{"id":3258,"date":"2015-07-13T16:06:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3258"},"modified":"2015-07-13T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T21:06:36","slug":"the-struggle-is-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=3258","title":{"rendered":"The Struggle Is Real"},"content":{"rendered":"

*This really is about Paxton. \u00a0Patience.*<\/p>\n

Lately I’ve been struggling with my nutrition. \u00a0No matter how much I’m eating, I still seem to be dropping a little bit of weight each week.<\/p>\n

Not that I mind! \u00a0Don’t get me wrong! \u00a0In all honesty, though, there’s not a whole lot left of me that I really should lose. \u00a0Therein lies the rub.<\/p>\n

I log my food on MFP every day. \u00a0A day like today, I logged what I ate and the calories were surprisingly low. \u00a0Not enough. \u00a0I’m drinking a ton and I cannot drink a lot and eat a lot. \u00a0There has to be some give\/take.<\/p>\n

I think the problem lies in the heat\/humidity of Mississippi.<\/p>\n

This morning I only had to run 7 miles. \u00a0Now granted, that was a tempo run so I was gutting it out for most of those miles and when I was done, I was astounded to discover that I had lost 4 pounds!!! \u00a0That run only took me 1:18. \u00a0That is a heckofa lot of weight to drop in that amount of time.<\/p>\n

I have been tracking the heat\/humidity on all of my runs this summer. \u00a0I have also been weighing before and after my runs this summer. \u00a0I don’t want to go into a run dehydrated. \u00a0I try very hard to replace the fluids lost on a run before the next day’s run.<\/p>\n

I’m still losing!<\/p>\n

Now, show me a woman who doesn’t want to be thinner. \u00a0I mean, really!<\/p>\n

There is such a thing as “race weight” and I am pretty darned close to race weight. \u00a0The “Ideal Racing Weight Estimator \u00a0http:\/\/racingweight.com\/rwe\/index.html#\/ \u00a0says I only need to lose one more pound to be at racing weight. \u00a0The way I am going right now, that shouldn’t be a problem for The Berlin Marathon and the Marine Corps Marathon.<\/p>\n

I don’t know how I feel about this.<\/p>\n

Back in 2013, when I ran my first marathon, I weighed 130 lbs. \u00a0I had fought hard to get down to that weight. \u00a0Now, two years later, I’m at 105 lbs. \u00a0I’ve worked hard and should be pretty pleased with myself. \u00a0Instead, I find myself a little concerned.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve upped my calories.<\/p>\n

MyFitnessPal says for me to maintain my current weight, I should be eating 1200 calories a day. \u00a0Now, I’m eating 1400-1600 calories a day. \u00a0*Today is an exception. \u00a0It is so doggone hot, food is gross. \u00a0I’m just drinking…TONS!*<\/p>\n

After over 3 yrs on MFP and conditioning myself to 1200 calories a day, I’m having a difficult time wrapping my mind around the fact that presently I can eat more than that!<\/p>\n

Anyway…enough of all this nonsense.<\/p>\n

The title of this blog is, “The struggle is real.” \u00a0This was supposed to be about Paxton!!! \u00a0Hahaha!! \u00a0I sure did get sidetracked!<\/p>\n

A FB friend of mine posted a funny for me. \u00a0It is of dogs watching somebody eating. \u00a0Seeing as that exact same thing had happened during my lunch today AND I had taken a pic of it….well, it was providential that I should share.<\/p>\n

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I had a bacon cheeseburger for my lunch. \u00a0Paxton was watching intently. \u00a0You never know when a crumb might hit the ground! \u00a0HA!<\/p>\n

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*This really is about Paxton. \u00a0Patience.* Lately I’ve been struggling with my nutrition. \u00a0No matter how much I’m eating, I still seem to be dropping a little bit of weight each week. Not that I mind! \u00a0Don’t get me wrong! \u00a0In all honesty, though, there’s not a whole lot left of me that I really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8,5,3,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3258\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}