Weighing games!

Question: What scares me the most? Answer: Cockroaches, spiders, death, pain, and of course the great weighing scale! Yes, I have always hated standing on that nasty machine that makes me hate my own body. But now that I am into the fifth week of my diet and exercise regiment I have no choice but to check my weight in order to gauge my progress. With a heavy mind and heart today I stood on the scale and guess what I officially lost five pounds! Yes! That was so encouraging. I mean I have heard stories where people work out all the time and loose nothing. For me who fits into such category it was a major surprise.

Having said that I would like to look back at these past weeks and recollect my actions to see what was that I did right and what was it that I did wrong!

1. I worked out every single day of the week for a minimum of sixty minutes.

2. Totally cut down "White" from my diet. My new mantra is,"White is blight!"

3. Drank lots and lots of fluids.

4. Measured every single thing I ate.

5. Ate once every three hours and avoided huge meals.

6. Kept away from starch and oily items.

7. Swam one mile once a week.

Now when I think of all that I did I feel that working out every single day of the week was a little harsh on my body which of course came out in the form of severe fatigue. I remember one of the days I was so tired that I could not get up from the bed. So by the time I reached third week I did work out all seven days of the week but I changed the intensity. In the sense three times a week I do cardio and the rest it is more of pumping heart rate which in fact was more effective than the earlier strategy. Five miles a day of walk at the correct pace can help burn more calories than one can imagine. As I said maintaining the correct heart rate is the key.

Second thing is food. I guess my idea of nibbling did not take me far along. My body refused to give up all kinds of food so I now incorporate everything in moderation though I still feel that,"White is blight!" I can see the difference of eating more fiber that white stuff which is nothing but carb plus it constipates me.

Third thing is not mentioned above since it is a bit personal. In the sense I have heard people say,"Oh! Breastfeeding is like walking on a tread mill!" Yeah right! I am sorry to disappoint women who believe that. Per my instructor breastfeeding burns calories but then it also commands the body to eat more and when one breaks the rule and skips meals then body gets nutrition from other places which means a woman can loose lot of calcium in her life time and end up with other severe problems. 

The point is to not loose 100 pounds in two months. Weight loss should be a slow and gradual process. For me unlike a supermodel the goal is to be healthy and that means I have to build up muscle strength or else I will loose a lot of fat with the muscle. Fat goes fine but if muscle tears then it is again a whole lot of complication.

So moral of the story is to do different things at different times. Also I noticed that swimming made me super hungry. So I found a solution for that. I eat 2 tbsp of potato after I swim and that curbs the hunger and I am good to eat small meals and continue my routine. 

All in all these five weeks were good and considering the fact that I need to loose close to another 30 lbs I better going with my fitness regime.

Till next weighing game!