Fit JEM

I did the 22 minutes of running! I can't wait until the running gets easier. I know I just have to keep going and I will improve. I have an insane migraine right now and I feel like throwing up. This has nothing to do with running. I didn't feel sick until awhile after my run. I just really want to feel better before I have to start working. The sun is particularly hard on my migraines and it feels like it's going to be sunny from now until November. Summer seems to have arrived.

I'm poor right now too. I guess I'm lucky I work at a restaurant. I can eat unlimited amounts of bread for free. Ugh! I'm stuck in a constant battle right now of what is the cheapest food to eat vs. what is low cal vs. what is filling, etc. It's making my head hurt!

Keep up the good work! I'm sorry you have been so stressed. I have a terrible time with stress too. I find that I just need to not take on too much at once or everything completely falls apart. I know not everyone can simplify their life that much though. For me, I'm still recovering from years and years of anxiety and depression and I need to not fall back into that hole. I'll be thinking about you and sending positive thoughts your way!

How are you doing?

Today I'm doing my 22 minute run and I'm scared. Ever since I realized the running was more mind over matter, the runs have gotten easier but I'm still feeling anxious today. Physically, the only difficult part of running is my hamstrings hurt so most of the running difficulty is in my brain. Before I started couch to 5k, I had been spending plenty of time at the gym doing cardio, but I had been doing a minimal amount of running. I realized I wasn't starting the plan from a place of zero fitness so I really wasn't as weak as my brain was telling me. Once I realized that, I actually started running through some of the walk breaks. But running 22 minutes without stopping? I haven't done that yet. Wednesday morning I was so tired, I actually felt like I was going to die. Since then I have slept a ton. Unfortunately, I have also eaten a ton of junk and my stomach is killing me! Today it's time to climb back on the horse. Aside from running, my mind is spinning right now with all these ideas for what I should do today before I go to work. The silly thing is that none of my ideas are very important. I already completed the necessary amount of tasks for my day zero project for this challenge so it's not like I NEED to work on that list. A lot of the tasks on the list are things that take multiple tasks to finish, like visiting five museums. The art museum is free on Fridays but do I NEED to go today? No. I guess I wish I had a better idea of what I should be doing with my time. The weather isn't as warm this weekend as it was last weekend so hopefully work will be more manageable. I work at a restaurant with an outdoor patio and I'm really the only server they have until they hire the summer help so when it's busy, I work lunch and dinner all by myself with the help of one busser. We got killed last Saturday and it was awful. I made a lot of money but I feel like everyone was just giving me sympathy tips. I gave a ton of people crappy service and my body was hurting so bad by the end of the night. The kitchen and bar are downstairs and the patio is upstairs so it's a very physical job. On top of that, I was so tired Saturday morning that I told my boss I couldn't make it through the day. She told me I could just work the lunch shift, but of course I ended up working until 11 p.m. I just hope this weekend isn't more of the same. Anyway, I'm heading to the gym soon to run. I'll post later.

I'm still here and I'm doing well. I'm just tired of using my phone to update. I'll get to a computer tomorrow!

I survived the day despite my exhaustion. I did my workout. I didn't pig out. I didn't kill anyone at work. I'm absolutely calling it a win. All I can think about right now is sleep!

I'm starving. I need to eat ASAP. I just need to not go crazy with the food today! I'm going to update this post throughout the day to keep me accountable. 11:28 I'm feeling so much better. I had a chicken soft taco and a bean and cheese cup from Del Taco. 540 calories and a healthy dose of protein. I'm content with my decision. I'm so ridiculously exhausted today and I just keep wishing the day was over. I work at 5:45 so I still have a long way to go.

Today I went and volunteered doing habitat restoration stuff and it was pretty cool. Also, good exercise! I walked around the bay after and that was pretty cool too. Volunteering is on my day zero project list but I'm not checking it off yet because I want to volunteer more than once. I'll probably go back there next Wednesday. It will be slightly different work, probably less physical, but I want to try different things. I'm glad I used my time wisely today, although it was the one day I didn't have anything that I absolutely needed to do and it would have been nice to sleep a little more! Confession: I've been eating way too much this week and my stomach is killing me! I don't even know why I'm eating so much. I guess there are several reasons, but I really really need to get it under control. It's pretty dumb to eat to the point of being sick. Tomorrow I vow to do better and post about it on here.

