Quick recap of the week

Not really in the mood to blog so just posting times and quick thoughts about nutrition.

We did mile repeats on Wednesday.  Our leader started the hour saying she wanted all of us to warm up and do a jog together a few blocks in one direction and back, and then to push ourselves running the mile.  Well -- the group's "jog" is equivalent to my "run."  So I automatically felt discouraged.  And to add to that, it was starting to rain/snow/sleet so I was pretty wet and miserable.  Nevertheless, I persisted.  I'm not proud of my times (14:02, 13:49) but I am glad that, for each mile, I was able to complete it without stopping.  But I can be faster.

Today after work I did a 2-mile run in my neighborhood and was happier with those results -- in my first mile, I ran it in what I believe was my fastest time so far in my 3 weeks of running, 12:09.  My second mile was not as good as I run/walked for some of it, and came in at 14:03.  Yikes.

Tomorrow is a 5 mile run, the first half being uphill, so here's hoping to make it back in under 75 minutes.  Or maybe I push to 70. :-)

Now -- nutrition.  It could have been better.  I had a girls' night on Saturday and had chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert, and 1 glass of bubbly.  The meal itself wasn't so bad, probably one of the healthier options on the menu.  And on Sunday there was the Superbowl -- I ate turkey chili for the main dish (not bad) but then I splurged on candies and chips.  I probably consumed 600 calories in candies and chips.  And on Monday I had a sandwich for lunch and a sandwich for dinner.  So, not the best week for me.

That said, I weighed myself in on Thursday and found that I had lost 0.7lb overall weight, and digging into that: I'm down 1.5lb more in body fat (and 0.7% BFI), and up 0.9lb in muscle mass since last week.  So -- that's good! Though my trainer says that's probably because I'm running (going from nothing to a lot) and probably not so much due to the nutrition.  So I still have a ways to go.  My snacks, though, have all been healthy outside of the Superbowl -- fruits and veggies!  I just need to commit more.