WeirdTransBoy

Ugh. I just have one thing to say for this morning: Shin. Splints. I'm going to give myself the day off from running tomorrow, as I'll probably be moving boxes (some of them heavy?) and my shins need to recover. And apparently our movers are coming at 8:30 in the morning on Saturday so I don't think I'll be able to run once we start the move. Sunday is up in the air at this point. Gonna be a busy weekend! The good thing is, after today I have the next three days off from work.

Oh shit! I keep forgetting to mention that my mom and brother and I are moving this Saturday! So yeah, I don't know how I'm going to get anything done this weekend but I will try.

@naxius Thanks for the encouragement! My brother and I need to do another one. It was brutal, but a great workout. So far this week has not been great, guys. So I haven't really been posting. I ran on Saturday and Sunday, took Monday off, and ran yesterday and today. My older sister is a trainer at lifetime fitness, and she came for a visit on Saturday. She showed me some running stretches, and told me to take it easy because running every single morning might be a bit much. So I'm modifying my challenge to give myself "off" days after two or three days of running. In theory I should use those off days to get a good workout in, but I didn't come through on that Monday. In truth, I hate working out. I haven't found something I love doing as exercise so I really have to make myself do it. Even running is not my favorite, but I think I'm getting better at it. I also have not been watching what I eat and drink the past 3 or 4 days. Lots of beer, a few slices of pizza at work, ice cream yesterday, and definitely not enough fruits and veggies. As you guys have said, one bad day won't ruin my challenge. So it goes. A few bad days shouldn't ruin everything. I just need to work harder for the rest of the week and keep going next week.

My mental health has always been an issue. I knew starting this that I would have really bad days, and as far as the past two days went, I've honestly had far worse. But it was still bad. So thank you so much for your encouragement guys. It honestly helps so much to know that anybody is reading this and believes in what I'm doing. Today I'm back on the horse! I ran this morning for 9.5 mins, and when I got home my brother asked if I wanted to do an ab workout with him. Now, if any of you read my introductory thread you might remember that on the DAY I joined this site, my brother offered to help me work out and I refused. But he took notice that I've been working hard and tried again today. It feels good to get that recognition from my brother. We got a good 20 minutes of ab circuits, so that's my workout sorted as well as my run! I feel good today. It helps that I have the day off and I can do whatever I want.

Just replying to follow your thread!

Thanks guys. I've been feeling very negative all day. Very pissed off, irritable, impatient, tired, just all around bad. I went to work and I didn't run today, but I did drink most of my water. I'm going to start bright and early with my run in the morning while it's still cool outside. I was feeling very negative about my body in particular today. I know we all face body issues, but I feel like body issues paired with gender issues are just a whole new basket of trouble. I've been transitioning for years and sometimes I look at my body and I just think the most awful things about it. I have c-cup breasts, so I wear what's called a "binder" to flatten my chest and give myself a more male appearance. Well today I measured my chest to fit myself for a new binder and I felt absolutely crushed to find that I'm an "XL" in the brand I'm going to try. I've been wearing a small in my other brand for years, and when I found out what my measurements are, I checked their size chart too and discovered that I should be wearing a large... Yeah that didn't feel great. I know size is just a label or number or whatever, but I felt so awful about it I must have re-measured myself about ten times. I don't know why I'm sharing this. I don't know if any of you will get what I'm going through. I just need to vent I guess. I want to feel better and I know I'll have to work for it. It's just the point where I am right now that sucks. I'm so sick of hating myself.

I'm feeling incredibly tired. I might miss my workout goal for the week by doing this, but I'm going to bed early. I just don't want to do it today.

It's hard to schedule around traveling and big events like that. But you won't fall off the wagon! It's just a bad day. They happen.

Thanks guys! I really beat myself up over that last night. The encouragement helps a lot! My run this morning was better. Walked for 2, ran for 9, walked for 3, ran for 1. Calf is still hurting but it's just sore from last night I think. And man it is bright outside! The sun is fully up and it's 77 degrees (25 C), and while I'm sweating like crazy that's still not the projected high for today. If I'd woken up earlier I would have gotten some cooler running weather. Oh well. Next time.

So I put off running until 10 PM tonight. Bad idea cause I was just tired and ready for bed when I started and did a few things wrong. I usually stretch and warm up before running, but I cut my stretches short and instead of walking for at least a minute I pretty much hit the ground running. So I got a stitch in my side after five minutes, and then five minutes after that my calf started hurting and my ankles started to ache. So I had to slow down and pretty much walk halfway through. Lame. I'm mad at myself for waiting this late and fucking up my run, but I'll make up for it in the morning.

Today has been a blah day. I'm feeling tired from working and running every day since last Thursday, and working out every other day. I didn't run this morning before work, so now I have to wait until sunset so I don't burn up in the heat. I'm also behind on my water. Ugh. Just ugh. I finally have a day off tomorrow and I'm going to enjoy it!

17 degrees C?? Google says that's 62F, which to me sounds gloriously cool. We've been having temperatures of at least 32 Celsius in Texas for months now. Which is why I try to run in the early hours when it's closer to 22 Celsius.

