Dietician Downfall

I met with my dietician today- I've met with her 3x now and each time, I seem to leave less impressed with her and - worse yet- less impressed with myself. I've repeatedly told her that I'm training for a marathon and weight loss is still a goal. I've "only" lost 5lbs in the past 8 weeks of working with her (her words, not mine), and now she's recommending that after my training season that I go on a meal replacement plan for 6 weeks to expedite my weight loss, so I can train better and lighter post-meal replacement.

Sure, running 50lbs lighter than I am now would be awesome, but... am I doing something wrong now? I'm running 20-30 miles a week, taking a Spin class every week, doing other amazing things, limiting my primarily healthy food to 1500-1600 calories/day and I still can't win. She's focused on the food portion and not really taking my fitness into account. In fact, I'm working out "too" much to sustain weight loss. My muscle mass has increased in my core, but somehow has slightly (like .3%) decreased in my legs...?

What. Is. Happening?!?

I'm so frustrated and want to go running face-first into a chocolate peanut butter cupcake instead of tackling my 10 miles today.

But I didn't. I ran those awful 10 miles, complained about it the entire way, complained about HER the entire distance... I don't feel any closer to liking this lady, but I feel a little better.

When I met with Trainer Amy the next day, I told her what the dietician said. Amy is getting her nutritional certification at the moment, so she was interested in hearing what the dietician told me. I kept repeating, "She's right- training would be so much easier with 50lbs off of this body. And if you could lose 50 lbs in 6 weeks, wouldn't YOU do it?"

Answer? No. For people like me, who are active yet still struggling with weight loss, a meal replacement plan isn't the best option. Plus, what happens after 6 weeks? I start training hard again and am back to the same place I am now- struggling with what I eat while running large amounts. I would gain that 50 lbs right back.

She's right. I hate it when she's right, which is quite often.

So I took a FFTFL poster's comment to heart-- "You need to lose 120 lbs-- OF DIETICIAN!" and have decided not to see this ray of sunshine again. I'll find someone who specializes with athletes because, yes, I'm an athlete.

Weight loss update (yes, a week late): Down total of 7! WOO HOO!

Mileage update: 20 on the agenda for tomorrow, 14 already completed this week for a weekly total of 34 miles OF AWESOME.

Injuries? Of course. My Achilles hates me, which is making my ankle pick up the slack and ALSO hate me.