Is my body fighting back? They say that, if you lose weight, your body has a tendency to try to get back to your pre-loss weight!

LAMIKO Bathroom Scale

A good bathroom scale can help you keep on track; and I, for one, need that. Over the past week or two, my weight is bouncing all over the place within a range of about four pounds. I\’ll drop to a certain weight level, but then I keep feeling like I need to eat; and before I know it, I\’ve gained back several pounds. So it looks like my body is fighting back. It\’s most aggravating!

Cycling can help with weight control; and Ride Your Way Lean contains much advice for riders who want to lose weight. I don\’t follow the book\’s plans, but the important thing is to ride regularly; and include a mix of short, intense efforts and steady, moderately-paced rides. Along with riding, of course follow a good eating plan.

I\’ve noticed in the last month that I can\’t seem to reach earlier levels of intensity during hard efforts. Did I lose too much weight; and some strength along with it? But I don\’t want to gain that weight back! I\’ve still got prediabetes hanging over my head; and now I have rheumatoid arthritis, too! Extra weight is not good for either condition.

I need to keep fighting back at my body\’s tendency to regain weight. Fortunately I seem to get the weight back off fairly easily; and not everyone is so lucky. But it\’s easier in the long run to not gain the pounds to begin with.

It makes me feel like a yo yo dieter; and I wish I could work from home again. It\’s easier to keep my diet under control when I do!