180 this morning. I. Do. Not. Fucking. Understand.
Let's review, shall we? Week before last, my calorie average was 1935 and I lost a pound. Last week, my calorie average was 1833 and I maintained. This week my calorie average was 1727, and I gained a pound. Exercise was pretty much the same all three weeks.
Is it just me, or does this trend totally defy the laws of thermodynamics? I mean, last week I can understand, because I don't count weekends and that weekend was a doozy. However, this weekend was fine, my calorie counts were the best in MONTHS, and I gained a pound. Scale, I call shenanigans!
Of course, I know that there's more going on here than calories-in, calories-out. There's also womanly things to account for...though PMS should be on the way out if the schedule follows its usual customs, my rings and waistband are still tight. My water intake yesterday wasn't much, and I did eat dinner sort of late (Benihana, chicken & shrimp, no rice). It could just be bloat, probably is, but surely you can see why this trip back into the 180s makes me want to dive head first into a vat of Haagen-Dazs.
Regarding the race rankings, they're still dismally the same. Rob was at 268, so he's 8 lbs from goal. I'm back to 15 lbs. from goal. I'm still fighting to make it a close race, but Rob's victory is all but certain at this point.
Regarding goals, I did pretty well this week. For instance:
I need to stay under 1000 calories before 6 pm. [snip] I'm shooting for 1500-1700 again this week. Protein, water, fiber are all the same (75g, 2L, 25g, respectively). I had two 1800-1900 calorie days. And although I didn't copy the "no more free weekends" goal in here, I was mindful of it. I watched my calories on both days, since I didn't ride on Saturday as planned. They probably fell somewhere in the 1700-2200 range. There was only one low-protein day, but 3 low-fiber days. Water was fine for 4 of the 5 days.
For exercise, bolding the ones that I did.
1 walk/run interval workout (3 miles)
2 elliptical interval workouts (45 minutes each) just one, I think. I have no memory of Friday's workout. I have no memory of Friday, now that I think about it.
1 K@thy Smith upper body workout
1 K@thy Smith lower body workout
1 K@thy Smith abs workout
1 set of abs on my own
1 45ish-mile ride (I don't know the exact mileage, since I didn't finish last week because of the $%#&! flat) - Stupid brakes. There was an elliptical/treadmill hour, though.
1 15-mile ride OR 5-mile walk (these both work out to about 1:15-1:30 total time) I'm counting the walk from the u-haul place yesterday, which was about 50-55 minutes, probably 3.5-4 miles.
I'm also going to TRY to do my weights workouts in the morning, so that I'm not tempted to skip them. - Early mornings are not yet my thing.
This week's goals are coming. Probably after the closing.
Posted by Joy at June 24, 2005 10:53 AMIt could be a temporary blip, but maybe your body needs the cals to support all the activity, and cutting down makes it fear starvation mode.
I find that my body is happier (and more prone to losing) when I keep my calories higher, nearer 1800. YMMV.