225 - getting back in gear... again

With no phone app, it's hard to remember to update this thing. 

But it's been a bit rough over the last year.  Since Mars came, I basically haven't worked out or done anything consistently.  Everything went out the window and scheduling was a day by day thing.  I'm just getting it back in line and feeling better than I have in a while.   Now I just have to keep it up.

My weight got up to 231 at one point, that was a wake up call.  Right now I'm just attacking it, working out every day, did BJJ the last 2 days in a row, and I'm calorie counting to around 1800 per day. 

I want to get back under 200 lbs.

I had signed up for that 50 mile race and right after I signed up, I started falling apart.  I think I increased my mileage to rapidly, because after I did 10 miles for the first time, my joints and tendons rebelled.  I didn't really hurt, everything was just stiff.  I couldn't get a smooth running gait and after a few attempts, I stopped running completely.  I kept waiting for it to feel better, but months went by and I still didn't feel right.

So now I'm only doing elliptical for a while.  I want to drop 20 lbs before I start running again, and maybe keep it to 3-5 miles runs.  I still want to do an ultra in the next year, but I think being light is a bigger piece to that than putting in a lot of miles.