This week was mostdefinitely the worst week I have had as far as weight loss goes thus far. Last week was not so hot either, and I wish I had tried harder that week to stay on team because I got hit hard with the stomach flu since my last post. This caused me to totally abandon all habits that were causing me to lose weight.
The main things I abandoned were eating low carb, intermittent fasting, and pretty much all physical activity. I ate what was given to me by my husband, too weak to cool for myself or demand some special meal without starches. I also didn’t break a sweat or get my heart rate up all week; I just felt too horrible and weak to do anything I usually do. Outside of not running or uniform exercise, I did not take my weekly hike, trips to the skate park, or my daily game of basketball with the boys.
The results of my eating habits and lack of exercise are gut wrenching. Not only did I just gain weight, I feel disgusting. I’m finally over being sick but I feel like I’ve lost my passion and drive to do anything. My motivation is completely missing and I honestly don’t ‘want’ or ‘care’ to get back to my plan. The only thing that sounds appealing is sitting inside watching movies until bedtime. Most of that is just feeling totally beat up and run over by my recent illness but I know the poor diet and no exercise has caused my ‘happy’ hormones to decrease as well.
I don’t feel as thought I have actually made any ‘mistakes’ per-say, I truly feel like anyone would have done the same in my situation. Seriously, who exercises and follows a highly restrictive diet when they are too sick to even stand up in the shower? It’s what I have to do now that I think will make or break me during this journey. As emotional and unbalanced as I feel right now, I’m still a rational woman and I know I need to get back to it ASAP! Although I know that ‘these thighs happen’, it’s still such a bummer that I’m that much further from my goals.
My plan to get back on track with losing weight:
No matter what, I’m going to put in my 30 minutes of uniform exercise everyday. Even if I don’t feel like playing, I’m committed to my workout, even if it’s less intense than normal.
I’m also going to summon all of my willpower to say no to carbs and start back with intermittent fasting.
My other secret weapon is doing a water flush. I’m going to drink water exclusively (okay maybe exclusively after my morning coffee!) to get off that bloat caused by the flu meds I took and extra sodium I got in to this week.
