I’m down two pounds, undoing the evil of last week.  I feel good about that because I’ve been trying hard to control how much I eat, when and why I eat, as well as what I eat.  Eating six bananas is significantly less harmful than eating six Girl Scout cookies.  I forgot how hard it is sometimes to justify waiting, or “taking one for the team.”  There are times when healthy options are not available to me, and I have to get over the fact that perfection is not exactly obtainable.  It’s a hard lesson to learn.  Now that I’ve lost so much weight and I don’t have that much more to go (53 pounds), I’ve been focusing on making healthier choices instead of keeping weight-loss as a prime goal.  Hopefully better food picking and the running will prove just as helpful as my previous methods.

I started running last week, and so far my average mile time is: 14 minutes and 18 seconds.  I’m told this is a normal average, which pleases me since I haven’t run ever in my life (except to catch the Q17, which I ALWAYS miss).  Each week I should be running at least one day, so I’ll have a new average to show you guys.  Think I can get it down to 11 minutes by the end of the summer?  I have no idea how realistic/unrealistic a goal that is.  I know zero about the art of running.  Someone with more knowledge tell me if it’s possible!