The 5K race I've joined is the EA SPORTS Active 5K Challenge in conjuction with Sisterhood Of The Shrinking Jeans. My training started out a week ago, really good. And then promptly went downhill. I ran on Sunday for a baseline time, then I ran Monday since I wanted to get on a schedule of running M/W/F and doing strength training on T/H with weekends off. Well, on Wednesday my run was less than satisfactory and I thought it was just I'd worked myself too hard the previous days. Thursdays strength training went ok but I was already starting to tell myself "I'm not getting sick." Friday morning I still tried to tell myself that, but after trying to run/walk for 20 minutes and not feeling "right" my friend I work out with on Friday's showed up and she too felt below par. We both decided to take it easy, walked for another 30 minutes on the treadmill and then went home. And that was that, for exercise.
Being Friday was my anniversary I opted to not log my food for the day. I can't imagine the amount of calories I ate at dinner at Red Lobster. Seeing the numbers would probably be enough to give me nightmares of being on the operating table having my arteries manually scraped out. And alas, I haven't logged any more food the last few days either.
Evidently whatever virus I have not only has given me a huge cold sore, major fatigue, and a runny/stuffy nose...it's also stolen my will power. Brain fog has taken over in the moments I've been awake. Will power to watch what I eat, when I eat, how I eat, much less to record that all down in a log, is absent.
And tomorrow morning I am to have my weekly personal training session with my AWESOME trainer. Whom will chew me out, rightfully so, for the last couple days. She regularly reminds me that 80% of weight loss efforts are in eating habits. We'll see how I feel in the morning, I want to get back on track if my body will allow it.
And in the mean time...if you see my will power out running amuck on the streets, please let me know a.s.a.p. so I can go get it back.
1 comments:
Most personal trainners that I have worked with do chew you out "when needed". One the flipside they to have also recongnized that when you are sick you need to listen to your body in moderation of course. Lori you'll be fine and get back on track soon along with your will power. It's just temporary. Your sick and you first need to get well so you can perform later on. If she's a good personal trainner she'll understand. Oh, and the finding the will power. More than likely mine has run off with yours. So if anyone finds yours they'll find mine and they need to send it back to Montana. It's such a fluzzy. huh! :)
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