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I'm ballooning outward! Ahhhhhhh!
Apr 23 2007 22:46

This weekend, I went over my maintenance calories, I know that. Yeah, what I ate wasn't too healthy... I had a couple of ice cream cones, a few ice cream bars, some macaroni and cheese, some granola bars. But I did a little extra exercise to put a dent in it, and I ended up with only a couple hundred extra unburned calories for saturday and for sunday.

But I got on the scale monday morning, and I'd gained 5 pounds.

Alright, calm down you say, that's probably sodium. Except that my sodium wasn't that high, not five-pounds worth high.

Then, I this morning, I tried on EVERY. SINGLE. PAIR. of pants I own. And none of them, not even the baggy cargo pants, fit. None of them. I was so depressed, I could have cried!

I can't imagine why I would be bloating that much! No, I doubt it's my period coming, because this has never happened before!

It was so disheartening, that I thought I understood this system. Okay I overeat, work out some more and it will cancel out. Apparently not.

Of course, this was so disheartening, that I tempered my frustration by... binging (well, it was my mom's birthday and friend's birthday today, so there was lots of cake/candy/ice cream).

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1. elin
Apr 24 2007 12:51

xuraiya, is that because there was nothing healthy to binge on? if you had eaten the same cals in low-carb food, like frozen yogurt instead of ice cream, could you get the same satisfaction? or fruit instead of granola bars? it's just a thought. skinny cows are great for the ice-cream and cake cravings. so are the no fat no sugar fudgcicles (sp?) from dairy queen.

i have been trying for a long time to figure out the relationship of dietary salt in milligrams to liters of fluid retained. there doesn't seem to be any logic to it at all. maybe you can make that your nobel- prize- winning research paper in college!

anyway, pick yourself up, and get some lowfat protein in today. you are still getting through some tough times, lots of adjustments, and you are doing GREAT!!! i'm proud of you!

2. lauree
Apr 24 2007 18:16

I have done this too.

BUT...look to today as a new day. Begin again. Dont look back.

The 5 pounds will come off in no time. Eat healthy, exercise and I bet it will be off in a couple of days especially since your period is coming.

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