Not Happy with Myself

Day 307: More volleyball tonight!

Well, weigh day, what is it? #42? super sucked. I gained a lot of weight. I am back to weighing almost 10 more lbs. than I was at my lightest on this freaking journey. I weighed in yesterday morning at 191.8 lbs.

NOT HAPPY. But it is my own fault. I am a sucker for feel good food. I really need to control my eating habits in order to lose weight. So now is the time to resolve to be as strict as I was at the very beginning. Unfortunately that involves buying food that is a little out of my price range. Like low calorie bread.

Umm another down side to weight loss is that you do not lose it all evenly. My thighs are still huge, my arms are still jiggly and my belly is still big. However my waist, which was tiny to begin with is even tinier... what da heck?! It should all go evenly! At least my calves are kind of starting to shape up and I like that!

Let's give this another go.

My run yesterday was good and my run on Monday was even better! On Monday I ran during a massive down pour! You could see the wind in the rain! It was glori - glorious!
I have been running faster which is fantastic because it reminds of where I started and how far I have come.

• Motivation:  Taking care of the body I have  while I have it

• Listening to:  A new mix I made called Running.. I say it like Charlie Sheen says winning! Running!

• Thankful for: The down pour!

No route and stats today... :( sorry

Rough and Tumble Never Killed Anyone... or did they?

Day 301: Run 100

Wow! 300 days and my 100th run! Super awesome! However my run was rough due to the fact that I decided to play volleyball last night for the first time in almost 2 years. The picture below is the beating my arms took!

Other than that Weigh day #41 came and gone with disappointing results. I really need to stop eating. It's my biggest downfall.

• Motivation:  Not quite sure considering it was a struggle to get out of bed!

• Listening to:  A new mix I made called Running.. I say it like Charlie Sheen says winning! Running!

• Thankful for: The beautiful sun! Here is a picture I took from the big hill in my run!

No stats sorry!

Many Personal Bests Bested

Day 295:Run 97

I have exciting news! I just ran my fastest:

1. 1 mile - 8 min 53 sec
2. 3 miles - 29 min 11 sec
3. 5k - 30 min 39 sec

And my furthest cooper (12 min) - 2.15k

I have been noticing that it takes about a month for me to make strong improvements in my times and distances. I just have to keep doing it. I'm thinking about running every morning instead of just every other day. Any pros or cons that anyone knows about doing that? Is it better to give your body a day of rest? It might help me regulate my sleeping patterns better. hmm I guess you can only try.

Weigh day #40 came and gone without improvement. I'm so tired of being stuck here! It's a huge uphill battle. I start to get up over the hump and then I slide right back down.

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I will tell you my real problem. FOOD. I have a love hate relationship with food. I love to eat it, but I hate what it does to my body. When I'm stressed and I don't have time to run I eat. And life is pretty stressful right now. AHHHH I have to stop eating but I don't want too! HELP

SO I created a list of my 25 favorite snacks 60 calories or less! Why so low? Because when you can only eat 1200 calories a day you cannot waste calories on snacks. So here it is!

• Motivation:  The sun was shining!

• Listening to:  A new mix I made called Running.. I say it like Charlie Sheen says winning! Running!

• Thankful for: Seeing Trenton and Jami Little driving out of the park!

Route and Stats:

So because I ran the first few miles so quickly I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep up the pace because it almost killed me therefore I did 2 work outs. The 4th mile obviously killed my average for the work out.
SO I ran for a total distance of 5.1 miles and a time of 57 min 39 sec