Scaled up

I've spent a weekend with the family down in Southern California and I'm driving back this afternoon. It's been hard to stay on the diet while I've been here because we've eaten out every night. I'm now a staggering 1,559 calories over budget. In a way I'm glad I'm going back home because I'll be able to control my portions more.

I skipped Monday's 20-minute run to rest my knee. The family and I went to Universal Studios Hollywood for the day and we walked 4.8 miles according to my Forerunner. This helped me get in my workout without overstressing my knees.

I weighed in this morning at 173.2 pounds, which marks two straight weeks of fluctuating between 173 and 175. I haven't figured out why my weight loss has been stymied. Maybe I'm not calculating exercise calories correctly? Or maybe my body's decided 173 is the lowest healthy weight for me. It's not so much the stunted weight loss; the disconcerting thing is the possibility that my paltry baseline budget of 1,537 calories per day is what I'll need to maintain my weight going forward.