There was a lot of stuff going on after work tonight. Since I'm done making excuses I decided to run after dark. I thought about driving to the track but didn't want to so I decided to try a new route, in an effort to avoid being bitten by dogs.
I started out heading down the dirt road at the edge of town. There were no street lights and a decent sized bark was coming from a block or two down the road so I turned and ran the opposite direction. I made it all the way through town and started to head out in the country when I heard a train coming. As I did I thought I saw the glare from eyeballs in the weeds beside the road.
My first thought was I didn't have any lights shining so it must be a reflection off something else. As the train started to pass I noticed the glare start bouncing towards me. Right then I realized I was about to get trampled by a deer. He saw me at the same time. He did a 180 and headed back towards the train. I didn't hear a splat, maybe he turned before he ran into it.
I decided that was a close enough call for this evening and ran back into town. I thought about running into town but each street that I went past I remembered a dog that wanted to eat me from a couple years ago. Me running in town after dark is a bad idea. Even in the daylight, it's still risky. I see other people running all the time. Do dogs not raise their hackles and run at them.
I followed the same route back to the house glad I didn't get trampled or chewed on. I may take a walk tomorrow to find a route without dogs. The bad thing is that may not work since a lot of dogs are not on leashes or fenced up and the ones that are fenced up can easily jump the fence. I've had dogs come at me from 2 blocks away.
If mace was less expensive I would carry and use it each time I ran.
While I was running I had my running app going. It tracked my route and kept track of my pace and my mileage. I ran 1.25 miles. It says I burned 200 calories.
When I got into the house I decided to do some research to see how many calories I need to burn to lose the weight I want to lose.
It was a little discouraging to see that you should not try to lose more than 2 pounds a week. I also figured my BMR and how many calories I need to burn to lose the 2 pounds per week.
From the calculations I would have to stop eating completely and run 10 miles per day. Maybe I figured that up wrong. It was alarming to calculate how many calories I consume per day.
Today was a light day and I consumed close to 2500 calories. Most days I would not be surprised if my calorie intake was closer to 6000. I didn't eat supper and I ate a light lunch. Plus I drank water all day. Water is my normal fluid choice.
I do eat breakfast every morning as that is supposed to start your metabolism process earlier.
If I run/walk 5 miles per day and watch my calorie intake so that I stay around 2500 calories I should be able lose 2 pounds per week. That would be 8 pounds in 4 weeks. That's a little shy of 10 or even 12 pounds. With that much exercise my BMR should increase possibly help me get to my goal weight of 210 pounds in 4 weeks.
6000 calaories a day seems like a lot -- certainly something that can be managed. In my earlier days I concentrated mostly on the quality of what I ate -- substituting raw veggies for snacks, staying away from fatty foods. If you are eating in a healthy manner and exercising, weight should start adjusting.
ReplyDeleteI always loved to eat and could never "diet" where I was eating little. By subbing in low fat, high fiber foods, I would have to wait some time before it all kicked in. Then once it did -- boom, the pounds melted off.
Thanks lightning, I will be subbing some good foods for some of the bad ones now that I have paid attention to the nutritional details.
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