My initial reaction when seeing today's number on the scale, was complete and total anger.
Then I took a few deep breaths, counted to ten, and started to think about it rationally. I knew that I was retaining water when I first woke up and noticed my fingers were bloated. I should have expected a bad day on the scale at that moment, but I am a naturally optimisic person, and couldn't help but still hope for that lower number. After my hopes were dashed to the ground, I decided to try and figure out WHY I was retaining so much water. My first thought, which is probably most women's thought, is it my TOM? No. Not even close. So my next thought brought me to the computer to examine what I have been eating the last few days that would cause this. I am very grateful for the fact that I have been logging all my food into a website called My Fitness Pal. One of the features on this sight, is that it gives not only caloric information for the food, but complete nutritional info. I can see, at a glance, how much protein, fat, sugar, vitamins and SODIUM I have had each day. Well, you can imagine my surprise when I saw that I had gone SIGNIFICANTLY over my sodium intake EVERY DAY for the last THREE days. Mystery solved. I have been very low energy this week for some reason, and as a result have ended up eating out every night. I stayed in (or pretty close to) my calorie range, but hadn't even thought about the sodium. I even checked calorie counts BEFORE we left to go to Del Taco last night, and knew I could have a bean burrito and a chicken soft taco for dinner. Low and behold, the darn bean burrito had 1650 mg of sodium and the soft taco, over 400. The recommended sodium intake for me, for the entire day, is 2500mg. I ate almost that much in one meal! Lovely. So, to say the least, I will be watching my sodium intake much more closely from here on out.
Today marked two full weeks since my start weight was taken. This last week has definitely been a roller coaster and I'm ready to GET OFF and start losing some real weight. I have never had such a hard time losing weight, especially the first week or two. I guess all the yo yo yo yo yo yo-ing has taken it's toll, and my body is a little less willing to give up its precious "food storage". But it will. Oh, it will.
Here's an article a friend on My Fitness Pal posted about how to know if you are losing water weight or fat. I thought it was an informative article. Click HERE to access the link.
I am planning to have a lower number to post tomorrow. Do you hear me body?! LOWER TOMORROW! Okey dokey. Thanks. :~)
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