Today is Thursday, and I'm already bracing myself for my weigh-in on Sunday. You see, I'm NOTORIOUS for retaining water when I change my workouts (like, I dunno, adding both running AND boxing in the same week?!). Logically, I understand what is happening in my body to cause the scale to stay the same or even go up following weeks like this one. You like how I'm preparing myself for the worst already? Mwahaha.
Now Mr. Scale and I are not really friends. We're closer to "frenemies," truth be told. He gives me valuable (although sometimes questionable) information, but retains the right to mock me whenever he sees fit. Yeah, there's a balanced relationship for ya. Anyway--I think he and I are fighting at the moment. He KNOWS when I'm retaining water from working out or from PMS (and Lordy, do I hold on to every drop for about a week, thanks), but does he tell me that? Oh, no! That would be too helpful!
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The way I see it, I'm doubly likely to see the scale go up rather than down this week, and not because I haven't maintained a hefty calorie deficit (because I totally have, even with a couple of higher calorie days). As long as I can keep going strong through next week to give my body time to adjust to my workouts and to recover from hormone mania, I should see a very nice downward plunge shortly thereafter. So I'm starting to mentally prepare myself now. And I'm also trying to focus on non-scale related feedback. For instance, my skin is looking tighter, my face is slimmer, and I can see some definition returning to the muscles in my legs. THOSE things do not lie to me like Mr. Scale does. He's mean.
It's almost Friday, ladies and gents!! *happy dance*
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