Saturday, January 17
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Weight Gain
[journal] One week ago I set out to eat well and gain weight. I promised I would put my progress on this webpage in order to motivate myself to do well. So after a week of blood, sweat and tears, a week of four full healthy meals and seven glasses of water a day, I am x + 1. I've gained a measly pound after revolving my entire day around eating. I literally spent hours buying groceries and preparing meals only to gain a snake eye. This was entirely discouraging on two points. The first is apparent. It's the one pound gain. The second point disturbed me more. If I had gained one pound in my 5th week I would not be so alarmed. I had assumed that my sudden increase in calorie intake would give me a staggering 2-4 pound gain before my metabolism compensated and the gain would incrementally decrease, eventually leveling. But to gain only one pound in my first week gives me little hope for the weeks to come.
My one explanation for the phenomenon is that in the past I did eat as many calories, however, they were fatty calories. So even though I only gained a pound, it was a pound of nutritious good-for-you weight. There may be no difference on the scale, but my body and mind are probably thanking me. So you're welcome body, but that ain't make me feel no better.
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