I put on again! Marti insists it’s not a problem (being that time of the month and all) but it’s getting frustrating. I’ve put on small amounts for the last three weeks to end up with 1/2 a kg! The problem is that there’s been a lot of social stuff and work stuff that has meant that I haven’t been able to track or exercise as much as usual. It’s amazing how dispiriting three weeks of small gains can be.
By the way, I checked and it is the same Marti.
Hi Nicole
Perhaps you need to give the amount of exercise you think you will do in a week a downwards revision and adjust your calorie intake accordingly. This might give you more of a ‘real world’ scenario. Much as any of us would like we rarely get to do as much exercise as we had planned to do.
So how long until you tell Marti you are a friend of ours?
Or more to the point, have you spilled the beans already? If so, can we still use this forum for plotting purposes???
Hey Nicole, I think that yoiu did the right thing by getting well below your upper limit before going on maintenance. IIRC, you said you were about 4kg under, and you are now half way through maintenance, and only drifted back up 0.5kg.
PS: Here’s a philosophical question: if a cigarette shortens your life by a few minutes, and by smoking, you don’t eat and therefore put on weight (which lengthens your life), is it a zero sum game, or are you in fact better off smoking???
I noticed in the text you used a colon which is also a body organ that is effected by diet. This is a subliminal clue that you already know the answer.
Yes, Marti knows that you are friends of mine but yes,you can use it for plotting. She has not been given the url.
The exercise thing doesn’t count when you’re on maintenance. You don’t get any bonus points from exercise so, technically, it shouldn’t matter. However, my exercise has dropped off so I do need to factor that in to my points. I am also trying to mix up my diet as I tend to eat the same thing day in – day out.
BTW – don’t give me any more excuses to keep smoking!
Well, if she knows that we know you, then we should deny it if she asks. All kinds of possibilities here.
She’s already said she will not join in our little forum.