So my battle may be a little bit different than some. I completed by first full marathon in November of 2012. My weight was about 12 pounds less than what I am now which isn't a bad weight for me but NOT my goal weight. After my marathon & all of that training, in my mind, I "deserved" to eat and slowly gained another 20+ lbs. So here I am again, losing the same weight I've lost a dozen or more times.
The folks I work with comment all the time that I should be able to eat what I want with all the calories I'm burning. But it just doesn't work like that, even for me and I'm currently training for an ultra marathon (31 miles). If I do a long run when I'm training and then I have this ridiculous mind set that I can "treat" myself, it's completely counterproductive. If I burn 1,000 calories in a workout and then I eat 2 Krispy Kreme donuts & then eat Wings & Things @ Zaxby's for lunch w/ ranch & sauce, I've eat 1,980 calories. I've just COMPLETELY done away with my run plus a lot more. And then that usually turns into, "well, you've eaten all that, what does more hurt?" Insanity! LOL
I say all that to say that we're all fighting a battle or we wouldn't be here. Mine is 100% my eating and my way of viewing things. I LOVE working out and don't feel like I've accomplished anything if I'm not literally dripping wet when I finish. It's a battle I fight EVERY SINGLE DAY. I don't want to keep losing the same 20-30 lbs over & over. This time it comes off FOR GOOD.
Connie
46.9 yrs old
5 kids, ages 23 - 3 1/2