Thursday, May 3, 2007

Ruminations

It's a bit of a strange time for me right now... for the last few days, in fact. I work out every day for 1 hour, on high incline (6% - 7%, burning at least 500 calories. That side of the whole shebang is still good. I'm still motivated to make myself sweat and burn calories, and though my legs are tired - I push myself down the stairs to the basement and do my hour. Can't say I enjoy it much, but I do it anyway, and that's a positive approach, me thinks. It's as if my body knows what it needs, and it sends me the message through my brain, and I comply.

On the food front... mmm, there lies the strange thing. I eat the same, as in the good food, and not so much, but I tend to indulge myself with little bits of "cheatings"... a bit here and there of some sweet stuff (fruit yogurt, maple syrup, honey, a cookie). It happens mostly at the evening/night time. The scale stays the same in the mornings, which means I maintain my weight.

It's an interesting experiment because it shows me what will happen when I enter the maintenance stage of my new lifestyle. If I want to eat more, I'll have to compensate with more workout time, and that's fine because it makes sense. The only thing is, I still want to lose 16 lbs till I get to the stop sign, so no doubt it's a bit early to get my body into maintenance mode.

But, it feels good to eat a bit more and indulge, as long as the control is still mine. I might do that for few more days and then go back to eat a bit less calories - it might boost my weight loss again, right?

Lorien @ 11:40 am MT

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