5:38 AM. Left the house at 5:15 AM.

I have a 4H problem: Heat, Hills, Humidity, Hydration

But only 10 minutes??? C'mon, Cindy. What an embarrasment to the outdoor running community.

I feel like a failure.

Looks like I'll be getting up EVERYDAY at 5AM to acclimate myself to outdoor running.



Update: I'm still feeling kind of down on myself. I put on my size 16 slacks this morning and I was going to wear them to work to make myself feel better. I decided I wanted to wear the baggy 20's with the baggy 22/24 top. They feel like pajamas. I want to be back in bed.

This morning was an educational experience. I will do things a bit differently tomorrow morning. For starters, I am going to run DOWN the steep hill and UP the gradual hill, instead of the other way around (Duh). I am going to put a bottle of water on the sidewalk in front of my house so I don't get dehydrated. And I am going to hope the heat and humidity have peaked and that it won't be so bad as I get farther into this. Perhaps I should eat frist, too.

Tomorrow's outside goal: 15 Minutes. Then my regularly scheduled run at the gym a little later with my family.

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Today was a bit of a test in the food department. The company made lunch for us today and I asked if someone could cook my fish if I brought some. They agreed so I brought a salad (no dressing) and a salmon steak that I added pepper and olive oil to. I added the cooked fish to my salad and it was quite yummy. I was VERY full.

So, back to the test. I love ice cream and they had an assortment of ice cream treats to select from after lunch. I looked at every one of them, read the labels, decided I was full and didn't want it (even though I have TONS of calories left for today) and walked away.

Someone just came back around a few minutes ago peddling them again, and I declined again. He said "c'mon, they are only 140 calories and 4 g of fat, you can afford to have one after eating that healthy lunch! You need to lighten up every once and a while and step out of your diet.

Poor guy, I kind of went off on him how I am not on a diet and I'm not hungry, that he has no idea how many calories I have eaten today, and that it was guys like him who try to convince people like me that just this once won't hurt when just this once adds up to all day long. He is always giving me a hard time about the food I eat. And he is a thin, healthy, running, weight training type, too.



When I got home, my hubby gave me a hug and said oh my gosh, you feel a lot smaller today! I sooo needed to hear that today.