Week 58 Weigh-In

Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 2: 148.6 (-1.4)
Week 3: 146 (-2.6) - Week 4: 147.2 (+1.2)
Week 5: 145.6 (-1.6) - Week 6: 144 (-1.6)
Week 7: 143 (-1) - Week 8: 142.8 (-0.2)
Week 9: 143.6 (+0.8) - Week 10: 141.2 (-2.4)
Week 11: 143.8 (+2.6) - Week 12: 142.4 (-1.4)
Week 13: 142.4 (-0) - Week 14: 141.6 (-0.8)
Week 15: 139.4 (-2.2) - Week 16: 140 (+0.6)
Week 17: 139.2 (-0.8) - Week 18: 139 (-0.2)
Week 19: 138 (-1) - Week 20: 135.4 (-2.6)
Week 21: 137.2 (+1.8) - Week 22: 139.6 (+2.4)
Week 23: 143.2 (+3.6) - Week 24: 143.6 (+0.4)
Week 25: 137.6 (-6) - Week 26: 139.6 (+2)
Week 27: 142 (+2.4) - Week 28: 137.2 (-4.8)
Week 29: 137 (-0.2) - Week 30: 136.8 (-0.2)
Week 31: 142.2 (+5.4) - Week 32: 136.8 (-5.4)
Week 33: 137.8 (+1) - Week 34: 135.8 (-2)
Week 35: 137.6 (+1.8) - Week 36: 143.8 (+6.2)
Week 37: 142.8 (-1) - Week 38: 140 (-2.8)
Week 39: 142.4 (+2.4) - Week 40: 140.4 (-2)
Week 41: 139.6 (-0.8) - Week 42: 142 (+2.4)
Week 43: N/A - Week 44: 141 (-1)
Week 45: 138.8 (-2.2) - Week 46: 139.6 (+0.8)
Week 47: 133.6 (-6) - Week 48: 132.4 (-1.2)
Week 49: 138.6 (+6.2) - Week 50: 138.4 (-0.2)
Week 51: 138.8 (+0.4) - Week 52: 139.4 (+0.6)
Week 53: 137.8 (-1.6) - Week 54: 139.4 (+1.6)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8) - Week 56: 136.4 (-1.2)
Week 57: 136.6 (+0.2) - Week 58:: 139.4 (+2.8)
Total loss: -14.6

Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.

Calories eaten Friday: 1576
Fat: 21g (12%)
Carbs: 126g (32%)
Protein: 149g (38%)
Weight Friday morning: 128.2 (One week ago: 129)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 296

Weight Saturday morning: 130.8 (One week ago: 131.2)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 142

Calories burned in exercise today: 458

I am so fucking depressed. I have no idea how I gained 2.8 pounds this week. I am up 9 pounds from yesterday and more than 10 for the whole weekend! I never gain 9 pounds on a cheat day and I didn't binge out on a ton of bad food yesterday. Yesterday was more or less just a normal cheat day so I have no idea how I gained that much. I'm drinking a lot today to get any water weight off.

My stomach is sticking out like some starving Ethiopian child, and my ring is so tight it took a good amount of hand lotion to get off. All I can think is I had several meatballs and a few fish sticks yesterday. There were cake and cookies sitting out but I kept myself to about 3 bites of each. There was sourdough bread (my fave), but I had just one piece with butter. Other than that I had salad. I hope it's just water retention. I actually woke up thirsty this morning because it's been so hot. And I even drank a ton of Crystal Light before bed.

So my dream of hitting goal is out of sight once again. Obviously, eating higher carb is not working so it's time to go lower carb again. I tweaked the hell out of today's menu and got my net carbs from about 150g to around 100g. I could have gotten it lower, but I am not giving up my high-GI carb snack after my workouts. The insulin is needed to help the protein into the muscle cells from what I have read. I'm trying to find fattier things to eat so I can get my carbs down without pushing my protein too high.

Friday I got in about 4.5 miles of walking (BART to work and once around the lake), and Saturday Brad and I went around the lake once, 3 miles.

Today was a fairly normal workout - 1 hour of weights, upper body - mostly arms and back. 30 minutes running on the treadmill, 2.9 miles covered. I got a ride to the gym from my friend and a ride to work, but I asked him to drop me off a ways away so I could get some exercise walking in.

I stopped at WalMart and bought a pair of jeans shorts and a pair of sunglasses.

Next Saturday dinner will be at a church member's house. She told me what's on the menu and there are only one or two things I can eat (broccoli and possibly the lamb if she doesn't drown it in sugar sauce). I will bring my own food and just pack tuna sandwiches on low-carb bread or something and probably a South Beach meal bar for "dessert." Few people at my church eat the least bit healthy - they eat mostly sugar and starches.

Tomorrow I plan to hit the gym again and do lower body. I'll try to remember to take my journal so I can write down a typical workout.

Edited to add: I made my monthly step goal today! :)

Technorati tagged: diet, low fat, weight loss, health, exercise, fat, overweight, NutriSystem, weigh-in