This morning I woke up and it was 63 degrees outside so I decided to fore go the gym and head out my front door for my first early morning run of the year.
I ran outdoors three times last week, including my long run however that was after work and mid-morning. I live in a wooded neighborhood and call me crazy, but I am that person that is a 'worse case scenario' kinda gal. I always think someone will sneak up on me while I am jamming away to my tunes and throw me in the woods left for dead - I know, that is so stupid but it always freaks me out. Regardless, I put my brave girl undies on and ran. I set my iPhone to map my run and I was off. I felt like I was flying - seriously. i kept thinking my pace seemed fast but it was just my imagination, I was sure. When I got home I checked my phone and I had run 4 miles (holy cow). I always thought it was maybe a 3 mile route but sure enough, it's 4. I felt great, like I could run further but I needed to start getting ready for the day.
On Saturday I ran my 10 miles and that unfortunately did not fly by. On my way out to the 5 mile point I felt great, on my way back, I started to feel the sluggishness and like I wanted to quit. i think my problem was lack of hydration. I had myself a few adult beverages the evening before with friends and I definitely have not been drinking enough water. Not to mention I had a stomach bug the week before that left me depleted of water as well. So, add that up and Saturday was tough. I did however feel great running 10 miles. do you know how far that is??? I know, 10 miles, but I have never run that far at one time in my life... and probably have never walked that far at one time either. Kinda proud of myself for not giving in.
Since I have embarked on this adventure I decided to get myself a hydration belt. It only has one bottle and a little place to store some money and my ID but I think that will work just fine. I also bought myself a spy belt for my shorter runs to hold my iPhone, ID and money. This way it isn't bouncing all over and I have all the things I need to keep my energy up.
So, with all this running and lack of hydration one would assume my weight would be down... yeah, today ready 193.1. So, I am switching it up. I am focusing on hydration big time and I am going to add a short strength workout after work. Nothing big, just a little addition that will benefit me overall. Good grief, at my size weight loss should not be this difficult however it is proving to be very tough. I just want to get below 190 by the end of March. Seriously, it's about time.
Some things that I know hindered my weight loss: I was not journaling as much as I should so I probably overate. I was not consuming water like I should hence my dehydration. But I cannot say I wasn't working my ass off because that I definitely was doing. It's just proof that weight loss has a whole lot to do with nutrition and you can't just exercise yourself skinny.
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