I did a longish run today, 8 miles, which in this heat really felt like 12.
When I first started running I used to run every. single. day. Usually in the mornings. I was soooo hooked on it, I would be crabby if I missed my run.
Once Miss M got a little older and wouldn't scream bloody murder at being left in the play area at the gym, I started going to classes 5 days a week.
It was much less stressful for me to go in the evenings and Miss M LOVES the kids there, so it's a win win.
Plus, my Hubs is all gung-ho about working out right now, so I've been nice and letting him have the mornings to do it. {Which is another reason I hate men, he's lost like 3 pounds in the last couple days by EATING MORE and doing Insanity. Ugh.}
I've missed running outside though, the dreadmill just isn't the same.
I put on my big girl panties and braved the heat {and HUMIDITY! Which is worse}.
I kinda felt like I wanted to die. I went though 3 bottles of ice water, half in my mouth the other half on my head.
Running in the summer requires no shirt, a sweatband, a visor, and a sweat towel.
Sweat was POURING off my visor as I ran, I really though it was raining.
Wishful thinking.
The only thing that got me though the last mile was thinking about the ice cold watermelon waiting for me :)
Yeah, I run with 2 ipods, they have been acting funky {randomly turning off} and I lose total motivation if I don't have music.
I pulled out an old SD card today and found a pic of me a my very first 5k!
My how things {and my body!} have changed.
I've been tracking my calories all week. I'm eating 1700 a day.
I get this number by taking my BMR {1330} and adding in my daily exercise {1000} and subtracting around 600 for weight loss.
Although the BMR is only what my body needs for basic functioning, it does not include things like taking your 3 year old to the wave pool for 2 hours.
I have to say that I'm pretty damn hungry only eating 1700. I've limited myself to only burning 1000 calories a day at the gym. I even left spin early one night when my Polar told me I'd hit it. That's progress, I've NEVER left a class early!
Honestly, I know I probably need to cut it back even more, but I'll wait until I'm knocked up {hopefully soon!} before doing that.
Happy Friday!