Day 9 - I can run (slowly)

As my last day before my first weigh-in of this little project, today has a little anxiety to it. I was able to do some running today on the treadmill, which was a nice thing. I'm not someone who loves running but ever since I blew my hamstring about 6 weeks ago in an aborted attempt to train for a 1/2 marathon, I've needed to get going again. I had been up to a six mile run in my training, but that was done more on ego and stubbornness than on good judgment, and eventually my body said...no.
So, now I'm building more slowly. I decided no triathlon in June, stick with the plans I started with.

I was able to run a very slow and gentle 30+ minutes on the treadmill today which felt pretty reasonable. I resisted the urge to up the speed and just focused on doing the time. I've never been good about building a base, but I really want to focus on that this time. I also took my near daily walk with my dog, which added 30 minutes of movement today. The walk was pretty leisurely since my son came along, but I'll take leisure for 30 minutes conversation with my 6 year old from Mars anytime:)

On the food front, I was able to return to one of my healthier haunts for lunch. Lindy's makes a great Turkey Club sub with baked chips and a soda, which satisifies me but doesn't put me at risk of a heart attack. I was a little more liberal at home with corn tamales for dinner, but overall not bad. Breakfast was fruit and yogurt and probably the worst part of my day is the constant presence of treats at work, which meant I ate 2-3 ginger cookies someone brought for their birthday. It's 8:40 and I think I'm done eating for the day...

My food goals are still a little blurry. I made mention of quitting soda but haven't made a ton of progress on that front. I am eating less crap but my salads and smoothies are still just an aspiration. Tomorrow's weigh in could be telling. I'm hoping to at least hold at the 198lbs. from last week because I know my nutrition hasn't changed much. Maybe the increased exercise will get me a pound, but I know I have a lot of work to do.

Tomorrow is an active rest day (I'm doing two days on, 1 day off for now), so I think I'll take the time to do some measurements to add to my collection of data on this blog. Busy afternoon with kids and piano and a spring concert, sounds like a good day to focus on improved nutrition.

That's all for now, think light in the a.m.:)