Late update for week 2 day 2: Water: check! Run: check! Even ran for 10 minutes like I hoped. Workout: check! I am so tired. Good night!

Running in the morning is great for me since it's cooler outside (Texas gets HOT after the sun comes up around 8:30), but I still struggle with waking up early enough to run. I am not a morning person. That run sounds killer! I agree that taking it slow for long intervals is best but I still wouldn't want to do two 10-minute intervals Since you're in Ireland, what do you consider "warm" weather?

I meant to update this morning but I had to run, shower, then head to work and I had no time Anyway, I totally crushed that 10 minute goal this morning! I am so proud of myself and I hope to do it again tomorrow. I'm close to finishing my water for today. I could work out but it's late and work has left me totally beat. I'm just going to take my hormone injection as planned and go to bed as early as I can. This is technically my first day of week 2. Yay! I'll start off my workouts for the week tomorrow.

I'll take you up on that challenge, ghost! I'll post in the morning after my run.

9:00 am: Ran at 8:00 this morning. I really pushed for an 8-minute running interval... And I crushed it 2 mins walking, 8 mins running, 3 min walking to cool down, and then the last 2 mins running until my timer ran out and I walked the rest of the way to my house. I did my workout successfully last night, which is great because this is the last day of my week 1. So I've hit my goal already for workouts this week! Yay!

@ghost Why yes, I believe I did! I hope I can keep it up for tomorrow's run. :X I'll try out drinking a glass of water before my run tomorrow and see how I feel. I'm on track today for everything except my workout. I'll do the Bodyweight Workout and then that should tire me out enough to go straight to bed. I want to wake up early again and run in the cool morning hours. I really enjoyed it.

Hey fellow beginning runners! @ghost: Running in the heat is awful. I try to go as early as I can but all during the week I stayed up too late and woke up past 10am, so at one point I didn't run until 1pm in 90+ degree weather. Brutal. I should probably sip some extra water before I get going. I usually wait till after but I'm not sure what the "best" thing to do is. @fffffin: That's awesome! There's hope for me yet! 40 minutes sounds like a lot. How long have you been running? Weeks? Months? I woke up early because I work this morning, so I did my run at 6:40 am. The sun was not even out yet and I could still see stars in the sky. I was home by 7 and the sun was still barely starting to rise. It was quite lovely. I walked for 4 minutes, ran for 7, walked for 3.5, then ran my last 30 seconds. It's so nice out I didn't start sweating until i walked into my house. And now I must get ready for work. Blehhhh.

You stormcloak barbarian! Good for you! I also struggle with getting enough sleep. It's hard to force myself to go to bed early enough to get my 7-8 hours. All this running (for the empire!) has made it easier though since I'm spent by the end of the day. I'll be keeping an eye on your couch to 5k! I hope to be able to run for an extended period as well. Do you ever run early in the morning?

Keep up the hard work! Good on you for not smoking even once

Day 5 midday update: -just finished my run. I was able to keep pace jogging for about 5 minutes straight which is a real accomplishment for me. After that I alternated walking, jogging, walking, and then finished off with one last push for like 30 seconds. My legs still hurt a lot today. Maybe slightly less but I'm not sure. -I worked out yesterday so today is a rest day for me. -Need more water! It's hot outside (I live in Texas) and running this late in the morning means the sun is almost beating down on me. I'm dehydrated from sweating so much. Now eating my rice and beans with fresh tomatoes. Maybe I'll make myself a smoothie.

Alright so it's day 4, midday update time: -did my run about 30 mins ago. Killer. My legs are SCREAMING. I wanted to quit 2/3 of the way through, but (un)luckily for me I was only 2/3 of the way home, so I had to keep going. I couldn't run as much today though. Too painful. For any of you runners out there, are my lower legs supposed to hurt this much? Am I doing something wrong? -I'm behind on my water so far. Better drink up. -I did some half-assed arm exercises yesterday, so now I definitely need to do some full-assed working out to make up for it. It's already day 4 of my week and I have only worked out once. I need to do it 2-3 more times by Saturday or I'll miss my goal. ETA: still day 4, almost midnight now. Mission accomplished on all fronts, friends. Goodnight. Water: check Walk: check Workout: check!!!!!

Midday update: -I'm about halfway with my water, so I'm on track. -Went for my morning run. My. Legs. Hurt. I think I ran less today and walked a little more because my ankles, calves, and feet are just hurting a lot. -definitely going to work out today. Must figure out something to do with my upper body because my legs hurt so bad I don't think I can do the Beginner Bodyweight Workout today. My mom has free weights so I might use those for something? We'll see. ETA: I was actually looking forward to my run this morning, even though I knew it would hurt. It's like now that I've committed to this idea in my head that I'm going to do this every day, I feel determined and kind of excited to follow through.

So here's my daily update: Did my run this morning Doesn't look like I'm going to do an extra workout today. I've got a headache that just will not go away. And I'm on track for my water today! @animuse I honestly have no idea what I'd do for my arms. I'm really not good at this whole working out thing.