The Obvious

Dieting while traveling sucks. It just does. I brought my cooler with fruits, yogurt, waters, and vitamuffins so that I wouldn't have to eat what was convenient. I brought my awesome blender so I could have protein shakes for breakfast each morning and I've had simple salads with fat free dressing for any meals we've had to eat out. I even got up at the crack of dawn Tuesday morning to run a couple miles so I would only miss 2 workout days, and even with that I swam yesterday and did 30 minutes of water jogging. I haven't gone over my calories once! Tonight is Jack's birthday dinner so I'm sure it won't be super healthy, but I ate really light for lunch and breakfast to make up for it. 

So this brings me to the fact that my mother's first words to me were, "What did you do, gain some of your weight back?" I wanted to slap her. I've been through 3 miscarriages and 3 ivf cycles in the past year. I know I've got about 40 lbs to lose again. I'm not an idiot and I'm not blind. My size 4/6 jeans don't fit so yeah I know I've gained some weight back. In the last 3 weeks I've lost 6 lbs because I'm running and counting every calorie I consume. I know how to lose weight and be healthy. I also know that my body has been through hell in the last year and I've done the best I could. We won't try again until I've lost this weight at this point. I'm actually planning on running 4 races this fall/winter including a half marathon! But leave it to my mother to make me feel like crap about it. No baby and I gained weight. Thanks for pointing out the obvious.