Since I couldn’t run last week, I tightened up on my eating and really watched my calories. I searched for more intense and longer weight training workouts that wouldn’t aggravate my plantar fasciitis, and I added non-running cardio workouts.
I figured I wouldn’t gain but wouldn’t lose much, either. I stepped onto the scale Saturday morning and read it wrong the first time. For some reason, I had the wrong number in my head from last week and calculated I had lost maybe half a pound. I sighed, disappointed, then stopped and weighed myself again.
Four pounds gone! I couldn’t believe it. I even had to enter my weigh-in into MyFitnessPal and let it confirm for me that I had lost that much. All I can think is, being extra strict with my calories and shocking my body with the weight training workouts shook things up enough to drop four pounds…even without running!
Of course, everyone who has commented that I would still be able to lose weight, even without running, was right. Thank you for all of the comments and support during my week of irrational panic!
Over the weekend, I decided a week was long enough, and I went running, just 4 miles. My foot didn’t hurt any more than it usually does afterward, which I took as a good sign. I’ve been rolling it on a frozen water bottle every day, which helps a lot, and I received my second pair of inserts over the weekend too, which I put into my other pair of sneakers for non-running cardio and weight training workouts.
I was so motivated by the four-pound loss that I bought some new, heavier dumbbells this weekend, so I could increase my weight with squats, lunges, bicep curls, etc. I tried them out yesterday during my workout and definitely feel it today! My legs and arms are wonderfully sore.
To top it all off, I decided to try on some clothes in my closet last night that haven’t fit in a long, long time. One top hasn’t fit in such a long time that there was actually some dust on its shoulder! I can’t even remember the last time I wore it, but it fits now. Just needs washed first, ha ha.
I have a bag of clothes in my car waiting to be dropped off at Goodwill, all clothes that are now at least 2 sizes too big. I love cleaning out the “fat” clothes and slowly but surely fitting into the smaller sizes in my closet!
Sweat & Sparkle 