So ten pounds....boy.
Yesterday I did a grueling workout at the gym, but only for 30 minutes. I have got to get my butt out of bed with the alarm. I've been struggling to do that. I worked on legs and cardio, running up and down the stairs with 20 pounds of weight, wall sits, calf raises and squats. My calfs are sore this morning. Then I walked an additional 3 miles later in the day.
Today I went to spin class, but again did not get up with the alarm. The weight stayed the same. I'm in a holding pattern.
I know with the sore calfs not to expect anything.
But I'm in this for 10 pounds, right? So what haven't I done? Well, I haven't journaled my diet, so that's what I added today, and oh boy...I'm going to leave work having eating 1000 calories already which leaves me with only 200 for the evening. Maybe I'm not sticking within the 1200 quite like I thought I was. Those nibbles add up, and that's what's doing it to me. Today's nibbles: carrots, two brazil nuts, about 8 mini marshmallows, mini box of raisins.
Rest of today, 200-400 calories for the evening, walk aiming for 5 miles.
So tomorrow: 1200 calories, no extra nibbles, journal my calories, walk extra aiming for 5 miles.
If I don't make 10 pounds it won't be from lack of trying!!!
And I like to tell folks that though it is recommended you could/should lose 1-2 pounds per week, I like to say you could/should lose 4-8 pounds per month. It's the same thing, but more realistic. I do lose 4-8 pounds per month, but I have a tendency to lose nothing for three weeks and then I lose big the fourth week. All this time I thought I was broken.
