Weight: 800lbs
No clue, really. Just finished period (TMI), which means water retention should be gone. I was at 130lb yesterday morning. That's 4lbs lost, 5 more to go. But then I blew it up last night with five cocktails, chicken tenders, fries, etc. It was a splurge date night and it was amazing. In the effort to "live outside the box," I tried marrow and it was delicious. Check.
Today was complaint. Healthy eating throughout. It started with a one-hr Barre3 class and was filled with regular bursts of activity throughout the day. Tomorrow starts a fresh week and no big diet-crashing social events in the near future. I see some real gains from a few lbs lost and new muscle. Need to harness that momentum and keep going.
Goal to start tomorrow with an outdoor run. Hubs and I are registed for the Shamrock 8k in March and the Rock n Roll 10k in May.
The general rule is that weight is lost in the kitchen and gained in the gym. And when kitchen and gym get into a fight, diet always trumps exercise. As TF said in the #4HB, you can't outrun your mouth. That hour-long run that burned 250 calories was great, right? Well, the venti latte you rewarded yourself with afterwards just put 500 calories back in.
ReplyDeleteI was in NYC last week and gained 8 pounds despite walking 11 MILES on my only full day in town. I guess you can't outwalk your mouth either.
But after just a few days back on normal diet I've lost all of the 8 pounds and I'm getting ready to hit new lows.
The point of all of this? The occasional throwing of caution to the wind isn't just allowable, it is essential to your mental health. We NEED to enjoy those foods and drinks from time-to-time. Fried pork skin, chicken tenders and fries over a cocktail or twelve is a key component of our social interaction.
Nobody ever, at any point in the course of human history, fondly looked back that at time when they all got together and had ice water and tuna salad. Yeah, you're going see a spike, but it'll disappear before you know it, and you'll be that much better for having had the fun.
It seems like most people that fail in these endeavors usually do okay for a while, but ultimately trip up, and then they fall apart and never get back on track. I suspect some of that is "well, I failed and ate a whole pizza, so I may as well just give up." When really, if they just classify that event as an awesome time eating a whole pizza and not a personal failure, it is so much easier to just put it behind them and get back to work. Mental state accounts for so much.
Keep with it, you'll be there in no time.