Day 20.

You know what? 148 days til my 10 k 148 days!!!!

I am not as confident right now in my ability to run a 10k.. but this has been an off week. I have gone out but my runs have been significantly shorter. It feels almost like my calf is like a jack in the box.. they get so tight like someone's been cranking it and tightening it but it won't loosen up.. I mean it will when I'm not walking or running.. but I can't just take all this time off. So I've been going out.. doing what I do.. but doing less. I know I still need to be active and get out there.. so yesterday I did a mile.. which wasn't too bad but I'm going slower because it is sore. I'm listening to the signs my body is giving me to not over do things, but at the same time I'm not going to fall back into a cycle of laziness.

Sorry.

Not for me anymore

I'm going to meet up with Tommy and see if he has any suggestions aside from what I'm already doing in regards to that.

Alright onto food! It's hard for me to get 100% with the "diet" although it's not a diet. Diet suggests temporary change, this lifestyle lets say. I know I should be eating much more protein than I am currently but taking the time to cook all that protein and really make meals for myself is proving to be a struggle, but last night I conquered one hurdle. I made a bunch of chicken breast, well seasoned and sauteed. Made servings of bown rice to go with it as well as vegetables. Guess what this girl's eating for lunch?
It's also just hard to find healthier recipes that are going to taste good and have actual flavor. How hard is that? ANNNDDDD without having to go out and get a whole new fridge of groceries because I don't have some weird spices or obscure vegetables. It's a work in progress. I'm thinking this weekend if I can make my week's food ahead of time I'll feel less put off to cook. It's just hard to work, come home, go for a run and then go hmm... food.. Welcome to adult life right?

I've also recently been getting more headaches. Headaches terrify me. Even though I've talked to my dr about them and they are not migraines, they are muscle band headaches that go from temple to temple around my forehead, I worry. For those of you readers of this blog that don't know... When I was a freshman in high school my mom had a brain aneurysm when we were on spring break in Florida. I worry about that... even with the consolation of my dr... still worry, especially when they seem to be more frequent... I think it may be related to allergies (ragweed ugh! thanks dad!) and I don't think I'm drinking enough water. There's only so much water that one can drink before you feel like you're just going to float away.. or run to the restroom every hour (hard to do in a call center...) I'm working on drinking more of it. It's just again hard. I have to keep doing it though. The gain is worth the intake. Maybe my headaches will become less and less.

so that's my update

goals for this weekend:

Get back up to running further, ideally get back up to 2.5 miles. Don't take a day off completely, if I need a break I will walk and still get the time in.

Drink much more water

Make my food for next week ahead of time so I don't stray and take the easy way out with meals.

plus shout out to Brenda for making me stay ontop of updating this. I was going to! I swear!!!