Chasing away Chubby

Good morning ladies!  As always the weekend did not last long enough for me!

So after being completely down this weekend over the fact that I wasn’t dropping any weight & was working so hard, I got up this morning and the scale said…

219!!!  YEAH!  That is 2 more pounds down!!!  WHOOO HOOOO!!!  That makes me happy!  I took the entire weekend off from exercise.  It wasn’t intentional but I guess my body needed the break.

Saturday was my hometown’s annual 5K and I didn’t run. I was so jealous when I passed all the runners at the festival with the looks of satisfaction on their sweaty faces.  UGH!  That could have been me!!!  So I decided to quit wussing out and run a 5K.  I looked on the race calendar and the one I wanted to do in November isn’t posted.  It is really cool.  Every year the KY horse park has the southern lights- they decorate the park in lights.  Last year they did a 5K at night so you got to run through the lights.  I wanted to do that one, but its not posted so I guess they are not gonna do it this year.  There are 2 coming up in October the next town over and there is one also in October in the town where I go to college.  IDk…I will think about it and then decide!

So I got up this morning and began a 5K training program.  I ran 10 mins at 6RPE (rate of percieved exertion) and walked 2 mins, I did that 3 times. I really pushed myself (I probably was past 6RPE) especially on the first one, but htat is okay.  I need to push myself some.  I was going for runs and come back barely sweaty!!  I was really sweaty this time. So including warm up and cool down I got in 50 mins. Only 25 more mins to go today.  I am still debating about what to do.  I am thinking 30 minutes on the exercise bike will be good.

Food over the weekend wasn’t the best, but I did log my calories and I TRIED to make good choices.  I am going to eat really light today because tonight I am making enchiladas and I want to make sure I do not go over my calories!

Have a great day chickees!