Now that I’m weighing myself every morning, so I can enter the number on physicsdiet.com, I’m seeing just how much my weight can fluctuate during the end of my cycle [right before my period]. I hit a crazy low on the 30th, that I think was a fluke because I dropped a pound over night and then the next few days it fluctuated back up and down as it regulated… but between yesterday and today I gained almost 2 lbs. Yikes… hopefully it’ll come back down again in a day or two. It is interesting to see what happens – then I’ll know to expect it next time.
It probably doesn’t help that I’ve been doing more socializing this week – which means meals out at restaurants. I’ve done really well with my food selections and what I eat and don’t eat. I managed to go to an Italian restaurant yesterday and walked out having NOT eaten any bread or pasta. I had the baked haddock and roasted veggies. There was some breadcrumbs as part of the seafood stuffing, which I did eat, but normally when I go to that place I eat the bread with the oil first, then have the cannelloni stuffed with veal that’s smothered in an awesome cream sauce… sometimes we share a basket of the garlic chips that are so ridiculously delicious, but also full of oil and cheese… normally we’re too full to even try dessert- the only saving grace. Yesterday I wasn’t stuffed and could have had a few bits of dessert, but chose to just have a cappucino [no sugar] instead, and I walked away feeling great instead of stuffed and gross.
I think I need to get more protein, though – lately I’ve been having fruit for breakfast and snacks, only getting some protein with lunch and dinner. So today I’m making eggs for breakfast instead. With tons of fresh herbs and veggies. Yum. I was eating eggs in the mornings the first week and that’s when my weight dropped the fastest. It’ll be interesting to see if that’ll happen again, or if it was just that ‘flushing’ that happens when you begin eating healthier…
