In my last entry, I mentioned that I will be doing a half-marathon later this year. In the time since my last entry, I (and my equally crazy friends) have decided to do an additional half-marathon which is one month sooner than the previously scheduled one. So I have just shaved one month off of my training time. Oh, and I'm going to try and run the previously scheduled one as well. We'll see how that goes.
Along those lines, I've been running for about two years, but haven't really seen any sort of weight loss. Angie convinced me to try using one of those calorie counter things and admittedly I pooh-poohed that idea at first, but for the last ten days or so, I've been using it and it is making a serious difference. Since I started watching the portions and the calories (and have not ceased to wonder at how much I must have been actually eating previously), I've lost six pounds. Ideally, I need to lose 40 pounds, based on my BMI, but I'm not sure it's possible. In order to get my BMI into the "normal" range (as opposed to the "overweight" category), I need to lost 31 more pounds.
We'll see how this goes.
Of course, I don't see any difference in the mirror, but there is a lot to get rid of and I suppose it will take some time before I start seeing changes...as long as I stick with it.
Labels: exercise, half-marathon
