So, I managed to go 4.20 miles (round trip) in 43 minutes (with a break at the Exxon to urinate). You have to love Map Quest for things like this lol My husband asked how I knew I went 4.2 miles, well I Map Quested it of course:
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. She is 6'2" and I am 5'5.5" and her legs are just so much longer than mine. Her sprint is wider and I find myself running to keep up instead of jogging which means we both end up walking a lot more than I did today. Even so, I hope she gets better soon so I don't have to run all alone (although I am faster that way 
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So Nikki's "bad shrimp" belly ache wasn't really shrimp after all and we ended up in the Northside ER from 1030 PM until 430 AM when they transferred us to Johnson City Medical Center in order for Nikki to see a surgeon. Turns out Nik had a bowel obstruction that required emergency surgery and a 3 day hospital stay. I spent most of the week (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday) in and out of the hospital, Thursday I ran errands and Friday we had an all day field trip with Connor and the girls. Today is Saturday and although Nikki is still out for the count I am going to jog, alone, when Jeremy gets home.
Since July 19th I've lost 24.6 lbs and I would hate to stop exercising now that I have started and was keeping it consistent. I'm giving myself until January 1st to find myself in 
and in order to do so I have to lose 14.6 pounds in 12 weeks. That seems a plausible goal even if I'm not working out and simply watching my diet, BUT I hope to surpass my goal when those 12 weeks are up and in order to do that I need to get back on that proverbial horse and start trotting again.
Good luck to the rest of you in journal land..... Even if you've missed a day or two or 6, all you have to do is lace up your shoes and get moving! I know you can do it and so will I ☺
Oh and of chunky butt women also....
Nikki and I went out again today to jog. We tried Indian Trail's track today because Science Hill's track was quite busy and I am simply not that "all eyes on me," especially in yoga pants (although, my husband did say my behind was looking tight lmao). 1/4 of a mile into our jog and the most unthinkable thing that could happen to a woman with DDD breasts happened..... Did you guess? That's right, my bra strap broke.
Now I don't know how many DDD readers there are out there, but trust me running with only the support of a tight sports bra is near to impossible. I always always wear an everyday bra under my sports bra because it offers the support I need and today my support was non-existent. Every time I tried to break into a jog I almost knocked myself out, it was not a pretty sight (Nikki was thinking the men might think it was).
We did manage to walk about 2 1/2 miles before the temperature dropped, but that was it for today. Tomorrow Nik is supposed to come by after she takes Daric to his dental appointment or around 10 am which ever comes first. I think we will go back to Science Hill, it has a red rubbery track material and Indian Trail has a hard asphalt track.... Nikki may have been right about the better place to jog lol
So it has come to the point in my day that I realize I haven't eaten yet and probably should, but I am not hungry. Right now I'm sitting here forcing myself to eat a banana and drink this protein shake while looking up the truths (and falsities) about starvation mode.
I've always been curious about this "mode" and the amount of fear it puts into people attempting to circumvent a plateau. Most diets are based on calorie restriction. There are 600 calorie liquid diets that doctors place patients on. Gastric bypass patients being their journey restricted to about 9 oz of liquid a day (for quite a while) and sure their hair falls out from the lack of protein they are able to consume, but they lose the weight. That is after all the whole purpose of having major surgery to decrease stomach size, calorie restriction. Anorexic/ bulimic girls lose weight on this premise - Thou shall count calories and restrict intake accordingly, (I do not condone any eating disorder just using it as an example) and yet people spout that if you restrict your intake too drastically your body will go into starvation mode and you will stop losing. I believe this to be a falsehood, I mean no one who ever died from malnutrition did so overweight.
Much of what I've read shows that restricting calories leads to a longer healthier life in the long run. Now when I say restricting calories I do not mean omitting them all together, I simply mean reducing caloric intake by 500 calories or those who's caloric intake are below 1000 day.
That being said, there are negative changes I believe your body does actually incur do to prolonged calorie restrictions. It has been proven that greatly restricting calories can cause lean muscle depletion, hair loss and can lead to inadequate nutrition. Many people who suffer with eating disorders are hospitalized due to heart problems caused by lack of proper nutrition and the strain it puts on ones body.
Personally I don't see myself going weeks without eating, but a day or two of fasting or forgetting to eat (whatever) isn't going to cause my body to stall or attack itself and I don't think I'll slip into any mode, starvation or other.
If the poor overweight jogger only knew how far he had to run to work off the calories in a crust of bread he might find it better in terms of pound per mile to go to a massage parlor. ~Christiaan Barnard
Nikki (a friend of mine here in JC) and I went to the high school track today, finally! We've been trying for more than two months now to meet up and something always got in the way; children, volunteering, doctors appointments, life but today we made it out.
Since today was our first official "jogging day" we would run 1/8 of a mile and walk 1/8 of a mile, that pattern actually got us moving 1/4 mile in 3.15 min. Since we were on the track for 1 hour it calculates to 60 min /3.15 min = 19.04 (quarter laps)/4 (laps in a mile) = 4.76 miles in 1 hour which = 12.6 min per mile!
I am quite excited that we are so close to a 12 min mile! The presidents standards for a 17 year old girl is a 10 min mile, so we really aren't far off, especially for a couple of almost 30 yr old house moms who are only starting a jogging routine now.
I am hoping to be able to run the entire 1/4 mile by the end of the week and go from there. Although, I need to remember to bring my emergency inhaler because I did have a minute in the beginning where I thought I might need it.
Fingers crossed we will be able to stick with it and make it to a 10 min mile shortly.
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Calories burned: running 12 min/mile (5mph) : 1hr : 623 cal : 4.76 miles
