I feel pretty good about the progress that I've made - my three times in the past eight days are as follows:
Last Wednesday: 3.12 miles - 56:09 (hilly trail)
Sunday Morning: 3.12 miles - 51:52 (gravel track)
Last night: 3.12 miles - 50:10 (hilly trail)
I'm seeing a lot of improvements, and I do feel a bit stronger. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm still running maybe half, but probably about 2/5 of it, and walking the rest. My breathing is way out of control and I feel dead to the world when I'm done, but as I blogged about yesterday, I'm better than I was, and I'm getting better.
I stepped on the scale again this morning, and saw 398. That's down from 400. I've been fluctuating a lot lately, and I know that has to do with the food I'm eating. I work at the daycare, and I tend to eat what they're eating. So, if they have cookies for snack, so do I. If they have cheese biscuits (and I'm telling you, these are TASTY biscuits), then I have cheese biscuits.
I need to try to focus on the eating, but when I do, I get obsessive. And not the good "look how strict I am" - but the "man, after I eat this, what do I get to eat NEXT?" obsessive. As I wrote about yesterday, I'm fighting a food addiction. I know it sounds easy to say "go grab some almonds" - because I do. And I eat them all. And then I'm off to my next edible conquest.
In our Run for God meeting, we discussed common weight loss mistakes. They listed the following:
1. Unrealistic Expectations
2. Depriving Yourself
3. Using Food as Reward
4. Skipping Meals
5. Drinking Too Many Calories
6. Overestimating Your Calories Burned
7. Not Readjusting Calorie Needs as Weight Changes
I think I can fit myself into each one of those categories (except #7 since the weight isn't leaving yet). I'm running short of time because I want to hit the store and get HEALTHY food instead of settling for what the kids eat today, but I think in my next few blogs I will be addressing those 7 issues.
What are your thoughts on these? Contributions wanted!
Also, I'm going to create a "Weight Loss Friends" and "Friends Blogs" category on this page very soon. If you want me to link to a blog, webpage or facebook page/group that you run or are a part of in exchange for you doing the same for me on your site, let me know. As I've said, the more traffic, the more I feel accountable. Thanks for considering it!
2 comments:
Keep it up Rob! Good job!
I don't know if you drink sodas, but I stopped drinking them over a year ago. I still crave them occasionally and allow myself one as a treat. But you are so right about not drinking calories. I don't do diet drinks either.
Now if I can just cut out sweets. That is my obsession.
Thank you for being so open and honest about your journey into a healthy lifestyle.
I am having the same issues that you are. Addicted to food, drinking my calories, not enough activity and not enough time to do said ativity. Your goals help me want to set some of my own. Keep up the good work.
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