Weight Loss Journey: Weeks 4-6

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Weeks 4-6 for me were all about learning how to navigate weight gain whenever you are trying to lose weight.

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You guys: weeks 4-6 of my weight loss journey were by far the most emotion tear-filled part of it yet. During these 2 weeks, I actually GAINED one pound each week. So If you’re keeping track from my last post, that makes for 7 pounds down and then 2 pounds back up. Yup. It sucked as much to live as it is to type. However, I will say that I’ve learned the most about myself and my body during this time.

There is a happy ending though, just wait until I share what has happened currently during week 7. I want today’s post to be a reminder to you, especially if you’re on the same journey as I am, that we don’t ever grow, change, or evolve in any way unless we get a little bit uncomfortable. And that’s exactly what these past weeks have made me feel: utterly uncomfortable.

I learned so much during this time that I am actually planning an entire post dedicated to how I navigate and bounce back whenever I have a cheat meal, so keep a lookout for that, too, next week as a little bonus post.

Before I jump into all of my takeaways from this portion of time during my weight loss journey, I want to give you all the reminder to NOT babysit your scale. Put your scale in a place that you might not visit frequently and once you put it on the floor leave it there, as moving it around an cause it to become unbalanced. It’s also important to note that weight can fluxuate dramatically on even a daily basis, so try only weighing yourself once a week, first thing in the morning after you pee. For me, this is always Monday morning at 6am.

Ok, onto what I have learned and what I’m doing the same:

I am still intermittent fasting (16/8 method) and drinking at least 100oz of water per day. This in itself reaffirms why you shouldn’t weigh yourself at the end of the day, 100 oz comes out to 6.25 pounds!
I’m have been religiously tracking my calories and daily macros in my carb manager app and it does make a huge difference.
I am still taking my exogenous ketones, but now I take them daily and I truly feel like they are the key that has unlocked my body to finally losing weight. Everyone takes them at different points during the day, and I tend to do mine an hour or so before I do my workout. I’m going to do one big post coming up comparing a few different brands and explaining them more, but if you are interested in trying out my favorite brand CLICK HERE.
I learned that just one cheat meal can make a big difference so you have to be strategic about when and how you have one. I only had 2 cheat meals during this entire 14 day period, each was on a Saturday night and they greatly impacted my momentum. The only reason that I even went through with having these meals was that I knew I had my exogenous ketones handy.

My workouts have increased from 5-6 days per week to 6-7 days per week and I am honestly enjoying them so much! I feel like once I got on an everyday workout roll, this truly helped me with the loss that I finally had during week 7, which you will find out about soon. I switched up the workout that I’m doing and actually started doing Beachbody and obsessed with their Barre workout series. I’m doing the 60 day workout, which is 5 workouts per week + I do at least 90 minutes per week on the treadmill. I split this up into 20-35 minute sessions depending on my energy level throughout the week. This has helped me tremendously with energy throughout the day.
I THINK that part of the reason that my weight loss stalled had to do with the amount of zero carb bread (the Aldi brand) and Mission low carb tortillas that I’ve been eating. Once I did my second Monday weigh-in during this period and saw that I gained again, I cut them out and started having an omelet every day for lunch and I feel like that greatly helped me break-through my stall.
Lastly, I am working with a cool new company called KatyKeto that is a keto-friendly drink (it’s a seriously delicious matcha latte) that helps you with your intermittent fasting goals. So if this is something you’re interested in, but not sure if you can actually do it, this truly helps you get through hunger hurdles – especially in the beginning. So I just wanted to share, but more on that to come!