Well it has been awhile. I have gone through the ups and downs of eating healthy and have trained for a relay race.
Eating has been an interesting journey that I have a love/hate relationship with. I love healthier foods now but still have cravings. When I have broken down and eaten sugar I love it but that just leads to more cravings. One day I broke down and ate a hamburger and found I didn’t enjoy it as much as I used to neither did my stomach. I find myself eating more fruit than I used to to have the sweetness that I crave.
So with my training for my relay race I had 2 legs to run. The first was 3 miles up a 6% grade. That was a killer or at least I thought that was a killer until I did my 8.33 miles down a mountain at a 6% grade. I never knew that running would hurt my butt that bad. I was so sore the day after I ran that leg the first time I trained on it that I could hardly walk. My thighs were on fire and I only made it 5 miles before I was too tired to continue. I knew at that point I needed to do some serious training on my downhill leg.
Today with my eating I am on track and I feel better. I can focus on my 90 day challenge without having to focus on running. I love the strength training and being able to see my muscles grow.
My pants are starting to feel lose to the point that I feel like they are falling off. This is interesting because I have gained a few pounds back which for those of you trying to lose weight it is quite frustrating.