Week 5 update

This last week was not bad.  Although I skipped Tuesday's 3 miler, I made it up on Thursday and with some extra walks along the week.  On Wednesday, I had a good solid 6 miler.  Still too slow, but it did feel more constant and pace-worthy, so to speak.

I've been adding some cross-fit work outs to my strength training to good effect.  I learned walking push ups and added those.  This week I also learned of air lunges which did leave my thighs feeling rather sore this morning, but this is supposed to be a post about the week that just ended.

The long run was a bit of a shamble.  The 12 miles ended up taking 3 hours.  I had a visit at home waiting for me, and I sure scared the hell out of him, getting home much later than planned.  I would say I hit the wall at around 10 miles, but I was already fighting a bad thick fog since around mile 9.  This being a step-back week, the Sat. mileage is only 9, which will hopefully go well.

As for nutrition, I've mostly kept up a good show.  Eating well, keeping alcohol levels low.  At the end of the week, I was still holding steady at 139.  However, on Saturday and specially on Sunday, there was quite a bit of beer drinking due to a birthday.

Sunday night, my mom and I agreed to lose 5 pounds in two weeks.  On Monday morning, I weighed the usual 139.  This morning, I'm down to 137!  So, that's two down!

Hope to see the trend stick.

A Look at Progress So Far

In all honesty, I can't really be bothered to write down every thing I eat. But I will say, I've been very healthy, eating within the 1200 calorie range for a while now. The only problem was the booze, which was adding countless calories. However, starting on Monday, I've ingested 0 empty calories via drink, sticking mostly to water and partially to diet coke. Also, I have not touched a cigarette since Saturday night. This is obviously easier to do if there is also no drinking, so the eating/drinking part is going well enough.

So is the training. So far, I have skipped 4 runs all together. I've noticed that my stamina is better and that I can do many more push ups than at the start of this. I could barely do 70, yesterday, I did 150 comfortably, plus some strange walking push-ups, although I'm not quite certain I did them right. I do need to do more strength training, and include weight lifting as well.

The bit where I'm letting myself down is on not getting up at 6 am to do my runs in the morning. Yesterday I did my required 3 with no problems, but after work. Today's 6 will also have to be done in the evening. I just HAVE to get myself up in the mornings. But even writing about this just produced a huge yawn. Bad Frances.

This morning I weighed in at 140. I am really hoping to see some significant drop soon due to the reduction in calorie intake and the effects of an up week (23 miles).

Also, is someone reading this? I think I see more visits than I've logged on my own. If that's the case, would you mind writing a comment just so I know who you are?

That's all for now!