First week in the books...
Today was a run. I woke up sore from yesterday and wasn't motivated, but I pushed myself out the door. It was already warm and 27 C outside at 10 am, with no clouds in the sky.
I don't want to give a blow-by-blow of the run, but needless to say, there was lots of run, walk, and run. However, I did manage to do a full 10-minute run without stopping at a heart rate between 144 and 155 bpm. When I left the park, it was back to no shade, and the run home was mostly walking.
When I got home, I was dead tired. I stretched, but even after 30 minutes, maybe even an hour, in the air-conditioned house, I still couldn't stop sweating, and my neck and back were a little sore.
I did more research, and it's because my back and shoulder muscles are weak, along with my posture because my stomach is larger than it ever has been. Until I start doing strength training and lose at least 15 lbs, I think it will be a lasting problem.
Once I got in the door, I first had a protein shake to help with muscle growth and a baked potato with cottage cheese for carbs. I was exhausted, and it lasted for the entire day.
We ventured out to Costco to get some protein whey. As I walked around Costco, my hip joints hurt from the run. By this time, it was 34C outside, and I was sweating like crazy. I just wanted to get home and relax while watching the Olympics.
For the rest of the day, I sat in the backyard, under the deck in the shade, watching the Olympics. My muscles were so sore, and as I looked at my training schedule this week, it looked like it would not be easy.
In reviewing this past week, I found that I did 6 hours and 56 minutes of training. I went from zero to 100 mph of training in a week and significantly lowered my daily calories.
My biggest motivation is to lose as much weight as possible before the race. My ideal would be to lose 50 lbs in 16 weeks, which would have me showing up at the start line at 190 lbs. As much as I Google "how to," it all comes back to the fact that what's realistic is 1 - 2 lbs per week of weight loss, which means the realistic weight loss will be between 16 - 30 lbs before the race.
I need at least a 30 lb weight loss at a minimum.
I plan not to think about my weight too much, so I only weigh myself once a month. I used to do it daily when I was on a weight loss diet, but this time around, I'm going to treat it as when I was gaining weight. I rarely stepped on the scale and was afraid to, so I figured I would do the same thing: avoid the scale daily.
Run - 58:16 - 6.77 km - 8:36 km pace
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