Frustration: Cutting calories,  regaining running form, putting in hard work for 3 months and having a total loss of 6 pounds.

Frustration: Really focusing on food and running as much as possible in the month of August only to step on the scale mid-way through the month and seeing a loss of a whopping 0.8 pounds (that’s ZERO point eight).

Frustration: Dropping $145 on new running shoes only to have heel, ankle and knee pain on their first outing.
So yes, friends, I’m frustrated. The lack of weight loss is baffling to me. I, like so many who struggle with their weight, could write a book on nutrition and exercise (my problems are emotional not from lack of knowledge). So I know how to count calories, measure foods, good foods versus bad foods (yes to protein! no to refined carbs!). I know that it’s the calories you eat that really make or break weight loss, much more than exercise. So I’m just vexed at to why my diet of 1500 net calories, most of which are coming from clean foods is not resulting in dropped pounds. I blame breastfeeding. It’s the only thing I can think of right now.

I will keep on doing it though. What choice do I have?

It’s not all bad news though.

My running is going great. My endurance gets better every run. My motivation is strong and I am just in love with running again. And I’m calling myself a runner again. Even if my body isn’t where I want it to be. I am a runner. I am part of the running community. I get excited when a Road Runner Sports catalog shows up in the mail. I’m lusting over lululemon bags and clothes. I think about running. A lot. And I love it. Now if my body would just get the message and shrink down to a size where I could fit into the workout clothes I am coveting.

The aforementioned shoes? Well, we’re just going to hope the pains were a fluke, because I’m not getting another new pair of shoes until these are done.

More good news, they are opening a new Sport and Health Fitness Center down the street from my house. My teacher husband gets a significant membership discount which combined with the fitness center membership reimbursement I get from my job, means we can get a family membership for a low, low price. I’m so excited. All of the gyms I’ve belonged to before had childcare as an afterthought. Just a small room with a few toys and an uninterested babysitter. I didn’t really care because I didn’t have kids. Now I do and I would feel guilty dropping them off in one of those places. But the Kidz Zone at S&H looks awesome and I know that my littles are going to get excited when I tell them we are going to the gym. That matters, a LOT.

So there you have it, weight loss is for crap but hooray for exercise!!

 

 

I kind of started this blog and then dropped off the face of the earth. That happens when you have a job and two small insomniac children. Internet time for mommy gets punted.


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