Off Course

Feeling a little out of sorts lately when it comes to this whole "being healthy" thing. I've been busy, I've been lazy, and the weekend happened.

But first, Vegas happened. And while I didn't eat myself silly or quit working out while on vacation, transitioning back into the "real world" has proved difficult.

I haven't run since my 10 miles in Vegas. I'm embarrassed to admit it. Before Vegas I ran 4 times/week and I'm just having a hard time getting myself to do it again. I think I'm frankly becoming sick of running and miss my other activities. Most notably biking. So I'm skipping workouts. Not good.

And I've found that my workouts since Vegas, since I haven't been running, I feel guilty about the fact that I'm not running. Going to Body Works on Wednesday, I thought: I should be running. Going to the gym on Saturday, I thought: I should be running.

The obligation of "having" to run is taking all of the fun out of it.

Also last week, it took me two full days to recover from Mary's ass kicking Body Works class. Which is great and I loved the class, but I just couldn't do anything during those two days. Talk about wimpy.

Add on top of this that I've been absolutely swamped at work. I love my job but I spent most of last week working over lunch, not working out. Then by the time I get home, I need to spend most of the night working so it's hard to motivate myself and find that time.

So this week, it's time to turn this around!

I WILL put myself first
I WILL find time for myself to work out
I WILL go to the grocery store so I have food on hand and don't rely on eating out
I WILL run my 12 miles this Saturday, which is my birthday BTW.
I WILL get in all of my training runs this week, starting with 4 miles today
I WILL NOT dwell on the fact that last week was a bit of a screw up. Time to look forward.