One Of Many Reasons To Give Up Alcohol When Training...

I decided to go out with friends on Friday night and tied one on... I mean, really tied one on... and it took me all day Saturday to recover. Friends and going out and dancing, these things are awesome. Alcohol, however, is evil!

Training:

Friday was a rest day so I blissfully rested. Check.

Saturday was supposed to be my long slow distance run of 4 miles. That didn't happen.

Sunday (today) is supposed to be a cross-training day but I think my long run is more important so cross-training is cancelled and I'm planning to get in my 4 mile run today.

Nutrition:

Friday, I ate well and had 200-300 calories to go for the day before I went out with my friends. I planned on 2-3 beers which would put me just over my calorie goal. I didn't plan on multiple drinks involving vodka. This put me over 2,000 calories and that's just a guess. Way too high. Ugh.

Saturday, well, I could hardly eat due to consuming way too much vodka the night before. I didn't track my food but I estimate around 500 calories. Way too low. Ugh.

Sunday, today, will be a better day. I'm already off to a good start with my egg white and veggie omelet and whole wheat bread.

It sucks to have to come here and be accountable for acting like a girl who just turned 21. I know better. Drinking too much is stupid. Especially for someone on medications for heart disease. And alcohol is a toxin after all. It has no nutritional value. It wrecks my training, it works against weight loss, it made me lose an entire day. It was totally not worth it. But it's done. Lesson learned and put behind me.

No more alcohol until after my 15k.

It's officially one week since I've started documenting this journey and I lost 2.6 pounds this week. This is a much higher number than the "calorie math" predicted; but it's not unexpected. The first week of making changes (or getting back on program in my case) usually comes with a substantial loss. In fact, have been maintaining this lower weight for the past 3-4 days, which goes to show, it was the "shock" of the changes that prompted the loss and now my body is maintaining. Of course, it's nice to see such a big number to get me started; but from here on out, I expect to have that loss in a month... not a week!

UPDATE

Training completed!

4.3 mile long, slow distance run
Time: 56:59
Pace: 4.51mph or 13:19 minute/mile
Calories Burned: 350

Felt GREAT! This is only the second time I've ever run so far! 4 miles! Wowsa! It was a beautiful, sunny, cool day and I am sure that helped. I also lucked out and picked a route with some good level sidewalks in places and low traffic for when I was running in the street. This run was a little hard at times. At 2 miles, as usual, it got a bit hard cardiovascularly... but I pushed through. Towards the end my shins were feeling it... but overall, this was not a hard run. I'm amazed that I can feel so good after running 4.3 miles. I'm very pleased with myself today.

Nutrition:
Calories: 1.446 (under)
Carbs: 222g (over)
Protein: 95g (over)
Fat: 28g (under)
Sat Fat: 9g (under)
Sodium: 2,200mg (under)
Cholesterol: 94mg (under)