Weight Loss Update 7/12 - 7/18

I lost another 2 pounds this past week and Gary stayed the same. I don't know just how accurate this weight loss total will be since I had some stomach upset the night before weigh in and that could have been mostly water loss.

Once again, I did not count calories or points and just ate what I felt like, watching portion sizes as usual. I really want to try and watch what I eat this week, as I feel like I may be on the road to over eating once again. I also want to make sure my metabolism is kept guessing so that it stays up. I was reading an article about a diet that is called the Every Other Day diet. Some parts of it made sense to me, but other parts just seemed like a gimmick.

How I understand it, the Every Other Day Diet is basically an eating plan where you really watch what you eat for 2-3 days in a row, then you eat what you want, within reason, for the next day or two so that your body does not get used to your eating plan and this approach is supposed to help prevent plateaus. To some extent, maybe this does work, because basically, I have been doing the same thing over the last couple of weeks and have still lost weight. There is supposed to be some real detailed information about how to use good fats and proteins to your advantage, but I don't see shelling out $50 to buy that information, when I probably have already read it in some form or another already.

What I really need to focus on is exercising. I don't know why I have gotten out of the habit over the last month, but I do realize that if I don't start back up soon, it will be harder and harder to eat what I am eating and keeping the weight off. I think I need to do another post about motivation.....