I got my miles in today but it wasn't easy. The plan was to wake up before work and complete a 5K at the local HS track but I woke up too late so that didn't happen. One of the hardest parts of my journey is trying to get enough sleep. I know getting enough rest is important but its easier said then done. I like to leave my house by 7:45AM drop my son off at daycare then be at my job by 8:30AM.
The goal is to wake up at 5:30AM and go workout. Monday/Wednesday/Friday - Track 5k and Tuesday/Thursdays hour at the gym. This way I don't have to worry about going to the gym after work, I can come home, cook, eat dinner and compelte T25. I finished my two summer courses July 3rd, Fall semester (MY LAST SEMESTER #whoopwhoop) doesn't start until September 3rd so I want to push myself more while I'm out of school.
Not only did waking up too late mean no run but I was unprepared for the day. I showered got dress and ran out the house no smoothie, no eggs, no lunch or snacks just a bad situation. My goal for this week is to meal prep this Sunday and have a FULL week of NO CHEATS. I'm going camping next weekend but I'm still going to try, I shouldn't let that be an excuse but will see I'm human.
Good news is I did get my 5K in right when I got home from work. It was a good run, I was just annoyed I didn't get to track it. It's my fault I have a charger right on my desk at work so I don't know why I didn't charge it while I was at work. I looked at my phone and I was at 2.74 miles:34 minutes; so the first thing that came to mine was push yourself let see if you can finish under 40. As of right now my fastest 5k has been 41 mins 10 secs. Five seconds later I feel a short vibrate, which was basically the signal of the phone shutting off. I'm over it now, figure no reason to be upset just more motivation to be great Monday morning.
I proud of myself this week, I set a goal to run 3.1 miles M/W/F and complete T25 daily and I did it. I could have made some better decisions eating wise but I did journal everything I ate including the feelings I had after eating them. This is a LIFESTYLE change some weeks are better than others; theres no ending to this journey. Learning that its okay to mess up and it doesn't mean you just give up is what made the difference this time for me.
In the past I would go hard for a couple of days/weeks then once I had one bad meal, it was like oh okay DIETS over, I'm going to eating anything I want again. Turning this into a LIFESTYLE change and not just a DIET is what opened up my eyes to much more than just what the scale says. Don't get me wrong I love to see the scale go down, but now its more than that.
In High School I would make every excuse of why I couldn't run the mile at gym class. Running it was the worse thing ever. Today I can say that I ran a 5k, 3x times this week. Last year if you asked me to walk to the Pathmark (ONLY HALF A MILE AWAY) I would have look at you like you were crazy lol. This journey is one of the HARDEST things I've ever done, its only been 7 months but its so worth it.
Looking forward to Week 2 MWF Challenge Yourself 5k
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