ups and downs and the start of two more weeks
Yesterday the scale was 156 and I got my period. It is weird how the scale moves all around. It can play head trips with you. The morning after the partial fasting day the scale was up a few pounds, and all I ate the day before was a steak, a glass of wine and broccoli for dinner. I did exercise like 95 minutes or something that partial day also. But the scale went up. Often times when I exercise a lot the scale goes up, especially the next day. I think it must be from water retention due to the inflammation from the increased muscle activity or some related process. Anyway.
Because the scale can do goofy things, if you follow it too closely, as in thinking that it will always give away your secrets right away, you can get into bad habits as far as cheating with the food and exercise plan, and then gain five to seven pounds over time and wonder how that happened. Also, you can work really hard for several weeks and think that nothing is happening.
The last couple of days, I've been feeling like something is happening, and I have been encouraged. I have been continuing The Maker's Diet, phase one. I am hoping to do it two additional weeks, of which I am on day one of these additional two weeks. Then I hope to go to phases two and three. My goal is 143-145. Wow. That would be something. All praise and honor and glory to God. Gotta go.
posted by An Ordinary Christian @ 6:49 AM
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I hope you are doing well. Just for some encouragement, I found out I was driving myself crazy by going to the scale everyday because the Lord told me that aside from my obsession with food was subsiding, now I was focusing on myself way to much because of this weight issue. When I find myself thinking too much about my weight or if I gained a pound or not I find myself yet again replacing that former obsession with another. Satan is at the door waiting to take a foothold. Remember that verse in Genesis when God is speaking to Cain? Genesis 4:7 "If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well,sin is crounching at your door, and its desire is for you,but you muct master it."
Today was my first day of the third weight loss session at our local YMCA. Our trainer tells us all the time to just throw away the scale. She said inches are more important and to judge by the way your clothes feels. She said if you watch the scale, you'll just end up driving yourself crazy.
I've taken this class twice before and the first time I lost 5 pounds and 6 inches. The second time 2 pounds and 9 inches, so maybe she's right!
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