I have been reading other people's blogs about healthy eating and running, and it is really inspiring. I have been trying to eat "intuitively" myself, and I am getting some really good ideas from these other blogs about what to eat. It is all fresh and not processed food, and looks so yummy - they take pictures of their food, so I think I will try it all...the eating and the pictures, and oh yes, the running. I got a new digital camera, so this is something I can easily do now! It will spice up this blog a little.
I have not been exercising as I should. I am going through some personal stuff that has paralyzed me, and sometimes it feels like a herculean effort to get to the gym. I guess I have been averaging one time per week. Pretty lame. Then I read my Runner's World, or read these blogs, and feel so MUCH like I want to run a half marathon. I REALLY.WANT.TO. So, I need a plan.
I have made a copy of a half marathon training plan that is 17 weeks long. I also need to come up with a plan for continuous running for 30 minutes/3 miles. This is part of my problem with "spinning my wheels". I feel in my mind as if I am farther along than I really am, and get discouraged. So, I will start off slow and build from there. I also need to just get my head in the right place. And run even if I don't feel like it - those are actually the days I need and benefit from it most.
So, pushing through the crap of my past rushing back at me (and not the good things from my past) and healthy eating will do me good. And hopefully I can finally move on from what is weighing me down and rid myself of the toxin that is plaguing me.
I promise a more upbeat post next time. :)
