I'm Going to Get Back to Under 200 If It Kills Me!

Well, like I said, that week and a half in Evansville really pushed me back into the 200s again. While I know most of it, hopefully a lot of it, is going to go away quickly after I start eating normal food again, I just don't want to fight those 203/204/202 numbers again.

So I'm stepping it up. I went to the gym tonight. I walked the "cardio" program for 24 minutes, which was between 3 and 5 incline at speeds between 3.0mph and 3.5mph. Then, when I accidentally stopped the program before it was over, I decided to run for a bit. I started at 5mph for about 0.5 mile, then reduced to 4.5 for like three minutes, then back to 4.7 mph for two minutes and then back to 4.5 mph to finish the mile in 13 minutes.

I burned another 300+ calories so I'm going to probably eat my yogurt again with granola tonight and call it a day. My latest plan is to eat 1700 net calories a day and see what that does for me. For some reason, I feel like I'm not eating enough each day. Maybe I'm burning more calories than MFP says OR, I found these two other websites that suggest eating over 2000 calories a day to lose weight...which could also mean I'm not eating enough...which is why I'm upping the net cals again.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD!?!? Ugh.

I need to think of a new title for my running posts...

Haha. But really, I do. I'm not really "5K training" at all anymore. More so just running when I can and trying to improve my speed and distance without a deadline. It's better that way because most of the plans I follow seem to work out well for the first half and then they increase too quickly for me to keep up. Then I get discouraged and quit. So now I'm just doing it my way. *cue Sinatra*

Anyways, I kind of like this two workouts a day thing. Keeps me moving and busy. Plus, since it's raining most nights, it's nice to not see the gloomy sky while I'm at the gym. Tonight, I did the treadmill: 1.25 miles @ 5mph, 0.5 mile @ 4.5 mph, and then 0.25 @ 3mph. I'm pretty proud of that run! I ran over a mile at a faster speed AND THEN KEPT GOING. I am so awesome sometimes. :)

Total = 2 miles in 27 minutes

Calorie Limits are All Relative

What do you do when you only have 126 calories left in the day and you want to make sure you don't go over but its your TOM and you are hungry like mad? Go to the gym at 830pm and bike for 40 minutes so that you can come home and eat organic strawberry yogurt and granola. Mmmmm. Tummy happy now. :)