Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 126 - Hitting the Reset Button

Back in early August, when I last met with my nutritionist, he recommended dropping carbs and implementing resistance training. Since I implemented those changes in my daily routine, my weight loss has slowed to a mind-numbing crawl.

There are lots of great reasons why I seemed to have stopped losing weight, none of which are likely attributable to the change in diet. I have formulated theories from "water retention due to muscle soreness" (from the weight lifting) all the way to "I'm actually losing weight but adding muscle, making the scale stay the same."

No matter the reasoning, it was time to hit the reset button. I have become terribly addicted to seeing a new number on the scale, and the last month has been absolute hell on the psyche. Knowing that physically I'm giving it all I've got, but weighing each morning only to see nominal and sometimes negative results - well, that don't fly.