Lawrence Toppman
"...deep, dark depression, excessive misery." I went backwards! (Yes, I am quoting a song from "Hee-Haw." Luckily, I do not yet look like Junior Samples.)
Despite exercising every weekday and being careful about sweets and pasta, I have gained half a pound since last Monday. Could my wife be dropping Chee-Tos into my open mouth while I snore? Are the cats sprinkling cereal on my kashi on Saturday mornings? (They watch me with unreadable expressions when I sit down to breakfast, but I think they're laughing.)
I also think, frankly, that I didn't eat enough. I fasted a couple of afternoons; this did my body no favors, because my system began to slow down. I took in less and put out even less than that. Small meals, sensible meals, spaced-out meals -- those make sense. Skipping meals did not.
The odd thing was, my pants fit better. My wife says I look better. I FEEL better. Maybe all the walking has redistributed the avoirdupois without significantly lessening it yet. Garrumph.
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9 years ago
7 comments:
Plateaus are bound to happen. Stay the course!
Agreed.
Plus, look carefully at what you ate and drank.
I commend your effort Mr Toppman! A suggestion to help you is to throw away the scale completely. If you want to track your progress, get a full length and this will give a true picture of how you are doing. Best Wishes!!
Mirror...sorry
Make sure you are eating enough. Sounds dumb, but I recently learned that 1100 calories and 5x/week workouts made my body starve. If you are working out like a fiend, eat enough calories. Talk to your doc if you aren't sure.
I knew you were a renaissance man. Catch Hee Haw on the RFD channel.
You are building muscle faster than burning fat. Keep it up and it will soon balance and the muscle will burn more calories.
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