I went running on my high school's track this afternoon and it rained so much that my socks were full of water and my shirt was soaked through. I only ended up running for 20 minutes, but I guess that's better than nothing. I wish I had endurance and will power enough to be a real runner. I'm such a gross lump, the opposite of a beautiful graceful runner.
I'm trying to cut out gluten. Which is hard, cause I pretty much live on bread and bagels. (Which is why I am so absolutely disgusting)
b- greek yogurt, wheat germ (140)
l- raspberries, walnuts (223)
s- cheese stick, green goodness smoothie (340)
Thing is once I get myself stuck on "eating healthy" like this I tend to let it consume me. All I can do is watch the clock and wait for the next time I'm allowed to eat or supposed to exercise. I turn it into this awful overly-structured nightmare for myself.
But I just have to get to Sunday. I need to stay under 1000 each day until then and hopefully that'll get my weight under 139. On Sunday night I'm going to see a friend who I haven't seen in a while in Philadelphia. I missed him a lot, so I was really happy to get the invitation.
It's not that 3 pounds is going to show or anything, I'm not stupid. I'd just like to be able to think to myself a number in the 130's and not the 140's like I have been all summer.
After that goal, I have another. By the time July is over I want to be officially in the "normal" BMI range and weigh under 136. The goal after that is another 6 pounds in August, so that I'll be 129.something on move-in day for my new apartment.
I know I make this goal list constantly. Even with the same goal dates (130 by school, 125 by Halloween, 118 by New Year's.) But I'm breaking it up even smaller this time. And I feel like I can really do it. Just as long as there are no big disasters, anyway.
Hey, becoming a runner isn't easy. It took me about two years to finally get comfortable enough to actually push myself. When I started, I would run about a mile and half and think "Woah! I just ran sooo much! I'm beat!" and now, if I don't have time to run at least 3 miles I don't even bother because anything less than three and I feel like I got sweaty for nothing. But really, I was doing about a mile and half for a LONG time and I think it was about 18-24 months before I was finally running 5 miles at once. Now I can do 13+
ReplyDeleteThe important thing is that you're getting out there! There are training programs you can do if you want and you will progress faster. I hate sticking to training programs so I just go out and do whatever I feel like doing, but I HAVE progressed. A lot. It just takes some time.
I mostly agree with Aye Ell. I've been in an out of shape since beginning cross country two years ago. The hardest part is going from "off season" to "in season." It can be really frustrating, I feel you, but running is one of very few things in which you will get what you put into it. If you work hard, you WILL improve. I went from being barely able to run a mile at 9:30 pace to easily running 6 miles in 45 minutes. This was in less than a year, but it took a lot of hard work.
ReplyDeleteRunning definitely a learning process and you'll find yourself growing in physical and mental strength with every run. My best advice is to TRAIN. The runs that are hard to wake up for and do are the most important. Sometimes you'll be scared/sore/frustrated and REALLY not want to run. Pushing through is super important because those runs can make/break you.
My favorite fast tips are: don't leave more than 3 days between runs, make sure you have really good quality running shoes, do dynamic drills before you run and stretch afterward
Feel free to message me and I can give you the cross country training plan (that gave me awesome results) which will get you a really strong base for whatever your goals whether it's running 5-10k's or just running for an hour straight or running faster.
...as you can see, I'm kinda obsessed with running. I miss my cross country/distance runner body, that's for sure