My oh my....
Since Thanksgiving, I've gained 6 lbs.
And it wasn't hard to do. No fun desserts, no out there restaurant meals. But I didn't stick to my plan. A bite here and a bite there added up to a six pound gain in two weeks.
Furious at myself, because I was really being disciplined for several weeks leading up to the holiday, harder workouts and very ratcheted down calories, and then in the four to five days before Thanksgiving, I just started gaining-- a pound a day. Now, chickies, I've been at this long enough to know that I can gain a pound a day for several days prior to TOM, but instead of being rational, I just used it as an excuse to eat too much Thanksgiving and then never fully get back on plan.
I've been seeing the scale up and thinking maybe it was still TOM, but this morning when I got on the scale I had to face hard facts. I maintain when I'm actively trying to lose, and I don't have to go very far off plan to see a fairly big gain.
The good news? Got up this morning, ate my on plan breakfast, packed my lunch, and I'm BACK to business. I'm applying 3FCs famous 3-days on plan back in the saddle rule....
The bad habits are hard to shake and SO EASY to pick up again, but the good habits also help tide me through.