Day 2 - The Suffering

"I hated every minute of training,  but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."  You know who said that?  Muhammad (forkin) Ali!   I'm in the same boat Muhammad! I hate running, to me it's horrible.  It hurts the next day, in fact I woke up this morning after working out yesterday and I feel like a bus ran me over multiple times.   But I'm not quitting!  I got up, and did a quick run!

Yesterday during my workout, I was chatting with a lady that was there at Orange Theory (OT) and she was telling me that she has been working out since February (Impressed!). She also said she has not lost a single pound.  I was definitely shocked by that, so I asked her if she was also on a diet plan.  I always thought that if I worked out that I could eat what I wanted.  But in reality that isn't the case at all!  You have to eat right to compliment the hard work you are doing on the exercise front. 

Last time I went on this adventure I was on the paleo diet.  That did work out pretty well, but oh did I suffer on the eating part.  Paleo just sucks the life force out of me and crushes my hopes and dreams of eating anything that fuels my desires.  So I'm definitely trying something new this time around. 

Yesterday I started the Keto diet,  I have a good friend that is doing it and Jen started doing it and so I am jumping on this Keto band wagon.   I have to say day one was not too bad.  Look at this delicious morsel! I will say it tasted as good as it looks!  So I certainly have high hopes about less suffering during this diet!

Regardless,  I do know that I can't just eat whatever I want.  I have to care about what I put in my body.  If I over eat,  which is my Jam, then I'm counteracting all the exercising that I'm doing.  My really great friend Beth said to me that many people have this misconception that if you exercise, then you can intake more calories.  It is not true people!  So I need to stick to the schedule and care about my input.

But here it comes,  my big confession.  I am certainly going to break protocol here.  I looked up what type of alcohol I can have because I'm going to this thing and I really like to drink when I socialize.  It turns out that that Gin and Vodka are Keto friendly, but also not really "any diet friendly".  Here is why,  when your body breaks down alcohol and uses it for energy,  that is when you start feeling the effects of "the drink".  But that is also counter productive to what a diet is supposed to do.  If you are using a toxic substance to create energy you are no longer burning the fat that helps you lose weight! 

So now I have to make a choice!  Drink and socialize,  or don't drink and socialize.  I'll let you know how much I really cared about that topic tomorrow! LOL.

Today's Progress

For now, here is Today's progress.  I had a great run!  I got up at 7:00, and shook off all the suffering and pain and got suited up.  I took an interesting route and I kinda sorta got lost when on my run.  Mostly because I have zero sense of direction, and I had to use google maps to find my way back.  But in doing so, I found a really cool route that is a little hilly, but has a good balance of hills and flat so I can get an effective workout.  I'm not quite sure how far I ran today.  But I was running and a little walking for about 25 minutes.  Here is my splat report!  21 splat points, and 580 calories burned!  #PatSelfOnBack

I'm also excited that I've successfully stuck with it two days in a row.  It's hard to keep going.  Motivation is low, but like Green Latern I have to use will power to push through it.