Stupid Stalls...

May 05, 2013

I think I discovered a few things:

1- I totally have the self control to live a low carb lifestyle.  I can do this.  I've been able to keep my cals at 500 and carbs at the 20-40 range.

2- My body doesn't like that.  My body went into starvation mode and the scale actually went up and I struggled with the same 5 pounds for the 4-5 weeks. 

2.5- It's bullshit.

3- I started to up my cals to 7-900 mark (occasionally hitting the 1000 if I had a lot of excercise). The scale started to magically move again.  I don't know if I should be happy about this or what.  I'm conflicted because I feel like I'm cheating when I eat that much.

I know something is happening, my clothes are getting big. I just wish I saw that stupid number move more.  I keep telling myself that stalls can't last forever, but I have had the pesky thought of "what if this doesn't work for me?" creep up.  In my adult life, I haven't really broke that 240 mark and stayed there.  I have talked this through with my doctors (I finally got a new PCP) and it was drilled into me that I need to create a lifestyle I can live with.  I might not drop 100 pounds in 6 months, but I will be able to maintain the changes.  I was hoping to be a fast loser, dammit!! lol

My body likes to be active, and it needs a bit more energy than I see others flourishing with; I just programmed my brain to do a drastic 180 and it's turned out to be more of a 90 degree turn.  It's taking some time to adjust.

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