Marathon Melissa

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 12/08/2007
• Time: 19:30:00
• Total Time: 00:57:00.00

I had all intentions of running this evening - little did I know that my gym closes at 7 p.m. on Saturdays.  I usually go in the morning and never pay attention to the operating hours.

So, instead I did 57 minutes of the Accelerated Body Sculpting Pilates video I have (Mari Winsor’s).  I feel like it’s more about strength than flexibility, but I guess it can be considered both.  I posted it under strength, maybe next time I’ll split it.

My abs and but feel pretty tight right now.  This is going to sound really…shallow…I felt so chubby when I was doing pilates!  I kept trying to say mean things to myself about my thighs or whatever else I thought looked pretty gross.  I did my best to block it out, but why do our minds tell us to be so mean to ourselves?  I would never say the things I say to myself (in my head) to, or about anyone else (maybe if they were really mean to me and I was super mad, but I don’t even know about that!).

Anyway, pilates doesn’t give me that “AHHHH” feeling once I’m finished.  I don’t feel any better about myself for sure.  We all have those days I guess.  Ewww!  I am happy I didn’t just lay around and watch tv though, so it’s not all bad.

I’ve been wanting to shed even more weight - and I’m worried that the South Beach diet might not go very well with my running.  I had a friend who did it and she was just fine except for the first few days.  Anybody have any success/horror stories or suggestions for me?  I know fad diets are a no no - but I need to do something before my mind starts beating me up physically instead of just mentally!

So, tomorrow I’ll probably have details of my 6 mile run.