What A Day!!

 I completed my 1^st 10K; it was the Cover Run in McKinney, TX. That was 6.2 miles!! It has always been a little daunting for me to start a race since I can only walk. When everyone else takes off running, I always feel like the tortoise must have felt like at the beginning of the story about the hare and him. Even though I did a very fast race for me, by mile 2; I was all by myself. At one point I started to cry because I knew I was going to be at least 30 minutes behind everyone else. Then I reminded myself why I do this: I do not want my family to have to deal with all of the medical stuff I posted about earlier, if I can keep from it. So; I walk, I have drastically changed my eating habits, and I do strength training 3 times a week.

I was shocked when I crossed the finish line and my exercise buddy told me I might have placed in my division. I commented: “how, do they give an award for being last?” ha ha. I actually did end up taking 2^nd in the 60-64 woman’s age group. And yes, there were actually 3 ladies in my age group! 

On Eating...

HSDM and I have started a nutrition challenge. We have spent the last few weeks preparing for it. We are now halfway through week two and still I am quite excited yet apprehensive about it. It is very strict in what we can and cannot do and eat. I will give you a brief outline of what the next 4 weeks will entail:

Exercise:

Work out 3 -5 times a week for an hour (which I will walk)

Do strength training for a minimum of 30 minutes at least 3 times a week

Diet:

We had to use a formula to figure out how many calories we could eat, we also have to drink ½ our body weight in WATER daily. For me that is 100oz of water! Quick, I need to lose weight so I don’t have to drink so much water! Lol

Next our goal is to eat 50% of our calories daily in carbohydrates, 20% in fats, and 25% in protein.

As I have recorded my eating this last week I discovered I was falling short on my proteins and carbs. Still perfecting my eating habits! I made it 6 days without caffeine or sugar. Tonight though, at work, I drank a cup of coffee. I will not like myself tomorrow morning, but I kinda needed the pick me up to stay awake till I got off work at 11:30.

That is all for now, ‘till later,

Lefty