I hate running. But I hate being overweight even more. So I run and walk and have been now watching what I eat more closely. I ran a bunch and on a regular basis last year and between that and farming, I didn’t watch what I ate because I didn’t have too.
I twisted my ankle the week the lambs were delivered to their new home in late September and between being in active and continuing to love my diet of whole milk, cream, butter type foods, I managed to put on 20 pounds over the winter.
My friend Lucy is in so much better shape then me and she eats a lower dairy fat diet. I didn’t admit it to her then, but our visit at the lake and seeing photos of me in a bathing suit was enough to get my act together.
I have been walking with Lili for a while and we can do a comfortable 5-8 miles, but not always having the time, good old fashioned running is what I gotta do. I found this website called sparkpeople that lets you put the weight you want to loose, along with the time you want to loose it and then add your exercise, you end up with a calorie range to eat each day to lose weight in a reasonable way. I get 1200-1500 calories a day with 30 minutes of walking exercise 3x a week to loose 20 pounds by the end of November.
The first week, nothing happened on the scale, but I became more aware of what I was eating and when I was eating it. Last week went better and I seem to be losing. YEAH. Bub says I look better, but he is required to say that due the fine print in the marriage contract.
The point of this is that I managed 3 miles, from Campbells Corners, to the Four Corners to just below Connies Kitchen in about 30 minutes. I also got caught in the pouring rain and bailed when the lighting began. I looked so pathetic, that getting a ride to my in-laws on Stagehouse Road was a snap. But I booked it, up block house hill which is a nasty long grind of a hill, and up the hill by the Four Corners.
It was pretty ugly, and I am not sure if I can really call it running, lumbering maybe, and running sucks, but I did it anyhow. Thank you Miss Lucy for the inspiration.
