Week 17 – Weigh In
I’ve fallen off the wagon, at least as far as posing and keeping the updates flowing is concerned. No, I have not given up or gotten off the diet. You shouldn’t think such nonsense. I’m still going, and officially, I’m at 286lbs!! That’s a 1.2 lb drop from last week, and overall, 37lbs since day 1!
Last week, I had something wrong with my leg, and that put a crimp on my cardio. In the end, I just switched over to swimming, and overall, I think I’m getting MUCH better cardio in the pool since it’s really working my arms and legs at the same time.
Also, last week, I started to doubt the path that I’m on. Since the end of the month is near, I’m starting to ponder changing the current gameplan and going in a different direction. Too many stalled weeks is really driving me crazy… putting in a ton of effort and get 0 change, especially over the course of weeks, was really wearing on me. One idea that I was considering was switching over to Atkins and seeing where that took me. That would mean dropping out the carbs and going heavy on the protiens.
Then late last week, I was doing some reading and came across this article about the benefits of having yogurt when dieting. A group of people were put on a reduced calorie diet and given three 6oz servings of yogurt each day. Over the course of the study, the ones having yogurt lost 61% more fat overall, and 81% more fat around their waist than the ones that were not having yogurt. It then hit me.. when the pounds were shedding off, I was having yogurt almost daily. Once I switched to breakfast bars and other “non-yogurt” breakfast items, things started to plateau. As of today, I’m going to work at least one cup of yogurt into my diet each day.. sometimes for breakfast, sometimes for a snack, others for a dessert after dinner. If I see a noticeable change, I might step it up even more and have additional servings. I’m anxious to see if this does help with the weightloss, and I’ll report in with my findings.