Despite my best efforts at running 3-4 days a week, and cutting out pretty much all sugar, I cannot shed these extra 20lbs I’m packing around. It’s quite disheartening y’all! Even more so when you put your fat jeans on, and even those don’t fit well. Who can relate? I’m sure it has nothing to do with the fact that I’m almost 35 and my metabolism is rebelling.
I actually gained weight while I was in New Mexico, despite keeping my running schedule while I was there. However, I think I’ve finally figured out what is holding me back. It’s the beer. It has to be the beer. I’m on a no-beer-for-the-next-two-weeks-experiment. It will be greyhounds and red wine only, along with my daily dose of more water than I can stand to drink.
You see, Shiner Beer from the little brewery in Shiner, Texas is my favorite. It has been for ages. I love it with pizza, with BBQ, with popcorn, and we cannot forget my Shiner Beer Battered Onion rings. To. Die. For. I just love it. When I first moved to South Dakota it wasn’t sold here. And that depressed me.
But now I can get original Shiner here, and at Christmas they actually had Shiner Cheer (and if you’ve missed that little goody, I’m sorry!). Unfortunately (or fortunately for my waist line), I cannot get two new favorites that I was exposed to while in New Mexico:
First up, we have Prickly Pear. Now for those of you that are unaware, you can make juice and all sorts of things from the red pods of the prickly pear.
Sigh. It’s so good.
Next up, we have Ruby Redbird- made of course from the Ruby Red Grapefruit grown in South Texas.
This too makes me sigh and smile and be happy all at once. They’re amazing!
And then I come home, back to reality where I should consider myself lucky I get to have Shiner at all!
Not only is my issue beer, but it’s all the other junk I eat too. I hate having weight issues 🙁
However, when I saw this post in Google Reader there was an ad for thyroid issues. I couldn’t tell if it was an ad or a picture you’d inserted into your post and I thought you were going to say you went to the doctor and were diagnosed with thyroid problems and getting on medicine which would help! HA!
Beer is my issue as well. I love to come home and open a cold one while I go through my evening; cooking, cleaning, catching up on my TiVo. It completes me! And it fills out my fat pants. I think I’d like the Ruby Redbird… I like to pour ruby red grapefruit juice into a light beer. Yum!
Oh, Jenn. I sympathize entirely. I need to reduce my body mass, but I’ll start getting serious about it this weekend (my mother is in town with her fabulous food and we’re feasting… tonight I’m actually making a small batch of those delicious green chile/bacon poppers you posted last week!)
My boyfriend cut back (not necessarily cut out) on beer in April and it made a WORLD of difference.
I’ll be on the no-beer, food/exercise-conscious boat with you very soon. Solidarity!!
Solidarity it is! I have lost 4 lbs since I got back from NM. And I’ve been running 3-4 days/wk. I’m not sure I’m still getting my heart rate up enough, but I figure if I keep at it, at the very least I’ll increase my muscle mass which will in turn speed up my metabolism. Or at least a girl can hope! I’m going to ride with Buck Brannaman in a week, and I usually lose weight when I do that too. Hopefully I’ll stay on the straight and narrow!
Solidarity! Whoop! While I am pretty good with the whole mass amounts of lean, less amounts of beer/fried/anything off-white and caloric in nature thing, I am decidedly NOT cut out for running (especially at higher altitudes.) I am more of a pilates/yoga/long uphill walks or leisurely hikes kind of girl. I admire your dedication to running!
I am so excited for you and your Colorado trip next week to ride with Buck – where in CO is the clinic? Which horses will you take? I would ask you to bring back a post and photos, but know that’s a given 🙂
I love to run! I ran in high school and college and even after college I competed in 5ks.
I will be in Calhan Colorado next week with my snaffle bit horse, Dino. My niece is also going and she is riding Dino’s older, half brother, Gump.
I don’t even like or drink beer but I do get what you are saying on the metabolism thing. I used to be stick skinny & not that I miss being that skinny but I’ve been struggling with my weight going up & down for the past 6 months or so. It’s not a lot of weight but I definitely notice it & I totally get how you feel. I always think “damn, I’ve been eating so well lately”. Or you would think with how active I am & you especially it wouldn’t be so tough, stupid genes. And ps now I’m caught up ; )