Yesterday might have been my best eating/exercise day ever! OK, maybe not ever, but it was pretty damn good. I did my 4.3-mile hill run, which involves running up and down a quarter-mile hill five times and which I severely did NOT want to do but did anyway. Hooray!
Eating went really well. Yesterday afternoon I was craving a Kit Kat bar SO BAD. I went and stood in front of the vending machine with my 75 cents, fully intending to get one. I must have stood there staring at the damn candy bar for at least 10 minutes. No joke. Then someone walked in to the snack bar and I turned around and left... without the Kit Kat! I did actually feel a little hungry, so I went back a bit later and bought a healthy bar. It felt SO good. Take that, Kit Kat!
I did my first weight training workout this morning. I typically don't get excited about weight training, but I read an article yesterday on Runner's World online about how runners who don't strength train and regularly do speed workouts tend to burn MUSCLE when they run, not fat. Horrors! That motivated me to get up and do my workout this morning.
The scale was definitely my friend today--146.6! I don't think I'm dehydrated--I must have had at LEAST six 20-oz bottles of water yesterday (I sweat A LOT when I run, though, so it's possible that I lost more water than I took in). Definitely off to a great start!
Have a wonderful day, Jen
Posted By: runjenrun
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06/05/2007 08:54
Awesome!
You did great! Those days make it all worthwhile, don't they? Keep it up. Strength training is SO important, too. And when you build muscle, you will also burn more calories! Great job, I'm proud of you!
... for commenting on my post. You're doing incredibly well. Have fun dress shopping. I didn't enjoy my experience too much. I had to try on all the bigger sizes, and at a certain point they all looked the same. You're going to look AMAZING in yours!
You beat the kit kat AND lost weight! woohoo! It's great that you're doing strength training. I'm sure it'll make a big difference. Good luck with the wedding dress shopping. I'm sure you'll find something gorgeous. And hopefully not too expensive!
Your water intake is impressive! Something I definitely overlook - will make a note to work on that.
Your Kit Kat bar is my Dunkin Donuts! Way to walk away! I wandered over to the DD on my corner, but fortunately they were closed! Not nearly as much will power required as in your situation - haha.
