OKay, so my first week of restarting a weight loss plan felt like it went pretty well. I had a few weak points such as a big drinking night on Friday (...four large mixed drinks?...I kinda lost count...) and Cookout (with a milkshake) on Saturday night. I also overate on a few occasions when I was feeling really stressed/down (this was the first week back at school btw). But on the whole, I made it to the gym five days in a row. I was supposed to go on Saturday but I was hungover and nauseous all day. I also ate according to plan Monday through Friday. It was Saturday and Sunday that I screwed up.
But I tried to be optimistic when I stepped on the scale, thinking, "Bah! 2 out of 7 days ain't bad. If I didn't gain weight when I wasn't on a plan then certainly I shouldn't gain weight when I was on a plan 75% of the time." Wrong. I gained 1.6 pounds when my goal was to lose 2 this week or at least stay at the same weight. I'm really disappointed that I gained almost 2 pounds when I at least went to the gym 5 days last week and ate what I was supposed to 5 days last week.
I think the biggest problem was emotional eating. And the temptation of a banana milkshake after being hungover all day on Saturday. I'm not giving up but how do you deal with it when you feel like you did the best you could and still gained weight? I know it's only the first week, and I'll get better at it as I go and start to lose (I hope) but I hate working hard for nothing.
P.S.: This drinking thing - happens like 2 or 3 times a semester. So it's not like I'll be doing that every weekend. But it was the first weekend of the semester so...yeah. Probably again once more and then my best friend's 21st bday is late November.