Oh Lord Give Me Strength...

So today is my big birthday party with my fish tacos I can't wait for and I am scared. I felt as though I gained all my weight back after eating my first birthday meal and this one is going to be even bigger and greater. Not to mention the more alcohol!

Good news is my body is sore today from not yesterdays, but the day before. My butt, thighs, and sides are extremely sore. 

I will update this tomorrow when we get back and let everyone know how it is all going. Even if I fail today I will forgive myself and start again. 

Updated

Nothing really cool going on. I am having digestive problems so I am not recording my weight until I can get some relief.

I took two days off because I was lazy (it was my birthday) and my tummy wasn't feeling well. I felt really great today though. I ran 6:1 today and then ran an extra 5 minutes. I want to start a new training system where I will increase my minimum time to 3o minutes and do the interval things and then when I can run 30 minutes straight I'll start doing sprinting intervals. I don't know if it is possible but ideally I would like to complete my 5k in less than 3o minutes. 

Felt very strong today. I worked out my legs and core yesterday and my legs and back and obliques are sore! 

I am doing well with my stretching. I am putting more yoga into my stretches. I am becoming more flexible! I hope to be able to do some of those bad ass yoga moves soon!!

Don't think I am going to make it

This morning I weighed myself and I weighed 135.6. I don't think I'll be down to what I wanted but no fret...I made that goal back in January and I got sick and was unable to do anything for over a week. Since I have been serious I have been doing great. 

Technically lets say I did make it because the first 3 numbers are 135!!

Up to the 5:1 !

I think now would be a good time for me to figure out how many minutes I am running in each ration round.

3:1 which was repeated 5 times so that is 15 minutes

4:1 which was repeated 4 times so that is 16

5:1 repeated 3 times & ended with 2 so that is 17 minutes

6:1 repeated 2 times and ended with 6 so that is 18 minutes

7:1 repeated 2 times and ended with 4 so that is 18 minutes

8:1 repeated 2 times and ended with 2 so that is 18 minutes

9:1 repeated 2 so that is 18 minutes

10:1 repeated 1 and ended with 9 so that is 19 minutes

wow such a long way to go!!!

One another note I enjoyed my run today and felt good. I didn't feel too pushed or feel as though I was overdoing it. It felt semi natural with the exception of my hip. I might need to ice that!! I did finally run a mile under 11:00!!!!

No More Weight Loss But

So a little history about me. I use to completely believe in these fasts called the lemonade fast. I attempted it twice. The first time I went 7 days and the second time I went 5 days. This last time I had some days and weight recorded.

On my fourth day I weighed 139.6 and my fat percentage was 24.7. I don't remember my starting weight at all. Here is my thinking on this. You may lose some fat but you also lose muscle too. I think in all I lost 6 lbs or something (some of that was poop) and my fat percentage started at 25. something and only got dow to 24.7. 

Here I am now and have went from 140 to 136 and have gone from 25 percent body fat to 24 percent body fat. So I am proud of myself for losing fat and not just muscle.  

The Breaks Make Me Feel Lazy

I did some core exercises today and hopefully kicked my own rear, but that being said I thought I kicked my rear yesterday and have yet to feel pain in my legs. I want PAIN so i know there is GAIN!

Did well eating today. I always do well when we don't eat out though. I mean that is easy, stock your house with only healthy food. 

I have kept up with the stretching and feel pretty good about it. 

Luckily There are Other Ways of Measuring Success

I weighed myself this morning and weighed 136.2 again. I small part of me was sad (10%) but the other part of me said oh well. 

Since I am running and working out I feel as though even if I don't lose and ounce right now I am getting stronger. Every time I improve my running time or distance that is an achievement. Every time I work out and can go longer and harder than I did the week before I feel great. I can see my body changing.