Chasing away Chubby

Grrr.  I have to go to class today.  I didn’t have to go Monday because the professor was sick but I have to go today!  again, Grrr!

Yesterday:  Working out was tough.  I was really tired after my hard run on Monday and couldn’t hardly do it.  I got through TBL strength training 50 mins and then changed my plan and done 20 mins of yoga instead of 30-50 mins of TBL cardio.  I was just whipped.  Usually I really enjoy yoga but suffered through it too.  I guess I really overdid it on Monday running my 10 min intervals at 7-8 RPE when really I was suppose to do RPE 5.  The RPE thing is a struggle.  I guess I will get the hang of it, but right now I am having such a hard time distinguishing between what is a light effort and what is a strong effort.  Basically because running is still such an EFFORT in itself.  There is really only one speed for me right now.  I can run a 15 min mile or an 11 min mile…AKA super-slo and slow.  HaHa! (and to think I could run a 6 min mile in HS!! Geesh!) While I am running it I can tell a small difference between the 2 speeds, but not alot.  They both still feel Ssllooowww.

So I got up this morning and got dressed for my workout.  It is really cool this morning- 55 degrees!! I put on my running shorts and my HR monitor watch, grabbed my ipod, and a hoodie.  I had to take Ds10 to school. He had history club this morning.  I was planning on going to the park to run, when I got there I didn’t feel like running in front of a bunch of strangers so I decided to come home and run.  So I got home and just didn’t feel like it.  I laid down for a few minutes but didn’t really feel like sleeping so I got up and grabbed a chocolate chip muffin for b-fast and took 2 energy pills and took my dog for a walk.  I figured I would walk a warm-up mile with her and then bring her home and then go run.  But again, it didn’t happen.  I walked the mile, but I am just TIRED.  So after all that I made the executive decision to use today as an off day.  It’s not the plan, but the body is revolting against me, so I need to give it a break.  If I go overboard then the fibromyalgia will act up and I will be lying on the couch aching like I have the flu.  I don’t want that!!

Weight this morning was 219!  Still going down.  I usually don’t report the tenths of pounds, mostly because I can’t remember them but Monday my weight was 219.8 and today it is 219.0.  So I went down another .8 pounds!! 

Calorie count yesterday was 1978.  I little high.  I ate left over enchiladas for dinner and that is what put me over!  But it was still below my maintanance calorie limit, so I am not sweating it!  I am going to take the rest of today off from exercise, relax, go to class, go to Wally World to pick up somethings we are out of (toilet paper! Eek!).  Then come home and cook the evening meal.  BF wants steak, which sounds good.  So I am thinking New York strip (580 cals) on the grill, 1/2 c. rice, steamed veggies, carrot sticks with light ranch dip.  The dip is for the kiddies.  Beverage of the day is water~as always!!!  So I need to save about 800 calories for dinner.  Lunch will be some sort of LC dinner and snack will be the apple I never got around to eating yesterday and a peanut crunch bar.

I have decided I spend Waaaayy to much time on the computer logging my food into myfooddiary.com.  So I am going to write it down in my food journal (using my calorie king book to keep track of calorie totals) and log it all in at once before bed.

I realized yesterday that I missed the soccer coach meeting I was suppose to go to to be a soccer coach!  The idiot (new rec director) put the notice in the paper (our paper comes out once a week!), which comes out on Thursday and the meeting was Thursday night!!!  I tried to call the Rec dept director but he didn’t return my calls.  So I don’t know if I have lost my team or what.  I will be royally PISSED if he gave my team away!  I am a darned good coach and I have hords of people request me every year, so if he gave my position to someone else he will have alot of other people ticked off at him as well. So I have to try to call his dumb *** later!!!  Grrrr!

That’s enough grumbling for one day!  Have a happy grumble-free day ladies!!