I’ve crossed a few more days off the calendar and can boast that I am doing splendidly on my running work out plan. Thursday, Friday and Saturday all went well (especially Friday, which was my rest day). Yesterday I skimped a little on the running due to the fact I was taking Rory (new puppy!) along for the first time. Did a little over half the running I was supposed to, but added an extra 30 minutes walking to make up for it.
So that was the good news.
The bad news is, my willpower has somehow diminished to near zero… Cookies + chocolate + ice cream have become my undoing. Somehow I have gained weight this week despite all the exercise (I say “somehow” even though I know exactly how it happened…). I used to have a will of iron – dessert once a week if at all! Those days must return or I will be in a sad state soon! I’m exaggerating, really- working out 6 days a week it’s hard to get fat, but I want to get my body to look as amazing as possible before I start the downhill slide into middle age. Think of it as preventative care. The better my abs look now… the less I will yearn for a tummy tuck later.
Anyway, today is day 8! Start of a new week. The running workout plan calls for:
Run: 32 minutes
Next 6 minutes alternate running 1 minute and walking 1 minute
I always sandwich my runs between two 5-minute walking warmup/cool down periods. I also plan to do about 20 minutes of strength-training for my arms.
This is my day off, so I woke up late and had a piece of french toast with half a cup of strawberries and a cup of coffee with skim milk for breakfast around noon. The whole “lots of small meals” thing sounds good in theory but simply seems to leave me prey to my snacky urges, so I am trying for bigger, more satisfying meals today and going back to counting calories like an obsessed ballerina.
I’m going to try and keep updating my blog with my diet progress – it really helps to keep me accountable, even though I don’t exactly qualify these entries as thrilling reading ; ).
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