41 Days and counting!

Wow! It's only 41 until Umstead! I'm losing a battle with a cold that seems to have settled in my chest forcing me to take a few more days off. It's a little unsettling but I'm trying to keep everything in perspective and not worry too much. My only goal at Umstead is to finish and I should be able to do that if I can just keep the mental thing going. I'm going to try to do more cross-training and get stronger that way. It seems that maybe too much running and not enough of anything else is not the way for me to go. I really enjoy working out at the club and hope that will get me through. I've been getting much more consistent with the weight training as well as spinning and I think that will be good for me. It's really fun and a nice break. I really need to keep this whole running thing fun. When it stops being fun, it's time to look to something else so hopefully by breaking it up with cross-training, I'll keep it fresh.
I've been really watching what I eat since I got back from Rocky and have lost about 5 pounds so I'm very optimistic about that. I guess it is true that calories do matter. In order to lose weight you really do have to count every bite, or at least I do. I decided to use the Weight Watcher website, as it seems the simplest and I just keep track of points. I know what foods to eat so I'm eating well but am very conscious of the quantity and believe me, in order to see results, the quantity really makes a difference. I look at everything now as "how many points" and am able to control my portions and make more careful decisions. I've eliminated most of the snacks in the house as I'd gotten hooked on the 100 calorie stuff and even though they're only 100 calories, they weren't the best choice and count as 2 points! Not worth that! I'm hopefully that by Umstead, I'll be down another 10 pounds and I think that will really help me mentally as well as psychically. It's a pain to not be able to eat whatever I want but I want to be at goal more than I want that "stuff"!
Off I go to get on with my day! I'm feeling a little better and hope to get out this afternoon. Hopefully I'll be able to run tomorrow, if not outside, at least at the club for a few on the treadmill. Out!