I was working my way through, oh, about 2,400 calories on Tuesday in anticipation of my 9-miler that night, the whole time thinking about how much I was enjoying all this eating.
At the end of the workday, I headed for home looking forward to seeing my little boy, the hubs and then finishing a treadmill run in front of the tube to top it all off. My cell rang. It was Mr. T.
“I’m not sure when I’m going to be home tonight.”
“You’re kidding.”
“Nope.”
“But I was supposed to run,” I whined. Stupid big Redmond software company that I love normally. You are messing up my plans.
“Sorry.”
“But, but I’ve been eating like I was going to run 9 miles.”
Laughter on the other end.
Annoying. “It’s not funny.”
“Yes it is,” he laughed. “It’s hilarious, actually.”
But it’s not because the calories I needed to eat went from approximately 2,400 to about 1,400. When I got home, I looked at my tracker and saw that I’d already eaten almost all of my calories for the entire day. I only had 150 left for dinner.
So, yeah, I went over. I tried to limit it, but I was so hungry. I think eating all those calories and then stopping abruptly totally confused my body. It was like, “Need…more…fuel,” even though I didn’t get to do any exercise.
If I don’t lose weight this week, it’s entirely the fault of Mr. T’s employer. So there. Hrmph.
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Okay, so this totally made me laugh! I needed a good giggle! I think it was Mr. T's reaction that did it…but I totally get where you are coming from!
LOL, the joys of having a husband employed at the other big puget sound employer, a union software job, oh yeah! overtime only when he wants (more or less)Yet another reason for me to keep running in the mornings 😛
I much prefer to run at the end of the day except for that very problem!!! Hope you get to run your niner tomorrow!
LOL
That is frustrating! I hope you're able to get your 9 miles in tomorrow.
Hilarious – I am the same way. Hope you are able to get it in soon!
That would really throw me off too. Hope you cna make up those miles today!
I think working past 4-5pm without unanimous spouses' of all employees approval should be forbidden by law. Too many times I had do change my plans to accommodate my hubby's company. Hope nobody will mess with your plans today. Have a great one.
Can I blame Mr. T's employer too?
Sure, TMB. They get blamed for a lot of things by the world in general. What's a couple more?
He laughed?! I'd have been sooo mad. He's right it is a funny thing to say but still….
I hate when that happens!! I always tell my hubby he's not allowed to laugh about anything I'm upset about until I laugh about it lol. So fair right?!
I wouldn't stress so much about the calories. They will all level out in the end. And keep this in mind – all of the calories (in and out) are only estimates to begin with. A 1,000 calorie excess would only equate to a little less than a third of a pound anyways. You should be chastising Mr. T for the chuckling….
LOL!! i have so done this too. i hate running after work for this very reason! far too often i get home after work and don't quite feel motivated anymore… i need to get back in the AM running habit, even if it is at 4am.