to it?
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