Frustration
I started off at 221 in 2016. After about a year of diet (no particular diet plan, just eating less with additional "cheat meals") and exercise (work out 1.5 hrs 4 x per week), I lost 70 lbs. I looked the best I've been in a decade, after two pregnancies. Then life decided to throw me a curveball in December. I went on vacation, gained weight. Not unusual. I usually return to my eating plan when I get back and I lose it down the line. The problem is that I also picked up atypical pneumonia while I was on vacation and that had me sidelined for close to a month, keeping me from working out. The constant mucus production killed me when it came to cardio, so I was inactive. Add to that holiday eating and I gained close to 20 lbs. ugh. things got better for me at the beginning of January and I started working out again and getting back on track. My body responded and I dropped some in the first week, most likely water. The week following though, it was a half pound. For two straight weeks now, I've lost nothing and I'm confused as to why. I'll take a half pound...I just need the reassurance that I'm doing things right. But nothing. Just stagnation. I don't know what's going on..it's as if me being sidelined for a month just through my body out of whack and it's hard to get back. This week I've tried drastic measures and cut out my weekly cheat day. Basically I eat about 1500 cals most days of the week except for one in which I probably eat 3000-4000. I work out pretty hard, so somehow things balanced out and I lost. I'm a binge eater, so this was the best happy medium that I could find to avoid bingeing my way back to 221. However, what worked before doesn't seem to be working now. Looks like this week is going to be a repeat of the past week, no loss. maybe next week without the "cheat day" calories, my body will lose something. I'm just so frustrated, all I want to do is return to 149/150, which is what I was before this all happened.
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