I think I always post about the same things - pretty boring hey! But I'm so focussed on my goal of running the City/Bay, and achieving goal weight by mid September, there's not much else to talk about! After that, I will have to set some new goals which might add variety...
I've struggled to lose weight the last couple of weeks, or should I say, I've struggled to remain disciplined. Not that I ever binge on anything too unhealthy, but there has been a lot of food lying around the place lately, tempting me to have tastes of it. This is my worst habit. If I don't see it, I don't think of it, and I don't eat it. And when I'm studying (which is boring and I'm easily distracted, AND I've been doing a lot of it lately) I'm hunting for something thinking I'm hungry. So I think for the first time on my journey, I have been going over my points a little each day, and this has scared me. I'm not at goal, and I don't want any slips now that cheat me of that victory. So I have pulled my head in, and am trying very hard, and somehow managed to score a small loss this week, bringing me to my LWE (lowest weight ever) of 61.1. I even saw 61.0 on the scales this morning, and fingers crossed I'm hoping to see 60 point something in the next couple of days. Wouldn't that be great! (then very close to being a 50's girl!) Hopefully this will help with motivation
And on the same day that the scales dropped to 61.1, I very nervously headed out for my first 12km road run, aaaannnnndddd - I blitzed it - 76 mins - my best ever time. Running on the road just seemed easier that the treadmill, and far more interesting. I was a little suspicious of my great times - so I hopped in the car afterwards and remeasured it - I don't think it actually is 12 kms (hard to tell as some areas are off road), but its more that 11kms -(shrug) I'm still really happy with that I'm aiming for 84 mins for the City Bay, and this now seems achievable.
This was really encouraging as I was starting to get quite depressed with the running and wondering why I had set this ridiculous goal. I have had a bad week with running - it had been just plain hard work. I did a combat class last Friday, and realised how much I had missed these classes, and how much more I enjoyed them than running.
But Mondays big run was a great success, and for the first time ever, I actually enjoyed the experience. So maybe I will persevere with it for a bit longer!
By the way, I did the run in the morning, and then rationalised that there was no reason why I couldn't do an hour of Combat in the afternoon too... so I did! Am I mad or not?????? (If nothing else I'm a little sore)
Ah well, inspired by Mondays run, I'm going to do a 5 km run tomorrow morning - and see how close I can get to the 30 min mark!
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Yay 4 you Lisa - and don't be disheartened cause I come to your site JUST to check on how you're running is going....I think it's healthier to focus on something other than weight - after all, what will you do when you're at goal? Live life, of course!
Good luck with the 2-3 weeks count-down to the big event - can't wait to hear the PB time! :)
I went for my first run-walk yesterday in far TOO LONG (see blog entry) and while it wasn't as easy as I hoped, it felt good afterwards (til I woke up this morning and couldn't walk up the stairs at work without wincing!)
Anyway, here's to pounding the pavement in hope of fitness and health!
Jessie
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