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I honestly don't know why my gain was only 0.2 pounds. According to my records last week when I gained 2.4 pounds I averaged 78 calories less per day than this week. I have a system where green is in the zone, yellow is slightly over the zone and red is very high. This week I had 2 greens, 1 yellow and 4 reds. Generally I seldom have a red day and when I do it is one or two in a week. Last week was two reds, for example. Four red days are unprecedented!
I do know why my eating was so terribly high. I spent 5 days in town with literally leaving my house at 6am and returning at 7pm (one day it was 8:30!) This is basically a double whammy between restaurant food and physical exhaustion. I don't do well with either.
I leave tomorrow morning for Edmonton and will return late on Wednesday. So this week will be hard on the calorie front. I will have to be vigilant.
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Surprisingly, sometimes the body responds well to some "red" days. It doesn't think it's starving anymore, so when you revert back to "green", it starts doing what you want it to do. Amazingly complex organisms our beings are.
20 Jan 24 by member: Annisworkingonit
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Annisworkingonit I think you are right. I also wonder at my calorie counting especially when eating out at restaurants. So much guess work. It has been proven that people in general underestimate their calories and overestimate their exercise. I try to account for that tendency however I still wonder! In the meantime I do the best I can with my guesstimates. Better than not being aware at all of what I am eating!
21 Jan 24 by member: 59Carol
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