Chasing away Chubby

3 miles!

Posted lodyangel on October 11th, 2007 | Filed under General

Things that were working against my 3 mile run (no walking).

*It was cold!  

*I didn’t wanna do it.

* The wind was blowing, gusting even.  Anyone who has ever run knows it bites to run into the wind.

*I didn’t feel like doing it.

* I am constipated.

*I didn’t feel like doing it.

So there was plenty against me as I started my run, but I told myself to run the first mile and then I could decide if I wanted to change my game plan.  So I did, but after the first mile I didn’t want to stop.  So I kept going.  I ran, thinking about how I need to poop, about the HUGE hill at the half way mark and how on earth I was gonna run that?  I thought about my convictions to start eating less meat.  I thought about what it was gonna take to get my kids to eat better.   So I reach the mile and a half mark and turn around to go back up heartattack hill.  About that time here comes my Dad, he slows down and gives me a hard time.  I tell him to go on he’s killing my mometum.  He asks if I want a ride back and I say “NO!”  I realize…By Gosh, I am gonna do this.  So I did.  I listened to my ipod and thought about what type of body I wanted to have, how I want to be a Shape magazine successs story in a few years, and  how I wanna run that 5K, and then run another, and another, and maybe one day win my hometown 5K.  Yeah, that would be awesome.  So I keep running, I run slow, because after all the goal is to finish.  So I am not killing myself, I am running.  So I notice that I am not dreading the hills so much.  I notice that I am “working” the hills, swinging my arms, attacking the hills instead of just trying to get to the top.  I notice how much stronger I am then when I began this on July 4th, my Independence day!   I think about this and before I know it I am back at my house, having run 3 miles.  Oh I noticed other things…like my toes on my right foot going numb, but I just worked through them and kept going.  I wanted my 3 miles today, and so I got them.  See running is 90% in your head!  Running has taught me that if I believe in myself enough that I can do anything.   It is even rubbing off into other areas of my life.   Whenever I think I can’t do it, I remember my accomplishments and I remember I can do ANYTHING. 

So my run was a success, but as I mentioned above..I am having problems with the plumbing.  I have been eating more soy products because I am trying to cut down some on meat.  Evidently the change has my digestive system objecting.  I spent quite alot of time today in the bathroom trying to make.  I drink water out the wazoo (literally) and I don’t understand why I am constipated.  So Finally I drank some apple juice with 2 tablespoons of corn syrup and after my run I found some relief.   However, that is not the end of the problem and I will need to find some relief pretty soon.   I wonder if this is the reason why my weight has been up the last few days.   It can’t help any.

So today I ate completely meatless.  I made chili with meatless ground beef.   It was pretty good, then for Dinner I ate meatless buffalo wings (decent), more chili and a smartones cookiedough ice cream.  I needed the cookie dough ice cream to help with these horrid cookie dough cravings.  At least it’s smartones, and 170 calories is much better than 650!!!