This Week

This week just seems like an epic fail. Every day I have gotten on the scale and every day I have gained weight.  I am up two pounds from Sunday.  I am not discouraged but I am frustrated.  I've been eating a lot of sodium lately in the Lean Cuisine and I am wondering if the weight gain is due to water retention.  I've also been working out three times a week so maybe some of it is building muscle mass.  Whatever it is, it needs to stop. I need to see some progress to stay motivated.

I don't drink water.  It's just something I am not in the habit of doing.  Today I started out by drinking 20 ounces of water.  I will keep increasing that to 64 ounces but for this week, I think 20 ounces a day is good.

I suppose I can be proud of the changed behaviors like logging my food, drinking water and exercising three times a week.  I can even be proud of trying to make better nutrition choices but all that just doesn't seem enough without the weight loss.

Every night I feel like a child on Christmas Eve eagerly going to bed so that in the morning I can get on the scale and receive my present that I have worked so hard for.   

just plug it along... 

if i eat chinese - (no rice) I often "gain" 2-4 lbs the next day. Sodium does that to me. Plus exercise - can cause the muscles to retain more water (swelling). 

one day at a time...