A Case of the Mondays

Monday's run sucked! I felt awful. It was probably due to the fact that I didn't exercise Saturday or Sunday and ate about a million cupcakes over the Valentine's Day weekend. I felt groggy and yucky the whole way. I only had one kid in the stroller, which was a nice change. Thank God for the dog though. Were it not for her I don't imagine that I would have finished. And there was also a mean headwind my whole run/walk.

Enough complaining. It turns out that when I started this program I started on week 2 instead of week 1. That means I did a bit more than I should have last week, but since it didn't bother me I don't think it's that big of a deal. I started week with the week 3 regimen. Here are the steps:

• Walk briskly for 5 minutes
• Jog 2 minutes
• Walk 2 minutes
• Jog 3 minutes
• Walk 3 minutes
• Repeat jog/walk/jog/walk routine

Here's some good news - my recovery time after my run is getting much shorter. After I did my jog it only took about 10-15 seconds for me to catch my breath. That is better than last week for sure. I can't really say that I enjoyed the run, but once I was just walking I felt good. I'm glad that I got off my ass and did it. The temptation to do nothing was definitely there.

I learned from the weekend that just because I'm exercising and starting to lose weight doesn't mean I can splurge over a two day period. The weekend food binge of sweets really screwed my weight loss up. I've put some back on which is annoying, but I only have myself to blame and all I can do is not binge again. Alas, I have a weekend away with the girls. I only hope I can show some restraint.

I won't write again until next week since I'm heading out of town on Thursday. I will run tomorrow (Wednesday), and I already have my gear packed for Friday so I can run while I'm in Williamsburg. All of my friends are runners so I know I can count on them to keep me honest. It will be a beautiful run in my college town!