And the Streak Comes to an End!

I gained this week.  After thirteen straight weeks of weight loss, the scale tipped the other way and I put up a 1.4lb gain. 

I could say that I have no idea how that happened.  Or I could do like I've done in the past where I just get upset and frustrated and pretend like I don't know how I could have possibly gained, but let's be honest.  I know what I did and didn't do. 

So let's look at what is going on in my life.  First...I'm a woman!  (Ok, hopefully that wasn't really a revelation to any of you.)  As a woman, my body is constantly changing.  Our monthly cycle can wreak havoc our weight loss efforts.  We all know that.  And every month is different.  So while some months you won't see it have much effect as we try to lose weight, other months, it is an evil monster adding weight to our obdies when we're not looking.  So sometimes, no matter what we do, we will just not lose weight.

However, I'm not going to use that as an excuse.  I'm sure it's having some impact because I've been craving salt lately and we all know that salt causes water weight gain. 

But the other truths are that I have been slipping with my workouts and that I ate out a lot over the last week. 

The laziness in the workouts all started while we were on vacation.  You may remember that we walked a lot while we were in Chicago, but that was the end of it.  And then after we got back, the weather has not been the greatest (it is raining again now, so I'm inside during my lunch hour instead of out walking).  Even though the last couple of weeks still showed a loss on the scale, I figured it would catch up to me eventually, and it has.  I shouldn't use the weather as too much of an excuse though.  It does have an impact on my walking at lunch, but I still should be doing my at home workouts.  I have done some, but not nearly enough. 

My eating hasn't been the best either.  I made some good choices and on my workdays, I've stuck with my normal breakfast and lunch, but there was a lot of eating out before Monday.  We went out to dinner for our anniversary last week, but we went for sushi and when I weighed in the next day, that still looked ok.  But then I had my niece and nephew staying over this past weekend.  The husband and I went out for breakfast on Saturday on the way to pick them up.  Then I took them to Red Robin for lunch.  I didn't have a burger, but had a 1/2 order of wings and chips.  Then I took them out to dinner before we went to the New England Revolutions game.  I had a lobster roll, although I ate only 1/4 of the bun that it was on, and sweet potato fries.  Oh yes, and hubby brought Chinese food home for dinner on Friday night.

So I do know what I've been doing wrong.  And I know I can change it.  I refuse to give up on this quest.  I need to stay focused and remind myself that I want this and that I need to do the work if I'm going to make it work. 

I'm also about to sign up for that kickboxing class so I can kick this weight to the curb!