This week the numbers are really, really bad! I think I knew on Sunday that it was not going to be a good week. In fact if I looked back at the past couple of weeks, I think I saw this fall coming. I just choose to ignore the signs and hope that I could just hang on and not fall or at least not make a huge mistake. I am stalling here because I am ashamed to admit that I posted such a large gain, so I'm taking a deep breath here and......new number 161.2. There, it's now in black and white and I can move on. I posted a 6.2 pound gain this week. Yes it was a short week and I'm sure some of this is water weight, but no excuses will make it right. Sunday and Wednesday I just fell off the diet wagon and binged! That is the ugly truth, yesterday I was craving something. I don't know what I was craving but I just knew that I wanted something else when I sat down to eat. I ended up eating chips and cheese, kind of a nacho thing and oh all things popcorn! I had lots of salt, I didn't log all my days on Bodymedia, the day I did I had over 3000mg of sodium! So now that I have confessed, (I'm hoping that confession is really good for the soul) I plan to pick myself up, move forward and get back on track. My consultant doesn't believe the numbers. She kept telling me that it had to water weight from all the salty things I ate, then just told me to drink plenty of water to flush out my system. And when I started with the cravings, to remember to drink fluids first and then if I'm still "hungry" or craving something go ahead and eat it. I kept wanting cheeses, hard boiled eggs and a hamburger yesterday. I think my body needed some protein. That's now the past and we look forward. I choose to do a planned week this coming week to help me get back on track, five days still with two free days. I may not even take the free days this week, we will see how I do. 
If I feel like I am going to binge eat again I will do two days of Weight Watchers or Lean Cuisine meals just to make sure I stay on my 1200 calorie limit. Exercise this week I've been a little lazy as well. I've just been tired and my knees both feel like I've twisted them so they hurt just a little when I run. I've not been good at ignoring the tenderness and pushing past it this week. I'm used to body parts being tight and an occasional twinge every now and then. Usually I can get my mind to ignore it and soon the pain goes away. But the past two weeks it seem any excuse a body part can come up with, my mind is listening to and caving in. I keep telling myself that this is my body in a panic mode because I haven't been this light in over 22 years. I've lost weight before, but never over 100 pounds and I really feel like this is my body saying wait a minute. I'm still on my mileage for my training, so I will continue with the training schedule and try my darnest to get back on track with the fitness part of it! So that's the ugly truth this week. I'm now tying my knot and holding for the rest of this day and tomorrow morning at 4am I will start my climb again! Till next week, keep moving everyone.~ Darcy
I just had to add the last photo for motivation.
You would probably have to eat a cow - literally - to gain 6 pounds of fat in one week. Listen to your body when it comes to running... let it rest. Trust me, over training will do bad bad bad bad things to your body. Stick to the schedule and don't over do it. BTW, you've come a long way baby (remember that commercial?)
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