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Grumpy Pixie

Life is just so wrong! Take some lard arse who spends all day on their butts, give them a better diet and advise them to move and they lose weight easy like.

A few weeks ago I was doing a "normal" amouont of exercise and swimming 3-4times a week and losing weight nicely.

Then I did Reading and yes granted it was also my birthday so I ate slightly more but I gained weight. This week I trained throughout the week as normal and then did a walk of almost 6hrs and again I gain weight!

To me this makes NO sense and I did start a thread on the RW forums to try and work out what the body is doing post run. It seems most people saw me mention weight and thought that was my issue. Well yes it does annoy the hell out of me and yes I am trying to lose weight but that is NOT why I asked!

When I run I listen to my body and work with it, knowing when to push and when to give up etc! You learn to work with what you have got to maximise the workout and train to the best of your ability. I figure that if I appear to gain so quickly then it must be water but why? If I know why then maybe I can work out how to help my body more! Do you follow me? Does this make sense!? I am a runner and I want to improve. If my body is reacting this way then I must be doing something wrong!

Anyway as TW means I will be doing lllllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooong walks every other weekend for some time I figured there is no point in carry on at WW classes for now. So I am waiting until after TW before I go back to class. I will try to continue with the plan and hopefully lose weight with the supoprt of you lot and the forums but there is no point in paying to be made grumpy!

Anyway Today I went for a swim .... very hard work so I guess the walk is still in my body and I haven't gotten over it yet (see above comments!) Just 1km in 34:43. I will be swimming this week to allow for leg recovery from the walk and reading Anita Bean books to try and work out ho wto look after my body better!

Any help/advice/commments/reading from anyone is appreciated!

Comments

fraggle said…
Pix - just stop stressing about it!

I'd carry on with WW as it *was* helping you wasn't it? - certainly making you more aware of what you were eating.

weigh yourself once a week (ahem! that's a "do what I say not as I do" statement there!) - as for the fluctuations - well I don't know, the body works in very mysterious ways doesn't it?

go back and re-read some of your posts from a while ago - you sounded so positive then :o)
11:33 AM, April 19, 2006
fraggle said…
sorry if I sounded a bit preachy there - wasn't meant to be a lecture, but just accept this as a blip and don't stress yourself over it
11:34 AM, April 19, 2006
shortnginger said…
pixie dont try and make sense of it itll drive you crazy ive been running/dieting for 2 years ive lost 5 stone and about to run 1st marathon(slowly) but there has been times when ive nearly given it all up some weeks i work so hard eat like a saint and put weight on other weeks it works the opposite ive tried to make sense of it and given up just keep at it is the key PS i generally put on 4-5 pounds after a race
1:03 PM, April 19, 2006
Brooke said…
Pixie, Take it from someone who has battled the bulge for what seems like forever---it will get better. If you like WW, and it is working for you, don't give it up completely, it will just be that much harder to go back. Believe me.

I'm sure you know that you are replacing some of the fat you have with muscle, and that muscle weighs more than fat. In turn, muscle burns more calories per hour, which will benefit you in the long run.

I know it's easy to get discouraged, but don't give up. You will see a change again.
1:30 PM, April 19, 2006
Evil Pixie said…
[waves]
Hello new people!! Great to see you pop in!
1:50 PM, April 19, 2006
beanz said…
I think there is something about dehydration and the body retaining fluid after a long run?

Yu are in this for the long haul, so don't worry too much about week to week fluctuations - and there is always TOTM which adds another spanner in the works for me!
7:26 PM, April 19, 2006
XFR Bear said…
OOh look - a nice ickle triaflon!

http://www.thamesvalleytriathletes.co.uk/
1:29 PM, April 20, 2006
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