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28 November 2012

I am not having a good day. It turns out that the HR dept. at my work is not going to offer me a good situation. I've been off work a month due to FMLA. I guess it's not so bad - I still have a job, I will still have excellent health insurance, and I will get to work in the daytime and have a life after 4pm. So that's good. I applied for a more senior job at my agency but I doubt they will give it to me. I don't know, I've been so psyched that I was really going to be able to break through and make a change, and it turns out that not much is changing. This whole thing has really affected my exercising, I was so pumped, thinking that my situation was going to get better. I have been running like you wouldn't believe. My doctor's appt. went okay, I have gained a pound and half since my last visit, and she wasn't too harsh with me. I have to go back and see her in a month. I really hope that I can lose some weight in a month. I reset my RDI to 1400 calories - I was not losing on 1500, but getting back to 1300 seems like total deprivation. Maybe a compromise on 1400 calories will be the magic pill. I ate all the food I can eat with breakfast, lunch and snacks, and I can't eat again until dinner. I don't want to eat dinner too early, because I get totally hungry at night. I have some stuff I need to do - drop off my dog at my parent's house so he can get a teeth cleaning tomorrow, and go see some basketball with my favorite basketball player James Harden while I drink some diet coke at the Sportsbar. So I don't plan on eating until 9:30pm. I have a steak all ready to go, and I am going to have it with broccoli and a sweet potato. All I have to do is make it until 9:30 and then I can have this awesome meal. It's hard to sit in the sportsbar when everyone around you is having po' boys and buffalo wings, but I make do. I have also walked 5 miles today. I feel like I've made a deal with myself - if I am not going to the gym to run, or to take a hard class, then on my "days off" I need to be walking. So I walked 4 miles myself, down by the river and it was very nice. Then I came home and immediately walked the dog for one mile. I feel like I got some really nice exercise. Just walking the dog for 30 minutes is no big deal at this point, but let me tell you, walking 5 miles in one day IS a big deal. For anyone who says that walkers don't get the kind of quality exercise that runners or other athletes do, they are full of it. Yeah, a 30 minute walk is probably not going to raise your heart rate or do a tremendous amount for you. But if you walked like this every day, or at least 5 days a week, it would be really good exercise. I like walking a lot, especially since I rarely venture outside. I tried running outside yesterday and that was a disaster. For some reason, I am really attached to the treadmill. I keep telling myself that I am going to try the indoor track. We'll see. But anyway, I did a lot of walking today and I can see how people who are dedicated walkers are also very fit.

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27 November 2012

I was able to go to the gym today and I did 30 minutes of elliptical and I was able to run 3.5 miles. My ankle hurt a little bit, but it didn't stop me. Once I got up to 2 miles, it didn't hurt anymore. I couldn't stay and do abs and weights for my arms because I was short on time. I did walk my dog for 30 minutes again. It's amazing to me now that walking the dog is no big deal for me, we walk about a mile in 30 minutes. Before this year, just getting 30 minutes of exercise was something that I NEVER did. Seriously, I probably would have been tired if I walked the poor dog for 30 minutes. Now it's just a daily routine. I feel better about myself if I walk the dog and take care of the dog the way he deserves to be taken care of. And I honestly feel like 30 minutes of light walking is really helpful for me in doing other exercise. I feel like it loosens up my muscles and it warms them up and I feel looser after I've walked the dog.

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26 November 2012

I am having trouble running the past couple of days. Yesterday I could only run a mile due to ankle pain, and today I went back and I tried but I could only run 1.25 miles. I am starting to get worried that I am not keeping up my endurance due to this pain. I am going to go back to the gym tomorrow and I am DETERMINED to run my full 3.5 miles. Today I did the elliptical for 30 minutes, ran for 19 minutes, and then did abs and lifted weights for arms. I got a decent workout, and on top of that I walked the dog for 30 minutes. I am having such a problem with night eating. I do fine until about 10 pm, and then I have the munchies and totally jack up what I've done earlier in the day. I need to get back on track so bad. I have 2 pairs of size 8 jeans now that I need to get into. I figure if I lose 11 pounds, I should be able to wear them. I can get them buttoned and zipped, but man are they tight!

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25 November 2012

I just got back from the gym and I weighed exactly the same. I took a strength class today - "Muscle Pump". It is surprisingly easy for me. Despite being overweight, I have a lot of muscle strength. I walked the dog for 30 minutes. Then I decided I wanted to try to run outside. It started out great but turned into a disaster. About 1/3 of a mile, I started to get the worst ankle and tendon pain in my left leg. I had to sit down for a little bit. I was so pissed, because it is a beautiful day out, I was down by the river, and I wanted so bad to run. I decided that since I couldn't run, I would walk. So I walked the rest of the route, 4 miles total. I took an hour long muscle class and walked for over 2 hours today. I feel like I need to get that exercise more often. I feel I need to take a good long walk if I am not going to the gym. I doubt if my dog could walk 4 miles - we go a a mile and he's done, he's a little Westie and not really built for distance. It felt really good to walk 4 miles - I walked about 2.5 on Thanksgiving.

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24 November 2012

For some reason, I am just WIPED tonight. I went to the gym and did 30 minutes of elliptical, and ran 3.5 miles at 4.1 miles per hour, running for 52 minutes. That's almost an hour and a half of intensive cardio. I didn't do abs or arms because I did that yesterday, and tomorrow I'm taking a strength training class with weights and whatnot, so I just let it go. I got a diet cherry limeade from Sonic as my post-workout treat. I came home and I've been cleaning, doing housework and laundry, and I am so tired - not sleepy, but my body is tired. It doesn't hurt, it just feels worn out. I am really looking forward to being able to run 4 miles, because I have a route planned near my house that is by the river and is a loop through several parks, and it will be awesome to be able to run that.

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