I Gained - UGH!

So, I didn't journal yesterday. Things were quite busy and I didn't get a chance to. The thing I was pretty confused about was the fact that when I woke up yesterday morning, I weighed 171.2 lbs - Okay and just the day before I weighed 168.8 -so I had gained a little over a pound in a day when I worked out harder than I ever have in my life. So, I put on my big girl panties, sucked my gut in, pushed my chest out and decided that I was retaining water and that I didn't eat enough for that workout yesterday.

I realized that the 896 calories was about 9 Activity Points on WW and I only ate 24 out of a daily goal of 23. I did use one of my flexies for the week, but I didn't count the activity points. Last night, I weighed again (which I ususally don't weigh twice in a day) and I had gained up to 172.6. I was pretty bummed. At the same time, Abbey, my daughter was having a breakdown and we were using our new love and logic parenting techniques to no avail. An hour of a tantrum later, I decided to hang it up and go to bed.


I figured, I would be back to my svelte 168.8 weight today or probably lower, since I went to the gym yesterday too and burned another 500 calories (well, 490 to be exact) but guess what? I still weigh 171.2. Is that possible? Have you ever experienced anything like this? Now my muscles are really hurting today - like worse than any of my other workouts in the last seven weeks. I am hoping one of you will say that it's from the muscle retaining water that I have gained a pound or so. I thought I was working toward the 167's this week. Bummer.
I took today off of working out since I couldn't move this morning and every part of my body is hurting. I packed a PNP approved bag of food and headed out to work. I am going to say that I got into some pants I haven't been able to wear in a while and they are cute on me. I know that in a month, I won't care about those 2lbs - but today I do and it tweaks me.

1 Victory - I did bicep curls yesterday with 40lbs. Pretty pumped since I couldn't even lift 10lbs 7 weeks ago.


Food:
B: oatmeal w/banana and coffee & 1/2 &1/2 (6 pt)
Snack: 1 cup strawberries w/ a weight watchers yogurt (1pt)
Lunch: chicken *** w/ veggies (corn & broccoli n cheese) (5 pt)
Snack: Carrots w/ hummus (1pt)
Snack: Small Apple (1 pt)