A somewhat disappointing weigh-in
Yes, I'm back! At least for a few minutes, before I race off to water aerobics.
Monday's weigh-in disappointed me. No change. AGAIN! The sad part being that Sunday it was looking like I'd see at least a half pound loss. And it's possible I would have... but I do admit to increasing leg resistance on my Nordic Track by a mere two pounds. I felt that within a couple hours of getting off the machine! And felt quite sore Monday in the pool as well. So my muscles could've been retaining water, 'tis true. But, I think I can do better than just a half pound a week.
Now, I'm seeing a lowering trend with my Omron body fat monitor (hit a new low reading today of 39.0% body fat), and I haven't gained, but I'd prefer to be making just a bit more progress than this!
So, where did I go wrong?
Here's my meal compliance chart...
Looks pretty good, right?
Well, it's not perhaps entirely as good as it seems. I was playing "compliance by numbers" rather than compliance by the spirit of the PN habits. Technical compliance... my compliant anytime meals were running at 24% carbs or less, but the truth was, last week, I kept feeling a little hungry or wanting something sweet and I was adding a single serving of dried apricots to many of my meals. OK, veggies and fruits are allowed, but veggies should outweigh fruit choices by about a 4:1 ratio. So I was pushing the envelope a little bit. A non-dried fruit choice might've been better, but I went for easy/quick. I also was eating a whole orange with my breakfast omelet, not my usual half orange.
I also added a tablespoon sized serving of almonds here and there. So, nothing unhealthy, nothing really non-compliant... but little "extras" that chipped away at my calorie deficit.
I need to nip this creeping sugar habit... I will leave off buying more dried apricots for the present! Yesterday was not a stellar eating day, nor was my last meal on Monday night. But the plumbers have been and gone, my house is at least somewhat cleaner and I've started in on the big pile of mail clutter in the kitchen.
I went back to my half orange this morning. The time to change things for the better is always NOW!
Time to run for water aerobics... more later I hope.
