Thanks. Sometimes I panic a bit when I see my weight go up by quite a bit, and end up restricting my calorie intake unnecessarily because of that. That led me to have just the one meal all day last Sunday, and the net result of that was that I lost 4 pounds on that day, which is about as much as what I would normally lose on a fasting day.
I am looking at my challenge for tomorrow, which was to be below 11 and a half stone at tomorrow's official weekly weigh-in (which is when I also record my waist size and blood pressure) and in order to achieve that, I need to lose some weight from what I recorded at this morning's weigh-in. Yet last Sunday is the only occasion that I've had so far, where I have lost weight on a feeding day, and today is another feeding day for me (I never fast at weekends).
Because of that, I was thinking about doing the same thing again as what I did last Sunday in order to force that weight loss and began by eating exactly what I ate last Sunday, and at the same time. Unlike last weekend though, I'm not looking to lose a lot of weight by tomorrow as I only need to lose some weight in order to achieve that target which will allow me to officially say that I am entering into weight maintenance.
Because of that, I have relaxed things a little bit tonight by having a small snack as my evening meal. That way, I will be consuming more calories than what I did last Sunday, but still fewer calories than what I would normally consume on a feeding day. Beyond that, it is then just a case of keeping my fingers crossed that this will be enough to give me that crucial weight loss between this morning's weigh-in, and tomorrow's official weekly weigh-in.
Day 97 - Feeding Day 69
by johncs2013 on 24 Nov 2013, 08:59
Current Trend Weight: 72.6kg (11 stone 5 pounds)
What I am about to describe about yesterday, is one that I really don't want to remember for the rest of my life. As all of you know who have read my previous blog entries, weekends are never a good time for me when it comes to weight loss and yesterday, that weekend curse has ended up striking yet again. Until yesterday, the week was going really well for me. I had cut down my carb intake by quite a bit, and reached my lowest ever weight on record (which was 11 stone 2 pounds) and that was just a couple of days ago.
From that, you would think that I would be a dead cert to remain below 11 and a half stone and achieve my final long term target at tomorrow's official weekly weigh-in, of recording a weight of less than 11 and a half stone on a Monday morning, especially as I would need to gain a lot of weight in a short period of time for that not to happen. However, I have always been very prone to very large weight gains in a very short period of time, and so I could never actually be confident of achieving that goal, especially since I had gained two pounds in the 24 hours leading up to yesterday's weigh-in despite the fact that I had been very careful about what I was eating, and stuck to a low carb intake.
That meant that two of those five pounds were regained immediately which meant that a lot of pressure was immediately poured onto this weekend in terms of achieving that long term target on Monday. In the end, that pressure proved to be too great as I will now describe. The first indications of that came at my RPM class (which is a spin class, but which is known as RPM) because there, I felt completely out of sorts and struggled really badly to get through that, in a way that I haven't done so for a long time. My legs felt very sore and stiff, and I just generally felt very tired.
I then went on to do a little bit of food shopping and when I arrived at the store, I discovered that my wallet (which contains my gym membership card, my bus pass and my bank and credit cards) was missing. At that point, it then twigged that I had left my wallet in the locker when I was changing after my RPM class and so, I had to go back to the gym to get it. Normally, I keep my wallet in a safe place in an inside pocket in my jacket but for some unknown reason, I didn't do so this time, and had put my wallet into the locker, separately from everything else.
I was lucky that I remembered which locker I used and that meant that I could just go and collect it if it hadn't been touched. At that point, there was always the chance that someone could have handed it into reception, but there were even worse things that could also have happened to it and that proved to be a major source of concern at that time. I was lucky though, that no-one had spotted my wallet, and that I was able to just pick it up from inside the locker.
At that point, I was then able to safely go back to the shops and continue with my food shopping after that very lucky escape, but that was to put a huge amount of stress onto the rest of the day as I was also feeling really tired. Foodwise, I started off with a couple of pieces of ham and some cheese for my breakfast, along with a glass of milk and a small Sweetclem (which is a small, orange citrus fruit). I wanted to relax yesterday, and not have to worry about what I was eating. Because of that, I then tucked into two slices of bacon, a slice of black pudding, a slice of fruit pudding, a slice of lorne sausage, two poached eggs and some beans (that was of course, the same mixed grill that I had on the previous weekend) for my lunch.
