Dear James, Daniel and Emily
Another healthy 4+ miles. Felt real good and strong. I guess the side product of breaking new milestones like 7.5 miles on Sunday, and marking 1200 + miles overall make a morning 4 miler seem easy. It's just all part of the overall progress I have made.
Another way to mark it is when you see someone you haven't see in a while, particularly someone who knew you at your heaviest. And have them remark over and over about how good you look, and show amazement about how much weight you lost. That happened to me over the weekend and I am still feeling the glow.
On another point, I seem to have developed a kind of internal appetite governor, for lack of a better term. I know that I have put some weight back on, and have been having trouble getting my appetite back in control. Well over the past week, culminating this last weekend, I was starting to develop stomach pains again. Kind of like the ones I associate with the dreaded stomach obstruction incident of last year. So I had to start easing back, and then over the weekend did a kind of purge, really limiting myself to some very limited meals, and making certain to drink plenty of fluids. As a result the pain eased off.
The lesson I am taking away from that is that was my body's way of telling me that it couldn't handle the increased weight and intake. So, I sensibly listened, and the pain eased off, and hopefully some the extra weight will start to come off as well. It was a bit of a revelation, but something I can take to heart. My body just cannot handle that much weight any more. So I have to maintain my vigilance, keep up the running, and listen to my internal signals and I should be okay.
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