The rollercoaster of weight loss emotions
Yesterday I was at an all time low, today I feel pretty good. I journaled my calories, and had a little over 800 in before dinner which left over 800 for dinner and I think I probably came in somewhere around there.
The cool thing is I ran this afternoon. It was an awesome day. Partly sunny, light wind, 70 DEGREES!!! I left work early so I could run. I was excited. I was gonna get to run with NO polar fleece sweat shirt, no earmuffs, no gloves…YAY! I got to the park at about 3:30 and the first thing I did was run half the flat trail, then stopped to stretch, and then finished running that trail. As I was running up the the only hill on that trail to get to the second trail. It happened. My breath cut off and I thought “Oh shit.” My first instinct was to keep running. Last time it happened I was running a timed half mile and iIwas really pushing and there was NO WAY I was stopping so I ran the last half-tenth of a mile to my Mom’s house where I stopped running and “walked it out.” My mom could hear me wheezing from 20 feet away. Today was not that bad, but I had the sense to think…I am nowhere near the stopping point, I better stop or I’m gonna give the little old lady behind me a heart attack when I collapse in front of her.. So I stopped and walked up to the hill. When I felt better I started running again and was fine the rest of the time, though I noticed I was a little wheezy. So while I was running I saw my sister running so I ran with her some. Then we walked another trail. So in total I ran:
The flat trail- .75 mile; hilly trail- 1 mile; 1/2 hilly trail- .50 mile; flat trail-.75, then walked 1 mile. So that means i ran 3 miles and walked one for a total of 4 miles! ! YAY!!!
So I sucked last night, but tonight I ROCK! The difference 24 hours makes!
However I think I have exercise induced asthma. This is the third time that the loss of breath has happened since I started running in July. I said if it happened again that I would go to the doctor. I will do that as soon as I get $20 to pay the co-pay…so hopefully this weekend.
Well chickadees…It’s early but I am tired. Everyone have a good night!
Posted on December 11th, 2007 by lodyangel
Filed under: exercise
I’m always amazed by that rollercoaster of emotions we have - up one day, dumps the next. Glad you’re on another upswing.
There are some really good and effective treatments for exercise-induced asthma, and it can make a world of difference, so I recommend seeing the doc sooner not later.
My daughter’s script inhaler for EIA is MaxAir and it seems to work well. The bad news is that we had to see an allergist and have all sorts of allergy testing first to confirm the EIA .
Wow hon - you are really awesome!
You’re absolutely right - what a difference a day makes.
I can’t wait to go hiking this weekend!
I’m soooooo stressed out!
Your run sounded very good. I cannot run that much at all. In fact I just run only very little and then walk again.
Love,
iniya
Yikes, scary about the asthma. I hope you get to go to a doc soon. Congrats on that awesome mileage you did. It must be nice to run on a trail. The ones here are so secluded, I’d have to have a group to run with. You are doing great, keep your head up
YOU ROCK!!
I totally understand about that dang co pay. We are always broke too.
Hey Ms. Melody - where are you? While you’ve been gone - your girl has embarked on a ‘GAIN 5 POUNDS by NEW YEARS DAY!’
Hurry back - I am missing you……
The fat is taking over!!!!!!
HELP!!!!!!!!