I really can't believe I stayed off the scale this entire month. I feel like I've been eating a LOT this month, but my tracker tells me I'm still doing OK because most days I still had calories remaining. However, my calories have averaged right around 2000 calories/day this entire month! I was talking to my friend yesterday (while we were covering 12 miles) and I told her how I'm so curious to see what the scale will say next Monday. I have a level of "fear" that it'll be up because I feel like I've been eating so much this month. But, I decided that I'm not going to fear the scale on Monday. I have been tracking my food EVERY day this month so those days that I eat WAY more than I should (like Easter or days that I do my long run) are tracked. In the past I would have at least 1 or 2 days a week where I would maybe not actually track everything or I would just not track at all. So of course my calories those weeks averaged around 1500 or so (and actually a lot of those weeks were more like 1800-1900 average), but if I would have tracked those higher calorie days my average calories over the week would certainly have increased.
Having said all that; I will tell you a little secret.......I already know I've lost weight this month! WHAAAAAAATTTT?!?!?! But, I've been being SO good about not getting on the scale! Well, I didn't get on my scale.
After my run yesterday I decided it was time to go see my doctor regarding what is probably exercise induced asthma. I once again had a run where I was unable to continue my intervals due to the fact that I couldn't breathe. I ended up walking pretty much the entire last mile because I could NOT get my breathing under control and therefore could not get my heart rate to come down. Anyway, so I went to the doctor this morning. I had to have a lot of self-talk last night in preparation for what that scale might say (the same type of self-talk I would have had prior to weighing myself on May 1st). The saving grace about today was that I still have this week before my "official" May 1st weigh in.
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| My sleep pattern NEVER looks like this! Apparently running 12 miles does wonders for my sleep! |
**side note: I only compare doc office weights to other doc office weights. I have no idea what my scale would have said this morning in terms of weight loss from what my scale said April 1st. I ALMOST used this as an excuse to get on my scale today, but I resisted that urge!**
Now, some people may look at 3lbs in the course of 3 weeks and be disappointed. At some point in my journey I would have TOTALLY been one of those people. I mean, I can lose 3 (or more) pounds in a WEEK. However, when I'm losing 3, 4, 5 pounds in a week I can guarantee you I'm not eating 2000+ calories per day. Losing an average of 1 pound a week is nothing to be mad about. It still means 52 pounds in a year.
Time for the home stretch. The goal this week will be to not only stay the course, but to be a little more strict with my food choices/calories so that I can be even more excited about the scale on Monday!
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| This picture has nothing to do with today's blog post but I absolutely love it! My dad and my son watching my daughter's track meet the other day. 💗 |
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