I can do it!

Elijah and I did a very easy, slow five miles this morning.  Fifty-two minutes...we haven't gone that slow in FOREVER!  But I'm still trying to gently break in my injured calve.  It felt totally fine the whole run - I didn't even notice any difference.  It's such a relief!  I feel very hopeful for the marathon now.  It would have been nice to get my 22 miler in, but 18 will have to do.  My goal now is to eat really well for the next three weeks, so I can be at an optimum weight for the marathon.  I figure if I blog it, I'll be better about sticking to my goal.  I'd love to be about five pounds lighter for the race...which shouldn't be a problem for me.  Five pounds less to carry for 26.2 miles!

I had a REALLY late night last night, and had intended to sleep in this morning, but woke up at the usual time with my brain spinning.  So I got out of bed and gave P90X a try - core synergistics.  I liked it!  I guess that will be all for me today...earlier rehearsals and a show tonight is going to finish me off.

I ate really well yesterday - no cheating - and dropped 2.6 pounds.  I knew it was going to be easy!  The hard part is sticking to it once I stop losing weight.  I will usually settle around 120-121 lbs.  But I want to continue eating right until the marathon.  I feel SOOO much better when I'm eating what I'm supposed to.  :D

I tried to run this morning, but I was exhausted! I made it through 3 miles in 31 minutes, then decided to call it good enough.  Maybe it was the P90X yesterday...I am a little bit sore.  So this evening Ben and I went out to the lake to meet the tri-club.  My friend Melanie came along - that was fun!  I swam the usual, and it was SO much easier than last time!  I love that I'm improving.  :D  The ride was good, too.  I started to feel a little bit overheated towards the end of the ride, and was worried about getting a cluster headache, so I slowed down the last mile and immediately drank a muscle milk protein drink when I got off the bike.  That seemed to do the job, because I felt fine afterwards.  I ate good all day, with the possible exception of a steak taco del carbon and half a macho taco at Del Taco after the workout.  Yay!

I did P90X cardioX this morning.  I thought about running, but I was tired, and didn't get up early enough.  The kinesiotape came off today, too.  I was going to eat good all day, but I had to taste test some fudge I needed to buy, and after that the sugar felt funny in my stomach.  So I headed to the nearest fast food place (Carl's Junior) and got a low-carb burger.  Other than that, I ate what I was supposed to eat.

Last night was a show night, so I was up pretty late.  My friend Melanie and I decided to do a bike ride, since I don't have to get up so early for that.  We rode 21.5 miles in about one hour and twenty minutes.  It was a fun ride - I didn't push as hard as I normally would, but I felt like I was bonking.  Funny how I get shaky more easily when my weight is closer to 122.  What is my body trying to tell me?  I was going to eat good today, and did fine, until my Grandmother took me out for dinner at Olive Garden.  I ate a pretty balanced dinner with the exception of the LARGE portions, but then I broke down and had to have a piece of white chocolate raspberry cheesecake - Yummy!!!  So my resolve lasted what?  Five days?  And I have a cast party to go to tonight at 11:00 PM.  Maybe I won't eat anything there.  Or maybe I will.  :D  I'll be good tomorrow, though....

Elijah and I did 10 miles in 1 hour 33 minutes.  Then I got a cluster headache.  Dang!  So my vow to eat healthily went out the window.  I just ate whatever I could that didn't make me nauseous.  I'm tired of the weigh-in.  If I just eat good MOST of the time, I'm going to stop feeling obligated to weigh myself every day.  Since when did I become obseessed with what I ate?  I never have before.  I don't think I want to start now.  We'll see.  :D