Taking the Reins

Ouch!!!  I think I angered my knee today, despite taking it easy on my 3-mile run this afternoon.  My body had a day off, and 3 days since the last short run, but I guess it wanted more?  Wish I was a knee reader.  Here’s hoping that tomorrow morning I can walk and I’m still training for September 9th.  Argh.

So, today I ate 20 points by the time I was home at 5pm.  It didn’t seem like much at the time, but those silly almonds really are tons and tons of points!  So I absolutely HAD to run my booty off tonight so that I could have dinner.  I guess the eating comes in cycles.  One week I will brag because I stay within my points for days in a row and rock the program, and then the next week I can’t keep food out of my mouth.  So silly.  I blamed a lot of my weight fluctuation on hormones and the effects of going off birth control for the first time in my adult life (it was giving me fevers!), but maybe I’m just overeating?!

Did a nice 3-mile run tonight on the trail by my house, which is downhill for the first mile and a half and then when I turn around, it’s all uphill.  And I wonder why I’m dying when I get back!!  I did the walk/run strategy, making myself walk every 3 minutes so that I take it easy and pace myself.  I also noticed that this strategy helped my heart rate stay at 176 beats per minute, which is actually a nice, happy hear rate for me.  (I can go on and on at 176, but when I hit the 180’s, I’m pushing it)  I finished the run in 31 minutes, shaving 2 full minutes off my time last week without even trying.  So this was a good thing!  except for the knee, of course.  I’m icing, so hopefully nothing major will come of it.

So here is the absolutely crazy eating day. I’m hoping I’ll be fine once I get my protein shake in me, but who knows.