Last week I lost a couple of pounds and this week I seem to have put them back on – despite eating and exercising to plan.
So what am I going to do?
I’m going to keep pushing through until something happens.
I’m going to keep running and walking and journalling and being positive that my health is being improved even if the scale isn’t doing anything positive.
I’ve said it before but I certainly need to remind myself that this isn’t really the “last 10 pounds”. Mentally, I’m at the end of something but, physically, my body could lose another 25 pounds and still be healthy. So I just need to keep doing this – and do my best to ignore my projected weight loss figures for March. That kind of counting unhatched chickens only leads to discouragement.
I’m keeping this positive mindset because I’ve been reading up on the subject of visceral fat – the fat that sits inside your body and around your organs. Here’s what I’ve learned:
- There’s no doubt that I have an “at risk” shape. Even though I have a healthy BMI, I should lose another inch or two off my waist to be really healthy in the body fat department.
- Exercise will work on this kind of fat – even in the absence of weight loss – so I will keep moving whether the scales move down or not.
If you want to read more, look at these Obesity Panacea posts:
- This one talks about how exercise reduces visceral fat even if it doesn’t have a large effect on weight.
- This one talks more in depth about the relationship between exercise and weight loss.
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