Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8

It is hard to change habits; it is difficult to go outside your comfort zone.  You will have set backs.  At times I have worked hard to lose 5 lbs, taking a couple of weeks to do it.  Then one week you gain 6 lbs.  AAARRGGHH!  Frustrating I know.  Look forward, if you Fall down 7 times get up 8.  Try to learn from it.  Use it to motivate yourself.  Do not beat yourself up over it.  I have done that many times and it doesn't work.

The game of getting healthy is a game of inches.  You are going to have fluctuations.  The body is complex.  I had a meal that was very salty and I gained a lot of weight. 2 days later I was back to where I thought I was.  I didn't make a major diet or exercise change.  I found I am sensitive to salt.    I do not try to avoid salt, but I do not add extra salt to my food.  Everyone is different.  You have to find what works for you.

Be aware that the timing of what you eat is important.  Smaller more frequent meals are better than one large meal even if the number of calories is the same.  Your body can only absorb so much at a time.  Too many calories at one time and the body will try to store the extra calories as fat.  On the other hand, you don't want to starve yourself.  The body will turn down its furnace and you will get more efficient and burn fewer calories.  Also your body may start burning protein for fuel. Again not what your goal should be.  Burning protein is burning lean body mass.  Lean body mass takes more calories per day to sustain itself than fat.  To help recover from a work out you need to eat some protein.  When I say that I do not mean a 16 oz steak.  I mean an once or two of protein.  Also drink water.

It is a tricky balance.  If you fall down 7 times get up 8.