I have to vent a bit here. Before I start, in reference to some of the recent comments, I NEED to weigh myself every day in order for me to lose weight. I don't know why, but I'm guessing it's an accountability/motivational thing. If I see the scale didn't move from the day before, or if I gained anything, I'll take my calories a little more seriously for the day. It's easier for me to cheat and slack if I'm not constantly holding my feet to the fire.
My weight is really pissing me off right now. Most of you probably know already that I lost a lot of weight last year being home during quarantine. By November 30th, I had gone from 300.4lbs to 209. I had some medical stuff come up in December, had two leg surgeries, and I had something like 19 days of PTO to use. I barely exercised and didn't weigh myself once that month. I didn't eat like a complete asshole, but I stopped counting calories and grilled plenty. Come January 5th or so, I finally got myself to climb back on the scale to face my shame. To my surprise, I was only at 214. I was actually wasn't even pissed. I thought only gaining 5lbs after being bed-ridden for a half a month and lazy the other half was pretty good.
Anyway, on Jan 6th I started running on my treadmill every morning. I'm at the point now where I'm able do 2.5 miles in a half hour, which I think is pretty good given my athletic background and size. I usually do 30 minutes of running or hill climbs followed by a 10 minute cooldown. I've limited myself to 1500 calories a day, and since weighing in at 214lbs 22 days ago, I'm now sitting at 222.2lbs. It boggles my mind and makes absolutely no sense. How have I put on more weight while calorie counting and running every day than I did when I just sat around for a month? I've had plenty of shitty swings over the last year, but 8+lbs gained when I'm pushing myself as hard as I can is something I'm not used to and kind of concerned about. I've never had so many consecutive days of weight gain, and nothing even close to this amount in the given time frame.