Goal Weight: 195 lbs.
I overslept yesterday and didn’t run. No real excuse other than I was dead-dog tired. The rest of the day was another crazy day (I’m stacking crazy days up like cordwood these days) and fatigue has started to take its tool. Forget burning the candle at both ends. I’m burning the damn thing in the middle.
I was mad at myself all day for not waking up and running.
I think the thing that got me so down was that I felt a real fear of going back to where I was before — too busy to exercise. Too busy to eat right. Too busy for whatever. Too fat to live my life like I want to live it. My biggest fear when I oversleep? Before I know it, I’ll be back to 248 lbs. and no energy.
And to Hell if I’m ever going back THERE.
If I am going to be successful — if I am going to reach my goals, I have to have energy. And the only way to get that energy is to make daily good choices.
I’m happy to report that I made a very good choice this morning.
I got up at 4:30, ran 5.13 miles in 54 minutes and burned 861 calories. I explored a new route and enjoyed the cool morning air. I’m tired but the satisfaction of getting out of the bed feels so much better than yesterday’s disappointment.
If you want things to happen in your life, you have to get out of bed and make them happen. Make wise choices. Take the hillier route. Enjoy the run.
This morning, I did.
Good for you, Marshall! I hate that I missed the Run from the Sun race this year, but maybe we’ll meet up before next year’s. Keep it up!
Thanks! And thanks for all you’re doing to promote the fight against cancer. A cure is on the way and I’ll know you’ll be the first to tell me about it.
I felt like crap the other day and decided to skip exercise. As I layed there, no able to rest, I got up and went for my walk. Afterwards, I still felt like crap, but I had the satisfaction of knowing that I did exercise and I slept very well because of it. Thanks in part to reading your blog, I am working on me. Im not sure if you feel a sense of relief or a weight off of your shoulders by writing about your journey. I decided I needed to share mine and after writing the first one, I felt like I wasnt alone. I thank you for all the things you do without even knowing that you are doing them.
http://lifeinemsf2.blogspot.com/2012/04/wow-where-to-begin-most-of-you-know-me.html