week 5 down, 12 to go...Today I can say I am ready

I took my running to the streets this past week. It was an interesting  experience to say the least. I thought I was running for 15 minutes and when I stopped to check it was a 1/2 mile later and only 5 minutes had passed.  I didn't have ear buds in so perhaps the time would have felt differently if I had something other than my footsteps, erratic breathing, the birds and  the cars to listen to. I stopped and inhaled the beautiful view of Carmel Valley before I returned, knowing it was going to only take me 5 minutes! Next time I will be better prepared with a song list and won't wonder about the time or distance, as Bo says, "just run".

This week I was thinking about how I haven't written much about food or my weight. My focus is not on losing weight but on gaining perspective. The pounds are dropping but according to Bo not as much as he expected.   He was not happy with my weight loss. I was.  Well, I wouldn't say I was happy with it, but I was fine with it. I got a hard lecture on sticking to a 'food plan', when I would say I stuck with it at least 80% of the time.- I wasn't too upset about his lecture, I mean he had many valid points. I was not going to try to excuse myself away I simply said it's about perspective. Yes he was upset I ate our Friday night pizza, but I informed him I had 1 piece, not 3 like I would have before. Yes, I ate that snack bag of doritos, but it was only like 25 chips and 150 calories! -- which I savored every second of! and that Justin's dark chocolate peanut butter cup is organic!----

 The large eye opener for me this week was the new relationship I have with food. I cant explain it, or even know how it came about. I actually enjoy most meals, because they are  either healthy or they are tasty and low calorie, sometimes they are both!  Years ago when I joined overeaters anonymous I was proud of myself for being able to order an ice cream cone from Mc Ds for my children and not have one myself.  Last month I went thru the Mc Ds drive thru and hard as it was to by pass the sausage mcmuffin I opted for the yogurt parfait instead.  Today, I can order my children anything, anywhere and I won't crave the same fast food crap, and I certainly dont desire to eat crap!

So yesterday, with Bo disappointed in the ## of pounds lost he decided to have me run a 5k @4.5 mph. I had no doubt I could do it. When I began training with Bo he said I would be running a 5k well before the actual 5k run, I thought that made sense.    When he told me the plan at session #5 that I would be running 1 mile under 15 minutes I didn't think it was possible, I felt I wasnt ready, but it happened. Five weeks (and 9 sessions later) I can say I am ready to run a 5k. (not how I envision it but nonetheless I can do it!) --- I am NOT ready to end training with Bo and I am ready to  continue to improve my perspective while increasing both my weight loss and my running time!---

@ Torrey Pines