Well, I guess I figured that since I had been running so much that I didn't need to watch my food intake this weekend - WRONG! After a few big meals and high-fat, high-calorie foods (I must have had six latkas last night as I was at two Chanukah parties), I stepped on the scale this morning to see that I was back up to 170 lbs.
Grrrrr.
OK - a little perspective here. I'm still in the "normal weight" BMI category (just barely...I'm at 25). I'm nowhere near the 185 lbs that I was tipping the scales at five years ago.
However, it's just a bit discouraging that it took me three weeks to lose 1.5 pounds and two days to gain it back! (OK...another reality check - a lot if it is likely water retention or something and I'll weigh myself tomorrow and I'll be back to 168.5. No worries, right???)
Anyhow, the reason I'm worried is that I'll be eating out a lot this week - some engineers from my customer's regional office are coming to town this week and I'll likely be going out to dinner with them a few times. Also, Chanukah starts next week, which means lots of fried foods and chocolate.
I originally was thinking that I would need 25-30 mile weeks through December in order to hit 1,000 miles for the year. Now I know that I'll need to do it to avoid hitting 175 lbs by the end of the year...
Which brings me to running this week. I already lost the first battle - getting out of bed this morning. 6:30am rolled around too quickly. My younger son was up in the night so my wife asked me to get my older son ready for school. No run for me this morning :-( The only chances that I'll have to run today are - if I get a break late morning or lunchtime...before I go out to Columbia, MD to meet with my customer, or tonight in front of Monday Night Football at the gym (that's IF I'm not at dinner with the customer). So...I better get back to work so I can attempt to get a lunchtime run in.
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