Week 2: An Exercise is Good Weigh-In
This is just a quick post as I prepare to batten down the hatches for the ice storm allegedly coming through south-central Kentucky tonight. (I’m praying for it to miss us, as I DESPERATELY need to drive forty minutes to see my chiropractor for an adjustment as one of my pinched nerves has suddenly manifested as an extremely painful tingling in my lower right leg that I need to get fixed, asap.)
But this is Week #2 of my new Weight Watchers journey, and I’m calling this one an Exercise is Awesome Weigh-In.
Why such a wordy title? I’ve always known Exercise is Awesome. However, my original title was “Exercise is Awesome but Activity Points Suck Weigh-In” and that’s a little wordy.
On my first week, I decided to eat all of my activity points, but I forgot one big factor. I’m a big guy, and I work out much harder than your average weight watcher. That isn’t meant to be construed as a snarky statement, as I know there are weight watchers who do marathons and triathlons and lift weights and tons of zumba and everything else. In fact, I’m putting myself in their camp, as I do believe the hard-core exercise is a weight watcher rarity.
If those of us who work out hard eat all of our activity points, we can end up eating far too much. That’s exactly what happened to me. There were a few days I earned in excess of 20 points a day, just from my workout.
Well, what happened was I ended up overeating myself out of my workout benefits. I gained this week.
Week 2 Stats
355.6
Up two pounds from last week
Down 47.2 from my all-time highest
So next week, which technically starts today, I’m still exercising as much as I my crazy tingle-leg will let me, but I will not be eating those activity points.
Oh, and I’m also, starting tonight, working on my flexibility. I’m sure it will help me with my pinched nerve (and subsequently the leg tingle), it will be a major benefit when I start back to taekwondo (my reward for getting under 300 pounds again), and it’s just good for overall health, right?
Video coming soon!
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Ooh! I hope you can get into the chiropractor! I drove home from work last night on a sheet of ice, but the roads weren’t too bad this morning.
Lesson learned with the activity points? Ok, good.
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Lesson definitely learned. Nothing but rain here, so I was able to get into the chiropractor. It’s not totally fixed yet (of course), but I at least received confirmation that it is not a blood clot and is a pinched nerve. Going back next week, but she agrees that yoga could be a big help.
You look awesome in that pic
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Well, I had a good photographer. You know, one who could get my good side while I was doing shirtless pushups on the beach.
I never tried weight watchers but it kind of sounds counter productive working out to earn points only to eat what you lost. You’re goal is to lose weight so it makes sense to be a little more restrictive about your diet then that. I have friends that are on that diet and I haven’t really noticed a big change in them. To each their own I guess.
You definitely make a good point. The whole eating issues that led to me being overweight led me to sabotaging my first week back on the plan. Honestly, I think I even need to get into a mental feeling of some deprivation. I have known some people who have made astounding losses on the plan (including me, before I stupidly gained it back). But like you, I also know some people who seem to do WW just for the “vogue” factor of it and never really seem to lose anything.
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