Reality Check

Last Sunday morning was the moment of truth... the moment I had been dreading but knew I had to face... I stepped on the scale!  It wasn't pretty.  Not pretty at all.  But it is what it is.  They say grief is heavy.  All I know is that my eating for about six weeks was horrific.  I knew it and couldn't seem to stop it.  It didn't help that we didn't have a scale in Hawaii to confirm what I knew.

So it was back to basics this week.  Tracking every bite, every day.  It's a tedious task, but it works!  As of this morning, my scale said I was down 3 pounds.  I've still got a ways to go, it's amazing how much damage can occur in six weeks!  I have weighed more (much more!), so I know I can do this. 

I struggled with jetlag early in the week, but still managed some good runs:

Sunday - Ran 5.16 in 1:02:21, 12:05 pace.
Found some hills!  Actually, I don't have to look far to find hills here.

Monday - Rest
The real problem with jetlag is bedtime.  10:00 p.m. California time is 7:00 p.m. Hawaii time.  I had trouble going to sleep the night before and could not get up in the morning.

Tuesday - Rest
See Monday.

Wednesday - Ran 6 miles in 1:10:10, 11:42 pace
I was a little shocked when I stepped out the door to 46 degrees! 

Thursday - Ran 5.59 miles in 1:15:37, 13:31 pace
This was my hilliest and windiest run of the week. Santa Ana winds in April is very unusual, but that's what we had.

Friday - Rest
After two days of hills my legs were really feeling it.

Saturday - Ran 9.01 miles in 1:40:07, 11:07 pace
Windy again, but I pressed through.  My pace was at 11:20 at the 7 mile mark, so I really pushed to drop my average. 
It was 69 degrees when I got up, it's currently 75 with 24% humidity.  Big change from Honolulu!

Total 29.76 miles