Finding my way again

Well since my last post, I got in 1 three mile run on Friday, a personal training sessions on Thursday, and talked with a health coach on the phone.  The health coach is a thing we can do through work that I get points towards cash and I'm willing to see if it helps me on my path.  It was only an orientation call but it appears we will discuss what I've done in the previous week and set new goal for the following week.  This week my goals are to run 3 times (10 miles) and lift once.  Now the "week" runs from Thursday to Thursday since that is when the appointments are so I've only got 2 runs to go.  As for the weekend, my eating is not good right now.  I always feel hungry and I try to talk myself out of eating a snack but without fail I eventually grab something.  It wasn't terrible but I just never really feel full lately.  I'm sure the increased appetite has to do with the increase in cardio lately but I really have to find a way to defeat it if I want to make progress on losing weight.  Overall I was down  1 pound of last week but for me that could easily swing to a no loss or a gain just being that my body can swing 5 pounds a day easy, however it was a Monday morning both times so for now I'll count it as progress.  I need to find some new motivation as I don't have as upbeat of a mentally about this as I did last year but in reality,  I need to do it all over again.  I think I need to find some new blogs to read as that helped last year and most of the people I was reading are either really far along in achieving their goals or no longer blogging.  I need to find someone to identify with.  And most of all I need to quit making excuses and just do what I know I need to do to succeed.

Not the smartest thing I've done

Well I got to the gym yesterday after work and wouldn't you know it, I forgot my socks.  My choices were either to run barefoot in my shoes or with my work dress socks.  I opted not to destroy my work socks and went barefoot.  The first 10 mins were just fine but after that, it started to sting a little and by about 22 minutes, I wasn't going to run for 8 more minutes just to destroy my feet.  I had some lovely blisters on the bottom of my arches.  They feel ok today but definitely not as good as if I would have just worn socks.  I could have gone home and got some, but I since I was stopping right after work, I knew if I went home, I wouldn't end up going out and running at that point.  I'm glad I ran but my feet are not happy with me.

My next scheduled runs are Friday and Saturday, maybe Sunday as well.  Thursday is still going to be my lifting day where I workout in a group at Discover Strength and tonight I have an appointment to use up one of my groupons.  I have always hated having hair on my back and so tonight starts 1 of 6 sessions to have it removed.  Just one of the few things I'm doing to look good for my trip to St. Martin in a couple months.

It was a good year, Now I must focus not on what I've done but what I must do.

Last year was a great year.  I started out the year with a new job and a new enthusiasm for exercise.  I was running all the time and end up logging 275 miles.  I'm proud of that number but would like to beat it this year.  Since the last time I posted, I have still been working out.  Lifting weights and running a few times.  My lifting has been consistent but unfortunately so has my weight.  I've been stuck in place for about 3-4 months.  As much as I like lifting, the workout I've been doing are very hard and leave me unmotivated to go get cardio done.  I'm changing it up and will be lifting once a week and trying to run 3-4 times the rest of the week, for a total of 9-15 miles a week.  I seemed to do my best last year when I was focusing on 3 miles a run and eating better.  When I increased my mileage, I ate more and so the weight loss stopped.  Over all I was done 27 lbs last year and I would love to repeat that again this year and increase that number.  I have a vacation coming at the end of Feb. and want to lose at least 10-15 lbs by then.  I may not post on here as much but I will still be reading other blogs and finding ways to keep motivated.    The best part of my 2011 was also my downfall.  I didn't make the time to exercise but I wanted to spend every minute with her.  Now we are living together and have lots of extra time to spend with one another and with the holidays closed out, I'm starting back with a full head of steam.

On a side note, I did a Bod Pod test which uses air displacement and density to determine body fat.  I came in at 36.1%.  My goal is to be at 30% or lower by my birthday at the end of June.  I'll try to keep things updated here.  Maybe not everyday, but at least a few times a week.  I was most successful when I posted about what I was doing and I need to focus on doing that again.