Lost the plot
Posted: 05 Jul 2014, 16:15
Been doing 5 2 for just over a year - have lost (well, had) just over 4st - complete 5 2 devotee etc. Weight loss slow but steady (except when I went on holiday and then packed it on because of inability to eat as low carb as I usually do) but when I get back home I got back on the wagon and it was fine. A couple of weeks ago I posted saying I'd got under 10 st for the first time ever. This week.....meh.
Started the week as usual; haven't had any massive piggy episodes and dong my usual low carby sort of eating. Got weighed on Thurs - I had gained a kg. 'Oh well' I thought - 'carry on'. Friday I gained another KILO. WHAT? So I am currently 2kg over what I was 2 weeks ago with no real reasoning as to why. When I look at my tracker I seem to have lost and gained the same couple of kilos over the past month. I am a daily weigher so I know about fluctuations but this is ridiculous. A clue may be that I am a (presumably) menopausal woman and my fingers suddenly feel like sausages and my ankles are a bit puffy so I am assuming it may be water retention but it really doesn't help my current frame of mind. I have been surprised in the past how much I personally can gain in water (5kg after the last holiday which disappeared in the same number of days when I got back - yes really and had I not seen the scales I wouldn't have thought it possible either).
Another possible (?) reason for the gain is that I have a prolapsed disc in my neck that has flared up (again) and the pain in my arm is indescribable when it's bad (which doesn't help). I take lots of nurofen though it doesn't really help and I read it can cause water retention. But you try getting referred on the NHS. Ha!
So - today I have eaten for England. 120g carbs (double the usual) and most of the fridge so I know that won't help my cause. I don't know what I want by posting - just to vent I suppose because I really am p'd off. I feel EEENORMOUS this week and it brings all the old rubbish feelings back and fear that I am losing control and no matter what I do I will just keep gaining and end up fat and miserable again.
So er.....thanks for listening. I hope for a better day tomorrow.
Started the week as usual; haven't had any massive piggy episodes and dong my usual low carby sort of eating. Got weighed on Thurs - I had gained a kg. 'Oh well' I thought - 'carry on'. Friday I gained another KILO. WHAT? So I am currently 2kg over what I was 2 weeks ago with no real reasoning as to why. When I look at my tracker I seem to have lost and gained the same couple of kilos over the past month. I am a daily weigher so I know about fluctuations but this is ridiculous. A clue may be that I am a (presumably) menopausal woman and my fingers suddenly feel like sausages and my ankles are a bit puffy so I am assuming it may be water retention but it really doesn't help my current frame of mind. I have been surprised in the past how much I personally can gain in water (5kg after the last holiday which disappeared in the same number of days when I got back - yes really and had I not seen the scales I wouldn't have thought it possible either).
Another possible (?) reason for the gain is that I have a prolapsed disc in my neck that has flared up (again) and the pain in my arm is indescribable when it's bad (which doesn't help). I take lots of nurofen though it doesn't really help and I read it can cause water retention. But you try getting referred on the NHS. Ha!
So - today I have eaten for England. 120g carbs (double the usual) and most of the fridge so I know that won't help my cause. I don't know what I want by posting - just to vent I suppose because I really am p'd off. I feel EEENORMOUS this week and it brings all the old rubbish feelings back and fear that I am losing control and no matter what I do I will just keep gaining and end up fat and miserable again.
So er.....thanks for listening. I hope for a better day tomorrow.