I got beat by Tigger

Yeah, the fluffy cartoon character. Well, more specifically, some dude dressed up as Tigger beat me last night in my second 5k. Also, a lady and her dog, both dressed as Super Woman, and some old, fat guy wearing WAY too short American flag shorts. All of them crossed the finish line before me. There is some good news though. First of all, I crossed the finish line. Secondly, I improved on my last 5k time and finished in just over 38 minutes. Third, I ran the ENTIRE race!!!

I've been sick since last Friday, not able to run or really exercise at all. I tried to run on Wednesday but was still too weak and only ended up finishing two miles. I was seriously worried about how I'd do last night and told myself to just do as much as I could handle. That there would be no shame in walking if I needed to. But then it happened, the adrenaline kicked in and that really mean, really competitive Tricia in my head piped up and wouldn't let me stop. So I didn't. I didn't run fast but I kept a fairly even pace throughout the whole race. There were a couple of times when I thought there was no way I could keep going but I pumped my music and even danced a little while I was running just to keep myself in it. I figured if there were people running in wigs and dressed as superheroes, then me doing a little dancing while running wouldn't look that crazy.

After the race we went for sushi and it was SO delicious. I haven't had sushi in six months! We ordered it with brown rice and couldn't really tell the difference between that and the real thing. It was definitely a nice reward for doing so well in the race. Rice isn't normally something I would eat on my diet but I'm getting to the point where I need to find ways to incorporate more carbs into my diet. This isn't a problem I've ever had but, since hitting my goal weight, I haven't figured out how to stop losing weight. I'm down another 3.4 pounds.

I know I need to eat more carbs but I'm not sure the best way to get them. I've been eating a piece of low carb, wheat toast every morning and I've been eating an occasional low carb wrap and some peanut butter here and there but I haven't added any substantial servings of carbs to my diet. I'm going to have to do some research on good, healthy, complex carbohydrates and try to squeeze them in. It's really hard because I'm not hungry. Some mornings I feel like I'm forcing myself to eat the toast just to get some carbs. That probably isn't the healthiest behavior to learn at this point. But I guess this is what maintaining is about, figuring out a healthy way to stay at a healthy weight. So, that's my new mission.

In other news, my first week on the new job went okay. I am very clueless at this point and have just been trying to absorb as much information as possible. My employees, I think, are warming up to the idea of me as their supervisor. I had to do my first staff meeting and also had to participate in my first video conference with supervisors from around the country. It was quite terrifying but I survived. I'm really excited about learning and trying to make good changes but need to realize that may take some time. It's one of my weaknesses, no patience. I want to be the best and know everything right away. But, I need to learn how to be more realistic. Just like training for my 5k's, I had to walk before I could run.

I hope you all have a Happy Halloween!!!