This is what happens when you don't eat veggies/drink water

[kibskix]

I mentioned it over in the STAC thread and in my journal, but my poor old doggy died a few days ago. I was pretty distraught and I didn't eat dinner the evening it happened, so I ate lunch around 2 then nothing else. For the 2 days after that I stayed on plan, but I maybe had 1 cup of lettuce a day, didn't eat often enough or enough calories, and probably only drank about 70oz of water instead of my usual 150-200. Also my birthday was yesterday and we went out to eat, and I had a fried acovado (didn't eat the fried outer part, i figure it was coated in flour or something) so it as just avocado, chicken and cheese, and sour cream sauce (though i dont know what exactly was in the sauce, it just tasted like sour cream). Then for my birthday -cake-, I had a sugar free pudding cup.
So although I stayed on plan, as far as not totally blowing everything off just out of being upset, today I feel like crap and i'm up 2 pounds. apparently sugar alcohols do -not- agree with me. I also think i'm going to have to stick to salads when i go out, because although what I had seemed safe enough, you never really know. I had no excuse for not eating enough veggies other than I was sulking and had no appetite, and I hadn't been working out the last week at all because TOM hit full force and harder than usual, I mostly stayed curled up in a chair on pain killers. But i'm ready to get my butt back in gear, i'm getting my gym membership today as a b day present from the bf and i'm working hard with the veggies and the water. So I guess this is just a warning, even if you don't go eat a whole pizza or something like that, not doing things in the right amount, even if theyre "safe" can still mess you up.

[imagood1]

hey kib -- I wouldn't be that upset about gaining 2 pounds...if you had TOM and with the stress you've been under plus not eating 100% on plan it seems it will go away fairly quickly.

I have been doing everything by the book and managed to gain 2 pounds last week...who knows why - wish I could blame it on TOM but haven't had that visitor in almost 20 years!

Get back on track with your veggies, take a walk or do some form of exercise, get your water intake back up and you'll be fine.

[liv]

So sorry to hear about your dog. But don't beat yourself up, you are hanging in there. And did a lot better than some of us may have done in a similar situation

Happy belated birthday

[sallyseachange]

Ditto what Liv said... and so very sorry to hear about the loss of your dear doggie. I have two old dogs too, and I can see that they're approaching their "time" and that life is beginning to be complicated (and painful) for them. It's so sad when we lose our four legged friends.

Hang in there... I'm sure you'll be fine.

[SunnySmile501]

Sugar free pudding is thickened with corn starch. That said, your whole routine was messed up for a few days. That plus the awful stress of your furbaby dying was really hard on your body. It will all calm down in a few days.

You are doing well with making this a lifestyle change instead of a crash diet. Life happens. There will always be bumps in the road, but with a lifestyle, you negotiate around the bumps as best you can, and when things smooth out, you carry on as before. No beating yourself up. You do the best you can with what you have to work with. That two pounds will be gone in no time.

[kibskix]

thanks everyone. i'm not terribly concerned with the 2lbs, i havent gained any inches of course, i'm sure a lot of it is from not getting in my water. oh as an update, i had a MASSIVE migraine today and i'd bet anything it had to do with either that sugar free pudding or whatever was in the sauce of that avacado thingy i had for dinner on my b day. i never -ever- get headaches, and i was just in agony today, i took some medicine and slept from around 1-4pm.

i'm happy to say i'm getting all my veggies and water just fine today, and i'm getting that gym membership tomorrow as a b day present! i was at 15lbs lost before the 2lb gain this morning, i'm hoping with the gym membership i'll get easily to -20 by the end of the month