I took yesterday off from running, giving me two days off instead of my usual one. On top of that, I ate out twice in the past two days, bringing my 16 day total up to 4 times (of eating out, not running). This is still not bad, and I had some interesting experiences, but I'll get back to that in a bit.
Today on my run I pushed myself. I ended up running 1.75(ish) miles out of a two mile course. I ended up walking a quarter mile from the 1.25 to the 1.5 mile point. After that I started running again and finished my route even trying to stretch out my stride for the last eighth of a mile...I feel pretty good. I've been done almost 45 minutes, showered, and am still trying to sweat. :) It's been just about three weeks since I've started running in a fashion that I call serious. In that time I've probably run about ten times. I have worked my way up from barely making it half a mile to almost two miles...I call that a win. I'm staying on course for my goal of two miles at the end of June. I'm really looking forward to those longer runs when I can really start to sweat and get my heart rate up for an extended amount of time. That plus my diet and my other workout regime, which I plan to start on Monday...we shall see, should start to yield some results by the time school is back in session. Hopefully, that will help to keep me motivated to stay on track with my training.
I also ate out at Wendy's today. My first real fast food in over two weeks. That being said, I had no french fries nor did I have any pop...my meal still topped out at about 1000 calories, but 900 less than the meal I used to eat almost daily. Yesterday, I went to Slow's To Go and had a beef brisket...there I was extra bad and did have fries. Oddly enough, the meal was too greasy for me and left me feeling almost nauseous this morning. I went shopping today as well and got more salad fixings, grapefruit, OJ and other necessities for the week. I rather like not having to drive anywhere at all during the week. Every dollar I save is a good one.
Ever since, actually even before, I saw The Avengers I wanted to watch the movies leading up to it. I had already seen both Iron Men (the first trumped the second, hands down). Just the other night, I noticed Thor was on Netflix so I watched it. I enjoyed it. Sure it was a little corny, but all in all I really liked it. So, on a whim, today I bought Capt. America whilst I was out running errands. I am curious to see how it holds up. I enjoyed Chris Evans' performance in The Avengers, so I have high hopes of it just being entertaining...anything more is gravy.
Dinner tonight will be steamed broccoli and cauliflower with a drizzle of garlic and rosemary infused olive oil...nom!!
Robot roll call!
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