Current Weight: 155.2
Starting BMI: 27.7
Current BMI: 24.7
Before I jump into the post I need to explain the sudden change in my numbers above. For the past year I have been calculating my BMI based off a height of 5' 6", when in reality I'm 5' 6.5". I thought the calculator couldn't handle that. But today as I pulled up the calculator I decided to see if it COULD handle it. And guess what? It Can! I thought about just keeping the old numbers up, but this is more accurate, plus since I gained again this week, that half inch is the difference between crossing over into over-weight, and staying healthy. So I've updated my staring BMI, and I'll be using these numbers from here on out.
Let's start out with the numbers, because, really most of what I have to write about today ISN'T about the numbers, but as I've written before, I think we have a responsibility to each other to show what's REALLY going on. And while TODAY was awesome and I'm on a high and not really feeling the way I was PRIOR to this morning's run, I WAS feeling like that and I think you should know. So here we go.
I knew before I stepped on the scale that I had gained this week, you know it's not going to be pretty when you can FEEL that you've gained weight. Of all the places that I noticed it, it was mainly that my arms started rubbing against me a bit more this week. UGH. Again, I've come a long way (though again, not nearly as fast as I would like) in fact, this time last year I weighed 6 pounds more than I do now (which seems so LITTLE but I've been standing still and fluctuating for awhile now) and that's nothing to sneer at.
Now, I kinda knew that losing weight while training for a marathon was a fools error. There are many things that say don't even try, that you're MORE than likely to stand still or gain while training. But I foolishly thought that I could beat the odds. NOPE! It's more important to feed my body (although let's face it, I have done a bit of over feeding, and incorrect feeding) right now, so I have gained. My goal for the next 3 weeks leading up to the marathon I'm going to focus on eating HEALTHY food, setting myself up for a great race day.
Today's run was 20 miles (but Melissa.. Your post title is 27.32... What gives? - don't worry, I'll get there). I got up at 4:45, and was out the door at 5:45, got to Amanda's house just after 6:30, and after a bit of stretching we set out for our longest run to date.
I started having hip pain within the first few miles, but VOWED to push through. After about 3 miles, we started talking about how our friend Theresa was probably in the area and we should have asked her to come out and meet us for a few miles. On a whim, Amanda sent her a text and guess what? She came out to meet us for miles 7-10!
I'll close with a few awesome photos from the show.
I met this guy and the Tom Servo he made.
3 weeks until we run 6.2 miles longer than we have ever run before!