Update:
Weight: 251.6 lbs
Net Cal: -493 cal
Walking: 10 min x2 walking the dogs
35 min walking the parking garage at work
I'm back in the saddle again. Feeling better after my rant on Sunday. Breathing better today, made it into work.
I have been looking at the days that my weight jumped up and wonder if there is a correlation between not eating enough calories and the jump in my weight. Maybe I am looking for reasons that my weight is jumping; I admit that. I am looking though at the hypothesis that yes a balanced diet, decrease in caloric intake, and exercise are the key, but these 3 need to be balanced to succeed. So not eating enough can throw the body off and make it feel as though it is starving.
Again, the above is my working hypothesis for my body. That is why I look at how many calories my body is supposed to have to maintain its weight then cut back some, but not enough to throw my body into the feeling that it has to pack away because we are in a famine. It will take longer than 10 days to test this, but I am interested in seeing what happens.
Of course, being a woman, I also have to deal with the hormonal shifts that move fluid around and make me ravenous. These are things that I see can influence my calorie intake and the scale. These variables are not the same in each woman either. Plus I know that some men have fluid shifts as well and that the Testosterone can cause hunger, but Testosterone also helps build lean muscle so it is a good and a bad thing. Personally there are times I would like a little Testosterone (my level is below that of norm for women too) so that I could build some lean muscle :)
Success: walking speed increased
Barriers: food intake too much
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