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3.3 miles walked this morning. Lovely day; slight breeze, sunny and about 66 degrees when I began.
I'm still in the 186's this AM and this is truly getting very, very old. I focused on my water intake yesterday as I realized I wasn't drinking enough earlier in the week. I can definitely tell the difference after making sure I got enough water yesterday, but it wasn't enough to move the scale. I do realize my calories were higher than usual yesterday, although my carbs were right in line.
I know that I can 1.) re-focus on veggies, making sure I'm getting
enough,
2.) drop anything with extra sugar and/or
nitrates/nitrites (like my breakfast sausages)
3.) drop cheese, seeds, and nuts, and
4.) drop sugar alcohols (had an Atkins bar again).
That should get my weight moving again.
But I just don't want to have to do all that, so I'm thinking maybe I need to get back on Stairmaster regularly for the increase in heart rate it provides. When I was much heavier and went out walking, just going that mile and a half was a real workout for me. Of course, there was the heat to contend with, as well. Now that it's cooler and I'm lighter, going for 3+ miles, even at a good pace, just doesn't get my heart rate going like it used to, I'm realizing.
I've read most of the thread over on Atkins about why stalls happen (Whyguy's theory) - it's a very lo-o-o-ng thread! It makes sense to me but I'm not ready to increase my calories, risking even a very temporary gain, to see if it's true for me. Quite frankly, I've only read about good results from people who are a lot younger than I am, so I'm worried that his theory might not apply to us older ones with age-slowed metabolisms. Collette, the Atkins nutritionist, has suggested to others, who were skeptical, to simply go slowly and add 50 or even 100 calories at a time to see what happens.
Lots and lots to ponder...
Diet Calendar Entries for 12 November 2010:
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1254 kcal
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Fat: 82.61g | Prot: 94.25g | Carb: 35.56g.
Breakfast: String Cheese Mozzarella Cheese Snacks. Lunch: Brown Sugar & Honey Breakfast Sausage, borden shredded cheese, Pieces & Stems Mushrooms, scrambled eggs. Dinner: Stony Fork Farms boneless ribeye steak, Rotel diced tomatoes with chilies, avocado. Snacks/Other: Jello Mousse Temptations Chocolate Mint, beef baby back ribs, Land O'Lakes sugar free whipped cream, Libby's pumpkin pie mix. more...
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2363 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Stairmaster, Level 1, interval, 20 min. - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 14 hours and 34 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 1 hour and 6 minutes. more...
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