So my weight....in the first few days it took a nose dive...and I lost five pounds...down to 121...like food, weight is not something that I like think about...I don't see much of a difference day to day. To me 121 vs. 129 (which is what I weighed Saturday night after my Paleo love fest doesn't look or feel all that different...at least it didn't this week. So now it is early Monday morning and I am 125...which is pretty much what I have weighed for the last 6 months.... the body is amazing isn't it??? It just knows... I have had a Day off (love fest day), an easy three mile run day, I will have to miss today as I am timing a race in Boston and tomorrow I will most likely only be a run.(oh my God did I just say "Only" in front of the word run???) I have certainly come a long way since November 17th....
I ran a personal best 5K a couple of weeks ago...(not a lifetime PR by any stretch) but my fastest since having my children...so an 11 year PR and if we want to get technical it was probably my fastest 5K since 1996....sooooooo....yeah I am pretty excited. Even more so since my total weekly mileage had hovered around 15 miles a week max for the last four months...and just 20 or so before that....in my hope to RX "Grace" for the Barbells for Boobs fundraiser I am having to change my thinking. This food challenge is part of that....as is the slow realization that to meet some of my Crossfit goals I have to let go of some of my running. So the 21:13 5K was to just "see" how fast I could run with no traditional training....and I was pretty pumped. Although I am going through a lot of changes, I am still a runner and winning a race was the best feeling ever. It has also made me realise that I am still a runner...I want to run faster...I want to break 20 minutes...I want to run fast!!!
But back to "Grace"....a crossfit workout named Grace which consists of 30 clean and jerks for time at 95 pounds. I can do 75 pounds.....and I believe I could do 85 pounds today....but the workout is 95 and that is my hope...so the "just running" part truly shows my new state of mind.... oh..the food...
I didn't really have to think about it....the omelets, the protein shakes, the veggies, the meat, the water, the fruit....grocery shopping was pretty easy and mindless and well...it is coming together this new way of eating...as is the food...and the weight training...I wonder sometimes if I am being brainwashed...maybe...maybe I am....if I am drinking the Kool-Aid then clearly it is Paleo Kool-Aid...yum yum!!!
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