Congratulations! That is so super awesome!

Tonight I did week 3 day 2 of couch to 5k. I seriously did not want to run at all but it wasn't that bad. I'm a little behind on what I need to do to finish the whole program in six weeks. I need to run 11 days during weeks three and four of the challenge to catch up. I can totally do it! I just need to make it a priority. I feel somewhat anxious about being physically able to do all of the workouts. I'm embarrassed to admit that right now just running for three minutes straight is tough. I hope it starts getting a little easier. Intermittent fasting is something I definitely plan to stick with. My goal was to just try it for two weeks but now I plan to stick with it the rest of the challenge. However, yesterday and today I did eat earlier in the day. I also pigged out yesterday and today. I absolutely need to get back on track tomorrow! Food tracking is going well. I think I'll need to stick with that for a long time in order to lose all the weight I need to lose. During this challenge my weight has gotten down to 145.something a few days but after I pig out for a couple of days, it goes up to 148.something so I've probably lost about two pounds so far. That puts me right on track to lose six pounds for the challenge. Losing weight slowly can be frustrating sometimes but it's not a race and I am aiming for permanent weight loss. In order to be considered in the healthy range for BMI, I need to weigh 127 pounds (I'm short) and I'm thinking MAYBE I'll hit that by the end of 2015. That would be so cool! So far this challenge, I've checked three things off my day zero project list so I need to do at least two more. I'm extremely bummed that I can't go to the book club meeting tomorrow that was going to be another completed item. I read the book but I got a call on Sunday to do a four day taste test this week and we could use the money so I said yes. Next month the library near my house is doing The Goldfinch for their book club and I've been wanting to read that anyway so maybe I'll attend that one. Tomorrow I want to get on the computer and see how everyone else's challenge is going. I'm on my phone now. I'm also considering setting some weekly mini goals for myself on here because I could use the accountability. I want to get more accomplished when I'm not working. I waitress at a restaurant on the beach and once summer hits, I won't have this much time or energy.

I'm still doing well. Work was really busy this weekend and I feel like it nearly killed me. Then, I hardly slept last night and I had to get up and do some stuff today so I haven't recovered yet. I'm going to bed super early tonight and I'll probably feel like a whole new person tomorrow! I'll write more then.

Today I ran and I also checked two things off my day zero project list. I went a week (actually over a week) without eating fast food. The funny thing was I wasn't even trying to check that off the list. I was just looking through my food journal and realized the last time I ate fast food was last Thursday. I guess the lesson there is that it's easier for me to stay away from fast food than I thought it was. The other thing I checked off my life was that I answered these"50 questions that will free your mind". I just put that on my list because a lot of people had it on theirs and I thought why not! The questions took me a little more than a week to complete and they gave me some good things to think about. Another thing I'm planning on doing in the future is writing a personal manifesto and I thought the questions might help with that. Food tracking and IF is going well. I've definitely lost a little weight this challenge. I'll do my official weigh in Monday.

I'm doing well. I didn't run today but I did walk 7-8 miles. I was really restless and didn't feel like sitting down. My IF is going well, although I did eat a bunch of junk food last night between 6-8. I was just having terrible cravings for snack foods. It's okay though. I ate better today. I had an awesome salad for lunch today from one of the nice grocery stores that has a salad bar. I'm about to go eat some dinner. I know I won't go too crazy. I'm craving some meat. I have to run tomorrow! I did couch to 5k week two day two on Tuesday but I didn't run Wednesday or today. Tomorrow I really need to get that done in the morning! It's just so easy to make excuses if I save it for the evening. I'll update more tomorrow. I'm tired and I need to eat.

I went and did day one of week two of couch to 5k today. I am doing great on my food tracking and IF. I totally ate too much Saturday and Sunday but when I weighed myself this morning, the scale said 147.2 so I'm losing weight! This week I'm planning to check two things off of my day zero project list. I'm really feeling blah and down today but at least I got my exercise out of the way. I think I'm going to binge watch some of House of Cards Season 3 today since I didn't get to watch it at all this weekend. I have to hurry and watch it before I see the spoilers all over the freaking internet!