Howdy Roadies!! Well, we’re almost over the hump of another week and to the downhill slide to the weekend. A holiday weekend. An extended 3-day weekend… Of course I have to work the entire following weekend so not sure that it really counts but I won’t be thinking about that come Monday… Thank you for your patience as I deviated from my usual style yesterday. Really wanted to do something special for my niece. I hope she read it and felt special. Haven’t been able to actually talk to her yet…so no, I don’t know if I’m the best aunt ever because of the AWESOME gift. Still waiting…but I’m sure that I must be… Can you imagine it any other way? No, me either.
So, back to my usual programing…and a run-down on what I’ve accomplished so far this week. I did weigh-in yesterday and posted the new number on the Weight For It page. Apparently I’m having to wait for it to change…only lost 2 pounds. I find that impossible to believe. I ran a total of 68.75 miles in August. I burned over 10,000 calories just from running. I changed my eating habits – cut out soda almost completely, cut down on the sweets, virtually eliminated eating out…I don’t know. Maybe the scale is broken…or maybe I’m not eating enough to keep up with the running and my body is hording the fat… I don’t know but hope I figure it out this month because 2 pounds a month when I’m working out at this level…that ain’t going to cut it. But I’ll just keep pushing forward, keep trying…tweaking and I will get to where I want to be…someday.
And so far the progress this week is a little slow. I did run on Monday evening after work. And I had an AWESOME run! I actually ran a full 40 minutes…just adjusted my speed but kept my running speed above a 14:00 minute mile. But I didn’t walk at all except for my warm-up and cool down. Got in 3.5 miles. I felt really good about that. That’s a first in I don’t know how long… I biked yesterday…got about 7.5 miles in 30 minutes at lunch. I had planned to run this morning but didn’t make it up…please try to act surprised…LOL! No, it’s partly my own fault. I had to stay up and see Kevin Skinner perform on America’s Got Talent. And he was of course the last performance. I got one vote in for him…but then couldn’t get through again before I gave up and went to bed. I just hope he makes the finals but man was the competition stiff last night. Fab Five, Paradiso Dance, Voices of Glory, AcroDunk…lots of great shows. But it would be great to see Kevin Skinner make it. He is such a true talent…and what an amazing story. Guess we’ll know tonight….
But anyway, back to this morning. Didn’t get up…not thinking about the fact that I couldn’t go after work today. Because I’m picking my mom up at the airport at 5:00 p.m….but wasn’t thinking about that at 6:00 a.m. In fact, I don’t think about much at all at that time of day. Imagine that? So, today is pretty much a bust. I did go walk at lunch…got in about 1.5 miles. My total this week will be off unless I can swing running tomorrow, Friday & Saturday. But I suspect that may not be in my best interest. I’ll play it by ear but probably will have to suck it up and lose the day. I’m rather frustrated with myself over that but I know it happens. I just need to let it go and not beat myself up over it. It’s just one day…ultimately it will not keep me from going to Boston…and will have been long forgotten and replaced by many other off days by then anyway.
So, tomorrow I hope to run in the AM and meet my friend for a swim in the PM…then either run/rest on Friday depending on how I feel and a long run on Saturday. Shooting for 6-7 miles again. Should be able to get in about 15 miles for the week so that really isn’t too bad. I can certainly live with that. And I can do better next week… This is a long road. Just need to remind myself not to try and achieve it all in one day. But after Monday’s run I was just so looking forward to my next run. Yeah, I said it. I was looking forward to my run today… Who ever thought they would hear me say that…
So, before I end this I promised to tell you about my quest for the elephant pooper scooper. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time (okay, the blog is only a month old so like the last week will do) then you know that right now my personal life is a bit of a mess. Okay, I understate that. It is a GIANORMOUS mess…and I created this mess so I got nobody to blame but myself and the only person that can clean it up…you guessed it…ME. As I was discussing my progress (or total lack thereof) with my best friend on Monday…I told her that it’s all just BIG pile of CRAP. She said to me “So? Get a pooper scooper.” I asked her do they come in ELEPHANT size because that’s about how big I need to to be… She laughed at me (not very sympathetic is she… ) I’m just kidding – she’s a GREAT friend and been there with me through all of this CRAP and offers great support and advice. And ultimately, she’s right. I need to get a pooper scooper and start scooping.
But where do you find an elephant pooper scooper? Think I’ll try the zoo first…maybe they’ll have one I can borrow. But if any of you have a huge shovel available – let me know. I’m in the market for one…a really, really big one…LOL! Ah well, all you can do when you make a mistake is learn from it so you don’t make it again. And man am I learning from this one…maybe some day I can even fix it. Who knows. I hope you are well and enjoying the week – with all of it’s joys, disappointments, challenges and achievements. All part of life – live it and love it. Until next time, celebrate you!! And I’ll be looking for that pooper scooper…
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