Ok so today I really did take it easy. I am starting to worry about my upcoming 16 mile run on Saturday so I figured this was the day to let myself coast a bit. It was a nice run and I started a new book which is exciting. I decided on Tina Fey's new memoir called "Bossy Pants". She is definitely one of my heros and never fails to make me laugh. I figured this would give me an easy-breezy running experience. It delivered.
This week I have noticed my weight is really starting to drop fast. It is as if my metabolism just slid up a notch or 2. This is an entirely NEW experience for me. All of my life I have struggled with such a slow metabolism that I could gain weight with 1 piece of bread. I have always dreamed of being able to eat whatever I want and not gain weight. Looks like all it takes is running over 30 miles a week! Who knew? I am not quite ready to add a bag of Dorritos to my weekly shopping list though. I am now having to face certain realities about my love/hate relationship with food. Even though I am winning the battle of the calorie burn, I am very hesitant to stuff my face. I have worked so hard to clean up my diet over the past few years that I do not want to slip into unhealthy habits. There might come a day when I cannot run this much or I choose not to run this much and I do not want to have to dig myself out of a junk food haze. For me it is all or nothing, I am either a finely tuned health machine or I am a slug.
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