Slump

For the past two months I've obviously have been in a slump, I cant seem to eat right, I cant seem to get myself to the gym and I cant seem to be out of this negative spirit I have . . . no matter how many positive thoughts I send my way, no matter what my good intentions are for the week I've just been doing bad.

I'm gonna chalk it up to busy months at work and the holiday season. I know I say this often but the month of February is going to be different. I'm honestly going to set goals for myself and I'm going to stick to them (the best I can).

Goals:
1. By Feb. 20th I'm going to have gone into the gym 12 times already (this is due to the fact that Dec and Jan i BARELY made 12 appearances at the gym)

2. I'm gonna go to spin class 2x during the month. I'd say weekly but I think that might just be setting myself up for failure.

3. I'm going to reduce the amount of carbs I put in my mouth. I've really relied on bread/crackers/chips to get me through lunch and snacks. I'm gonna attempt to replace the crackers I eat for lunch with vegetables or a salad (this'll probably last a week . . . but we'll see).

4. Everyday I'm going to post something (here, on facebook, on my walls) that I like about myself. Enough of this negative thinking, I'm kind of awesome and just because I dont have a guy in my life currently telling me how great I am doesnt mean I'm not great.

So there are my goals . . . wish me luck :)

Yey for iPhone!

This weekend has honestly been a weekend I'm ready to be done with. First off I've been sick ... I felt it coming on all week, every night there has been staving pains in my abdominal area and I didn't think much of it chalked it up to gas .... Boss said it was probably the spinach I was eating. So I barely ate anything on Friday and still had the pain all night and A massive headache to go along with it. Saturday was the worst, abdominal pains plus woozy feelings in my head and also come And go headaches. I was a mess, mom and dad had to come over to take care of their daughter .. Wouldn't want to loose this precious gem that's for sure.

Between the hours of 6pm Friday and 8am I slept about 30hours ... Apparently I needed it ... Feeling better on Sunday that's for sure, just a little neck ache due to all the laying down.

Today is better ... Up until about 2pm when my computer crashed and I couldn't find any of my files :( .... Big huge effin frown ... Figuring I'm going to chalk it up to me being stupid and not having proper virus protection and backing up files, geek squad here I come, $300 there you go ... Huge sad day!

Silver lining ... My iPhone allows me to do everything a lap top allows me to do, that makes me happy, all I can is indoor geek squad can restore my stuff but as long as my phone works then I'm a happy camper.

Day One

Day one of the 5k challenge thingie is off with a bang . . . although i tweaked it. oops.

Intended workout:
5 min walk
2 min jog
5 min walk
(not sure if I was supposed to cycle it a few times or if it was just that . . . lame)

My workout:
4 min walk (3.6)
1 min jog (4.8)
2 min faster jog (5.3)
1 min jog (4.8)
and I cycled that through 3 times and ended with 5 minute walk

This got me about 2 miles in 30 minutes.

I then did a mile where i started at 3.6 and every minute increased the speed .1

Then I did a 4th mile where i increased elevation each minute

Very good workout for today . . . accomplished burning off 725 calories.

and to the girl jogging in front of me (even if she'll never see this) you inspire me :) . . . jogging 5 miles in 45 minutes and yet to break a sweat . . . I want to be you someday (or atleast i want to be able to do what you do in jogging)

Hello 2012

Well hello 2012 . . . glad to see you're here.
Another year has started and this makes me think that I should be setting another goal(s) for the year. I didnt do so well on resolutions last year (as you know) so this year I'm not so sure I want to do resolutions, I dont have anything to really solve. So I'm not . . . I do however have a few goals I'd like to accomplish this year.

Goals:
Run 3 miles in 36 minutes (I'd like this accomplished by July)
Run 2 5K races throughout this year
Reestablish my faith . . . I'm gonna attempt the Bible read through once more

Thats all . . . not gonna stretch myself too thin.

Last year I set up the 1000 mile challenge for myself and I didnt reach it :(, I was suggested to keep working on it, so I'm gonna do that. I'm gonna continue until I hit 1000, then maybe set a new goal. We'll see.

I decided to use a "Couch to 5K" training program to help me get up the endurance to run straight . . .
I decided that since I need visual cues more than just electronic cues I'd make a board that I physically have to use in order to maintain on track . . . so here it is.

This is a 10 week program with 3-4 days of workouts. I wrote each workout on a post it so that i would have to peal it off and take it to the gym with me, that way I'll visually see what I've done and what I need to do.

Each week has its own color, and I'm not going to be too anal about having to do the workouts each week as planned, but it helps with organization and thought process . . . plus I'm sure if its done according to plan then it wont be so hard to increase jogging time.

Each workout again on its own post it and will be removed and taken to the gym with me as a reminder as to what to do that day in order to help the 5k prep process.

Wish me luck!!! :)