Alright, no need to worry. I got a little heated over my weight yesterday and vented about gaining a couple of pounds over the weekend. I can relax a little now, because this morning I weighed in at 218.0. So I pretty much lost the weight gain back in one day. I feel a little better about know that I only need to lose one pound by Sunday to achieve my first goal.
I have talked about this before and I can’t stress it enough. When you are on the low carb diet or any other diet, don’t freak out if you have an occasional weight gain during the process. All of our bodies have a set point. A set point is where your body thinks that it is supposed to be, so if you gain a few pounds, it is easy to get back down there. But if you lose some pounds, it keeps wanting to go up there. So you have to keep on fighting it until you are able to establish a new set point. My set point right now is about 218, so it was pretty easy to get down to there. The hard part is establishing a new set point. My goal weight is 205 and that is what I want my new set point to be.
Just because I say that is what I want does it make it happen. I am going to have to do some hard work to get it there and then maintain a low carb diet to keep it there. Now is the time that most people will get frustrated and quit. I could just say, “I am too busy, it’s too hard, well I lost the weight that I gained during the holidays.” But I want more from myself this time and I hope that you want more from yourself also. So don’t get your head down and start feeling sorry for yourself like I did yesterday. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and get back on track.
Yesterday I was still feeling a little sorry for myself and I had another long day at work. When I returned home, my wife had already eaten, so I was on my own for dinner. There were three slices of pizza left over from the other night and a 100% Whey Gold Standard, Double Rich Chocolate
My work out yesterday was back to the P90X:90-Day Extreme Home Workout Program