I made a mistake

I made a mistake the past week.

First off, I did lose 1.4 pounds, 0.2 pounds away from getting my 3rd 5 pound star. Grrr. I am happy that I lost, but still, not where I wanted to be.

I thought I was doing so well this week. I boasted in previous posts that I had stayed below my points while still eating at my hated/beloved McDonald's. Before I went to my meeting, I looked over how I did this past week, and was so happy with myself that I averaged eating 5 points less than I was supposed to. I figured that I would lose a good amount, but was hoping only to get to 1.6 pounds, so I would get my star. I was bummed when I didn't.

While talking to Thalassa, I told her about this and she said, "That's not good, you need to eat all your points, that's why you didn't lose that much this week and why you've felt so crappy." Okay, so I paraphrased a lot of it, but hey, gimme a break. Then my mom, whom I took to the meeting with me, told me the same thing.

Apparently, if you don't eat enough calories, your body goes into starvation mode. Well, duh, but I was thinking that it was way less calories than I was eating. It's not like I felt like I was starving. But, my body told me I wasn't getting enough and that is why I felt so exhausted. After the meeting, I still had plenty of points left for the day, and I tried to eat them all, but I couldn't.

So, today, I made a conscious effort to try to eat more. I ate a good breakfast, snacked at lunch, then went out to dinner with my sweetie pie. I ordered well and was full (not stuffed, not just satisfied) by the time dinner was over. I only ate 2.5 of my weekly points too. And you know what, I don't feel as exhausted as I did the same time last night. I actually have energy. Hmmmm, maybe there is something to this eating thing.

I am going to try to do the same thing tomorrow, but it is going to be a long day and a busy one. We'll see.

Until next time...

PS - Bernie, I am sooooooo glad you came back. It really made me happy to see you. Can't wait til next week so we can chat some more.