My body is a bitch & TGIF
This week has been crazy at work with 2 training clinic going on. I hate it when it doubles up because I barely have time to breath or update my facebook. On top of this it's been very gloomy, gray and cold outside. The weather is depressing. I wonder if I have one of those disorders that makes you depressed when you don't get enough sun. I'm totally feigning for some sun. I want to gobble it up. I should google that illness because seriously I have been in a pissy mood all week.
So for the past two weeks I have been eating between 1500-1600 calories and have been working out 4-5 days per week. Both weeks I lost 1.4 lbs. I know I should be elated that I'm losing weight but I'm not. I've lost twice as much eating almost 2,000 calories per day and walking a mile 3 times a week. I've literally shaved off another 500 calories and am working out way more, usually 45-1hr. I've been lifting weights, jogging around the track, walking on the treadmill and using the eliptical. Everytime I enter more cardio in Sparkpeople it keeps yelling at me that I'm not eating enough. According to SP I should be eating around 1900 because of all the exercise I am doing. I thought all of this would at least get me a loss of 2+ pounds. The equation seemed simple enough. Eat less than you normaly do + exercise than you normally do = loss of more than you normally do. Apparently my body doesn't like algebra equations and refused to relinquish even an extra ounce. It's very frustrating.
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Today after work I came home exhausted and laid in bed for a bit to relax. I set my cell alarm clock for half an hour incase I fell asleep. I was huddled under the covers nice and warm and comfy. I was contemplating skipping the gym and just going to bed. Then this guy I've been talking to a bit D texted me. He asked me what I was doing and I told him I was getting ready to go to the gym. His response was "Have a good strong workout." (so far so good). " I want you hot sweaty and sexy for me". (WFT?) Seriously what is his deal. That is not something you say to someone you've only been talking to for a bit. At least in my opinion. I couldn't tell if he was just flirting or being a pervert. My response to him was "OMG! Take a cold shower D". Guy are so confusing. Drives me crazy. Anyway, I decided to go the gym since I had told D thats what I was doing. And I've been on a kick where I'm trying not to lie. Even white lies. We'll see how it goes. So out in the rain I went and did my cardio at the gym. I forgot my headphones so all I could do was stare at the tv and try and figure out what was going on. Or I made up my own dialogue in my head. It was pretty hilarious. Then my feet started killing me. I wore my old workout shoes and they barely have any soles left. I wanted to wear my NB 769's. They feel like your walking or jogging on air. But since they are running shoes they don't work so well on the eliptical. My feet fall asleep and start to sting. My feet have to keep moving in the new shoes for them to cushion my foot properly. In the eliptical they are in on place and it kills me feet. So both shoes kill my feet on way or the other. I'm considering buying some cross trainers but since i've litterly bought 5 pairs of shoes this month I can't really justify it.
Lunch: homemade ground beef and rice burrito in a whole wheat tortilla and 2 tbs salsa
So for the past two weeks I have been eating between 1500-1600 calories and have been working out 4-5 days per week. Both weeks I lost 1.4 lbs. I know I should be elated that I'm losing weight but I'm not. I've lost twice as much eating almost 2,000 calories per day and walking a mile 3 times a week. I've literally shaved off another 500 calories and am working out way more, usually 45-1hr. I've been lifting weights, jogging around the track, walking on the treadmill and using the eliptical. Everytime I enter more cardio in Sparkpeople it keeps yelling at me that I'm not eating enough. According to SP I should be eating around 1900 because of all the exercise I am doing. I thought all of this would at least get me a loss of 2+ pounds. The equation seemed simple enough. Eat less than you normaly do + exercise than you normally do = loss of more than you normally do. Apparently my body doesn't like algebra equations and refused to relinquish even an extra ounce. It's very frustrating.
Today after work I came home exhausted and laid in bed for a bit to relax. I set my cell alarm clock for half an hour incase I fell asleep. I was huddled under the covers nice and warm and comfy. I was contemplating skipping the gym and just going to bed. Then this guy I've been talking to a bit D texted me. He asked me what I was doing and I told him I was getting ready to go to the gym. His response was "Have a good strong workout." (so far so good). " I want you hot sweaty and sexy for me". (WFT?) Seriously what is his deal. That is not something you say to someone you've only been talking to for a bit. At least in my opinion. I couldn't tell if he was just flirting or being a pervert. My response to him was "OMG! Take a cold shower D". Guy are so confusing. Drives me crazy. Anyway, I decided to go the gym since I had told D thats what I was doing. And I've been on a kick where I'm trying not to lie. Even white lies. We'll see how it goes. So out in the rain I went and did my cardio at the gym. I forgot my headphones so all I could do was stare at the tv and try and figure out what was going on. Or I made up my own dialogue in my head. It was pretty hilarious. Then my feet started killing me. I wore my old workout shoes and they barely have any soles left. I wanted to wear my NB 769's. They feel like your walking or jogging on air. But since they are running shoes they don't work so well on the eliptical. My feet fall asleep and start to sting. My feet have to keep moving in the new shoes for them to cushion my foot properly. In the eliptical they are in on place and it kills me feet. So both shoes kill my feet on way or the other. I'm considering buying some cross trainers but since i've litterly bought 5 pairs of shoes this month I can't really justify it. So this week I thought I would experiment and try eating 1700-1800 calories. Maybe my stubborn body doesn't want to let go of the fat because it knows that it's not getting enough calories for the workouts. It thinks it may need the fat to use for the workouts so it's keeping a surplus. It seems logical but I don't know how it will pan out.
I got on the scale yesterday and I was up 3.8lbs. I wanted to scream. When I weighed in on Sunday I was at 212.2 and yesterday it read 216. WTF? My body is a bitch.
Anyway, I've been busting my butt at the gym because my roommate L and my gay "husband" P and I are taking a vacation to ft.Lauderdale next week. We leave on Wednesday, bright and early.Our plane departs Chicago at 7am. Needless to say L & P were not happy since we will have to leave my place by 5 am to get there on time. I told them to put on their big girl panties and deal with it. We'll be on our way to Florida and they can sleep on the plane.
So my diet and excessive exercise don't seem to be making a difference this week. It appears that my body is giving me the finger. I wanted to get down to 210 by the time I left for Florida and wth the scale back up to 216 it really seems impossible. At this point I would need a miracle. Pray for me. You may think I'm kidding but I'm so not.
Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi Sunshine puffs, 1 cup 1% milk, mini box of raisins
Snack1: 1 ounce pecansLunch: homemade ground beef and rice burrito in a whole wheat tortilla and 2 tbs salsa
Dinner: 6 inch turkey and ham sub from subway. With pepperjack cheese, a little mayo and the works. I also had a bag of lays light chips and a diet coke.
Exercise: 20 minutes treadmill, 20 minutes eliptical
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