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Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005
Busting the curse
I just finished doing Leslie's pilates and the Mari Winsor stretchie band pilates. I'm feeling good.I'm working hard not to beat myself up for not exercising as much as I did before. When I get in that cycle, I lose motivation and I just do nothing. I'm just focusing on doing tapes as much as I can, which is probably about every other day. I know I'll soon be back to where I was before. I just need to pay attention to how good I feel after a workout, not only the endorphins but the sense of accomplishment and knowing that I'm doing my body good.
Last month, my sister and I were talking about the effects that our periods have on our weights. Most people seem to gain weight and bloat at the beginning of their periods and then lose after it's finished, but we're the opposite. Our weights are low throughout the period and then we gain a bunch after it's over. Because the weight had been low and clothes fit loosely, it's easy to give in to food (especially chocolate, of course), because it seems to have no effect, but then it's over and boom, gain. It was so frustrating to see this happen at WW, the excitement of a low weight and then the disappointment of a 5-6 pound gain the next week.
So last Tuesday I got my period, so I knew what was going to happen. Throughout my period, I focused on not overindulging (because I knew that even if I didn't see it on the scale, it would still catch up with me) and drinking as much water as possible. I realized a long time ago that water is the best thing during my periods, it keeps everything flowing and flushes my system. It always seemed to help prevent cramps. This time, I drank and drank, tons of water. My period lasted longer than usual, normally it's only 4 days, this time it was 6 until all the blood got out of my system.
I weighed in at WW today, I lost 3.3 pounds! I had told my leader last month what my sister and I discovered, so she knew what I was expecting. After I weighed in, we were both practically jumping up and down. It was so exciting to know that I had beaten what I had thought my curse!
So hopefully this is the start of the busting of my plateau. My weight is 178.2. I don't want to see the 180's again, I better keep it up! I know I can do it!
Fall is here, it's time to turn a new leaf!
Watching/Hearing/Listening to: Law & Order SVU
Drinking: water!
Wearing: pink shorts, blue tank, baby blue socks, blue suede shoes