Breakthrough....

I'm going to be honest. Today sucked. It was my first real emotional day in awhile. I got on the scale this morning, and I lost 3.5 lbs my first week. Yes, that is a solid number. Yes, I should be happy with it...but I was actually the same weight on Saturday morning, which was 4 workouts before that. How could I not lose between those 4 killer hard trainings? I haven't put an ounce of bad food in my mouth, and I was really disappointed. It sucked...it made me feel like I'm not improving.

So all day I was pissed off. I'm tired of saying no to everything that's remotely good tasting. I'm tired of work and all this responsibility and I just need a BREAK! I feel like I've been going and going for so long...it seems like every free moment I get I'm doing homework, having performances, doing projects, going somewhere or taking finals. School is finally over, and work is about to be over and it's going to be HEAVEN. I cannot imagine how great it's going to be to have a weekend of time to do what I want instead of what I have to do. I think it's just all hitting me...

I projected all of my anger into the workout tonight. Last night I clocked 10.5 minutes total of running time. I alternated between 90 seconds running and 2 minutes walking for 20 minutes. Tonight, I let the rage drive me. I put on my favorite 'I hate the world' music and added an extra 10 minutes to my routine. I also was going to see if I could make it past 90 seconds of running. I was going to shoot for 2 minute running, 2 minutes walking. Wasn't sure if I'd be able to, but I was going to try. So I start...and I hit past 90 seconds and I realize...not only can I go further, but it wasn't that hard! I was SHOCKED!! I could not believe that I was running for 2 minutes straight and not that out of breath!! That was freakin' EXCITING!!! And I was able to do that the entire time without stopping. I didn't cramp, I didn't overheat, and I was less out of breath this time than I ever have been...even though it was by far the most distance I've run. Sooo..the good news....

This is what I completed tonight:

5 min brisk warmup walk
30 min of 2 min running, 2 min walking
5 min cooldown walk

Yesterday...10.5 min running time

Tonight.....16 MIN RUNNING TIME!!!

DAMN THAT FELT GOOD!!

My progress so far....

Workout 1: 7 minutes running time
Workout 2: 8 minutes running time
Workout 3: 9 minutes running time
Workout 4: 10 minutes running time
Workout 5: 10.5 minutes running time
Workout 6: 16.0 minutes running time

And now I feel better :0)