Weekly weigh in, today I didn't "feel" lighter when I went in so I kind of knew that I wasn't going to have a large loss for the week. But every week can't be large and in charge, now can it? Today I'm down 0.4 pounds. So the new number is 181.8. This week has been a slow week for work and I was off on Monday. Ali was also off on Monday, which has been a rare thing as of late, so we went golfing on Monday. Now the course we went to only does green fees. Which means they don't care how many holes you play in that day, 9, 18, 36....whatever. You pay one price, so we played 18 holes and we both got sunburned!!! I also ended up with blisters to both of my heels before the day was done. My old golf shoes rubbed me raw. So this in turn effected my weekly exercise just a little bit. I'm so mad at myself for not taking the time to make sure that I had the proper shoes and a stronger sunscreen. I only applied it twice during the day, but I really don't think it would have mattered anyway if I'd applied it more. Let's just say lesson learned. El Paso has a wicked sun between 1 and 5 in the afternoon. My runs have been a little less this week, my left calf is still sore and complains a bit when I start my runs, so I also bought a pair of compression sleeves this week to see if that helps some. So far I've done two runs with them and it does seem to help. I'll keep wearing them and see how it goes. I just keep thinking I must look a sight when I run, bright neon orange Nikes, black compression sleeves, dirty white knee brace, black biking shorts, loose t-shirt, hair bunched in a ball on my head and sweat band. Definitely nothing sexy about my running outfits yet! But I am looking at getting a new one as a reward for getting to my half way mark. I know I want a new one for race day in June. So that was my exercise for the week, I still have two day left, but it will probably be an easy workout week, then I can ramp it up a bit for two weeks before tapering back down. 
As I said earlier today was a weigh in so that means another meeting with my consultant. I like my consultant, Ericka. Today we talked about food and my lack of eating it. I never thought I would be told to eat. Now on Monday I was advised to eat a protein bar or yogurt before my runs, because we are worried that I'm not getting enough calories. Well because I did so much damage to myself on Monday, I haven't been running as far, so I didn't add the extra calories. That did not go unnoticed today. So I did get one more week at 1200 calories, only because she could see the sunburn and big blisters on my heels. But next week it will be back up to 1500 calories a day and there it will stay until after my race. She also doesn't think I'm getting enough water. I truly think I'm drinking my eight 8oz glasses a day, but she wonders if I need more because of all the activity I"m doing. I don't feel dehydrated, but then that's not say much is it? So this week I will work on eating more calories and drinking more water. On the positive side the program introduced and brought back different food items this week. Not that I was getting bored with the food choices or anything. But I can say I definitely knew which ones I liked and which ones were just okay. They did take some other food items off the list to make room for the new ones, but that's okay. Getting to taste new foods is good. I'm looking forward to Sunday morning and cinnamon rolls for breakfast!
That's it for this week, I work this weekend so it will be a little bit longer than a week for my next weigh in. Until next time, keep moving! ~ Darcy
I'm getting excited about going home in June. I think I want a pair of Ruby Slippers!
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