Sorry, I know I haven't written one of these in a while. I haven't been to a meeting in a while. I was sort of worried about what the scale would say but it wasn't as bad as I expected. Right before I went home, I had a really off week. I didn't track and didn't pay attention to my food. It wasn't horrible but my weight went up a pound or so according to my scale at home and I didn't feel like having a bad weigh-in so I didn't go. I had a plan to really buckle down and be very strict while I was at home but that was a silly idea. Yes, it is possible but it wasn't completely necessary. There are certain foods I don't get here, so I treat myself to them while at home. So I treated myself. I didn't track while I was there but I did pay attention to what I was eating. I knew some days I had gone over but others I was pretty much on track. I could have found a meeting at home but I didn't really want to weigh-in while I was there because the scales never agree. I typically weigh about 5 pounds more in Georgia than I do here. I decided I would just wait until I got back. So today was my first meeting in a while. the scale was kinder than I thought it would be. I gained but I only gained 0.6. That's not bad at all. I'm refocusing and I know that as I move forward I will see more results. I know even though the scale is still stuck, my body is changing. My pants are getting loose again and my husband said I looked slimmer when I came back from Georgia.
I had a great run tonight. We have a cold front coming through so our daily high temps are only supposed to be in the '90s. Yay! That also means it is cooling off quicker at night. Tonight is was already close to 80 when I ran at 10:30. For the last few months, if I wanted to run when it was 80 I would have to do it a 5AM. So far I am really liking the new plan. I like that my week day runs are nice and short. I'm seeing the progress that I have made over the last 6 months because I have actually given my body the rest that it needed for me to reach my potential. I have my first longer run coming up on Sunday, but since I'm just starting out, it is only 3 miles. I'm currently doing a 1 minute run, 1 minute walk ratio for my short workouts. I am pretty sure that would drive me nuts on the longer runs so I found a version of Galloway's plan that suggests a quarter mile run, quarter mile walk for the long runs. I think I am going to try that this weekend. I figure it is a good place to start and I have 5 months to change it and find what works best for me.
I'm really starting to feel a lot better about things. Hopefully it will all keep looking up.
In case you are interested, I just updated my 10k post with pics from the race.
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