Man, I cannot for the life of me get over that 60 pound mark. It's been teasing for weeks, just like the 199 pound mark did at the beginning of the year.
Last week I was lazy. I won't even sugarcoat it, it was pure laziness. And I can list out all of my excuses, but in the end, that's what they are: excuses. Our office building flooded, which I am mentioning more for my own sake because my memory is *horrible.* So, yeah, a water valve burst overnight in the building connected to ours, which sent tons of water barreling toward our building since the whole thing is on a slope. The water eventually poked holes in the drywall, resulting in buckets of water pouring out of our ceiling tiles. Thankfully, I had that next day off (though I would have been paid for an emergency shutdown, darn it!) and my cubicle didn't seem to take any damage. Last week, however, we were moved into a classroom with most of the building before taking up residence in a vacated office. My walking partner, however, was sent to a location about 30 minutes away. This, combined with being out of sorts in this huge open room that we've tried to make our own (with students and staff peering in at us, or namely me due to my position in the room), and it being over 95 degrees everyday, meant I did not walk at all. Not at the gym, not outside, nada.
The good news in all of that, however, is that not only did I lose the 3.8 pounds in water weight from the holiday party we attended last weekend, but I also maintained! At first I was kind of upset about maintaining, but when I used the calculator to triple check my numbers, I noticed that 1900 calories per day is my maintenance amount at a sedentary activity level. So, I only have myself to blame. Thankfully, my walking partner is back as of today, so we'll be getting out on lunch again.
I had another meeting with the nutritionist on Friday, and I kind of lied. I know, I know, shame on me and all that. But, I made the decision to do so based on past conversations with her and the recent hypothesis that I needed to break this darn plateau via increased calories and less exercise. Via her notes, I had gone from 188 to 185, so not a total failure; however, at my last meeting with her, my weight reflected water retention. According to the data I have, I was 185.8 at that weigh-in vs. this week's 185.2. Nothing to celebrate really. That wasn't my lie though. She asked how exercise is going, and I felt like I knew what her response would be if I said I was toning it back a bit. So I told her what I was doing before my reset: 3 days strength training, 6-7 days walking/cardio. And of course she was pleased. And of course I sat there thinking "and I felt like I had no life and the scale wasn't moving."
We discussed dinner being a bit better. On maintenance, I can't really say I was limiting dinner to only 450-500 calories, but I think there were nights when I definitely did better by only taking 3/4 of a serving. We also spoke about the gym we go to and how we looked into other ones. Currently, it seems as though our membership is pretty low ($46/mo for 2 people) compared to the couple we've looked in to for comparison. My big issue last I met with her was the gym announcing that their promo for free classes before 1pm was ending. Now classes are $7 per session, which could really add up. I also recently was really bummed at my training sessions coming to an end, which are not cheap at all! For now, he and I have agreed to back down to every other week. Since sessions have to be in advance, I figured I would agree to 20 sessions to get the cheapest price and then pay for 2 per month. It'll take a while, but it seemed better than fronting all of that money up front, especially when I don't have it! The nutritionist pointed out that trainers are usually really good for beginners, but not necessary after that unless you need motivation, but I definitely feel like I need that extra motivation. It's another person checking in with me every couple of weeks, and it's someone pushing me more than I push myself. She has me kind of kicking myself for verbally agreeing to set up more sessions and fork out all that money instead of taking classes, but it's something I really wanted to do. Hopefully my bank account can keep up.
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