I really love running wildlife reserve. It's such a nice stretch with minimal hills. I started out around 9:30 on Sunday and it was a nice cool morning, but 3 miles later the sun had come out and was beating down on me on the open stretches. I really need to get out sooner. My goal was 7 miles with an average pace of 12 min/mi. Well I did 7 miles (yay), but at about 12:20 min/mi. The last mile or so was tough. It was so hot sometimes I could barely breath and I must remember to use the bathroom first!
I'm so happy that I've kept up the running and I've been able to shed 40 pounds since last October. I am now the lightest I've been since I was a little kid. I think I was up to 195 when I was about 10 and I'm down to 188.1 now. I probably could have lost more if I was more strict with my diet, but you gotta live a little. Plus they say to make small changes along the way so I focused on running/exercise and after a while the healthier eating just fell into place. I didn't want to eat crap and ruin all the hard work I'd done.
The hubby and I plan on adding a little one to the family soon. I hope I've made this enough of a habit to stick with working out through my next pregnancy. With my first child I didn't want to do anything the first couple months due to nausea.
I might skip the run tonight, feeling kinda icky and I don't want to push it. Also, vacation time is coming up and I'm trying to figure out where I can run while we're away. Our work competition is almost over and I want to finish strong.
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