This morning I stepped on the dreaded devil scale to find I hadn't gained but lost 18 lbs. That scale has gone up and down more than a yoyo. It's been frustrating, so I RARELY use it but have been focusing more on how I'm feeling and seeing loss in inches rather than the numbers.
The other difference is that I was able to shovel THE WHOLE DRIVEWAY pretty much without stopping. I wasn't out of breath and even felt pretty good after. I got another sweat on folks!
The evening brought a treadmill workout which consisted of a 5 minute incline warmup, a 20 minute power walk at 2.9 and another 5 minute cool down. I looked at my heart rate monitor to find that I was in "the zone" 28 of the 30 minutes. I felt GREAT and I noticed my thought process was a positive one. I felt proud to have come so far.
There's only 6 months left of training until IG. At times I have no idea HOW I'm going to do it. Sometimes I want to run away or wonder how I ever got myself into this. It's days like this though, that put me back into a positive perspective.
Coach and several friends kept telling me that I'm not racing anyone else. I'm running against myself. My own time, my own pace. To move faster than I did today, yesterday and several months and years ago. Looking back, I CAN see how far I've come. God tells us not to worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. His words ring true. Do today what you can do and worry about the things of tomorrow...well, TOMORROW!
What I ate today: Oatmeal with ground flax seed, a teaspoon of natural and local maple syrup and a half of chopped banana.
Snack of 1 mean green fresh juice
Dinner, pasta with diced tomatoes, garlic, italian spices and turnip greens
After workout RAW protein Bar
Snack of cherry tomatoes, baby cucumbers and a tablespoon of hummus
Lots and lots of water with 2 glasses of iced tea.
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