I’m
sure you noticed last week, I weighed myself and used my new Fat Loss
Monitor (by Omron). I ended up using it on the “normal” setting even
though based on what their manual said I should have been using the
“athlete” setting. I just
didn’t think that 27.something% was an accurate body fat reading for
me. I believe the 29.8% a lot more. And it said my BMI was 29, which
sounds about right to me. My stats didn't change at all this week, so no point in reposting the same thing.
•
Saturday: as I said I would, I went for a run in the evening. I had
said I wanted to do 7-10 miles. I was just going to do an
out-and-back. I was going to go on the out until I felt I needed to
turn around and then there you go. However,
I got to the 2.5 mile mark on my out and I was just feeling the heat
something fierce. So, I turned right instead of going back because I
thought I might do a little extra, and I did. I ended up with 5.5
miles. Since I’m not going to be purchasing the 100
miles a month challenge buckles anymore, if I don’t hit 100 miles this
month, I think I will let myself be okay with that. When there was a
breeze while I was running, it wasn’t too bad. But, I did stop a few
times to let my heartrate come back down. And
I was drinking water, water, water! I also ran for the first time with
my little toe spacer for my bunion. I am pretty sure that previously,
when I wore the shoes I wore on this run that that part of my foot would
hurt more, like there wasn’t enough cushion,
you know? Well, this run, I didn’t have that feeling. So, YAY!
•
Sunday: I had a plan A and a plan B as far as running went this day and
I did neither. Oy. I even came up with a plan C for the day of going
to the gym. Didn’t do that one either. I ended up running errands,
relaxing and cooking.
• Monday: I had a doctor’s appointment
for a blood draw at 7:40am that put me halfway between my apartment and
the Ladybird Lake hike/bike trail. So, I got dressed in my running
clothes and loaded up my running bag with everything I would
need and went to my appointment. Then, I drove to the lake trail. I
stopped at Einstein Bros Bagels on the way and got me a medium iced
coffee and a strawberry-banana smoothie. I drank most of the coffee
pre-run and didn’t touch the smoothie until after.
It was getting WARM by the time I got done at 10am, so the smoothie
still being cold was really nice post-run. This lake trail has many
different distance options with the bridges that cross the lake (it’s a
river, technically). You have a 3 mile, a 4 mile,
a 7 mile and a 10 mile routes. I knew I wanted to run the 7 mile route
but told myself that if that felt like too much that I would just take
the S. Congress bridge and do the 4 mile route instead. But it was good
and I ran the whole 7 I wanted to run.
It was a great run and a really nice change of scenery for me.
• Tuesday: no run today. I slept very
little Sunday night and had to get up so early Monday, that I just made
up for the sleep I missed. And, while I did have the TIME to go for a
run when I got up, it was already almost 80° and I checked
the hourly forecast and it was going to be 90° within an hour. Nope,
not gonna happen. Not until I don’t have any choice…which will probably
be in about a month.
FOOD
NOTE: this was the first day I stuck to exactly what I had planned to
eat and nothing more. I’m honestly trying to break my food dependency
issue. It is most definitely not an easy thing to do. I know from
experience that it is
FAR easier to not eat when I’m not hungry when I’m busy. But when I’m
not busy? Yea, bingeing happens.
•
Wednesday: I had my row test for work this day. I was originally
scheduled to row at 11:30, but I emailed the person in charge of
scheduling and she said I could show up whenever and that they would
take care of me. YAY! I showed up
around 7:15, 15 minutes before the first scheduled time slot for
testing. I, of course, wore my heart rate monitor for the row test so
that I could count it as a workout. Haha! I finished the 2000 meters
in 8:40 minutes which, while it WAS my goal time,
was not enough to hit 90% of my VO2max. I only hit 86%. Boo! So, my
goal next year is to be 20 lbs less AND hit at least 95%. If I can hit
95% I will get 2 paid days off from work that don’t pull from my
vacation or holiday time. OH YEA! After the row
test, I drove down to Ladybird Lake hike/bike trail again and ran
there. 7 miles again. This time, though, I didn’t stop, I just pushed
through and even though there was a 12 minute mile in there toward the
end, I am super proud of this run.
I
worked overtime this day, so I was at work for 16 hours. I knew about
the overtime ahead of time so I was able to plan out my food and bring
healthy food from home. YAY! So, this was day 2 of sticking to my
eating plans!
• Thursday: I worked overtime Wednesday night, so no workout this day.
•
Friday: I had planned to hit the gym this day, but I was still pretty
tired because I had been awake for over 25 hours the previous day with
doing my row test first thing, then running, then working a 16 hour
shift at work. So, I slept
a little late and then I had to go to the store to get salad stuff
because the PB&J sandwiches I’d been eating for lunch all week were
giving me serious heartburn and I needed something else for lunch. But,
I completely stayed within my calories for the day
and didn’t eat anything I “shouldn’t” have eaten.
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Okay,
so, since September of last year, I have been purchasing 100 miles a
month challenge buckles and making sure I hit 100 miles minimum each
month. Well, starting with this month, they changed the design of the
buckle and I do NOT like
it. So, I won’t be buying into the challenge anymore. However, that
does not mean I’m just going to start slacking on my mileage…nope, not
at all. I have decided that THIS MONTH I will take it a little easy.
I’ll run whatever I run and just be happy with
it. But I will try to get as close to 100 as I can, but I’m not going
to stress about hitting 100 this month. Halfway through next month I
start marathon training again. But, I also need to have a minor
elective day surgery done and I want to get that done
as close to the start of my marathon training as possible so as not to
set myself back too much, if at all, in my training. I will have to
take a week or so completely off from running after the surgery, so
planning will need to happen. But, once I start
training for my next marathon, I will have no issues hitting 100+ miles
a month. About 2 months in, I should be averaging about 130 miles a
month.
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