Thursday, July 14, 2011

Half Marathon Training - 3 days in

It's been a great week! Let's recap, shall we:

First off - I've been 1 month scale free! Liberating. Seriously.
I saw this online and thought "so true!"
As you know, I had a less than up lifting doctor visit about a month ago now. In this visit, he told me, as he has for several years now, that I'm 10 pounds over weight. I went in to a deep dark hole after this visit and didn't know what to do with the feedback. I was being defined and defining myself and my health on a number. I had had enough. My day would be made or destroyed based on what happened when I stepped on the scale. It prevented me from seeing that I'm beautiful. So I threw it out.

Now rather than working out to make the scale go down, I work out because it makes me feel good for the day and because it helps me reach my goal of a half marathon. Same goes for food - now I find myself picking my meals based on what my body wants rather than trying to deprive myself. I'm finding that I'm actually making better choices for me.
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Back to my training -
Monday: Strength Training - so I popped in my ChaLEAN Extreme Push 1 DVD and had a great work out.
Tuesday: I got up at 6am and ran 3 miles. I love new gadgets and outfits so I decided to run my first training day all decked out:


This is my new skirt but in black. I LOVE it.
My fancy schmancy watch. It tells me how far I've run, how fast, incline, calories...everything.
I'm ADD when it comes to working out and especially running so the watch for me keeps me going. 

Wednesday: Rest (or rather...I didn't manage to get out of bed in time....)
Thursday: Run + Cross train - 25 minutes of Turbo Fire with my girl Chalene and then a 1 mile run. It wasn't supposed to be a running day for me but it was JUST SO NICE OUTSIDE that I couldn't help it. 

Saturday is my first Seal Team Training morning - wish me luck!

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