My little Bit of Honey

I went for a run today, I mean it is 55 degrees out at the end of February, I kind of had to.  This is week four day two of C210K (which is basically c25k and c210k combined). So, this week is you run for 3 minutes, walk for 90 seconds, run for 5 minutes, walk for 3 minutes, run for 3 minutes, walk for 90 seconds and then run for 5 minutes.  So basically two of each time segment and it seemed like it would be easy, nope. That's just a big fat nope. I did stop twice on this run for about 20 seconds, I just felt like I was going to completely pass out and convinced myself I had to. It helped and I was able to push through, but I'm still a bit disappointed that I stopped at all. Anyways, in the last 5 minute run interval I really was struggling. I decided to run through the park which was uneven and uphill (this was not my smartest idea), I had about 90 seconds left of running and I really just wanted to stop. I was having such a big argument with myself about it in my head. Then...

That title doesn't really have anything to do with what I'm writing about today, but I love Missy E (as everyone who grew up in the 90s/00s should) so, you get it.  Moving on..this morning I finished up week 3 of C210K and man it was HARD, like muscles crying hard. I had woken up and was not feeling my work out. The whole way to the gym I was trying to talk myself out of it, telling myself that I've worked hard for 3 days so I could take today easy.. but..I didn't buy it. I got here and just sucked it up and did it. So week 3 of C210K is 4 running intervals, 2 for 1minute 30 seconds and 2 for 3 minutes, with walking intervals of 1.30 and 3 minutes between. The past few days I've been doing the 1.30 at 5.5 and then the 3 minutes at 5.3, well today I decided to just do all the running intervals  at 5.5, so that would explain why it was so hard. My heart rate was up in the 150s (it's normally 68 resting so that's pretty significant for me) and I was just pour...

Last week I had 84,154 steps according to my FitBit. I know that it isn't super accurate and I'm not saying I actually had 84k steps, but still, that's a great accomplishment! Compared to two weeks ago when I barely had 25k. I've hit 10k steps at least every day and honestly that is a drive for me to keep going. I want to set a streak of hitting at least 10k steps a day for at least a month, which I think is reasonable! I also have a steak of 85 days going with My Fitness Pal! I would say I've actually really been faithfully logging everything for two weeks and it's really been helping. I did indulge a bit yesterday, I had a cupcake at work and then had something somewhat unhealthy for dinner. I also went over my calories for the first time in awhile, but I'm not beating myself up over it. Those days happen and I did run yesterday so at least I got activity in and for the remaining parts of the day I still ate healthy.  So things are going well, I'm mo...

The past few years I've made a lot of changes to my habits, most have been good and have stuck. The no soda thing? That's 1 year going strong and I have no desire to drink it anymore which is GREAT. Every now and then I'll get a craving but it's nothing that I can't ignore or drink a seltzer water to get rid of. I've also cut down on my seltzer water so basically I'm just drinking plain water all day. If you had told me 5 years ago that I'd be able to completely stop drinking soda I would have laughed in your face, it was such a huge part of my daily routine. I've also stopped using milk/cream in my coffee and switched to raw sugar, this is a more recent change but I am a big fan. I really love my coffee in the morning, just something about sitting down with a cup of hot coffee in the morning is relaxing to me. I don't think I could give up coffee entirely, but I've tried to limit the amount I drink (2 cups a day - maybe not ideal but better ...

Today I started a new program, well, I guess it's not really new since I've done this..twice before..but, I started Couch to 10k. The program basically combines couch to 5k and 10k, so you don't stop or graduate until you get to the 10k. I need it. I really, really need it. I love having a program that I can do because it keeps me going and keeps me moving, it's working towards a goal so it helps. The one thing I'm doing differently with this round is that I'm working on my speed too, I was going really easy on myself (especially when doing the treadmill) and I wouldn't go past the the 5 speed on the treadmill but today I pushed it to 5.5 and then did 6.0 a few times. I really want to get back to that 30 5k. It really felt good to work out and put myself first this morning, I didn't think about anything else but putting one foot in front of the other. My 31st Birthday is a little over 6 months away (I can't believe it's been 6 months since I tu...

Yup, I know, it's been awhile. I not only fell off the bandwagon but I crashed and burned completely. Ugh. Being sick gave me so many excuses to just stop doing everything all together and here we are. Back to where I started, well not completely, but close. I decided to try something different this time, there is a program called "FitGirl" and it's a book and they have an instagram account. They give you a meal plan, grocery lists and work outs to do. It's a 28 day challenge and the results people have gotten are just crazy. So, I decided to start it, it's going to be a bit of work since I'll be making meals for myself and then meals for my family, but it's worth it.  One of the goals for the fitgirl program is self love, not putting yourself down when you have a problem or screw up but lifting yourself up to help focus on the positives. So I'm going to take that part seriously as well, lifting up instead of putting down. This will be my theme f...