I think this week I went (last weigh-in June 6th) through one my
monthly female water retention moments. I'm saying this because it happened before. I basically have gained 2.8 lb since last week. Of course, the best way for me to tell if that is the case is at my next-weigh in.
I was looking at some things I may want to change from the past week though:
- daily water intake: sometimes I drank my share (1.5 L) but sometimes I didn't.
- Two days went off (outings are my weakness, on of the reasons being that I have a hard time to evaluate, so I tend to count as big as I can and presume the worst, I don't know if that played a part)
- no workouts. At all. I should know better. But it's done!
So this week the focus has been on making sure that:
- I drink my water daily regardless. (I don't drink when I'm going into town because I hate public bathrooms, this means that I wait until I get home to catch up on my drinking. Sometimes I've forgotten to or have been too lazy. It's up to me to make sure it doesn't happen anymore.)
- workout. Regardless. The fact that I'm very sedentary at work (working on the PC), that I work at home and that my PC is just a few steps away from my bedroom... Don't help. I want to just focus on making sure I do 30 mns daily. It's not much. It's not as much as my
goal was originally (45-60 mns), but better 30 daily than the occasional 45 or 60...
- Trying to plan my meals when I can. If I know where I'll eat, have an idea of what is the value of what. Also, try to portion control.
I'm working on remembering that even if it is
fat gain, and not water retention, it's ok. I can lose it. It will just take an extra week, or a little more.
It's up to me to fix what didn't work last week really...!
