Taking the Reins

I spent the first half of my morning on the Weight Watchers boards reading about women on the fitness boards who were struggling with losing the pounds.  It seems there are a number of us whose weight loss stalls out during exercise…..to be more precise, exercise in excess of 4 points a day.  (So, let’s say, that’s 400 calories + burned in strenuous activity per day)  Some women preach not to eat activity points and that those who are stalled out are somehow “cheating” on the program or suffering from portion distortion.  Others urge the posters to eat what they earn and try to realize that there are more components to the healthy lifestyle besides weight loss.

So I could totally relate to these poor women who are working their rears off, training for half marathons, and still walking around with poochy bellies DESPITE being on program.  Taking Jynell’s advice once more, I’m going to add 2 daily points to my total and see what comes of that?  Obviously there is a huge gap between what Sparkpeople claims I need to eat in one day and where I end up with WW.  The math is simple, they say:  calories in = calories out.  Well, 1300 calories are going in each day (presumably being burned up every day, as most physicians claim we need at least 1200 a day) and 2500+ are going out each week.  Um, that’s 10,000 calories in a month…..why am I not losing weight?  Hello?  Is my body stupid?  My brain isn’t!  Anyway, am going to try to boost the metabolism and feed myself some more fruits and veggies with those extra points I’m getting.  Am also going to eat the activity points, and maybe even the flex points?  Oh well, we’ll see.

Tonight, to run off some of the nerves I have about my trip tomorrow and DH’s job interview, I took my new tangerine bike for a ride.  I was supposed to do a BRICK….bike then run….but the logistics were tough today.  I didn’t have my cyclometer on my new bike, so I had to wing it with the distance that I went….and I didn’t start my watch, so I had to wait until I got home to check the clock!  Anyway, managed 35 minutes on the bike and ended up doing 9 miles…..not bad for it all being uphill and not being able to shift out of 2nd gear!!  (It wants a tune-up)  So I dumped my bike in the house, changed hats and shoes, and then ran out to do my 15 minutes of running.  It took me 5 minutes to get down the hill and across the traffic to the trail, so this gave my heart rate WAY too much time to calm down.  In fact, my legs felt fresh when I started running, and this is never the case with a BRICK.  So I decided to go for 10 minutes each direction and extend my 15 to 20.  Ended up running 2 miles in 19:30, which is a little better pace than I’ve been doing.  Woohoo!  Got home and was relaxed.  Now I’m just hungry, so I’m going to go scavenge for something……

Good thoughts for tomorrow, everyone.  I need DH to get this job– it’d really mean the world to us!