The demoralising realisation of my inaccurate diet

Hello all

I trust your Saturday evening is going well?



THIS CAN NOW BE FOUND IN MY LUNCHBOX
 ON A REGULAR BASIS

 I've written a bit about a diet that I've been on and at first I was doing well, I had lost a fair bit of weight...or at least I thought I had. It turns out my scales were wrong all this time and I actually started this diet weighing four pounds more than I thought I did. You have no idea how demoralising it is to actually realise that when you've been weighing yourself and getting excited by your new weight, that you should actually add four on to get your weight.

After going through all my weights on myfitnesspal (the app I'm using) and changing all my weight entries, it turns out that I'm now what I thought I was several days ago, that is quite disappointing to say the least. Don't get me wrong, I've still lost the same amount of weight, but I'm just that little bit further from my goal than I thought I was, and I don't like it.



Another issue that has started to come up is that I've started biking a lot and am burning calories like no-one's business, I burnt well over 1,000 the other day just by biking to and from work, as well as the general walking around during the day, however, constantly working my muscles didn't quite have the effect I hoped it would and my weight now seems to be stablising a bit. After losing a lot in the first few days of the diet, now my weight loss has slowed down, that despite doing more exercise than when I was losing more weight, and my diet hasn't changed.



ANOTHER REGULAR ADDITION TO MY LUNCHBOX



I know I was in this for the long haul and that there will good weeks and bad weeks along the way to reaching my goal of 200 pounds, but it is just a bit demoralising to think you're one weight, only to then be told you're heavier than you thought you were. I know it's only four pounds but it feels like a major set back on my mission to lose weight.





Don't get me wrong, I still weigh less than I did at this point last week and I love that. I love that now I don't feel constantly bloated and a slight bit fitter, but it's just a bit of a blow.

It's not all doom and gloom though with regards to my diet. I may not be losing weight as quickly as I lost it initially but at least I'm not putting it back on, and I've taken steps to try and get more accurate readings of how many calories I am burning by buying a pedometer on my phone which gives you steps taken, distance, time taken and calories burnt based on my height and weight, as well as a cycling app, which allows me to do pretty much the exact same thing, just on a bike rather than my feet.

I am determined to see this through to the end. Too many times I've said to myself that I'll lose weight and then not done it, so this is the time to do it. Granted, none of my clothes will fit properly if I do see if all the way through, but a new wardrobe is a small price to pay for being happy with the way I look......well, in terms of being thin(ish), I'll still be stuck with my ugly mug at the end of it.

I am pleased to see that my "Fitness Buddy" is on the way to achieving her goal, at least I'm doing on thing right and helping her successfully :)

Oh well.