It's a bit discouraging when you get out there for a 3 mile run and can only go half way before needing to walk but thats what happened yesterday. I'm not going to let it get me down. The temperature was in the upper 80's with a very high humidity but it wasn't too bad when I left the house in mostly shade. However between the 1 miles and 1.5 mile (turnaround) point, there was no shade and it zapped all the energy I had in me. It's very difficult to get back into running in heat like this, but I have no choice because I will run that half marathon come hell or high water. And I'm seriously considering running the half marathon in Las Vegas in December. If that means I have to walk some during this heat, thats fine but I will do the full distance and I will achieve these goals. There is a possibly I could go use the gym track to escape the heat and I may do that today especially since I've finally got the app to correctly gauge my distance using the foot pod. At least I don't have to count laps or guestimate based on time.
As much as I don't want to, I know I must focus on my eating again because my weight gain is affecting my clothes. Even though I did not gain much (5-10), my clothes are feeling a little tighter and I want to remedy that quickly. One thing I'm struggling with is late night hunger which I never had before when I was using tobacco but without tobacco, it seems the craving for nicotine was replaced with food. I think the running will help suppress some of my appetite because it has in the past but if nothing else I just need to make better choices as well.
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