Week Recap - stagnant weight

Weighed in at 174.8 tonight, which is unfortunate because I didn't meet my weight loss goals despite a very solid week for me. My only cheats were a couple glasses of wine during the week, at that fancy dinner party I described previously, a couple drinks friday night and one "cheat" meal which consisted of gluten free pasta, shrimp, and a sauce that was unfortunately made of heavy cream. I can definitely say that the change in my diet has helped changed the way my body responds to bad foods, as I was wrecked after the dish (side note: I just really wanted shrimp and I thought since the pasta was gluten free I'd be okay, I was wrong) with a bloated feeling and I paid for it the next day (in the bathroom) (eww gross TMI) (just keeping it real).

I think that was a good thing in the long run, as now that I know how my body responds to eating crap (heavy cream sauce was what did me in, and I think I'm a little lactose intolerant but that's another story) I'm even less tempted then before to break my paleo streak.

Another reason I'm hoping to explain my lack of weight loss this week is the fact that I'm hopefully putting on lean muscle mass. As I said before the main thing I care about (from a vanity sake) is my BMI (body mass index) which is basically a calculation of body fat %. If I lose a pound of fat and put on a pound of muscle (which could be the case because I was able to increase my resistance (weight) in multiple exercises this week than I am more than completely satisfied. Never the less I can't just assume thats the reason, that would be falling into the temptation that most people fall into that assume they burned more calories than they did or that certain foods "aren't so bad", so I must keep tweaking diet.

My first tweak will be to lessen the amount of trail mix I snack on throughout the week and try to find a way to sneak some vegetables into my snacking habits. There is nothing easy about that, as I don't really like vegetables. If there was ever a study that came out denouncing broccoli as even somewhat bad for you, I assure you I would never touch broccoli again. I'm hoping that either sliced cucumbers or sauteing some vegetables and just snacking on those throughout the week will do the trick. I'm also going to increase the amount of water I'm drinking to hopefully 64oz a day. We just got a brita filter at home so it should be easier (tap water is terrible) to meet that goal.

Other then those tweaks I think I'm on the right path, my activity level is good, I feel I'm in a better mood throughout the day and I don't fall victim to food comas and severe energy crashes from spikes and drops in my insulin levels.

This coming weekend will be tough as I'm flying out to SF for a good friend's bachelor party. SF is one of my favorite cities and has all sorts of great food, it will be quite a challenge to stay as paleo as possible. I'm hoping we can make a stop at Trader Joe's before we make the drive out to Tahoe as I'm fearing the default food will be "pb & j" or something of that nature. However, I understand that it'd be easy to be perfectly paleo if I stayed in a cave by myself for the rest of my life, but what fun is getting in shape if I don't get out to enjoy it?? I'm hoping to be able to post some paleo triumphs of how to handle a weekend trip and maintain fitness goals (i.e. get up and sneak a quick workout or something) but we'll see how this goes.

Goals for this week:

-Drop to 172.8 by my next weigh in,

-Increase my intensity on my workouts and keep working until the final buzzer

-Eat more vegetables

-Enjoy my new healthy lifestyle and the extra energy I have

-Have a blast in California