2012 has been a good health year for me so far.
Last year for this same race, I was over 3 mins slower (IQA Post).
I feel pretty good about today. My GPS reads less than 4.2 but I’m still very happy. Now that I’ve completed the run – I’m thinking of tomorrow. I weigh in and I’m really hoping to see something below 250. As always – I’ll keep you posted!
I’m still “on the wagon” as far as the diet goes and I started working out regularly (running mostly). But despite this, I’ve not been able to drop below 250. In fact, I’ve put a few pound on and off over the last four weeks. Needless to say, I’ve been a bit discouraged over the last few weeks.
But yesterday, Scott (a co-worker and friend) commented regarding my facebook picture saying “Dale, you look really thin in that picture. I’ve really noticed a change.” What great words of encouragement when I needed it, right? In truth, I said thank you and I appreciated the comment but it didn’t do much on its own to curb my discouragement.
But then today and VP at my job stopped as she was passing me in the hall to say, “Dale, I almost didn’t recognize you! You are really looking great!” uh, WOW! I immediately thought about Scott’s comment the day before. The combination of the two really made me feel better about my recent weight loss “wall”.
Its really great to have people in your life willing to encourage you in order to keep you going through the less than easy times!
I’m officially STUCK! Looks like my new floor is 250. I can’t seem to break it – and I’m not willing to let it break me!
I have wondered if adding exercise in the last month has somehow affected my weight loss journey in a negative (albeit temporarily) way. This may have some indirect truth to it, but after a careful inventory of myself (steps 4 and 10 of the Overeaters Anonymous 12 step program), I believe the truth is I’m overeating.
My appetite certainly may have increased due to the exercise but I’m not eating the right kinds of food (raw and cooked vegetables). Instead I’ve been living in the land of fruit, avocado, and edamame.
Normally these are ok foods to eat, but when they become the main dish, you’ve added a lot of fat (from the avocados), sugar (from the fruit), and salt (from the salt I continue to cheat with when I eat edamame).
The whole point of the Eat to Live diet is to break my addiction to fat, sugar, and salt – but the last two or three weeks, I’ve made those items the biggest portions of my diet. I said in week 13 that I was heading back to the basics – but I obviously didn’t do that. Here goes my next run at it…