What a Ride!

Special thanks to my friend Fran for letting me know that I was recently listed on the Broken Hearted Runner's Best Running Blogs of 2011.

To say I'm surprised is an understatement.  Me and my lil' ol' ramblings here.  ;)

Thanks Fran for informing me and THANKS Broken Hearted Runner for including me on your list.  There are some AMAZING blogs listed there and I'm honoured.

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Recently I've mentioned a few times that I had been struggling with eating too much, incessant hunger, and of course the expected weight gain.

I've been actively trying to lose a little more weight again since Boxing Day.  Two weeks later I was down 2 lbs and happy about that.  In the next eight days that followed I gained 5 pounds.  FIVE FRICKIN' POUNDS ... in EIGHT days.

For those eight days I could not stop eating.  I was ALWAYS hungry.  My choices were NOT optimal.  However, even with the extra I was eating, I knew that in 8 days I did not consume an extra 17,500 calories above what my body needs (approx 3500 calories equals a 1 pound weight change).

Now, I kinda had it in the back of my mind that hormones might have been playing a little role here.  Typically, I'm not THAT affected by those things.  In the last while though I have been. 

And wouldn't you know it ... a few days later - WHAM!  Intense hunger - gone!  I literally woke up one morning last week and felt human again.  Normal food levels are satisfying me ... and my weight dropped SEVEN pounds in 4 days.  CRAZY!

That leaves me 4 lbs down in a month, which is ironically exactly what I was hoping for.  But what a rollercoaster ride along the way.  The loss is great, but I sure hope it doesn't have to be such a wild ride each month.  That would take some getting used to.

Keep Active!

Heidi

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