Still obsessing on the colon so if talk of this kind of stuff bugs you you may want to skip the first paragraph!
It's been a weird week.... of course, the colonoscopy totally ruled my last weekend and I wasn't sure if I would get great losses or not. So, I really didn't..... I lost about 2 lbs. after the initial 'cleansing'. Then the rest of the week I spent not really going to the bathroom but I wasn't truly constipated, just clean! It takes 2-3 days for your body to build up waste.... really! When I made it to Saturday the shocking results weren't that I lost a lot.... in fact I lost about 2 lbs total. The weird thing was that I lost 2.8 lbs of fat! Pure fat here..... and no inches whatsoever. I wasn't upset at all, just surprised. Sunday I happened to drop a half a pound but guess what? I gained .4 of it back as of this morning. I ate way too much yesterday.... nothing illegal but I just ate too much veggies and protein, salt and healthy fats. I also think I had too much caffeine (a diuretic) and not enough water to compensate. So I'm still in ketosis, that I know. I also didn't remember to take my dinner time and late night supplements so I probably messed up my potassium and magnesium levels. The other odd thing was that I had a lot of bloating and gas and a little bit of the runs! Gross, I know.... but it was different feeling this way when I've been feeling so good over the past 3 months. I think the colonoscopy really did affect the way my body felt and I do feel that I'm still trying to get my supplement levels back to normal. Hopefully, things will be in balance after today!
I've been craving more food since this required cleansing so I did expect a gain. I managed to hold it off until this morning thank goodness. I do think the gassy/bloaty feeling is part of my weight gain though. Oh, and the fact that I probably wasn't hydrated enough from my food/drink choices. I expect tomorrow to be a better day.
So as of this morning I weighed 163.2 lbs. (Yesterday was 162.5) The great news is that my body fat is under 34%! Now that I am at 33.9% or maybe even a little lower that means I am in acceptable range for probably the first time since I was in my late 20's/early 30's! I never really had a true BF test done (other than the caliper test) and I was always over 30% but never knew the exact numbers. I am not really worried about today's reading. I know there's gas and bloat weighing in plus I had a lot of water to drink already. It'll all balance out.
So this begins the final week of month 4 for me. I never thought I'd be able to stick to a diet/lifestyle change for so long. I truly don't crave the bad stuff anymore. I do want sweet foods now and then or something crunchy (yeah, protein drinks get BORING after awhile). But I'm not saying I want a candy bar. It's really cool to look at foods and think "that will taste great but then I'll feel awful so I won't have that." I still plan to enjoy my breads and sweets and other carb-ish foods when I'm in phase 4 (maintenance) but I know I won't be able to eat that much of it without getting sick. The 'wheat belly' lifestyle is where we'll be once I'm done with the Ideal Protein phases and I'm really excited about it. I do intend to eat bread and sugar again though, really! Life will happen. I like to cook and bake so I will be tasting the foods I make. I just know my body will be a well oiled machine when that time comes and I'll only be able to handle smaller portions and only take bites of things that used to make me sick and heavy.
I had a good chat with my coach about goals. I told her I really want to aim for 25% body fat (the lowest reading before going into fitness level). Now, that might not be as realistic since I'm not allowed to work out yet. If I get stuck around 27-28% I may choose to phase off and then start working out to get to my ultimate goal of 23%. We'll see how it goes. I need to lose around 19 lbs of fat to get to 25%. IF I can stay clean I might be able to get to that goal within 5-7 weeks. I seem to be burning more fat these days so it seems doable. I'm not intimidated by the numbers as I know this is within reach. To be less than 20 lbs away from my ultimate weight is so exciting. I haven't felt this confident about my body in years!
I have been thinking about what my first off protocol meal will be when I can be in Phase 4 and enjoy the freedom of anything (within reason). I can't figure out if it'll be sushi at Hakata's, Mexican food (at one of several favorite restaurants) or a pancake breakfast at Big Bear Diner or Saimin or Loco Moco at Aloha Kitchen. There's plenty of other ideas but those 4 meals keep coming back to me like recurring dreams. Whatever the case, I am sure I'll be able to control myself. I was a binge eater before. I had really bad habits and could not control my portions. My relationship with food was technically abusive! Abusive towards myself too..... so interesting to think about all the ramifications of that. I am finally feeling like food is meant to be nourishing (yet tasty and comforting) but it's not 'all that'. Life requires food but it also requires exercise and other things. Balance is the key!
Okay, I'm planning to kick this week off correctly and attempt to avoid all the excessive fats I've been craving/eating! I think it'll be okay.... again, I feel like balance is coming back after my week of cleansing and my appetite should be settling back down!
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