You’re probably thinking “Who cares! No big deal! It’s only 1 pound!”
I would be thinking the same thing too, if it weren’t for the fact that I've been eating like a rabbit!
Now, don’t get me wrong; I absolutely did not give up gluten, dairy, alcohol, sugar, and flavor in an attempt to lose weight. In fact, never in a million years would I go to those extremes just to lose weight.
I like food too much.
And I’m kind of a fan of how I look naked.
I dig my curves.
My only goal in limiting my diet so greatly was to treat my endometriosis as naturally as possible by cutting out the things that have been shown to have links with flare-ups. That was my only purpose, and really; the only motivator that ever could have convinced me to do this in the first place.
But still… you would think with how I’ve been eating that losing weight would have been a happy side effect, right?!? I mean, I sure as heck thought I was going to drop a little baggage!
It’s not exactly that I wanted to lose weight either, but I did kind of think to myself that it wouldn’t suck to knock off 10 pounds or so.
You know, just to make those curves of mine a bit less... jiggly.
And with the way I've been eating? I kind of figured that 10 pounds would just melt off.
Especially when you consider how much cheese I used to eat!
I certainly didn’t figure gaining into the equation.
Now, I'm guessing you're wondering what exactly it is I have been eating… Because really; what’s left, right? And if I'm not losing a thing, you would probably bet that there's something I'm sneaking in that's not so great.
Don't worry... I know how people's minds work. My feelings aren't hurt.
And just so we're all on the same page here; here's a sample of yesterday’s menu:
- Breakfast – Oatmeal (and not that sugared down instant crap either – we’re talking Irish cut oats, almond milk, and raisons – that’s it!)
- Snack – A green apple
- Lunch – A rice cake and about 20 baby carrots.
- Snack – Applesauce and berries (cherries, strawberries, and raspberries).
- Dinner – I grilled some veggies (asparagus and half a bell pepper) and chicken and then added in some beans for good measure.
Without fail, or cheating. I have been hard core and stead fast. I have been a rock.
And there isn’t even an ounce of cheese in my house anymore.
Yet somehow I gained a pound?!?
I’ll tell you what; I’ve always said that if I could just give up cheese I would be a much thinner girl, but now that I know that’s not the truth? If I ever go off this crazy diet I'm going to eat cheese and nothing but cheese for the rest of my life!
I'll be the girl walking around gnawing on a block of Tillamook and dipping it in her Brie.
Seriously though; is anyone able to explain this bizarre phenomenon to me? Because I’m feeling awfully duped by all the years of believing that eating healthy and low fat meant losing weight.
I mean, who spreads that vicious rumor anyway? Where does it come from?
And seeing as it’s been a long time since I have actively tried to lose weight (I would say I’ve been the same weight, give or take 5 pounds, for the last 3 years at least), how do people do it anyway?
What more does it take?
And why would you ever put yourself through that?
