On our recent vacation, I got up and hit the hotel workout room, something I probably would have avoided in the past because there was no barbell. With the Peloton app, I got in a great workout with a 30 minute power walk on the treadmill as well as a strength circuit with the dumbbells. I guess I was feeling pretty good, enough to take a mirror selfie at least.
For the longest time, I have been wearing the Nike Procombat first layer under a regular t-shirt. It first started years ago when I was running. Nobody told me about bloody nipples. Nobody told me about running shoes. Nobody told me about not running in basketball shorts. The first layer stuck, but mainly because of how bad I sweat when I am working out. Wearing only the first layer without a t-shirt on top is something I haven’t done. Not sure if I just felt good enough to go without it this day or if being in a hotel in another state and not caring about who saw me was the reason. Either way, I found it rather freeing.
Fast forward to getting back from vacation and stepping on the scale for the first time in about two weeks, I knew my weight would be up. I didn’t go crazy on vacation, but I did enjoy myself. If I wanted french fries, donuts, cupcakes, ice cream, beer, or chips, I got them. I did not feel guilty about it. I took the break, mentally and physically. Well, for the most part physically. I did run or walk every day while at the beach.
Up 7lbs.
I thought that was high, but whatever. Just another number to work with. My wife chalked it up to all of the sodium we had during vacation. Our normal nutrition contains nowhere near what we had on vacation, so the gain wasn’t at all a surprise.
Keep fast-forwarding and I hopped on the scale this morning to see I have already dropped 4 of the 7 I gained. I feel less bloated than before and I am back on my normal workout schedule, though trying to scale certain days back to ensure I am resting enough. The nutrition is coming back and the difficult part this week has been eating as much as I am supposed to. For one, I don’t want to cook anything, but also I feel like getting back into eating so many meals is too much and that I am force-feeding myself. I know I’m not, but getting over that feeling will take a few more days.