So I've actually gained a little weight since Wednesday, despite golfing and doing a little walking. I attribute this to two things: 1) Despite sticking to fish/veggies, etc - I've been backsliding when it comes to healthy eating (I freaking love french bread w/ butter or cheese) and 2) traffic has been a little backed up lately if you catch my drift.
The good thing is that I'm not letting this momentary stall get me down... since December I'm down 20lbs, since giving up meat I'm down 10lbs and since starting this blog, I'm down 5lbs. Not too shabby. I'm definitely going to keep up this lifestyle and even go more hardcore.
Going forward I'm going to juice 2 or 3 times a day with one light snack during that time (probably whole wheat bread with some all natural peanut butter to get some fiber and protein) - and then eat a normal dinner. Now, as I mentioned previously, I do have to watch my glucose levels, but I don't think that will be too dificult. I'm used to drinking fresh juice now, so I think that going from a considerable amount of fruit in each juicing to very minimal fruit won't be to hard, I've found a lot of good recipes - so we'll see how that goes (as while I sit here typing I'm drinking a very sweet blend of pineapple, cucumber, mint & cilantro).
I'm also cutting back on a few more things, including cheese. While I don't think I could ever give cheese up completely - I am giving up cheap cheese. It's going to become a special treat and I'm only eating the good stuff!
Finally for today - a documentary recommendation - if you haven't seen it, check out 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead' - its what got Shannon and I started on juicing and has helped a ton of people lose weight and get healthy (check out www.rebootwithjoe.com). 'Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead' is available to stream on NetFlix and is a great watch.
Keep at it! Keep us inspired!
ReplyDeleteThe exercise will initially cause you to retain water and that could be part of the cause of your slight gain but the more active you become that will even out. Your body just freaked out at the added activity and thinks it might need to hang on the to fluids for sweating purposes.