I have been struggling with being able to track my progress lately. It's hard to weigh myself because not to get too graphic but my gastrointestinal tract is all backed up, making the scale currently inaccurate or so my doctor says (thank god). The scale number has been stagnant and raised a couple pounds and I know that it isn't accurate but boy did it mess with my heads for a few days.
Today I didn't eat quite as immaculately as I would have liked. I ate sushi and pad thai and too much of both. But I feel great. Here's why,
I started getting sick of the gym, I kept going, but I wasn't enjoying it. Not in the 'Oh my gosh I'm busting my bag on this treadmill, I can't go on' kind of way but more a 'I'm so stupidly bored' sort of way. So I switched it up, I have upped the intensity of what I do individually on the treadmill and I'm mixing it up a little bit. Today I did 30 minutes on the treadmill which equaled 2.6 miles, I did the rowing machine for 20 minutes. On Saturday I did the elliptical at a higher resistance for less time and then 40 minutes of the bike. Often I am still doing my go to elliptical/treadmill combo but if I mix it up a little bit, I don't get nearly as bored. I start to enjoy it more. I get back that post workout high I love so much. Today, right now, I feel really good.
I feel reassured that the fluctuation on the scale is not because of what I am doing but frankly because a medication I am taking has made me so dramatically constipated (Sorry, I know, TMI).
I am not going to weigh myself until I get my gut sorted out and after my next period. I hope that's soon!
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