My Days Aren't Always Sunny

Dark clouds hovered over my head early yesterday. I wanted to exercise to release endorphines. Endorphines are happy hormones, and I wanted to be happy. But I was too sad to lift a muscle, and here's why:

I weighed last Monday and found that I didn't lose any pound. Hoping for better results the next day, I weighed again. I got even worse results. I gained a pound. I wanted to die! All that working out and dieting for nothing?!

Then, yesterday night, I met with my nutritionist, submitted my food diary for the past week and she evaluated my daily intakes. She also weighed me on the digital scale. There are 2 weighing scales in the gym. One is manual, where I usually weigh on my own. And the other is digital, where I am weighed with the assistance of a nutritionist or my fitness trainor. The digital scale also measures one's fat percentage and muscle mass, not just weight in pounds.

As I was about to step on the scale, I immediately told my nutritionist that I gained a pound. She told me that I did gain 0.8 pound and that just made me more disappointed. But before a tear fell from my left eye, Ness explained why I gained that 0.8 pound.

My body fat percentage last week was 44%. This week, my body fat percentage is 41%. For the body fat percentage, you would want a smaller number, and since mine decreased by 3%, that's not bad. As for the culprit to my weight gain, here it is: I gained 5 pounds of muscles! So, it is possible that I actually lost some pounds of fat and gained more pounds of muscle. More muscles mean leaner body and faster metabolism AND better ability to burn fats. So, there was no reason to sulk.

So, my Wednesday was not such a sunny day and my happy hormones were nowhere to be found... until I spoke to my nutritionist. Now I know, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY.

Sulk now, workout tomorrow.