It is Saturday. I had a pretty good day. I got some stuff done, went for my C25K Week 4 Run 3 and ate a yummy healthy home cooked meal for dinner. I should feel great but I don’t. I feel like shit.
Keeping on top of my running is great and it is having all sorts of benefits for me but I want to lose weight. I did everything I could this week to stay on track. I didn’t always count my Calories everyday but I know my Calories were low. My portions were small and every food choice was a healthy one. Still as sure as I’m sitting here right now, I know I haven’t lost this week. I feel bloated and awful. I got out a measuring tape and I can’t even argue that the inches are moving. I’m frustrated as hell. Weigh in day is tomorrow and this is going to be the third week in a row with practically no loss.
As ridiculous as it sounds, I even took all as the crap out from under my bed when I was cleaning and shifted it somewhere else in the house because I read that can block chi and is bad feng shui. How silly is that? I just feel like I want to binge for the hell of it. As if it would make any difference anyway.
I know that isn’t true and I’m not going to binge but the discouragement is killing me. I could take it if I was cheating or slipping up but I’m not. I walked and or ran around 27K this week between my C25K and my walking to work and back. Still I’m feeling bloated as hell and not seeing a lick of progress on the weight loss front.
Sorry, I know this is a bit of a rant and a negative one at that but I needed to get it out there. I am just so frustrated. I am loving running and want to keep it up and do even more of it but with all this extra weight, it is such a strain on me and my biggest goal here is to drop pounds.
I’ve been surfing around favourite blogs and reading through archives. Seeing other people’s struggles and eventual successes helps a lot but I just need to do something. I was reading about the South Beach Diet. It sounds a bit like how I’ve been eating minus the fruit and I do eat a lot of fruit during the first two weeks. I didn’t eat any grains all this week. I was sure that and all the walking would boost my weight loss but the strategy didn’t seem to help.
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OK… I don’t know anything… but I read your blog almost every day… I’m sorry I haven’t commented in a while, but usually I read at work… (SSSSH! - don’t tell)
Are you sensitive to gluten? Did I read that from you? Or do you avoid grains to be low carb?
If you are avoiding grains to be low carb, and with the way you are working out… (running and kettlebells) you need to eat them!
Check out http://cleaneatingmag.com/MiniSite/ce_index.htm
they even have a sample weekly menu.
If you are sensitive to gluten, you might check out glutenfreegirl.com - she is not in it for weight loss, only for health… but it is a really cool site!
Like I said, my opinion means nothing… but I think it would be a mistake to withdraw fruit from your already limited diet…
There’s no doubt about one thing for sure - you definitely have the drive and willpower! You’re an inspiration! Don’t give up now!
I haven’t had much time for commenting lately either. Thanks for dropping by.
The reason for the grain shun is based on my gluten intolerance. I normally eat gf grains but the do tend to disagree with me at times and especially in terms of sugar (well I suppose that would be, starch) crashes. Recently I’d been reading quite a bit of Mark’s Daily Apple and the general stanch over there is that grains aren’t the best.
In dropping fruit, I wasn’t thinking it would be a permanent thing. Fruit is so healthy. Just South Beach seems to suggest that two weeks of very low GI food could be a good thing if cravings and such are a problem. Honestly I’m not sure what the heck to go with anymore. So many eating clean menus and directives seem to focus so strongly on oatmeal and I cannot eat oats at all.
Thank you so much for the recommendation for the GF girl site. It looks fabulous. A lot of high Calorie looking stuff on there but I do have a cheat meal to spend each week if I feel the need.