Hump Day

There's just no telling when you are going to have a great workout. I had an extraordinarily busy and crappy day at work today, and after working out for 3 straight days, I thought I might fight my way through a walk tonight before taking the night off tomorrow. I read part of a book at lunch today called Chi-Running, and thought I might try out some of the principles. I have to say I felt great the whole time! I probably didn't do much more than 2 miles, but I did a lot more running than I had been doing, and it was all pain free. It was a pretty short workout, around 35 minutes, but the pace was a little faster, and I took the loop around the neighborhood with more hills. All in all a great night.
So I weighed in here at the house today at 247, which was a little surprising. I'm not putting much thought into that right now, though. A 3 pound drop in one day has to be some kind of anomoly, not a bona fide fat loss. But it is always nice to see the scale go down. Not sure how I would feel about myself right now if I were to weigh in over 250 again. If, like some people who shall remain nameless, I had gorged myself shamelessly for the last couple of days, and weighed in at 252.5 this morning, I don't think I could have looked at myself in the mirror.
I think I am to the point now where I can kiss 250 goodbye forever. I'm not sure why I am as motivated as I am right now, but I hope it lasts. 247 is better than 250, but the difference still seems pretty slight. I don't think I will really start to get excited until I can make the drop into the 230's. That seems like a long way away. Who knows, though. I don't really feel like I can start running and training as hard as I want to until I get down in the mid 220's. If I can average 3 pounds a week, I should be there in about 6 weeks. Sprinkle a couple of 5 pound weeks in there, and I could be running a couple of races by midsummer.
On a totally unrelated note, last night, as I'm driving past the sewer plant I pass every day on my way home, I notice a dead skunk in the road right by the entrance. To me, that seems a little like overkill, pardon the pun. Kary commented that that was a waste of a good skunk. Not sure whether or not I agree with that, but I have to say, on the irony scale, that's way up there....