I am the Master of my Fate

So you guys know yesterday I woke up praying to not have to work out. Determination shone through and I busted my a** through a one hour workout. How come today, which is supposed to be my rest day, I’m itching for some cardio and strength training? Maybe it’s like a reverse psychology thing….”you can’t work out today” “Psh, watch me”. Just to reaffirm the need for my rest day, I decided to look up a few sites and see what they had to say…LiveStrong says I better bench myself for the day if I want my muscles to repair. UGH! FINE! According to them, you need about 48 hours for muscles to repair…which is why most workouts have you in a different muscle group everyday. Looks like I will be hitting the books and doing some homework for the day. (The wifey will be so proud of me 😀 ) Now, I also learned that light exercise can be ok on a rest day….but, since I have no idea how to “light” exercise, I will be breaking for the whole day.

Tomorrow is a new week, and I’m so very excited because I start my runner’s training. Snow or no snow I will be hitting the pavement with my sister-in-law! Week one is a 20 minute walk each day (mon-fri), doing 4minute intervals of speed walking to 1minute intervals of pace walking. Since I haven’t been a runner in about ohhh, 3 years, I want to make sure I condition my body right. The goal is to be able to run a 5k by June, and a half marathon by August. There’s also a lot of charity walks my sister and I are planning to do. We have the Red Cross Heart Walk, Breast Cancer Awareness walk, and I believe there’s another one somewhere in the middle that I can’t seem to remember……gah! I hate when it’s right there on the tip of your tongue….and you just can’t grab it. LOL!! The point is, when you want to do something you need to set goals for yourself. Don’t blow anything out of the water…like, “in three months I want to ride my bike across the country in 4 days”.  Set one major goal to reach in a reasonable amount of time, and smaller goals that will help you achieve the big kahuna. So, my major goal is to run a half marathon. Smaller goals: Make it through each week without quitting, run a 5k, be able to run for 20 minutes with no stops. <—I can achieve those in a decent amount of time and they will help me get to my half marathon!

OH!!! I almost forgot to share that yesterday I, once again, started not smoking. Well, I’m trying. I’ve done very well!! D has been a major help by kicking my butt every time I whine for a smoke. All together I may have smoked one cigarette yesterday and so far none today. This is a major step in my progress to getting healthy. The only thing I noticed is I get food cravings…dun dun duuuun. I broke down a little yesterday and had a handful of Reese’s Mini’s……but, when I ate them I was like “ew”.  They didn’t even taste that good anymore! 😀 So, I started drinking a ton of water to fill my need for a craving. I find that it’s a lot easier for me to control urges when i have a water bottle on me at all times because sometimes they’re just boredom. When I start fidgeting with my water bottle and drinking it, the urge goes away. It’s like magic, except more useful :D.

How do you control cravings?

Replace old habits with new ones: Every time I want to smoke I’m going to do 50 crunches, leg lifts, or a 1 minute plank. That should help with the ciggy craving and sculpt my abs! 🙂

Now, it’s time for me to do some homework and ….not smoke, or work out, orrrrrrr eat garbage.

 <—what are you craving?

Until next time ❤

-T