Redoubling

So, in the time since I last posted, I crept under 200 pounds - to 199 - at my weigh-in last Monday. I also got sick of the paleo diet and went off it for a while; my trainer suggested that it might have a positive effect to go off for maybe a week and then go back on, to keep the body on its toes.

I don't know if that's true or not, but after this past week, I feel motivated to redouble my efforts. I've spent the last few days traveling - and, as a result, not exercising and eating a lot more calories (and in particular carbs) than I had gotten used to. And my body is not happy with me. The problems that had pretty much vanished by a week into the low-carb diet - no heartburn, minimal GI issues - have been creeping back in the last day or two. Between Thursday and Friday I ate nearly 6,000 calories and nearly 650 grams of carbs - that's more like four days of calories and a full week of carbs based on how I had been eating. And as sick as I was getting of the paleo diet as I reached the end of the first month, eating like that for even a couple days has really bothered me both mentally and physically. Combine that with the lack of exercise due to travel and I might skip a week on the scale - hopefully I can rebound this week and then have a good weigh-in on the 27th.

It's funny when I think about it, though. I lost 13 pounds in a month, and it took me just a couple days of eating the way I always would have in years past to make me feel like I hadn't accomplished anything at all. I have no idea how I'm going to handle this in January when we're traveling for almost two weeks solid - lots of almonds and the least adorned meats I can find, I guess. Trying to eat smaller portions doesn't really help on the road because then I'm just wasting food, rather than being able to at least turn a large meal into more than one by bringing home leftovers. At any rate, the good news is that if I fell out of the wagon this week, the last couple days have made me want to chase it down and grab the reins. Looking forward to getting back to the gym on Monday.