Saturday Thoughts
First things first....
What I ate today:
Oat Flake cereal for breakfast
Cliff Barr after my workout
Turkey Burger, side salad, and half a serving of french fries
Chicken Ceasar Salad
One piece of chocolate
Not bad.
Now for the run....
Today was a 5K(3.1 miles) on the tradmill. I did a good job between flat running and hill running. Josh saw me running and told me I was looking good. I was feeling good. I was focusing on my legs today and how I push off on them when I run. I try to make mental notes of my running, and what my legs and feet are doing as I run. I notice I run better when I am using my legs more.
After my run I got a cup of coffee at the local Caribou Coffee. Antoine, one of the workers there, said, "By the way honey, you are looking good." I smiled and thanked him. The manger said she noticed too. She has been losing weight as well, so periodically we talk about it.
So all in all it was a good day. I may try an outdoor run tomorrow. Will be nice to get back outside.
:-)Charlie
posted by Javarunner1962 @ 10:54 PM
5 Comments:
LOL. Brave man, Charlie, confessing to what you eat. Come to think of it, though, your food consumption is quite reasonable. I'm trying to remember mine for the day: Eek. Too horrible to contemplate. Maybe that explains why I'm not losing much weight. ;>)
Hi Sandra,
I just felt I've been letting more junk slip in. My writing about it for a few days will help do two things: first it will keep me honest. Second, it will show me what my habits are of late.
:-)Charlie
When I decided to get serious earlier this year about adopting healthy habits, the first one I incorporated was a food log. It took me about 2 months to get comfortable with it -- no quantities, mind you, just writing it down.
I've moved on to adding quantities (which took about a month to get comfortable with).
Now I'm actually working on eating less than 2000 calories a day, which is incredibly difficult for me! I had no idea I was taking in as many calories as I was. It'll take me a few months to really reach this goal.
You're doing the right thing. With or without quantities, writing down what you eat keeps you from "numbing out" about it.
I ran on Saturday too, but indoors (way too much heat and humidity). I ran 40 minutes on the track (I think it was about 3 miles when I was done). I know what a lap equals in terms of my speed and I was all over the place -- a 10-min mile, a 15-min mile, etc. I finally settled down to a 12 to 13-min mile and that is a good time for me.
I felt so good when I was done. I actually enjoyed it. That was my "long run" this week.
I've been contemplating the hill program on the treadmill based on your advice. I'm planning to do a 30-min run at the gym on Wednesday. I'll give the hill program a try and let you know what I think of it.
Oh, yeah, and I focused on using my arms to keep me going when I started flagging. I concentrated on keeping them moving smoothly and at a good angle and that seemed to help my legs get going too.
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