Reverse Dieting: Week Two

Well there goes another week haha. Week two is done and went a little better than the first.

So after the complete cheat day at the wedding, I got right back on track starting Monday. We decided to keep my macros the same because of the fluctuation back on the rise. Keeping your macros the same allows your body to readjust and try to achieve homeostasis. My body did pretty well keeping around the same weight. The week went well with macro hitting everyday. Of course still dreading having the two rest days in a row (stupid work) but that might be changing, well see. However, yesterday (Sunday), thought I hit my numbers perfectly and I was laying in bed checking again to make sure I ate everything and I notice SHITTTT! The coolwhip I had I was only suppose to have a total of 8tbsp, well Im stupid and when I weighed it out I was like ok 9g x 8; however, the 9g is for 2tbsp which is one serving! So technically I went over my macros :( AH! I know it happens but I literally hit everyday pretty close to perfect and I was like yes a week where I can accurately see what is happening and can evaluate my macros tomorrow, but nooo the serving size had to be 2tbsp not 1tbsp, come on now. So yesterday I ended up going 4g over in fat and 8g over in carbs..ugh.

Even though I had this failure of a day, and today my weight was up (Im kind of thinking its cause I'm pretty sore from a heavy leg day) I'm still going to up my macros. 5g in carbs and 1g in fat.

Weights:
9/8 Tuesday +1.2lbs
9/9 Wednesday -2.8lbs
9/10 Thursday -0.6lbs
9/11 Friday +1.2lbs
9/12 Saturday -0.2
9/13 Sunday -0.8lbs
9/14 Monday +2.2lbs

Total for the week -1.0lbs

Goal again for the week: hit macros/no cheats/monitor serving sizes more carefully

Hope this helps,
Claire

Ps. You can follow me on myfitnesspal: claires2390

Reverse Dieting: Week One

Well, week one of my reverse is done and gone.

The first three days it was going awesome! Hitting my macros and dropping weight even with more food; however, I have to take two rest days in a row because of work, which let me tell you SUCKS! So I figured ok my weight will probably go up a little bit which it did. Then was able to workout on both days of the weekend and weight dropped down a little bit. On Sunday I got invited to a wedding, in my head I was going to still try to count or just eat before I went, that was an epic failure. We (boyfriend and I) got to the wedding and there was food and of course goodies, so I told myself ok I wont count macros today but my goal is to not binge on all the goodies. The dinner went well, ate my food, picked halfway decent choices and enjoyed. But then I pasted the goodie table filled with candy and cookies! And my brain was like GOOO haha, so of course I ate like 7 cookies and some candy. Thankfully I pulled it together and stopped. Did I feel guilty? Yes. Did I binge as bad as I have before? No. Will it ruin my progress? Probably not and I need to keep reminding myself that. One bad day is not going to ruin everything. I did end up gaining a little after that day but I know give it about two days and I should be back to normal. Therefore, the next day (Monday) I got up, did my workout and hit my macros perfectly. Praying that when I weigh in the morning I will be down or even back to normal weight. I guess we will wait and see.

I am really enjoying eating more food though. Ive also come to the conclusion that it is going to get cooler outside soon, which means pants and long sleeves so will people really notice if I put on a few pounds while trying to repair my metabolism...no. Therefore, I am more ok with gaining a little because I know in the end my cuts will go better and faster along with being able to lean out on more food.

Week One
8/31 Monday: day one of reverse
9/1 Tuesday: -0.4lbs
9/2 Wednesday: -0.4lbs
9/3 Thursday: -1.2lbs
9/4 Friday: +0.8lbs
9/5 Saturday: +1.4lbs
9/6 Sunday: -0.8lbs
9/7 Monday: + 1.6lbs-wedding was yesterday

since day one: +1.8lbs total

Goal for this week: Hit macros/no cheats