Week 2: The Cheese burger...

Week 2

Right now there is nothing I want to eat more than a cheeseburger, large fry, and chocolate shake from Wendy's. Well, I might want to eat a double with bacon more. Bacon makes everything better.

 Instead, I am devouring burnt, over cooked green beans with mushrooms and a glass of candy cane green teat that is really just mint. Satisfying? Not in the least. It might have been if I paid attention to the stove top this morning. But I didn't.

Did I mention my work owns their own catering company? Today they are testing out some new menu items.  My desk is the next room over and I can smell EVERYTHING. I would settle for whatever it is they are cooking. I know it would appease my appetite. So what is keeping me from rushing out to the cafe or Wendy's right this very second?  Not much, thats for sure. Tonight is Super Bowl Sunday and I know wont be eating healthy then. So if I control myself now I can eat tonight with out much guilt. Plus, since my birthday I've been eating whatever I wanted. I can't use that excuse for too long.

Okay, this past week I ran a total of  12 miles. I use this term loosely because I walked a good portion  of it. But it still got done. I also got a running out buddy. (Yay) One goal down. I've been trying to write down what I eat but I've only done it twice. Still, it's better than before.

Let's see how we do next week.

Week 1

Our assignment this week was a bit harder than I had thought it would be. I'll be honest. The only reason I made it outside was because I had no other choice in the matter. My car was in the shop for repairs. Originally I was going to bike down to pick it up but when I Googled the a route I realized the distance was just a little over what we were supposed to walk/ run that week.

My first class was at 1 pm and like a pro I procrastinated till the last minuet. I grabbed Bob's i pod and headed out the door. I always found it interesting to listen to whatever new mix he had made. This mix consisted of artist like Bone Thugs & Harmony, The Nestorius B.I.G., 2 Pac, and other old school rap. I don't particularly like that type of music but I don't hate it either. I find it to be great background noise and my thoughts seem to flow more freely. One thought I'll share was what passerby's might think if they knew what I was blasting in my ears. Then I laughed to my self and thought this must be what it feels like to be "hard".
 Since not many of you know me, allow me to explain. I am 25, white as it gets, trip over my own feet kind of girl. So I was feeling like the female version of our good friend Michael Bolton here:

 So all in all I thought about a lot of things I'm having a hard time remembering at the moment. I did run outside once more that week but my run again was much more of a walk. I Google the first walk and it said it would take an hour but I made the 2.8 mile distance just under that time at 51 minuets. The second walk was not timed and I'm not too sure about the distance. On the Saturday meet we got our times. My mile was 10:53, better than I had thought. I plan on improving that.

I know it's nothing to celebrate because my biggest battle is leaving the house. I'm going to see if some of my class mates would like to run with me. Having a buddy or two will make me get out where as if I do it on my own I might just fail the class because of how lazy I am. I'm hoping to change that...and I will!

Goals for the next couple weeks:
1. Get a running buddy
2. Follow the training schedule
3. Write down what I eat.

We'll see how it goes. See you guys next week!