I know I said I was back and then I didn't post for a while. My family has been hit with some tough stuff in the last year. I admire people who just persevere through the tough stuff. Part of me wants to be more like that, the "get it done" attitude, do what needs to be done even if you don't feel up to it attitude. Another part of me wants to wallow in my sorrow and escape into the world of Netflix. It is a daily struggle with those two different sides of myself, and it's sad to say but most of the time my lazy emotional self wins.
This has been a good week for me. The kids have been really good. I have actually gotten dressed and made the bed and done things that make me feel happy and energetic. I just need to feel motivated to prep my healthy food rather than just go for whats readily available. And I need to get over this sugar addiction! But it is so hard! I am craving sugar all the time. If you know how I can get over it please help!
Have I mentioned that I am an emotional eater? Well I am. And even though I did well with my two week clean eating challenge I haven't quite been able to get into healthy eating habits. There have been a lot of emotional things going on in my life, and my old habits of eating when I am emotional have not escaped me yet. I really want to be healthy, but I am lacking that motivation... I need to find my inspiration.
I have been exercising regularly and getting into a good running schedule. I run 3 times a week. Since I have been running so regularly I decided to go premium on my Endomondo app to reap all of its benefits. I am really happy with the app. With premium I can make a training plan for myself based on my current level of fitness. I decided to sign up for a half marathon and make a half marathon training plan with the app.
With 15 weeks to train for this half marathon I feel really confident that I will be ready for it. A friend reminded me the other day that I said I didn't want to run another half marathon. And that was true at the time. I took a year and a half break from running, or really any exercise. I had my baby and now I am ready to get fit again and take care of my body. Out of all the exercises I have tried, I enjoy running most. So that is what I am going to do. Run.
On the days I don't run I want to cross train and I am thinking I want to do weight lifting exercises. I have always wanted to tone my arms but never did. I am looking for good arm workouts so if you know of any I am open to anything!
I am on Week 1 of my half marathon training. On Tuesday I ran 3.7 miles at a minute slower than my goal half marathon pace (that is what my training plan told me to do). On Thursday I ran 1.6 miles. Tomorrow will be a long run. I am looking forward to the long run especially since I only ran 1.6 miles yesterday. Hopefully this crazy Texas weather will calm down and I won't be running in the rain.
I plan on regularly posting about my training, how it is going and how I feel about the runs, what I am eating while training, etc. I make no promises. Three kids (and Netflix) keeps me really busy these days lol. But I will try,
Kate
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