Shoutin’ from the Rooftop

First some random observations

1. I really might get in to this running thing after all. Wouldn’t that be funny. I am loving and I mean LOVING all of the calories I am burning even though the scales aren’t showing it. On Monday with my five mile run, I burnt 662 calories! I was shocked. So that would be 6 APs. OK. Now I only get 18 daily points. So earning SIX extra points is a HUGE deal. Can you tell I was excited? I didn’t eat all six extra points but I did eat a few of them.

• Running burns a lot more calories than working out on the elliptical. Now these are just averages and rough estimates. But for every mile I run, I burn around 110 calories. On the elliptical, I only burn 75 calories.
• On Monday, I decided to pick up my speed. Looking back, I really think I might have been running too slow. I didn’t bump up the speed to a lightening fast pace. I just shaved about 40 seconds off per mile. I was able to keep up that pace today also. For one of the three miles that I ran today, I shaved another 20 seconds off. Not too shabby and a little surprising to me.

Yesterday, I went to the Y and got in four miles on the elliptical. I had planned on five miles but my legs were feeling a little more weary than I thought was good. Today, I had a “short” run. It is funny to me that now I am thinking a three mile run is a short run! HA! Not too long ago, I was thinking that three miles sounded like a long distance. My trainer, aka Chris, has advised that I need to run three miles tomorrow. This evening three miles sounds like a LONG run. I am sore tonight.

Last weekend I was trying to think what I could do to get motivated again. I know that we all through different seasons in our weight loss journey. I just haven’t been enthusiastic and motivated. So I talked it over with Chris. I decided that I wanted to start attending meetings again. I really credit my meeting attendance as a huge factor in my success. I haven’t been able to attend a meeting since I hit goal and started working for Weight Watchers. I work the meeting that I attended as a member. I have picked Wednesday nights as the night that I will do to a meeting. It works with our schedule. I can “hand” the girls off to Chris after Sydney’s dance class.  I am still going to weigh-in on Saturday mornings. I attended my first meeting tonight. I think it is just what I have been missing.

I am signing off for the night. Count those points & pick filling foods.

Tags: motivation, running

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