Hi Cat
Sneak preview - am under 200 again today - I was really delighted to keep it under. This is one happy bunny.
I have a huge milestone in three
pounds time. If I get there I will have lost a third of my weight in February.
The reason that I dont vary my food too much is that if I find something that works I tend to try to stick with it until it stops working. I dont know why - whether it is the PCOS thing or something else really weird but some food items seem to act really strangely with me and I cannot see why. It is opposite to everything that you ever read regarding
calories or anything.
I used to enjoy an occasional cheese sandwich. Several times I have been absolutely saintly for the entire rest of the day - high mileage walked (and lets face it I have the step count of an athlete) fruit, undressed salad very little else and although I have not counted the
calories I know that it is so modest it is silly - but have had a slice of bread, no butter or margarine and a dairylea cheese slice (which is a small measured portion). Anyway each time (for no other reason - e.g. period) my weight went up two
pounds that day. If you weigh it - it doesnt weight two
pounds, if you add up the
calories it doesnt come close - there really is no explanation. It certainly was enough to stop me having it. I havent had bread or cheese in ages.
It also is enough to convince me that whatever some people say about not weighing yourself every day - I should really weigh myself every day for the rest of my life. How else would I know what was happening with my
body. Now - if I visit my parents - I take my scales with me.
Weetabix is another weird thing.
On 28th August my weight hit a plateau. I was good with my food and walked over 10 miles (sometimes over 12 miles) every day but two days when I did over nine miles - but my weight was still the same on the tenth of September. I was quite disheartened. I checked through and the only thing that I had introduced during this period was weetabix (which I had had most days having taken something else out). Anyway, I chopped out the weetabix and my weight dropped. I swore that I would not touch weetabix again in ages.
I lost five
pounds in the next five days - then my weight plateaued again. It didnt move down for the next ten days. I was less than happy and trawled the internet looking for what to do next.
In desperation I put the weetabix back in and it has been moving in an acceptable way since. I dont mind if it stays fairly still for a few days or only drops by a fifth of a
pound - but it is nice to think that things have not ground to a halt.
I do vary my evening meal a bit - but for the rest of it - all I really look for is fuel. If something is working - I am more than happy to stick to it.
Take care
Love
Margaret
