Dimples, and all others, though I am satisfied with my weight loss, there are many others that did as well or much better. What I was intending in saying I will be posting about what I have done and learned is really inviting all of you and others to chime in and getting out here what works for them, which may or may not work for others. There are some things which are general, no matter what the "diet plan" one uses is. Such as there can be no weight loss unless the intake calories is less than the body needs at the weight at the particular time. But what I ascribe to is getting and staying healthy as rule number one. If one is after being healthy, weight loss will accompany that.
As for the scale reading, for those that are bothered by the daily fluctuations our body's have in weight, which for those of us who are very overweight or/and have medical problems, the variations are even more pronounced and can be as much as an 8 lb difference in a few days up or down (usually up it seems
) which if that bothers one much, they are far better off just staying on plan and taking a reading weekly or less. If one looks at the daily readings, it would look like a zig zag line going above and below a central line, but on a downward slope. A person can be on plan and losing weight but still show weight gains, such as when they take in too much sodium or the body needs more water to process the more than the usual amount of carbs. Or when a woman is a few days from TOM, there usually is a two lb or more gain shown at that time. But that does not mean they gained any weight, they can actually be losing real fat/weight though the scales show a gain.
And again, the body does not like to be different sizes, it tries to maintain the same size. If you are losing fat, which is what we are after, the body will fill the vacant portion of the fat cells with water to maintain the size, and of course water weighs more than fat, so a gain is shown. But there is not a worry, as the body will give up and drop that excess water in time due, then one gets to experience one of those "whoosh fairy moments" which we all love as the scales suddenly dip up 8 lbs in a few days
Some show a fairly constant drop with weight loss, but most of us have ups and downs, most unexplained except by saying the body is doing what it wants to, or blame it on the scales, same thing
It is just what it is.
And when one is first starting out exercising, they will be putting on more muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat also, one will be burning fat and putting on muscle. But that is really great, as the more muscle tissue you gain, the more energy (fat) the body has to burn. So it is a win-win situation for those of you who can exercise. Also of note, when exercising heavily and not used to it, the body gets sore and will hold liquid around the sore muscles helping them out... weight gain shown once again, but no actual weight gain.
So if you are working your butts off staying on plan or close to it and/or exercising, do not give up if the scales are reluctant to show your loss for a while, it [B]WILL[B] show eventually.
I will post now what I have done for this day. I had no work today so it was a stay at home day. Even though it is New Years day, when I have work to do, especially emergency power problems, I have to work but none today.
Anyway, I spent maybe an hour and a half hoeing weeds. And went out to the levee of the dry river here and climbed over one side, down into and up over the other side and down a number of times. The levees are about 18 feet high so that was like climbing the stairs of a three story building each time across. I did that two times today and did some repairs around here.
For breakfast, one cup of black beans, one fried large egg and a cup of mixed fresh fruit (two mango, one navel orange, 2 clementines, one apple and a Bartlett pear, including the peel except for the clementines, but I did put a portion of the Washington navel orange peel in, small pieces really add to the flavor and are very healthy) Made one and a half quarts of fruit mix. Then juice of one and a half Mexican limes and a healthy amount of Tajin seasoning, which is a Mexican type of chili mix and dried lime juice.
Calories 520
lunch, black beans and a lettuce salad with bleu cheese dressing.
Calories ppx 350
Now snacking on some ripe olives and will have either a tuna fish and egg salad sandwich
OR a chicken fideo burrito later, either will be about 350 calories for a total of about 1220 calories for the day.
There is another thread which I would highly recommend checking in on which can be informative on weight loss, with some very supportive knowledgeable women in there with hundreds of lbs of weight loss between them. That thread is also here in "chicks up for a challenge," titled "January weight loss challenge"
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