I'm in my 7th week of maintenance. 7th consecutive week of lifting. Ups and downs, figuratively and literally. Still going between 137.2 and 141.8. Been having lots of great days, some not-so-great days. Some days I feel really wonderful about the way I look, some days I wanna hide in baggy clothes and can't stand to look at myself in the mirror. All pretty "normal", I'd say.
I got a wild hair and went for an outside run this past Friday. It was cool out, a little overcast. About a mile in the weather turned, super windy, got cold, barely made it home before it started pouring, cold cold rain. It was a great run. One of those where I felt like I could go forever. Was a little disappointed I was driven home by the weather, but I made it exactly 5k, which felt pretty amazing considering I have only run a handful of times in the past months. Boy I loathe being cold, especially being blindsided by it. I impressed myself that I didn't start running home the second it started getting windy. Win for me.
My lifting is going very well. I'm progressing weekly. Upping weights, getting stronger, working my way towards a pull up. Still enjoying it very much. Well, most of the time. Last night's workout was a struggle. I was tired and whiny and wanted to skip it, but I knew I'd regret that so I did it anyway. Wasn't one of my best workouts, but it was sure as heck better than none at all.
Still struggling with, and working on, not weighing so often. I made it 2 and a half days a couple days ago. That's a record!
On another random note, found out I have diastatis recti. Makes a lot of sense. I noticed something strange months and months ago, it has gotten better since then, but nice to know what it is. Only about a finger width (maybe tiny bit more) now.
I'm in a weird frame of mind right now and have all kinds of things I'm pondering. Should I try and lose some more? Eat in a small deficit daily? Eat in a medium deficit on non-workout days and maintenance on workout days? Try Intermittent Fasting again? If so do I start eating later, or cut of eating earlier? If I cut off eating earlier that may hinder my workouts that are usually at 7pm, so do I try and hold off on breakfast? I'm usually cranky if I don't eat in the morning, would that get better eventually? If so would it be worth it in the short term being cranky until I AM used to it? Should I start trying to add cardio back in more often? Or just when the mood strikes? Will my midsection ever look decent? Should I count calories again for a while? Should I focus on macros again?
Another random thing, I want to start doing yoga.
See, I'm all over the place.
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