Yesterday was difficult for me. The author of this program claimed that anyone following the diet wouldn’t get any type of cravings if they followed the plan, but I’m sure he lied. If “won’t get any cravings” means “won’t get hungry” instead of “won’t get weird pregnancy cravings where you want to eat dirt and ice cream,” then I’m not sure how sound this person was when he wrote it. The fact of that matter is any time we adjust our diet to a smaller calorie intake and take out the delicious fatty, salty foods and replace them with wholesome rabbit food, our body definitely feels the change, and adjusting can be uncomfortable. I felt that starving wasn’t the way to do it, so I ate some peanuts to hold me over to my next meal.
And the next meal was wonderful Thai food, one of my favorites. I wasn’t about to refuse it, so I took a little bit of everything and had no more than one plate. After that, Becca made home-made raspberry pound cake with raspberry sauce, and that was another thing I couldn’t refuse. So I had one small piece and felt perfectly satisfied with myself.
I weighed myself this morning, and to those who are tracking my weight, I had actually gained a pound. Before freaking out, let me explain why I grinned to myself and carried on with my day.
Firstly, it is perfectly normal for a person’s weight to fluctuate one pound or more from day to day. That doesn’t mean they’ve fallen off the weight-loss wagon, nor does it mean they were gluttonous and gorged themselves all day, nor that their present tactic for becoming more healthy is failing. It means that for that one day, they weigh slightly more than they did the previous. Weight loss success is best if measured a week at a time to monitor progress. While it’s important to weigh every day so we can remain motivated, real, lasting success can’t be seen from one day to the next, but from one week to the next.
Secondly, I didn’t step on the scale at the same time as I have the other days. I had to work at 6 a.m. today, which meant I stepped on the ole Wii Fit at just after 5 a.m. This happened at 9 a.m. all the other days, and those four hours really can make a small difference.
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