Ran again, finally...
I am freshly showered and somewhat depleted from this morning. We're entering the last week of the semester, and my brain is so, so tired. While I had intentions to run and/or exercise last night, a friend stopped by who doesn't live on this side of town anymore, treating us to sushi. It was awesome to see her and catch up. Though she left somewhat early, I just didn't have the heart to get onto the treadmill. I did some homework for a bit, then curled up on the couch and fell asleep on my partner while he played video games.
This morning is a new day, however! I've already ran for 45 minutes plus completed an abbreviated version of a card workout. (I couldn't do all of the push-ups and my legs/knees were acting up from running for 45 minutes, so I had to ax some of the lunges.) While my mile has gone up to 13:25 or so, I wasn't particularly trying for a new record. I just knew I needed to get moving and keep moving. I burned 699 calories on the treadmill alone!
I'm planning on running for 30 minutes tomorrow then completing the Shred DVD, which I know will whoop me. I wanted a smaller amount of time due to the amount of work I have to complete. I have an 8-10 page paper due that I haven't wrote a word of, plus two finals on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I updated my tickers, unfortunately putting them exactly back to where they were a month ago. I'm still of the belief that between the additional walking/spinning that I did, plus having some weird GI issues for a couple days, that the scale is not accurately reflecting what I really weigh. I'm hoping that my weigh-in next Wednesday will be lower and more accurate. I've developed a weird hankering for sweets the past week or so, wanting brownies and candy bars. I just need to keep these urges in check, and if I chose to indulge, then just have two cookies or half a candy bar, etc. I've found my mind going "Well, you already ate half of it, so-" and that's not the right mindset to have. In this day and age, refrigerating half a candy bar for a week won't make it go bad. I just have to keep that in mind!
It seems that everyone's concerned about gaining weight over the holidays; I've realized it's not so much the holidays that are slowing my progress, but they are just happening at the same time as finals. There's no more cake or chocolates around. I just don't have the energy to get on my treadmill at the end of the day.
I've scheduled myself to do things in the morning, and realize that if I'm exercising after work, I need to come up here as soon as I get home. If I start putzing around downstairs with my partner or milling about, I lose the drive that I've built up over the day.
Off to make some breakfast and then get on with the braining. I'm going to cram as much information as possible in my head and hopefully it'll spit something back out intelligently...
... hopefully.
This morning is a new day, however! I've already ran for 45 minutes plus completed an abbreviated version of a card workout. (I couldn't do all of the push-ups and my legs/knees were acting up from running for 45 minutes, so I had to ax some of the lunges.) While my mile has gone up to 13:25 or so, I wasn't particularly trying for a new record. I just knew I needed to get moving and keep moving. I burned 699 calories on the treadmill alone!
I'm planning on running for 30 minutes tomorrow then completing the Shred DVD, which I know will whoop me. I wanted a smaller amount of time due to the amount of work I have to complete. I have an 8-10 page paper due that I haven't wrote a word of, plus two finals on Tuesday and Wednesday.
I updated my tickers, unfortunately putting them exactly back to where they were a month ago. I'm still of the belief that between the additional walking/spinning that I did, plus having some weird GI issues for a couple days, that the scale is not accurately reflecting what I really weigh. I'm hoping that my weigh-in next Wednesday will be lower and more accurate. I've developed a weird hankering for sweets the past week or so, wanting brownies and candy bars. I just need to keep these urges in check, and if I chose to indulge, then just have two cookies or half a candy bar, etc. I've found my mind going "Well, you already ate half of it, so-" and that's not the right mindset to have. In this day and age, refrigerating half a candy bar for a week won't make it go bad. I just have to keep that in mind!
It seems that everyone's concerned about gaining weight over the holidays; I've realized it's not so much the holidays that are slowing my progress, but they are just happening at the same time as finals. There's no more cake or chocolates around. I just don't have the energy to get on my treadmill at the end of the day.
I've scheduled myself to do things in the morning, and realize that if I'm exercising after work, I need to come up here as soon as I get home. If I start putzing around downstairs with my partner or milling about, I lose the drive that I've built up over the day.
Off to make some breakfast and then get on with the braining. I'm going to cram as much information as possible in my head and hopefully it'll spit something back out intelligently...
... hopefully.