I weigh 197 lbs this morning, so I gained one yesterday.
I am kind of surprised about this. I was on all Phase I foods again yesterday. Unfortunately, I had some really fatty meat for dinner (parents wanted to go to a BBQ restaurant) so that was most likely the culprit. I did manage to order the only two non-carb side dishes they had and I physically wiped the BBQ sauce off my food, but I guess I just ate too much meat. I didn’t feel overly-stuffed though, so that’s good.
But it’s only two days into the weigh-in “week,” so I’m confident that I can lose some more and do fairly well by next Wednesday. I don’t think I’ll have any problem meeting the 195 lbs by July 23rd goal.
And now for a C25K update…
I haven’t been running at all this week. In fact, I haven’t even gone to the gym. I have been avoiding mentioning this (as some of you have probably recognized) until I came to some sort of decision. I have been thinking about whether or not I want to continue the program.
Now first, let me say that if I decide not to continue, I’m not going to be disappointed in myself. If I stop now, it’s not because I don’t think that I can do it; it’s not because the program has somehow beaten me. Honestly, if I decide to stop now, it’s because I don’t like running. I have never liked it, even when I was a fit little girl. It just doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me to try to sustain an exercise regimen that I know I will hate and possibly try to get out of when I could be exercising doing things I like: swimming, tennis, dancing, aerobics (never actually tried that, but I think I would like it) or even the elliptical machine. It just seems to make more sense to pick an exercise that I will enjoy – that way I can advance at it without hating my life.
And I had almost completely decided to quit C25K. I was thisclose to announcing the decision. But then yesterday my boss put a little brochure on my desk for a charity run our own company is having to benefit the community we work in, and do you know what it is? It’s a 5K. I couldn’t help but think that this came across my desk when it did for a reason. I couldn’t help but think that God was encouraging me to continue. And so I wrestled. “But I hate C25K!” I said.
But then it came to me – a moment of pure genius and absolute clairvoyance, a supernatural understanding: I can run/walk a 5K without going through the C25K program!
So that is my plan. I will return to the gym on Monday morning. I will do whatever I think I will enjoy there. And between now and September, I will be training my body how to run a 5K in ways that feel comfortable to me. If I can’t do the C25K intervals right now, that’s not what I will do. I will simply build up my stamina by running and walking, running and walking. Perhaps I won’t be able to run the entire 5K in September – I might still have to run a little and walk a little. But I am going to work on physical fitness as my goal, not on a 5K as my goal. And I will not force myself to follow a regimen I hate.
How’s that for inspiration?
