Week 36 - Stuck in Lost and Found for 11 weeks

Stats:  +2.5lb
Burn:  2116

So, the week starts last Saturday.  The blizzard had started Friday night, and Chuck had to stay at work all night into the morning for coverage in case they lost electricity (they didn't).  We didn't either.  But, when the alarm went off, it was so cozy in bed, I decided to snooze until it was too late, and it was time to get up an get breakfast made.  When we finished, Chuck came home, and he started clearing the driveway.  I needed some things from the store, so I took a ride to Nashua to get to an open grocery store (the driving ban was still in effect in Massachusetts).  When I got home, I finally put my exercise stuff on to get ready to work out.  As I leaned over (from a sitting position) to tie my left shoe, my back spasmed.  I couldn't move.  I limped to bed and tried to get into a position where it didn't hurt.  No one was around to help, but luckily I had some ibuprofen at my bedside, so I took some.

That was the beginning of not a good week.  I missed my workout Saturday of course, and Sunday, and I took Monday off too.  I was better by Monday, but still feeling it, so I was so scared to put it back in spasm.  Tuesday I did my usual workout, but then Tuesday night I got some stomach thing, so I skipped Wednesday too.  Considering all the skipped workouts, I'm surprised that I managed an average burn of 2116.

But, I was very discouraged to see a 2.5lb gain.  I am totally at my wits end about how to break out of this "lost and found" hell.  I figured out that, in the last 11 weeks, I have lost 13 pounds, but I gained 10, so I only have a net loss of 3lb for 11 weeks!  That is insane.  I know that we had the holidays during that time, and I also did have a set back this week, but really?  It doesn't justify the 2.5lb gain - it just doesn't.  I feel like I am going to be stuck in this decade forever.  I don't know what I can do differently to break out of this pattern.  I know that I could work out more, but I don't really have the time to do it.  I am going to go back to tracking my food (again), just so I can rule out that I am eating too many calories (but, there is no way I'm eating the additional 1000+ a day that would amount to a 2.5lb gain).  I have started back on my supplements, and I should be able to take them more regularly now (I had stopped when my back spasmed because since I was lying in bed, what would be the point of taking a metabolism increaser?  Maybe it would have helped, I don't know, it just seemed like a waste).  So, we'll see where we are next week.  I am going to try to do some research on what to do to break out a plateau (this is not your classic plateau, but basically the same result), and see if there is anything new to try.