I actually got up...

Wow.  I didn't know if I could do it another day.  I know, its actually only been one day.  But I was excited yesterday, I was tired today.  But after some moaning and groaning, I finally got out of bed and went for my run.  It felt colder today than yesterday.  I warmed up after a few blocks.  I felt pretty proud of myself because I ran a lot more than i did yesterday.  I ended up walking back though. I didn't really have a good reason, I just was kind of lazy.

My food intake was pretty good.  It went as planned.  Except I still didn't eat my snack like I was suppose to.  I plan to eat breakfast, lunch then a snack and then dinner.  But I end of eating lunch and feeling really hungry still and then eating a snack as part of my lunch.  Today my snack was half a large apple and some cashews.  Instead I ate some flaxseed tortilla chips and salsa.  I definately ate more chips than I should have but its ok.  The weird part is, after I eat that type of lunch, i'm not hungry again until much later.  I would like to set myself up with the meal, meal, snack, meal schedule but maybe if this is working I should keep going.  That means I have a larger lunch than I have been planning. I'll see if that will work.

Like I said yesterday, my friend bailed for this week on running on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  So I decided to run myself.  But by the time I got done with all that I had to do today, it was too dark and I didn't feel safe.  I could have just went home and convinced myself that because I already worked out this morning, it was fine that I skipped this afternoon.  But then I would be giving myself excuses and that is what I am used to.  That's how I failed in the past.  So I kept on driving past my house and went to my usual block, the one I run in the morning.  I ran even more than I did this morning.  i did end up walking back though, again.  Hmmm...I wonder if that is really such a big deal.  Probably not.

Now I'm home and looking forward to tomorrow.  I hope I can get up again.  I plan on doing weight training for my legs tomorrow. I'm hopeful of what will come these next three weeks.  I will be leaving for Louisiana in the middle of November so I only have a few weeks to tone up.

Is it true that I can only reasonably hope to lose 1 or 1 1/2 lbs a week?  That kind of sucks because I will be working out vigorously for 4 weeks and I won't even see a difference.  Don't worry (not that you are) but I do plan on continuing my work out after I get back but this was just the initial motivation.  My goal date is January 1st, me and my boyfriend's one year anniversary.  He's great!