I am officially signed up for my next "race" after the half! :)
There is a 5K I'm doing just for fun this coming Saturday. It is actually the Coastal NC Run for Autism, and I am super excited about supporting the cause!!! It will be fun to get back out there with a bunch of people and put a number on, but mostly I am doing it for a couple friends (one of whom I recently met, who has autism). It will be a great day to get and run, as long as the weather holds out!!
Funnily enough, I was "inadvertently" involved in a 5K this past Saturday morning. Running clockwise around Halyburton Park at 8am, enjoying the peace and quiet, I all of a sudden found myself facing a hoard of runners entering the trail through a side entrance from the road, coming straight at me! They all had numbers on their shirts, so I knew it was a race. Dodging and weaving around me, they flew by and left me just as suddenly back to the woodsy trail, alone again except for a few spider webs. Turns out it was a 5K for the hospital that I had no idea was going on… See, there are runs everywhere you look this time of year! And you can apparently be part of them whether you sign up or not! ;)
Well, once again I forgot to get a picture on Sunday, which marked Week 2 for me on the Body By Vi Challenge. I think I'm going to give up on the pics (haha), but I can report to having lost another pound in my second week! Yes, only 1 pound down last week... but as long as it's going down. I didn't expect to lose as much as I did my first week, which was 6 pounds, but losing is losing. I'm happy!
I have noticed that it will be difficult to continue running as much as I was while on two shakes a day. (In fact, I don't know if I should be doing two shakes as meal replacements while exercising strenuously.) There are days when I simply don't feel like I have the fuel to get out and do a 4-miler (don't worry; I am definitely getting at least the recommended 1,200 calories/day—not starving myself here!). So I am either going to stick with two shakes a day and cut back on running a bit until I reach my goal weight, or I am going to simply do one shake a day on the days that I run. Then once that goal weight is achieved, you better believe I'm going to pick up running more regularly again (and with one shake a day)… to maintain that weight but also because I love it!
The shakes are extremely simple—but it's not always "easy." I guess that's why it's called a "challenge"! The thing to know is that there simply are no "quick and easy" fixes. You have to put the effort in to get results. The shakes are really yummy, convenient, and nutritious. But two shakes a day as meal replacements will take a little will power and determination—at least until your stomach "shrinks" as it gets used to not putting in as much. Overall, I am extremely pleased with them. They have been a great and very doable way for me to lose weight, get better nutrition, and stay in shape! Simply put, it will always take effort on your part to meet any program or product halfway—that's when you see results. Nothing is going to do it "for" you!
Looking forward to a fun race this weekend... Let me know if you're in Wilmington and want to sign up!
I have noticed that it will be difficult to continue running as much as I was while on two shakes a day. (In fact, I don't know if I should be doing two shakes as meal replacements while exercising strenuously.) There are days when I simply don't feel like I have the fuel to get out and do a 4-miler (don't worry; I am definitely getting at least the recommended 1,200 calories/day—not starving myself here!). So I am either going to stick with two shakes a day and cut back on running a bit until I reach my goal weight, or I am going to simply do one shake a day on the days that I run. Then once that goal weight is achieved, you better believe I'm going to pick up running more regularly again (and with one shake a day)… to maintain that weight but also because I love it!
The shakes are extremely simple—but it's not always "easy." I guess that's why it's called a "challenge"! The thing to know is that there simply are no "quick and easy" fixes. You have to put the effort in to get results. The shakes are really yummy, convenient, and nutritious. But two shakes a day as meal replacements will take a little will power and determination—at least until your stomach "shrinks" as it gets used to not putting in as much. Overall, I am extremely pleased with them. They have been a great and very doable way for me to lose weight, get better nutrition, and stay in shape! Simply put, it will always take effort on your part to meet any program or product halfway—that's when you see results. Nothing is going to do it "for" you!
Looking forward to a fun race this weekend... Let me know if you're in Wilmington and want to sign up!
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