I weighed myself yesterday morning and I was .2 lbs lighter than the day before, which makes me 2.9 lbs lighter than when I first started this plant based diet 8 days ago (not counting today). That is remarkable to me because when I was counting calories and exercising every day, I never lost that much weight in that short amount of time. The most unbelievable thing about this whole thing so far has been that I do not feel hungry ever-- AND I cheat! When I am hungry, I eat and I haven't been exercising much at all.
When I started counting calories back in March, my weight loss hit a plateau. For almost two months of counting calories and exercising, I did not lose a single pound, but I also didn’t gain. I even increased the intensity of my workout. I eventually just gave up counting and exercising and still hadn’t gained any of the weight back, but now that I have cut out meat, dairy and oil (most of the time), the weight seems to be coming off again. I don’t feel like I have put that much effort into it, except that now I feel like I am cooking all the time.
Meals
Breakfast:
Roasted Potatoes (catered so this is a cheat)
Mixture of Fruits
Lunch:
Salad with vinaigrette dressing (again, another cheat)
Dinner:
3 beers
Garlic mashed potatoes and oil free vegan gravy
Weight: -.2 lbs, -2.9 lbs. since Day 1.
Nice job SA! Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteOk...I'm no expert...but here are my thoughts...
ReplyDeleteIt makes sense that you have seen quicker weight loss on this diet vs. counting calories/exercising. Immediate changes in your diet give you fast results. If you were to stop the diet, you would probably gain the weight back fairly fast.
Counting calories/exercising contributes to long term weight loss...hence the reason you didn't gain any weight back when you stopped counting calories/exercising. If you give yourself 4 months, you'd probably gain the weight back.
I don't know if I'm preaching to the choir, but regardless...keep up the good work!