It's "Weigh In Wednesday" and I got on the scale this morning to find I'd lost 5 pounds! Yee haw! Now, you should know that when you change your diet or exercise plan, the first week or 2 might have big results, but the weeks that directly follow might be a big goose egg or very little change on the scale. That's because I did NOT lose 5 pounds of fat. Some of the water weight might level out next week. I don't want to continue to lost weight at this pace because it's not the weight on the scale that is most important. I don't want to burn up my muscle and be a light weight blob. I should level out to losing 1/2 a pound to 2 pounds per week. The closer you get to your goal, the less you lose in each week. I need to get my body fat tested and will try and arrange that in the next week or 2 so I can keep my eye on what really matters in "weight loss". Don't get too worked up about the scale (and I won't either). We'll talk more about this later.
For today, I need to adjust my drinking...not what you think...I mean my water intake. A good way to figure out the amount to be drinking of plain water each day is to divide your body weight by 2 and then drink that many ounces. Currently, I am only drinking 32-50 ounces of straight water daily. That's not enough considering my weight, my workouts, and nursing a baby. Sparkpeople.com is where I log my food and drink intake also keeps track of the glasses of water you drink with a cute little pitcher. I am going to try and fill my pitcher with 64 ounces for now and work into more water later. Gotta keep it realistic and doable.
Why is drinking water so important to me? Well, our body is about 70% water. Shouldn't run a car on dirty or low oil. There are other benefits of drinking water as well. Click on the link to check them out.
What was your weigh in today and are you drinking enough of the right stuff?
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