I'm pretty excited about this weigh in. 1. It shows that over Thanksgiving and my anniversary that I did eat well and stick to my calories despite the "treats" I had and 2. It shows that diet is just as important as the workouts that I should have done. I've been telling people that diet is key and the workouts are just to get myself moving and to act as a safety net on bad days if I cheat a little. I lost over a lb through the last week just eating and staying active with no workouts. Yay me!
Monday I started the week out strong and did a workout but it HURT! Apparently I pulled a groin muscle or something. Each and every step was painful. Tuesday I tried to get up on the treadmill and it wasn't happening. 15 mins in I quit. It just didn't seem worth the pain. I was upset with myself and I comforted myself with the last of The Allegiant by Veronica Roth. I must say, I'm sad about the ending but at least she ended the trilogy and there shouldn't be a follow up years later.
Yesterday I spent plenty of time working with the executives and I found a few things out. There are runners where I work! I'm not sure my employer would like me to share names so I'll just leave it at this, the fact that they are runners took me by surprise. Both are extremely healthy and have active lifestyles, but I was shocked. 1 ran a half marathon in 2012 and the other completed a full marathon (26.2 miles) as a bucket list race. Both said it took dedication and lots of training. Neither had a trainer and ran at home or on a track. One thing I got was the message that it would take dedication from not just myself, but my family. I never thought about it like that. Training would take up to 2 hours or more a day. I have 3 little kids. Who is going to care for my kids while I train? No one. So, since I have work, housework and kids to care for, how will I ever become a runner? I probably won't. But I'd like to throw out a race bucket list just for the heck of it:
3K, 5K, and a 10K for good measure. I'd love to do a half marathon but 13.1 might be more than I'm capable of.
Another accomplishment this week is when I finished Allegiant I also finished my reading challenge of 104 books. Unfortunately, Goodreads.com only counts 96 of those because I read 8 of them twice. Hey, a good book is a good book and I'll read them time and time again without batting an eye. So I'm on the hunt, AGAIN, for the next great read and this time I'm buying. I feel I've done a great job this year and I'm feeling pretty darn entitled.
Current weight: 173.6
Goal weight: 159 (14.6 lbs to go)
I'm 9.6 lbs overweight! I'm in the single digits!
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