I eat when I'm comfortable and to give me comfort when I'm not comfortable. In other words, food makes every situation better. The comfort and discomfort and more comfort associated with this new relationship, combined with my relationship with food, explains this graph of my weight since meeting my boyfriend quite nicely.
I've only recently gotten my mind in the right place to exercise and eat well again. Samo's been a really great motivator for me, so thanks Samo! She drags me to the gym and congratulates (or berates ) me on my eating habits. She blows my "you can't lose weight while training" excuse totally out of the water. Inspirational is an understatement.
I've modified my goals a bit to take into account the four pound regain I've suffered since January. Here are my new goals:
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re: "can't lose weight while training"
I so don't blow that excuse anywhere. When one trains hard for a goal, it is really difficult to lose weight. This is because you internally want to eat enough for your hard workouts, so that they are beneficial. Plus, training for a goal has an inherent stress attached to it. On the other hand, if one trains for volume, then it is MUCH easier to have a calorie deficit because the hard workouts don't matter as much as just getting in some sort of workout.
During the racing season, if I skip a workout, I feel terrible and guilty and lazy and we know where that leads... During the summer, I get miles and cross-training in. Races and times aren't important as shedding winter pounds. I don't feel bad about missing a hard workout or a day or two of training.
Therefore, we are just going to "build our base" this summer. We'll go to the gym, swim/workout increasing slowly, and try to avoid the desserts. Yay for summer training!
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