1st Run of the Season… Glorious! and a little more…

I decided that while Jaimee was at Play School this morning I’d take advantage of my alone time and go for a run.  I haven’t run outside since November at the Turkey Trot.  I was a little nervous being just 5 weeks post surgery but I’ve kept up on my daily workouts only missing the actual day of surgery so I knew I could run but I wasn’t sure how slow I might be.  I was pleasantly surprised!  I ran a 5K (3.2 miles) in 33 min 30 sec.  Not fast but definitely not slow. My best 5k time is 29 min 50 sec last June.  I was so pleased with myself.  My best pace was 8min 30 sec mile but I averaged about an 10 min 40 sec mile.  Not too shabby for my first run of the season! The temperature was 40 degrees with a light southerly wind. I feel so ALIVE!!!

On another note I’ve been counting calories and drinking water like crazy (12-15 cups a day) for the past week and boy has it paid off.  I feel like my old self again after 3 months of being out of balance. I had to step on the scale several times this morning. 183.6 lbs!  I want to stay between 175 and 180 permanently so I am almost there again. YEAH!!! I took a few pictures to document my success and to show myself that I am still reaching goals and that my body still looks great. ( It’s crazy but I still have days were I feel big and not very happy with how I look.)

I purposefully choose to wear the same clothes that I wore in my title picture of the blog when I was at my lowest weight (174.6 lbs) to compare and I am so pleased with how they turned out. My shirt and jeans are actually a little loser,  hummmm maybe I have been building muscle!