Leeda: Running in a Fat Suit

Yesterday was a good day, except for the fact that I went over my calories last night. but not very much. I was thinking about this whole calorie counting thing and when I get to goal. How many calories would I need to take in when I get to goal in order to maintain. Well according to the daily plate, it would be 2,174 calories for light activity and 2,508 for moderate activity. I just wonder what I will do to keep up with it when I get to that point. Still use the daily plate everyday? Or will I then know about how many calories everything has and just eyeball it? It’s such a long way until I get there, I guess there’s no sense in stressing over it now. Maybe I will check out the maintainer’s forum and see how they keep themselves in check.  Today is a rest day. I shall fill my free hours with scrapbooking (oh and housecleaning )

No more running with the stroller on the hilly course. It’s just too much. I swear my kid  has put on 20 lbs since I last ran with him. I did 2 miles and had to call it quits. I came home and did 30 minute of DDR with very few breaks in between and now I’m doing strength training.  Phew I’m tired! Will post more later!

Weight today: 197.6

DH worked from home yesterday, so instead of doing Y!F, I asked if he would find a break to watch baby so that I could go running alone. He said yes, but when the agreed upon time came around, he had an unexpected problem come up so he couldn’t do it. This was around 4pm…my friend called around that time (the one who’s been in Europe and I hadn’t really talked to in weeks) and we ended up talking on the phone for 2 + hours. By then it was too dark to go running. If I had a been a good girl, I would’ve done Y!F or DDR, but I didn’t. No excuses. I spent the night scrapbooking because that’s what I have been wanting to do. The only good thing I can say about yesterday is that I had plenty of fruits and veggies and didn’t go over my calories.

Today I plan on going running with baby. According to my training schedule, I’m supposed to go 3 miles. I’ll update later to report how it goes.

Weight today: 198.0

So I’m down 1.2 lbs since I’ve gotten back on the wagon.

I’ve decided to try and set a goal of 193 by February 2, the date of my 10k. That will put me back where I was before “the slipup”. I had a hamburger last night since I’d run yesterday. Now they are calling to me from the tubberware box in the fridge. I will resist. I’m going to probably do Y!F or DDR today, along with strength training.

Next long run goal is 5 miles and that will be on saturday or sunday. Very excited about that. Not much else to talk about. I hope everyone has a good week!

Is that I feel ravenous aftewards. I did the 4.5 miles. It was a good run. I ran in a new place…a bike trail along a main road. The only thing I don’t like about it is that it has several intersections with traffic, one major. So I have to be careful. I felt good during the whole run. I got, if you can believe it, an appreciative horn and a thumbs up while I was jogging in place at the intersection…or maybe it was a come-on…or maybe it was in jest…or maybe I should just stop dissecting it

Anyway, about being ravenous. That’s what I am. In my desperate hunger, I stopped at a Zaxby’s thinking they would have something healthier that I could eat to stave off my hunger until I got home. I ordered a bottled water and fried mushrooms. That can’t be that many calories, I thought. I just looked it up on the daily plate. It was 600 calories. And the bad thing is that it wasn’t even that good! I’ve eaten some more since then and have about 500 cals left at this point. Good thing I had a small breakfast!

I found this book called Chi Running. ‘Lody, you might be interested in this. I’ve heard it mentioned on the running boards, it’s supposed to teach you how to run easier, and injury free. I thought it was worth a try. I actually tried something I read while I was flipping through the pages about running sideways up hills. It did work.

Ok, off for a shower.

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/genetics/mg19626295.600-curvy-mothers-have-brainier-kids.html

Pretty neat if it’s true

Here’s another story that says that curvy hips “lure” men to  smart women

http://www.physorg.com/news114062670.html

WENT is the key word here, not RAN

They had a pretty nice one with 1500 participants, 2 of which I knew. So I decided to make a day of it since those things usually last about  6 hours. I have a few thoughts on the subject:

1. Wow, I am so impressed. I drove the course to see what it was like and, though I have driven that area many times while shopping and whatnot., I never thought abotu running it. It’s crazy!

