Mixing it up

As of last week, Tuesday's are now supposed to be our Team in Training Buddy Run day. This is an unofficial run with other teammates. We did go last week, however I didn't really enjoy being out in the dark to run on Los Gatos trail. In addition, it just seemed a lot of effort to drive there for only a two mile run and miss yoga class on top of that. After all, I am finding yoga to be very important for me in regards to my cross training.

So I told the kids I didn't want to go on the Buddy Run today. They weren't thrilled about going either, so we all skipped it, and may very well skip it going forward. It's ok though, we still workout on Tuesdays!

Today, I really looked forward to going to yoga class. I missed it yesterday due to my exhaustion after my 4 miles on the treadmill and tomorrow I will miss it again because I'm going to the movies with my friend. So, I definitely didn't want to miss yoga today. However, I also made a commitment to myself to run as well. And not only run, but run 4 miles! Uhhh, why did I make that my new goal? :) Anyway, after yesterday, I realized that I would not be able to do 4 miles on the treadmill and then have enough energy for yoga class. But from past weeks, I also know it would really be hard for me to do yoga class and then do 4 miles afterwards. So I came up with the bright idea (haha) to split up my running. I decided to do 2 miles before class and then 2 miles afterwards.

Believe me, after my first 2 miles and then yoga class I seriously considered not doing the last 2 miles after class. It was near the end of yoga class when I began talking myself out of doing anything more for the night. I kept thinking about how I would justify it in my blog post tonight--which also made me realize how important this blogging is for me as I'm on this journey!

Finally, as class was over and as I began putting on my shoes, I had decided that I had done enough for the day. I would skip doing my last 2 miles. Just then, David came over and asked, "Are you going to do your other 2 miles now?" Uhhh, yes??? That was it. That is all it took for me to stay on track. I was very tired, but I told myself that if I needed to I could walk the 2 miles. Just get them in!

So I got myself over to the treadmill and put in my last two miles. I did end up walking more than I ran, but in the end was very proud of myself for keeping to my goal.

Lastly, since Tuesday's were also our Weight Watcher's weigh-in day, I wanted to note what is going on with me regarding that. I have decided to stop going to WW for now. I still have a way to go in regards to my eating habits. While I am eating the right foods, I am not eating enough of what I need for energy. It's a challenge for me to do this as it just feels so much in conflict with trying to lose weight. I know, it doesn't work that way, but it's a block in my mind I need to get past. I also know that because it is such a challenge for me, I am procrastinating on learning what is best in regards to eating on a daily basis. Right now, my priority is to have enough energy to keep up with my runs. I know I will still lose weight in the meantime, but probably not as fast as I would have if I wasn't needing extra fuel for energy. (A nutritionist could help me, I know. But since I don't have one, I've decided this is best for me at the moment.) Losing weight is definitely a priority for me. I have lost some already. In fact, I feel pretty good. I'm just going to wait a bit before I concentrate on what the scale says. No worries :)