Day 33 - Evening Check-In

So I was kinda bummed.  I got a message on MFP saying that I was dropped accidentally from the UAC (Ultimate Accountability Challenge).  The sender asked me to rejoin if I was dropped in error.  I replied letting him know it was an error and that I would rejoin right away.  I spent the next five minutes searching all of the groups on MFP and could not find the UAC June 2014 challenge.  I am pretty sure that was because it was a closed group and you only see those if you are in them.  I emailed the guy who dropped me back to ask for a link or something since I was unable to find the group to rejoin.  I explained that this was my first challenge and I had been working out every day because of the challenge.  I asked him to please find a way of sending me a link or adding me back since I was really hoping to complete my first challenge on MFP.  I sent the email last night and have not heard back.

I seriously hope that I'm added back but either way, I am going to complete the challenge, if not with the actual group than on my own.  When I set out to do something I want to finish what I start.  Speaking of...Today my brother stopped by the house at 1:30pm and asked to take the kids on a walk downtown to the art store.  He said they would be back in 1-1.5 hours.  I figured I had just enough time to get ready and go for a quick run... The only problem was that it was pretty hot out and I have been known to faint when I get too hot.  I have never done that well in the heat.  Usually I just feel crappy and super uncomfortable but there have been a few occasions that I actually have fainted.  In the past I wouldn't go for a walk or hike in the heat let alone a run.  But I wasn't sure I would have another chance to workout today so I figured I would give it a try.  If it turned out to be too hot I would just settle for a good walk.  If I was still too hot I could go home but at least I would have tried.

So at 2:00pm I set out for a run.  This is only my third day in a row running (I usually go to the gym) and I decided to go on my usual route.  I power walk for 1.6 miles and then run back the 1.6 miles home.  During the first half of my workout, during the power walk phase, I noticed there was very little shade since the sun was directly overhead.  I seriously doubted i would be able to run (I wasn't even sure I would be able to finish the power walk).  When I got to the cemetery (which is the 1.6 mark on a dead-end road) I found a small patch of shade where I drank some Gatorade, wiped off some of the sweat on my forehead, and cooled off for about 60 seconds before turning around and set off on my run.  About fifty feet into the run I again seriously doubted I would be able to go much further.  Not only was I overheating, I was also sore from my previous two days runs.  But I kept going and kept pushing myself and before I knew it I was at the half way mark.  At that point I said to myself "I can do this!"  The second half of the run was much harder than the first and the last quarter mile was the worse.  I just kept pushing myself and telling myself I could do it.  By the time I rounded the last turn and could see the end my route I was really struggling.  But I kept pushing myself and was able to complete the 1.6 miles back.

I was so proud of myself!  I never thought I would be able to accomplish something like that...I didn't know I had it in me.  I figured I would give up but I kept going.  It's amazing what you can do when you put your mind to it.



Food for today:

Breakfast:
Honey Bunches of Oats w/Greek Yogurt & Mixed Berried (w/ nonfat milk)

Lunch:
Greek vanilla yogurt w/ 6 ounces of raspberries

Dinner:
Tacos (so good!) made w/96% ground beef, organic corn tortillas (cooked in a tbspn of oil), and 1/8 cup 2% Mexican blend shredded cheese

Looking back I noticed I didn't eat ANY vegetables today...oops.

I have been reading that Doctors Diet book and have started incorporating a lot of the advice from it, mainly to cut as much sugar from my diet as possible.  I am no longer having dessert after lunch of after dinner.  The first day was pretty hard but it's gotten easier since (I am on day 3-4).  The next change I made was to stop drinking diet soda.  The third change was to eat more vegetables throughout the day (that didn't work well today though).  The fourth change I made was to only eat the following three kinds of fruit for two weeks (I'm on day 2): berries, apple, or grapefruit.  The fifth change I made was to eat more protein (I'm on day 3)- you will notice I know eat yogurt at a snack instead of pretzels.  The other changes I'm trying to make are: eat one serving of complex carbs a day (which is very hard) and eat at least 25g of fiber a day.

I know that's a lot of changes to make and I'm not going to be really strict with all of them, for example, I still drank a sugar free RedBull this morning (8 ounce can).  Some of these changes are more immediate (fruit and protein) and some are more gradual (fiber and carbs).  As I mentioned in an earlier post, you can see my entire food journal for the past 33 days on MyFitnessPal.com (mu username is NicoleMarie001).

Alright, it's 8:07pm and I have to get the dishes started.  Hope everyone's having a good weekend so far.  :)