starting again?
Well it has now been a week since I made my biggest ever dream come true, and I guess its time to move on. I am still in bed, it's my last day off work, and while I would love to lie here all day, sadly there is much to be done.
I have lived this past week on eating out and take aways, so first thing will be coming up with this week's eating plan. I also want to go for a good long walk, I'd like to take another week off from running, not because I don't want to run, but because I think the break would do my body good. Apparently it takes 4-6 weeks for your body to totally heal.
I know I have a few extra pounds on so that is my Christmas target. Ideally I would get to 11 7. And that will be matched by my running, I'm not sure what "totally heals" will mean to my running, but by Christmas I want to be faster over 5 and 10 km.(the goal right now is a half marathon in March) Which is 3 and 6 miles, which is not too long a distance anymore. Shocking that this time last year 5 k was the longest distance I was doing. ( a marathon is around 42k, just so as you know, and that I can see that written down!). As well, I need to get back to body conditioning, which will help tone, as well other types of exercise, just to mix it up for a while.
What I think now is that the thinner we get the harder it is to put on weight. Firstly, I notice it more, and secondly, everyone talks about the weight I've lose which is in built pressure to keep it off. I need to keep that pressure "positive" but I definately think it will help.
Sometimes it annoys me that I only lost 35lbs to run a marathon, but overall I'm happy at where I've gotten to. Many lessons have been learned, and so long as I keep going with small loses, someday i will no longer have to imagine not being fat.
The next few months are going to be difficult, dealing with unemployment, wondering what I will do and all that. I need to have a plan, because right now I am clueless.
