It's a miracle. Only two weeks since I last posted about starting over. The best part, I'm still going after two weeks. Had a nice 5k run this morning. 34 minutes. Nothing great, but still impressive considering I started two weeks ago and I'm carrying the equivalent of two large bowling balls of weight around on me. Since I have started, I've lost five pounds. Running and exercise is part of the equation, trying to eat more healthy and less quantity has helped as well.
Three tools (apps) I just love are my Fitbit app (to go with my Fitbit Blaze), Runkeeper to track my runs, and My Fitness Pal to track my eating habits and calories. Until I started tracking my eating habits, I had no idea the sugar related calories I was really consuming (I love chocolate). I also didn't realize how many calories were in a 1/2 pound super burger with onion rings. Let's just say it's a lot!!!! I also retired from drinking sodas (I loved Diet Coke and Diet Dr. Pepper). I might have considered myself a sodaholic as I was probably averaging 30 - 40 ounces a day. I started that back before Christmas. The first two weeks was hard, but now I don't them at all. I've had a couple 12 oz. drinks of diet soda over the past month and they really didn't taste that good to me.
Anyways, I am feeling a lot better now. We'll see where this journey of exercise and eating habit changes takes me...hopefully to a 2 hour 10 minute half marathon in November. Until next time...Happy trails to you!
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