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Although I am packing in my food scale and a whole bag of groceries for my one week trip to visit my best friend, not to mention the truckload of gym clothing, I know deep down that I'm not going to be as strict with my reverse diet or exercise. And for once, I'm completely at peace with that. I'm at peace with the fact that I might gain back some scale weight or body fat. I'm at peace with the fact that I might lose some strength. In general, I'm just at peace with the fact that this one week might set me back, and that it might take another week to get back to where I was. But it's fine, I'm in no rush. I'm enjoying my life, balancing all the important things. Here is a short "reverse diet update" for the period between the 13th September (Saturday) to the 16th September (Tuesday) since I'm leaving today at 07:00 AM (Wednesday) to visit my bestest best friend in the City. I have dropped 0.4 kg's but I usually weigh around this mid-week anyway. After a nice braai (barbecue) with my boyfriend on Saturday 13th, I ended up weighing the exact same Sunday morning as I did during my Saturday weigh-in and progress photo. My body finally responds normally to sodium. Monday's Upper Body Power day went AWESOME! I felt stronger than usual, I ended up doing more pull-ups than usually (yeah, 1 rep more still counts), my weighted push-ups also increased and I didn't struggle with adding weight to my shoulder presses either!  My intake for the past 4 days (I'm not going to obsess over counting and tracking my macros during my 1 week visitation):
Calories = 1965
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I sure know I've been feeling quite elated for the past 2-3 weeks, especially the last two weeks. Not only has this week been the second week I've been completely BINGE FREE, it has also been the first week (including the weekend) that I have not gone over my macros! I did not have a "free for all" or an "out of macros cheat". After the wedding on the 6th, my weight stayed exactly the same on Sunday 7th as it was during my Saturday weekly progress update. I was 58.6 kg on Sunday. I had an all time low on Monday, which is a first, I weighed in at 57.5 kg without "going" to the bathroom. I slept in on Wednesday so I only weighed myself about 10:30 AM, which made a HUGE difference since I weighed in at 56.2 kg. Thursday, I was an early riser with 57.8 kg on the scale and Friday I weighed 58.3 kg. I look and feel much leaner than last week, and my arms and back looked awesomely shredded when doing dumbbell rows during the week! It's quite possible that I've dropped quite some of the body fat I regained post "clean-eating-binging" since I'm definitely leaning out each week.  I've been doing great with this weeks macros. They were as follows:
Calories = 1945
Although the scale bumped up a bit, I'm not defined by the number on the scale! Why? Because:
This was my first official weekend in which I DID NOT BINGE! Thus, it was my first successful week being binge free! Usually every weekend, mostly Saturday (depending on whether I travel or not, which then includes Friday and Sunday) I eat whatever I want, when I want and how much I want. It usually ends up being sugary sweets and treats all day long. This used to set my back a lot, I ended up regaining all the weight I have lost during the consistent week. It pretty much made my reverse diet difficult to assess. I am delighted to say that I have not binged as of Monday 1st until Saturday 6th (also not today, Sunday 7th, which by the way is the start of my week). We did attend a wedding on Saturday in another town. I had my meals in macros prior to leaving here at 2 PM. I had fudge blocks during the drive. I did not order any takeaways when my boyfriend made a pit stop. I did not even take a bite. There was no need to. I did enjoy the meals served at the reception the night of the wedding, as well as the complimentary non-alcoholic drinks and 2 snacks before starters. I didn't even finish my whole main or dessert, I only picked out he yummy parts =D. With regrets, again, I did not have the chance to indulge in a piece of wedding cake, as we left before the cake was even cut. We had a 1.5 hours' drive till home so we left at 10 PM.  Let me show an example of how my weight fluctuates whether or not I’m “constipated”. Note that I weigh 59.5 every Monday due to weekend free for all’s.
Weigh-ins for the week: Mon 1st: 59.5 kg Tue 2nd: 58.0 kg (no bathroom visit) Wed 3rd: 57.6 kg Thu 4th: 58.6 kg (no bathroom visit) Fri 5th: 57.6 kg Calories = 1916
PS: The calories and macro-nutrient breakdowns with my progress pictures represents the calories & macros I followed for that particular week (these breakdowns are for the week 31 Aug - 6 Sept.) I increase my macros every new start of the week, which is a Sunday for me. |
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