So I forgot to post yesterday and was just about to curl up with a movie when I realized, I hadn’t yet posted today! I have to figure out this writing habit as I certainly don’t have it down yet…
I have been breaking a Whole 30 rule. I’m usually not a rule breaker by nature; in fact, I’m conscientious to a fault. But I want to be successful with sticking with this eating plan so this was a rule that I had to bend for me: I weigh myself every day. My weight has fluctuated quite a bit over the last few years…since BBE and I started dating actually. I had just finished marathon training, it was a bitter, cold New England winter, and BBE makes really delicious foods. I’ve been frequently ten pounds heavier than I want to be, and oftentimes, I was closer to fifteen. Personally, I find it really motivating to see the consistent, lower number on the scale. When the craving for a cookie set in the other day, I looked at my Withings app and saw how the weight has just dropped every day since I started – that was better than any cookie could have been. I want to hit my goal weight. I don’t know if it’ll happen through this program – and it honestly isn’t why I started it. My main goal was to improve my overall health and stop the unpleasant digestive issues I’ve been dealing with since January. But I think it’ll also be a great start towards reaching my goal weight. I do understand why the rule was put in place to not weigh yourself, to take the focus off weight loss – but if seeing that number each day (and possibly lower ones) keeps me eating according to plan, then I’ve determined that’s okay for me.
The reason I went off on the weighing myself tangent is that yesterday, my weight fluctuated up, almost a whole pound. It was still five pounds lower than I’ve been for months and months but I thought that might be why they say to not weigh yourself. I’d been eating Whole 30 foods for a week and my weight went up. I get it and I’m okay with the fluctuation. But I’m guessing others would be frustrated. (In case you were wondering, it was back down today.)
Today Day 8 was an all day cooking extravaganza! The pork shoulder went into the slow cooker first thing this morning for pulled pork and then in the early afternoon, I started making the sweet potato gnocchi. I didn’t sit down to eat until after 6 o’clock but it sure was tasty when I did. I do think I’ve hit my sweet potato capacity though. Time to find some new recipes for the week ahead…hopefully without anymore grocery runs (I went five times in one week!)
Once the rain finally passed this morning, I went out for a short run (one mile). It was slow going but all I wanted to do was just run one. I haven’t run in a while so I have to start slow and low. Plus, with the new diet, I wasn’t sure how I’d feel so I thought it best to just do one.