That was washed down with a glass of milk and with that, I also had some strawberries and custard for a dessert. I had a stick of Austrian cheese as an afternoon snack, but I generally held off really well from consuming large amounts of food until I got to the time of my evening meal, when it all went wrong yet again. At that point, I had eaten a ready-made meal (because I was too tired to even think about cooking anything) which consisted of haggis, turnip and mashed potatoes. That is extra carbs and although I wasn't really too concerned about that (since it was the weekend, where I was trying to take a break from even worrying about that), that might have been the downfall because I still felt a bit hungry after that and so, I then went on to eat a slice of pork pie, a Scotch egg and two boxes of chocolate truffles.
As I was feeling so tired, I struggled to stay awake beyond 10pm and so, I went to bed really early last night and fell asleep right away. Normally, such an early night would lead me to be awake from 5am or even earlier on the next morning. However, I slept right through until 7am on this occasion, getting up on only an odd occasion during the night to go to the toilet. That showed that I really needed that extra sleep but I wasn't looking forward to this morning's weigh-in as I knew that this would only bring some bad news in the light of what I had eaten yesterday.
As usual, the results were every bit like as I expected as this showed an increase of 1.9kg from the previous day. That takes me to 73.1kg, which is exactly the 11 and a half stone that I was trying so hard to remain below for tomorrow's official weekly weigh-in. That means that unless I lose some weight by tomorrow, I am not going to achieve that target for this week that I was hoping to achieve (which was based on the earlier results from this week). That is going to be really disappointing, especially as this is a target which I feel, I should have been able to achieve.
Luckily, my weight is nowhere near to the 75.2kg which I posted a week ago. However, that also means that there isn't the same urgency to bring my weight back down again as what there was then. Last week, I restricted myself to just one meal on the Sunday and lost some weight with that, which reduced the damage during that weekend by quite a bit. That means that it is still not impossible for me to achieve that sub 11 and a half stone target tomorrow. However, today is another feeding day and I generally don't lose weight on feeding days.
That means that in order for me to achieve that target, I would need to enforce the same restrictions onto today's eating habits, that I imposed a week ago to get my weight down from that value of 75.2kg. Since there isn't the same level of importance attached to getting my weight down, I am not really feeling like sticking with that one meal during today (although that might change as the day wears on). However, the fact that I did lose some weight at this time last week means that I will be struggling to even get any sort of overall weekly weight loss at tomorrow's official weekly weigh-in if the current rate of weight gain continues, and there would no surprise if that took me to above 74kg by tomorrow once again at this rate.
That would be really difficult to bear after the week that I had until yesterday. The whole point of me beginning this WOL was to get away from the constant calorie restrictions and being careful about what I am eating. This WOL says that I only need to restrict my calories on the days that I am fasting (which is 2 days a week for a typical 5:2 week). However, the actual reality is that I am really having to be careful about what I am eating on six days of every week (in order to avoid any sort of massive short-term weight gains) and in addition to that, I am also always having to be careful about the types of food that I am eating (hence the bit about reducing carbs). To me, that adds even more stress and pressure than just reducing the calorie intake every day and just now, I am finding that a bit overwhelming and too much for me.
It is therefore, at times like this when I wonder whether or not, this WOL is really for me after all.
Lower Trend Weight Limit: 70.0kg (11 stone 0 pounds)
Upper Trend Weight Limit: 73.0kg (11 stone 7 pounds)
Last Weigh-in Date: 1 Mar 2014
Actual Weight: 74.3kg (11 stone 9.8 pounds)
Trend Weight: 72.6kg (11 stone 6.0 pounds)
Body Mass Index: 24.83 (actual) / 24.26 (trend)
Current Method: No Fasting
Low Calorie Days: As Required
Trend weights calculated from Libra Android App