2. At first I felt bad about the people who were tailing the race…the people who were mostly walking, but then I thought, hey, they had the balls to get out there and do it and that’s what counts. They will be able to say “I finished a marathon”

3. I am surprised at the number of women who run without a lot of bra support. With my humongous  girls, I can’t imagine running 1 mile while jiggling about, but there were many out there who were…I guess they were comfy though or they wouldn’t do it.

4. There was a guy dressed like Elvis and a guy wearing a pink tutu. Yes, reread that sentence. A TUTU. ELVIS. I guess people get bored running 26.2 miles and have to spice it up a bit?

5. A big shout out to D, a old co worker who ran the event. She is 50 +, started running last year and this was her first marathon. How is awesome is she?

6. I saw one of the fittest women I have ever seen leading the pack. I could see her 6 pack from the car. OMG if I could look anything like her, I would die!

7. It really motivated me to get out there and re-commit myself. I’ve been trying to pinpoint what exactly the reasons have been for why I keep missing my planned runs. I think it’s because I wait to late in the day, when I am really tired from chasing around a 1 year old and cleaning the house. I need to keep to morning runs. Even today when DH was home to watch the baby, I waited to long and just dind’t do it. Tomorrow DH has agreed to get up earlier so I can go running by myself. Yay! Also yay to DH for buying my a new iPod because my old one is broken. I am still going to try to get the old one fixed or give it away to someone who can and needs it.

Eating was ok today. Baby and I had fun. Started out the day with a bowl of shredded wheat and banana. Then, We went to the park…a really big one outside of a museum. He loved it and I could see the marathon runners from where were were. We then went to lunch and ate. I had a sub w/a side salad and he had a pita pizza w/ veggies. It was fun, it was like having a little lunch buddy Then we went back to watch the finish line for awhile and then home.  I had a sweet potato and grilled cheese sandwhich for dinner.

Time for a bubble bath and bed. Tomorrow’s goals:

Do not weigh in

Eat more fruits

Drink more water

Run *gulp* 4.5 miles!

Why I want to lose weight:

To be healthy

To look in the mirror and like what I see

To feel fit

To run faster

To have my son be proud of me one day

To have my husband be attracted to me (more)

To feel feminine curves instead of lumps

To live longer

To be stronger

To feel in control of myself

To wear the clothes that have been in my closet unused for about 3 years

For my emotional and mental health

Thanks for the words of encouragement ladies. Ya’ll really make a difference!!

I am down to 198.4 today. I went running yesterday, only a mile and a half. I had the stroller with me and I hadn’t been running with it in awhile, since DH has been home so much for the holidays. Sucker is heavy, especially on the hills which had been easier the last few weeks. Eating was ok, I need to get in more veggies, though I think I am getting in enough fruits.  I also didn’t have any soda yesterday, just a cup of coffee and water, so big yay there! Just gotta keep it up.

It is so sad all the commercials for weight loss products on tv and the stationing of diet books/pill in the stores. Why do people do this to themselves every year. I’d like to say that people are better off just for having tried to fulfill a new year’s resolution even if they don’t do it, but I have a friend who  does this every year. She buys some new piece of exercise equipment or video, goes on a super strict diet, last about a month, loses 10 pounds and then gains back 20. Over the last 4 years, she has gained 60 lbs. Not only that, she gains a closet full of unused exercise equipment and diet books. This year she is doing “Hip Hop Abs” and a low carb diet where she eats low carb up until dinner and then eat whatever she wants….ok, how long is that going to last?

Ok, enough about her. I’m not doing stelllar, so I can’t really criticize someone else until I get my stuff together.

I’m reading a book called “Diary of a Fat Housewife” Pretty good so far, very familiar to the things I feel on a regular basis, especially when she talks about not being able to wear most of the clothes in your closet because they were 30 lbs ago.

Still have my 10k in February. Getting pretty nervous now!

Oh, the time I’ve wasted. I weighed in this morning, and I weigh 199.2. That’s a 6 pound gain over the last few weeks. How pitiful is that?

The only good thing I can write about the time since I’ve last posted is that I ran on Christmas day and yesterday. I also did weights yesterday. It really makes me upset because I’d planned to be 170 by this time. Wasted time! Oh well, I can’t waste anymore.

Plan today: Do Y!F or DDR, weight lifting and watch calories on DP.