5M-Week 1 (W)

This week has been a recovery week.I have been behind on my goal of 80 miles and I have been trying to catch up. It turned out to be the most number of miles I have done in a week. That being said, I added 2 pounds on the scale. Uggghhh, so annoying. While everyone kept telling me that I am probably gaining muscle and it may be true, I am really annoyed by it. Now I have to lose 13 pounds in 6 weeks which is really a stretch. I really need to find time in my schedule to add strength training to my workouts. IJ has suggested that I wake him up in the morning so he can help me with the weights. I guess I could try that but since I wake up at 5:30am already, when will I have time for that? Maybe after my August Challenge is over, I can reduce my running route to 2.5 miles/ 3x week which I can do in less than 30 minutes and do 15-20 minutes of strength training. That would be a good goal for September.

I also noticed that I am now addicted to before/after pictures. I keep looking at old pictures of me trying to see the difference in my body. I must admit, while I see some change, I can’t help but feel like it is not enough. Clearly I still have a long way to go. I am down to my post-Jr weight which means I still have to get to my pre-Jr weight.

I am now 5 months through my 9on9off journey. I am really glad that I have been able to keep active for this long. I only have 4 months left and I am excited to see what the end product (mwa) will be. I have been obsessing over my weight and weighing myself constantly has been demoralizing so I asked IJ to hide the scales in the house. My next weigh in will be on September 30th….I am going to work very hard to get under 200…

In summary

Weight: 212.0

Distance: 23.67 miles

# of active days: 4

4M- Week 4 Birthday week. (W)

 

This week was a tricky one for me. This is the week were my vacation started and nothing good comes from laying on the couch all day. To make matters worse, IJ was out of town so I did not have someone to watch the kids so I could go for my runs. I did make it to the basement and got the Gazelle out for some indoor walking. This really did help to get me somewhat active. I also made sure I was not bingeing since I did not have my run.

All seemed well because I finally got on the scale for IJ’s birthday. I made it to 210lbs which was my revised goal for his birthday. I really wanted to be below 200 but that’s okay. That is my goal for September 30th….so its on, I want to lose 11 pounds in 7 weeks. It can be done!

In summary

Weight: 210.6

Distance: 16.87 miles

# of active days: 5



4M- Week 3

 

This week has been one of my most inactive weeks. I have had a bad case of runner’s knee and yet I kept running on it hoping the pain would go away but of course it was not going to happen. So I took 4 days off to rest my knee and waited until the pain was gone. It really did help but I felt so empty and was afraid that the scale would start going up again. I was also concerned about my blood pressure but all seemed well.

I was able to get back on my feet on Thursday which felt really good.

In summary

Weight: n/a

Distance: 8.30 miles

# of active days: 2

4M- Week 2

I meant to update the blog but I have been so busy and did not get a chance to. I just have the summary

In Summary

Weight: n/a

Distance: 18.6 miles

#Active days: 6