So I set some goals for myself after licensure to get healthy and hopefully lose some weight along the way. I set a few goals to help me have a visual representation of what I was going to be working towards and I finally met my first goal last week! I have been working out at least five days a week sometimes six and changing my diet. I get that losing weight is not an overnight thing. You can't just eat healthy for one day and see changes the next. But why do a few bad food decisions make your weight flux up if a few good food choices don't make your weight go down?!?
Last weekend I went to the first Friday art trail with a friend and we shared a pitcher of yummy sangria. Then on Saturday I went to the Tech game and since it is probably the only game I will go to in person this year and I didn't want to deprive myself and feel miserable so I had some nachos and some cotton candy, but I drank water and I worked out that day. Then on Sunday I worked out again, but my husband and I went out for pizza which we haven't done in forever and I ate the pizza too. I super love pizza crust and my husband doesn't so I usually eat some of his crust too. Then on Monday morning I weighed myself and that jerk of a scale said I had gained three pounds in three days! WTF man?!?
It took me forever (okay I'm being overdramatic but it felt like forever) to lose those stinking three pounds and in one weekend they came back! So now I'm working on getting rid of those stinking three pounds again. My husband said that maybe its muscle weight since I have been working out but I think he was just trying to be nice. He's super supportive and keeps telling me that I look great and he didn't marry me for my weight. How sweet is that? But I'm not doing this for him. I'm doing it for me. Also in my crazy head the logic that makes sense to me is that if I lose weight now then when I get preggers I will start at a smaller weight so hopefully I won't look like a beached whale. Plus my body will be use to me working out.
I have been thinking about how I will handle all this someday when/if I have a daughter. I read an article talking about how daughters see how their moms handle weight loss and how it can create a negative image like you're not good enough the way you are and thats definitely not how I want my future hypothetical daughter to feel. So thats why I'm focusing on making healthy choices with food and being active instead of a couch potato, but thats also why I don't deprive myself. If I want a bean burrito from Taco Villa I'm going to have that burrito. But I probably won't have soda with it and will only eat the one burrito. Moderation is key.
So basically the moral of the story is I'm going to hide my scale for a while so I can't weigh myself daily and I'm going to stay the hell away from stadium food at all future football games! Y'all would be proud I totes did NOT eat the free donuts that somebody brought into the office today and instead ate my cutie (which is a small orange in case you've been living in a cave).
