I've been a little bit MIA lately, but not nearly as bad as I've been before. Also, I've actually been doing the things that I said I was going to do, so I'm proud of myself. I have one more day of Week 3 for Couch to 5K, which is really exciting. Week 1 is three days of jog one minute/walk 90 seconds for 20 minutes. Week 2 is three days of jog 90 seconds/walk two minutes for a total of 20 minutes. Week 3 has been two repetitions of jog 90 seconds/walk 90 seconds/jog three minutes/walk three minutes. I don't think I've gone into any of the workouts yet thinking I was actually going to finish them, which is kind of sad and speaks to the terrible shape I'm in but I have yet to NOT finish a workout. There's this mental level that I get to when I'm running and every part of me is thinking that I could just stop but I just keep going because I haven't quit yet and I don't want this to be the workout that I do. I never even realized I could push myself this much, but I kind of love that I can. There's a picture that someone on Facebook posted that I didn't really understand until I started the whole running thing. It says, "I don't stop when I'm tired, I stop when I'm done."
This week's workouts have been especially tough but I've managed to do all of them and I have seen some visible improvement every single time. For the first few workouts, I consistently beat my time. The last couple, there were a couple of flukes with the time or the GPS on my phone so I haven't had a time to compare my previous times with. It's been okay however because, for example, today I ran the entire three minutes without stopping for water. I don't know if it's because it was cooler or there was more of a breeze or what, but on Tuesday I had to stop during both three minute runs to get a drink. I've also noticed significantly less cramping in my sides, especially toward the end of the workouts. I feel a little ridiculous for not being able to run for three minutes without cramping, but I have gotten horrifically out of shape and the important thing is that I'm working on it and doing something about it. I used to have to run a mile twice a year in gym class and if I could run, I don't know...a nine minute mile when I was eight, I should be able to run a nine minute mile now that I'm 23.
In other news, the eating healthy thing is going decently as well. Matt's jumped completely on board with all of my crazy schedules and we've been doing a much better job of not going out to eat. I think that with both of us exercising, we're finding that we're capable of pushing ourselves to do much more than we would in the past. There was a night this week when neither of us wanted to cook (or clean up after cooking and eating!) and we were about 30 seconds away from going to Runza and neither of us faltered and we both kind of looked at each other and were like, "I'm not going to be the first one to crack..." and we ended up eating at home, which was great because the food was delicious and about 100 times healthier than Runza. Plus our pocketbook is happier too, because based on the number of times I've eaten there since I moved back I'm pretty sure I could have financed their entire Nebraskan operation.
So overall, things are going well! I'm looking forward to continuing to succeed (hopefully) and to meeting all my goals. I've also created something of a timeline, so hopefully that all works out. Only time will tell, but if things continue to go as they have I think (Matt and) I will succeed!
Tschüss!
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