Don't worry, I'm not freaking out. But you should have seen my face when I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 143.0!! (granted, 143.0 is almost 142, but still --!)
I was shocked!
I didn't expect that. But I know that when I was on the Master Cleanse some days I would gain like that, and it was the strangest thing. Because I ate the exact same thing every day, for weeks, so why the sudden gain? Who knows...but I always was able to see the scale drop the next day or 2, and continue dropping after that. So right now I have to say I am thankful for my Master Cleanse fasts (I've done 4, from 10 days to 39 days) because they taught me alot.
Yesterday the only difference in my smoothies was that I had 10 bananas instead of 8. But I doubt that is what made the difference - I think it's probably just water retention for whatever reason. Hmmmmm.
And you know what's weird?
I am not even tempted to quit. I don't want to.
This has been a really nice time for me, time to re-establish better habits and not to worry about food. There is no temptation because eating anything, ANYTHING is simply not an option. It's just not. I love this feeling! It is what has gotten me through my long stretches of raw (85 days and 45 days being my two major accomplishments) and is what's getting me through again.
The other thing I was thinking, is that I used to always eat when I was on the computer. That was my "me" time. I would clean, clean, clean, and then finally ahhhh time to sit down, enjoy my food, and surf blogs or whatever. But now that I just drink green smoothies I pretty much just drink them on the go. When I'm nursing, when I'm in the car, as I'm picking up the house, whatever. So I've actually gained time that I normally would use up by eating - and that has been really nice! I love it.
So. Day 11. Think I'll go longer? I'm thinking yes, I would love to just continue on until I reach my goal weight of 125 - that's just 16 lbs if I go according to my weight yesterday, 141. If I lose it at a rate of 4 lbs per week, that's 4 more weeks for a total of about 40 days.
That seems like a really long time.
So we'll just take it one day at a time, for now. =)
I was up three pounds today. . TOTALLY not accounted for.
ReplyDeleteBut, it's the same for me.. Not that I saw it on the cleanse, but this has happened to me a few times now, I think as I build muscle and my point is... :) It always ends up dropping and even lower than I was initially within a week or so.. If that makes sense. ;)
Hanging in there~Jen
You TOO??!! Wow, that is so weird. Is it something in the water in our neighborhood?? LOL Or maybe it's that time of month. Actually, come to think of it, I am feeling a little bit crampy today. I haven't gotten my period yet since Harmony was born but have been supplementing with formula for about 3 weeks now and my milk supply is about 3/4 of what it used to be. So hmmmm that's a thought. Anyway, it'll be interesting to see what we weigh this time NEXT week! It was just weird to see that number on the scale....!
ReplyDeleteok now I'm convinced that it's our jen commenting here:) since you said "in our neighbourhood":)
ReplyDeleteanyhow.....This happens to me too but will even go down on the same day...so no worries SHerah!