I’m coming down of my weigh-in high. Next week’s weigh-in is going to  be tough for me—I know it’s not going to be as much and while I hope that it’s still a negative loss, I know I’ll compare it to this week and think that it’s not good enough.

Sounds like a personal problem. I know. But in order to help the weight loss along and train for the half marathon in March, I am trying to get better about doing some speedwork with my runs. I did a great workout from Carrots ‘N Cake last week and this week she posted another great opportunity to get some speed in!!!

Again, I did need to modify it because I’m not as speedy as she is but it was still challenging and a great workout. I also needed to do a few more intervals to get to the 3.5 miles on my training plan—when I do this workout again I’ll just add more of them to the beginning.

Here’s how I adapted her “Run 200 walk 2 minutes x 10” intervals (12 for me, plus a sprint at the end):

1- 7.0 MPH
2-7.1 MPH
3-7.2 MPH
4-7.3 MPH
5-7.4 MPH
6-7.5MPH
7-7.5 MPH
8-7.5 MPH
9-7.5 MPH
10-7.5 MPH
11-7.0 MPH
12-7.1 MPH 

I really liked this workout since you get to walk for 2 minutes after every hard interval, plus it was challenging!

Also, I failed at the no nuts thing. I ate less, but didn’t cut them out all together. Oh well!

Daily Eats

Breakfast
1 cup skim milk
Decaf Coffee
6 TBS egg beaters

Snack
1 low fat cheese stick

Lunch 
Leftover flank steak over romaine lettuce with feta cheese and balsamic
Leftover brussell sprouts 
Sugar free jello

Snack
1 ounce low fat cheddar
5 slices deli turkey

Dinner
Leftover turkey burger with feta
Fudge pop!
1 TBS peanut butter
Handful peanuts

Not too shabby! I’ll take it!

Stay tuned—I’m making curry tonight for the first time so look for the recipe!