Monday, August 13, 2007

Spuds Gone Wild: Week 3 revisited

I am hoping you all will be fine with having a week three re-do. If you want to move forward to the week 4 training feel free.

4 DAYS OF ACTIVITY - SUNDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, AND SATURDAY AS FOLLOWS: 8 MINUTE WALK, 5 MINUTE JOG, 5 MINUTE WALK, 5 MINUTE JOG, 7 MINUTE WALK. -Hanson's Running - couch potato to 10K.


I have noticed in the comments that everyone is being very hard on themselves, me too. This training makes me feel like a failure because I am not really living up to it 100%. I noticed with your comments that we are all feeling pretty guilty about not taking better care of ourselves. We really should be putting ourselves first and taking better care of ourselves, and none of us are, in a way that makes me feel better, less alone in my inability to succeed in this one area of my life. It is a real downer.

This week in the comments, no negative talk. You must come up with one thing you did this week that you are proud of. One thing that you did for better health. Are you all up to the challenge of saying something nice about yourselves? I am thinking that reversing the way we look at ourselves in this regard might be helpful toward walking the walk and getting ourselves off the couch. It is worth a try? The calling ourselves names isn't really working. Even if you didn't get the chance to exercise at all, try to think of something nice to say about yourself in regards to taking care of yourself and your health. Maybe you drank some water? Maybe you ate a veggie, ate less sugar, got a good night's sleep, walked up some stairs? I know you can do it.

I've got my final in nine hours and have 80 hours of work to do to get ready for it, and then I have a final project due Friday that I haven't started. I have been having the hardest time with keeping up with this class. My procrastination is giving me a nervous breakdown.

8 comments:

Marshamlow said...

I was really good at the beginning of this week. I did the jog/walk on both Sunday and Tuesday. It felt great. I was able to actually do the running bits at a pretty good pace. I am so excited about this training. I love that it is at an attainable pace. This week I am working toward getting in four days, I know I can do it. What about you?

Angel Fernandez Clark said...

I read a book about weight loss. Dr. Ian Smth's extreme fat challenge. I finished the whole book.

meno said...

I went on a 7 mile hike, up a hill and everything, on Saturday, and i'm not even sore.

Anonymous said...

For my health, I went to the doctors and was honest about how I am feeling. I even told Bob that I was not total 100% there with the baby thing. As for walking, I would like to take a vote and have us all start this program, really start it, in September after Labor day, when hopefully we won't be having as hot of days as we are having right now. 100 degrees is a killer, 90+ in the evening isn't much better. Everyone for it say EYE!!!! I will even be in charge of finding us a 10 K to do in Jan/Feb that will include a girls weekend somewhere that we can afford and will have fun. I can even make the 10 K up for us to do.! Let me know. I already have some thoughts.

Lorelei said...

I've been eating WW desserts instead of the real thing lately.

luckyzmom said...

I have been concentrating on feeling good.

Marshamlow said...

Angel: any thoughts or helpful hints from the book you care to share?

Meno: I am envious of both your fitness and your weather.


Kim: Great idea, aye from me. Thanks to about the inpiration.

Lorelei: It is the desserts that always get me.

Luckyzmom: You always have thoughful and inspirational wisdom.

Anonymous said...

At 4 weeks postpartum, I have started walking around the block in preparation for the weightlifting program I start in two weeks! I am proud of that! Good luck with your exam.