starting weight - 187.4 pounds
last weigh-in - 175.2
current weight - 161.6
squishyness lost from last weigh-in - 13.6 pounds
total squishyness lost - 25.8 pounds!
i haven’t weighed myself since march 1, and i have to admit that i was hoping to see the 150s on the scale or at least 160 because that’s how i feel. but i realize that i feel 160 because i just ran an 8k in 58 minutes 48 seconds, which is a 11:49 pace, i haven’t fallen off the wagon for three weeks, i bought some jeans and a bra this past weekend that are both smaller sizes than i have been wearing, and so regardless of what the scale tells me, i know that i am on the right track =]
i just need to get my mind straight and not let the scale dictate how i feel. because well, that’s just plain silly.
i finished the shamrock shuffle under an hour!!!!!
something about running 5 miles with friends and 25,000 plus strangers through the streets of downtown chicago really helped fuel my run =]
and afterwards, i went to the gym with my friend m who ran the race with us. am i beast or what?!
today’s race is probably the best run i’ve had so far. i felt like i was doing something natural, and i couldn’t help but feel a little misty eyed as i ran with a whole crowd of strangers with another crowd of strangers cheering us on.
i’m proud of myself and that feels pretty sweet.
shamrock shufflin tiiiime! i got this =]
tonight is my last run before the shamrock shuffle this sunday. so excite! and nervous.
theme: destress, sleep, snap out of my funky attitude, relax, chillllll
fitness plan for the week:
today: rest or if i feel up to it, strength training at the gym tonight!
tuesday: 3.6 mile run
wednesday: strength train
thursday: 3.2 mile run
friday: rest or if i feel up to it, strength training
saturday: rest
sunday: shamrock shufffffle!
i’ve ran three times this week, and none of them have been great runs. i’m getting really nervous about running my 8k/5 mile race on the 24th =/
on the up side, the embarassment of not finishing the race is preventing me from binging.
i just ran 4.6 miles tonight!!! i was planning on running 3 miles, but as i was getting close to my apartment, which was the 3 mile mark, i decided to keep on going. i finished it in 1 hour 3 minutes, which is a 13:55 pace.
and i did it all in the snow! i’m still really squishy and have a lot of squishyness to lose, but i feel pretty proud of myself for being able to run 4.6 miles and wanting to run 4.6 miles.
i got two personal records tonight!
i ran 4 miles tonight in 50 minutes, which is a 12:30 pace =] i thought for sure too that i was going to be slower than the first time i ran 4 miles, which was in 55 minutes.
the other personal record that i am more proud of though is that i didn’t eat my feelings tonight. i had a kind of emotional day at work… kind of emotional past few days… and instead of eating my feelings through chocolate, greasy cheesy mexican food or pizza, chips, blahblahblah, i decided to run. and while i still feel a little emotional and stressed out, i don’t have the added guilt and emotions of binge eating. also, one of my favorite people in the world, who i haven’t talked to in forever, called me tonight. we had one of those long catch me up on everything girl kind of talks.
“when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.”
i just ran 3.2 miles in 37 minutes!!!!!, which is a 11:34 pace! =]
i was going to add run a 12 minute mile to my to do list for february, and i can’t believe that i beat it and maintained it tonight! it was just one of those forrest gump kind of runs, i felt so fast and fueled during the first half of it. during the last half, i slowed down to my regular pace. i think it was because i had some soup during my last hour of work, and then when i got home, i had a kashi bar before my run. i guess getting enough food works!
also, i stepped on the scale this morning because i was curious to see how much i gained from eating pizza and other munchies last night, but i actually saw 158.4 pounds! i thought for sure that i would have gained. after i had came home from scrabble night and having pizza and a chocolate chip cookie, i had some more food because i still felt hungry, not food-crazed like i usually do when i have food that i try to usually avoid. it was probably the first time that i really tried to practice intuitive eating, and i had some soup, baby carrots, and some whole wheat honey graham crackers.
weight loss really is a weird thing, but i’m starting to enjoy this whole journey a lot more. why didn’t anyone tell me that running was so fun? why didn’t i believe them?! =]
