Self Motivation

Once again, I've lost it. The stress of buying a house and a lot of new wells being drilled at work led to me being busy and making excuses for my poor eating habits. Weekend before last, I was up till 430AM drinking with my friends... it's funny how you invite one friend over to "break in the new house" and it ends up being a drunk beer-pong-palooza! Then this past weekend was a family reunion out of town which = 7 hrs in a pool drinking beer then heading out to a bar for 2 more hours of drinking.... WHOOOO WHEE I did not make any good food decisions in that time haha. 

Lemme be clear: I DO NOT REGRET ANYTHING. But now it's time to get back on track! My lowest weight ever was 164 I believe and I am now 180 :( But hey, my fault & no one else's!! I officially have a muffin top again so getting rid of that is my main priority!

I begin marathon training August 5th, so I've collected a couple of motivational posters to keep me going. 

I'm currently training to maintain a long distance of around 8 miles, because according to the marathon training plan I chose (think I posted it a few blogs back), my first long run is 8 miles. That's also the week of my 25th birthday so I may actually skip that long run all together but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!

My diet is the main thing I am working on right now. I'm not doing a whole30 again but I am being pretty strict. I am eating grains (steel-cut oats, quinoa, gluten-free English muffins..) and dairy (mainly Greek yogurt) but the majority is natural & not processed. 

My only concern is the HEAT! I feel like I'm running in a convection oven, for real. May 29 I ran 6 miles at a 10:15/ mile pace. Last week I was 11:14/ mile. It's like running with a garbage bag over your face & body; the wind barely even feels good. But the actual marathon is in December so I doubt I have much to worry about!