I gained this week. I’m back up to 137. I had a large breakfast and I feel very full and content. The constant eating thing has passed. I know I need more food with the exercise. I’ve read Smart Exercise by Covet Bailey and exercise burns more than the calories needed at the time of exercise. There is repair, glycogen replenishing, the extra digestive needs for the most food needs, more energy needed because of more calories burned by fidgeting, etc.
His chart estimates that a woman doing an hour or more of exercise a day needs between 2500 and 3000 calories a day. Even if I don’t need that many, I need more than I did when I was only lifting weights twice a week. According to my estimates of my cardio using SP and adding the weight training another 1200 calories easy a week, I burn between 5000 and 6000 calories working out.
Anyway, I’m using a training plan from Runner’s World to build up to an hour a day (one or two of my runs a week). If I do four runs a week, I’ll probably do two long runs and two 30 minute runs after I start adding time. If I do only three, I’ll do one long run and two short. I hope to add more time next week end (June 6 and 7th).
This weekend, I hope to do my first 5K. I have this fear of racing. I panicked when I tried to race when I was a teen. I know that is 30 years ago, but I still am afraid. I tell myself it’s easy. I timed myself in the neighborhood and I should be able to run it in less than 25 minutes. I looked at the times of runners in local races of my age group and if I can run at that pace which I doubt, I would place.
I hate my stupid fear. I’m not going to try to place. It’s my first race and all I want to do is run. My goal is to run the whole thing without panicking, without running too fast. I only want to finish and feel good. I’m still debating if I should bring my Ipod. I’m going to walk to it so I won’t have any place to store anything that I take with me.
