The scale says I’ve lost 1.5 pounds! Yay me!
Usually at this time in my diet, I have lost a few pounds
and am getting bored of eating only 1,200 calories a day. I miss pizza, and ice cream. I don’t enjoy measuring out my cereal in the
morning so that my 1 cup of multi-grain Cheerios doesn’t turn into 1.5
cups.
I CERTAINLY don’t like measuring my wine either! There is not much better than a glass half
way full [ok, really ¾ way full] of delicious, calming, velvety red wine.
I poured what I thought to be 5 oz. of wine last night [into
my pretty purple tinted glass], and decided I would measure to prove to myself
that I could eyeball it. Well, it turns
out I poured 7 oz! [No more eyeballing
for me!] Now, that’s only about 42 more calories, but when you only have 1,200
in a whole day, those extra 42 calories count!
That’s about 10 extra minutes of moderate walking, 6 minutes of
aerobics, and about 4 minutes of spin/cycling.
What if I had over shot my cereal by ½ cup? That would be an extra 55 calories. Add the 42 calories of wine and 55 calories
of cereal, and you have a twenty minute walk you need to do to make up for
it! It adds up quickly.
Since we are talking about measuring, I need to measure
myself! I can’t believe I have forgotten
to do this so far. I will be doing that
today.
Body measurements can tell you more about your weight loss
than the scale can sometimes. Many times
when we start exercising and weight training again, our bodies change their
composition. That means replacing flabby
fat [yuck] with lean muscle [Woohoo!]. Those
5 pounds of fat actually take up more room than the same 5 pounds of lean
muscle. Just look at it!! YUCK!
Think about it. One
16 ounce bottle of water weighs about 1 pound.
If you drink one of these just before you weigh yourself, you will weigh
1 pound more. That doesn’t mean that you
gained a pound, you just have that extra pound of water weight. [Whew]
How do I get rid of extra water weight? This is what I’ve found.
1.
Cut down on sodium. Lots of microwave dinners and soups have tons
of sodium! Try to look for low sodium options.
2.
Drink MORE water! Drinking more water can help get excess
sodium out of your system, and it flushes excess fluids as well.
3.
Eat naturally diuretic foods. Some foods like bananas and avocados that are
rich in potassium can help get rid of excess liquid in your body.
4.
Exercise! Sweat it out! Just remember to drink water afterwards.
Learn more info about water weight here:
Homework for tonight is to take measurements and before and
after photos! Woohoo! Maybe one of these days I will share those…
Happy Thursday!
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