{"id":316,"date":"2006-07-11T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2006-07-11T11:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/archives\/316"},"modified":"2010-08-02T07:04:25","modified_gmt":"2010-08-02T05:04:25","slug":"the-diet-week-6-weigh-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/316","title":{"rendered":"The-Diet Week 6 Weigh-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BLEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/p>\n<p>I was so good this week.  I mean soooooooooo good. SO SO SO SO fucking good it hurt sometimes, like at the movies when I took a container of chopped fruit instead of getting <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Maltesers\">Maltesers<\/a>&#8230; or when I went along to McDonalds with Xander and Alan and stuck to my no coke no fries promise to myself and had just a cheeseburger.   I&#8217;ve walked, I&#8217;ve danced and I&#8217;ve even done  my aerobics video a few times this week.<\/p>\n<p>I drank <strong>28727227373.5<\/strong> liters of FLIPPIN water!!<\/p>\n<p>What did I lose? Nothing!!<\/p>\n<p>Week 1: 0 lbs lost<br \/>\nWeek 2: 2 lbs lost<br \/>\nWeek 3: 2 lbs lost<br \/>\nWeek 4: 2 lbs GAINED<br \/>\nWeek 5: 7 lbs lost<br \/>\nWeek 6: 0 lbs lost<\/p>\n<p>Dammit&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Is it because I ate a regular dinner last night and didn&#8217;t have a crap by weigh in this morning?  Am I doing the &#8220;I am woman watch me retain water!!&#8221; thing?  Is it because I&#8217;m just coming off of my period?! (Sorry boys!)  Why?  Whyyyyy have I lost nothing?<\/p>\n<p>I am trying not to get too discouraged because I do feel a difference even after only 9 lbs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My ankles are looking more like ankles again rather than <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cankles\">cankles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>I feel generally less bloated<\/li>\n<li>I see a difference in my upper belly just below my breasts and on each side.  (Xander excitedly describes this as &#8220;Your boobs look like they stick out more!)<\/li>\n<li>I feel more flexible and get less muscle aches now that I am exercising more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But&#8230; I don&#8217;t see the difference where it counts this week.  On the scale&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What I&#8217;m going to do different this week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bring up my exercise bike from the storage room and add that to my daily exercises<\/li>\n<li>Buy a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B0002JZOBY\/202-3798959-5933402?v=glance&amp;n=11052661\">pedometer<\/a> to keep track of my walking and bring a bit more motivation and fun into it<\/li>\n<li>Buy much more different kinds of fruit so I can get a bit of variation in my fruity snacks<\/li>\n<li>Cut back on the amount of bread and cheese I eat<\/li>\n<li>Start gathering information on fitness centers here in Rotterdam and try to find a reasonably priced one that I like<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I have some questions for you fitness fanatics out there (*cough* Karl *cough*)<br \/>\nWhich is the healthier side dish with meat?<br \/>\nMashed potatoes<br \/>\nRoasted potatoes<br \/>\nBaked potatoes<br \/>\nBrown Rice<br \/>\nWhite Rice<\/p>\n<p>.. and is Spaghetti (brown) really more healthy than normal white spaghetti?<br \/>\nWhat about popcorn, is that really unhealthy or is it ok to nibble on?<\/p>\n<p>OH, and what are considered freebies?  Like what are good things you can eat to fill up that are next to nothing calorie-wise?   I need something other than fruit to snack on.<\/p>\n<p>Frig, I have so much to learn about this fitness stuff.  Help me people!<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in joining <a rel=\"tag\" href=\"http:\/\/cdevroe.com\/the-diet\/\" target=\"blank\">the-diet<\/a>, click on the link!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so good this week. I mean soooooooooo good. 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