There is power in positive thinking...
Feb. 28th, 2009 03:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicOr at least, power in kicking your own ass when you really need it. Apart from inching closer to the end of Wicked, I've really accomplished very little today. I did get some much needed rest, but I was still quite down on myself for how little I've got to show for the day. Between how busy I've been and how sick I've been, I've had this deadly combo of no work, very little exercise, and not the best food choices. I'm afraid to step on a scale again, but I need to get my tush to a WW meeting out here and get back with the program. Anyway, I was going to let myself be lethargic all day, keep telling myself I'd get some work done eventually but knowing I really wouldn't...but then I just got bored of being bored and peeled myself out of bed and went to the gym. It's just across the street, so it's not like it's a chore to go. I told myself I'd get on the treadmill and do what I could. If my cold kept me from running, so be it, I'd walk, but I was going to be in the gym.
I warmed up and then started jogging. I felt good, but I didn't want to push it, so I set the speed to 6mph (I've been starting at 6.2 and working up to 6.5 for most of my runs lately). After ten or so minutes passed and I still felt good, I kicked the speed up a touch and kept going. In what I estimated was the home stretch (sweatshirt over the clock), I sped up to 6.5 and ran until what I estimated was the end of 30 minutes. I'd already done 33 by then, but I didn't feel too bad, so I decided to speed up to 7.0 and run another minute or two at that speed. It's still not all that fast, really (8:34 mile, I think), but it's fast for me, especially after already having done 3.5 miles. But I did 2 more minutes at 7 before slowing down to walk and cool down. All told I did 4 miles on the treadmill and left the gym feeling better than I have all week.
Lesson learned: when you feel to shitty to go to the gym, going to the gym will probably make you feel better.
Now I'm going to investigate WW meetings.
Peace.
I warmed up and then started jogging. I felt good, but I didn't want to push it, so I set the speed to 6mph (I've been starting at 6.2 and working up to 6.5 for most of my runs lately). After ten or so minutes passed and I still felt good, I kicked the speed up a touch and kept going. In what I estimated was the home stretch (sweatshirt over the clock), I sped up to 6.5 and ran until what I estimated was the end of 30 minutes. I'd already done 33 by then, but I didn't feel too bad, so I decided to speed up to 7.0 and run another minute or two at that speed. It's still not all that fast, really (8:34 mile, I think), but it's fast for me, especially after already having done 3.5 miles. But I did 2 more minutes at 7 before slowing down to walk and cool down. All told I did 4 miles on the treadmill and left the gym feeling better than I have all week.
Lesson learned: when you feel to shitty to go to the gym, going to the gym will probably make you feel better.
Now I'm going to investigate WW meetings.
Peace.
