Exercise: - What : long walk
- Time : 54:02 minutes
- Distance: 8 laps plus warm up and cool down
- Minutes/mile: ~17
Lost my lap info because my watch was full, but I did a little more than a 17 min/mile pace. To do 17 min/mile, I have to finish a lap in 4:15 and all my laps were between 4:15 and 4:20.
Today was my best walk of the week so far. I am feeling bloated and having stomach issues (obviously I need more fiber in my diet) so I didn't even know if I would walk tonight but my tummy calmed down and we set out around 7. It was great weather and we took it fairly easy. I was able to talk comfortably the entire time, not like when we do intervals.
This week has been really hard for me mentally. I am stressed at work, stressed at home, stressed about our trip on Thursday. I feel like I have hit a wall with my exercise and a wall with my weight loss. I am trying to take it in stride, to remember that all I have to do is to keep on keeping on and I will emerge from the other side of this crazy time and push through to the next level of fitness. But my inclination is to turn to food for comfort and to stop exercising when I don't see immediate results. The idea that I am going to start running in a month is a little hard for me to believe.
It might rain tomorrow, but I hope it holds off, I would like to get one more walk in before we leave. We will take our walking shoes with us, I am investigating parks in the area that we might squeeze a walk in while away. But with family obligations, you never know.
Hope you are all doing well.
# posted by amy @ 8:30 PM
