So I've been at this officially for a month...
How's it going, you may ask?
It's going great, thank you very much. Got up at 4:30 this morning because I had some extra stuff to do, even though I'm trying to eliminate the morning errands (see a couple posts ago or so). Went running, fully expecting to crap out after a mile. Second straight night with not enough sleep.
And what did I do? Banged out 2.38 miles, longest run on the streak yet.
So I've gotten endurance from doing this.
About a mile or so in this morning, I was expecting to start fading. But I didn't. I actually got a little kick in my stride and ran faster, for a while at least.
So I got some fitness out of this.
Weight at beginning of streak: about 210 lbs. Today's weight: 202 lbs.
So I got weight loss out of this.
I got tired of not losing weight at the beginning, so I quit refined sugar, for the most part*.
So I no longer eat sweets, put sugar in my coffee, and so forth.
I can't imagine not running every day. When I even think about it for a second, I hurry up, put on my shoes, and get out there.
So I got persistence and determination out of this, more than I already had.
When I'm down (and I am), when I wake up to thoughts of panic and fear, I get dressed, put on my shoes, and get going. The bad thoughts linger for a minute, then I'm just one foot in front of the other. My stress is gone, at least for a while.
So I got a temporary stress reliever out of this.
It's time that is all mine. I don't run with others; I know that some of you do and that's fine. I'm a lone wolf. A slow lone wolf.
So I got my own thing out of this.
And I have a perfect excuse, a need, to write every day. So that you can read if you want. I want you to like my writing, but it's really for me.
So I got writing every day out of this.
And running. Every single day.
See you tomorrow!!
Today's run: 2.38 miles, verified by Nike + running app. Check out my progress: https://www.nike.com/us/en_us/p/myactivity
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