So I weighed in for (and won) the Jillian Michaels DietBet two days ago. Almost immediately, as in I put a pizza in the oven before my win was even verified, I start binging. This was partly because Wednesday just happened to be a day where something bad happened that upset me and partly because I had been trying to get that last minute weight off so I could win the bet. So I was hungry and stressed. So I binged on Wednesday. I didn't binge on Thursday but I ordered Thai food and generally wasn't careful about what I was eating, which I have to be, because left to my own devices I'll always overeat. So this morning I got the news about how much money I won and decided to put it towards this new bet. So I weighed myself for it this morning, and I was up four pounds since. It hadn't even been two days because I weighed myself in the afternoon on Wednesday.
It's upsetting, because 1) I hadn't been that low of a weight in a long time. Something like six years. 2) That's four pounds I have to relose. 3) I feel kind of shady, since I won for a weight that I was only at for probably a few hours. Like it almost didn't even happen.
I'll get over it, I guess. It's kind of silly to be upset about the third thing, really. It's probably natural that people gain weight after a bet is over. Maybe not THAT much, but still. And if I was an expert at losing weight and keeping it off, I wouldn't be here in the first place, right? Anyway.
Since I started a few days late on Shaun T., I have 26 days to lose 8.5 pounds. I need to lose about 1/3 a pound a day. If I blog again, it'll be with a plan of attack.