Hiccoughs

Well, I got back from my trip very proud of myself. I’d managed to eat clean and work out as scheduled, and it was with some anticipation that I got on the scales on Wednesday morning, expecting to have dropped below the 15 stone mark (210lbs). Instead, I was quite horrified to see, I was up 1.5lbs from Sunday. And it was fat, not lean muscle that had changed.

And to make matters worse, I felt rough all day and didn’t manage to work out. In fact, I slept for most of the day. As I had planned to go to the supermarket, after my trip, this also meant that I didn’t have very much food in the house. Veg in particular was either all used up or all gone off. So food in my few waking hours was a bit of a problem. I had to resort to a couple of shakes, using Beyond Greens, but still managed to use up the rest of my cheat meals for the week, plus one. Not a good day. At least I felt bad about it – I wanted to eat properly, so that’s something I guess.

This morning, I was down 0.4lbs, but it was LBM, not fat. Must get back to my workouts. Still feeling a bit rough though. Need to go to the post office and to pick up some dry cleaning, and since the weather is quite nice I think l’ll walk instead of drive. If I feel a bit better later I will get my overdue weights workout in this afternoon.

In the past, hiccoughs like these would have sent me straight to chocolate bars and fried food. This time, I don’t want to give up so easily. So that’s my triumph for today. Like Dr JB says, it’s attitude change that will carry you forward and get you results.