Busy day packed with a bike ride, a slow run, new inserts for my running shoes and catch up on work. I didn’t get to Planet Fitness (boo) but I WILL get there tomorrow!!! I’m ready to get my weightlifting on!
Arthritis – When Did I Get Old?
Arthritis. Doctor says I have arthritis. (Side note: when did I get old?) So I say what do we need to do because I have races to run and weight to lose. He gives me some pills and says to strengthen my core. So of course I leave and go straight to sign up at Planet Fitness. I’m meeting with the personal trainer tomorrow to design my custom program. I’ve got the cardio down. Just need to build some strength. Got my old people pills now to get me through until then. Let’s do this.
Keep Moving Forward
Monday, Monday. Weigh-in day for me and the start of a new week. Sadly today I can’t report a loss, although I was fully expecting one.
I was expecting a loss today because I literally weigh and track EVERYTHING in MyFitnessPal. Like obsessively. Nothing goes in my mouth that MFP doesn’t know about. I weigh my food, measure it, log it and track my steps and exercise. I knew that I had atleast a 4,800 calorie deficit. But yet I gained 0.4 pounds.
I know, I know… that amount of gain is so trivial in the grand scheme of things. But it’s still so freaking disappointing.
After that major letdown I cried to Greg, who for the record weighs and tracks NOTHING and has lost 10 pounds, and bless his heart he tried everything he could to cheer me up. I posted a rant on my new favorite FB group, From Fat to Finish Line, and as always everyone was super supportive and offered suggestions and ideas on what might have caused the gain.
I decided to dig into the nutritional info in MFP and found everything was pretty on point… except my sodium.
I cut out pop over a month ago so I was pretty shocked. I *thought* I had been eating healthy. I had no idea how much sodium was in the oven roasted chicken deli meat I had for lunch, or the Chick Fil-a Market Salad, or the 6″ Subway sandwich.
I’m definitely going to start paying more attention to sodium levels. We women have a hard enough time fighting water retention from monthly hormones, I certainly don’t need to add more fuel to the fire by eating excessive amounts of sodium.
So here’s to next week, and hopefully a loss. But even if there isn’t one, I know I’m making progress because I’m doing things I couldn’t do before.
No Pain No Grain
Today I decided to cut grain out of my diet for the next 10 days. I’ve been reading, and watching, a lot of things that have brought up some benefits of going grain-free.
We recently bought a juicer after watching Fat, Sick and Nearly dead so I’ll be using that to supplement my diet.
Today we tried the Mean Green Juice and the Carrot Citrus Zinger. I didn’t love the Mean Green at first but I think I used too much cucumber. I added a few slices of pineapple and it was much better.
The Carrot Citrus Zinger of course was awesome because it was just carrots, oranges, and ginger. Yum!
C25K Week 1 Day 3
Today was Week 1 Day 3 of the C25K program that I’ve been doing. It was also a scheduled “long run” day for my 10k training and it couldn’t have worked out better! (Is it wrong that I feel like a total badass for just going out and doing 5 miles? It’s probably just the endorphins but I feel pretty awesome right now!)
We walked about a mile to the park before starting the program and then did our run/walk intervals throughout the park. I really expected the park to be packed on such a beautiful day but for the most part, it was just us.
As if finishing week 1 and going out for 5 miles wasn’t awesome enough, I am also happy to report that I conquered The Stairs of Doom *said in an evil, menacing tone* (that’s what I call them, probably not their real name but whatever).
I have this irrational fear that I’m going to run up them, twist my ankle and get a wicked compound fracture.
But not today, today I just pushed those thoughts out of my mind and powered up that hill. Yes!
Now for food, I’m starving!
10 month update
Wow. I can’t believe it’s been 10 months since I last blogged. I know I’ve been busy, but I never meant to neglect my accountability site. Granted I have been trying to keep up with Instagram, it’s a lot easier posting an image with a few lines of text than it is to write down all my feelings and progress in a blog/journal.
I’ve never really been good about journaling. That’s one of the reasons that I wanted to start this was as a way to work through all my feelings during this journey. But one thing about digging into feelings is that they can be painful, messy and time-consuming to sort through.
Since my last blog post I’ve made a bunch of progress with the heart issue that was bothering me. I’m still caffeine free (YAY ME!) and I even quit drinking diet coke on January 24, 2017