I turned 29 in June. I decided that my motto for this year was going to be "no excuses". I am an overweight, undermotivated, undisciplined individual. Three traits I really detest...this year I stop with the excuses. I'm not being all debbie downer on myself. I know that not all of this is my fault ... in fact this is the first year that I am living without some of the things I couldn't control. For the first year since I was 17 medically I am "cured" - it's also the first time in 4 years that I am not on anti-depressants. However, part of my current traits are my fault - I'm not naturally inclined to work out, I'm not self motivated and I'm terrible about starting things and then stopping them. But like I said - No excuses! Not anymore. Time to do something about the things I can control.
So I started running - training with a friend of mine doing the Couch 2 5K. The program is supposed to have you running a 5k in 8 weeks. 3 weeks in I am quickly learning that the program isn't really meant to have overweight people running a 5k in 8 weeks...either that or my body just doesn't handle running. So with "no excuses" in mind - I'm changing it to work for me - rather than training 3 days a week - I'm doing it 2 days on, 1 day off all week long. I don't accomplish the whole run each time, but I'm working toward it. I registered for my first 5k - it's in December. As much as it would be awesome to be a c25k success story - I really don't think my body can handle it. And that's okay. I may not run this one, but come January I will be signed up for another one and I will hopefully run that one and I will keep signing up for them for as long as it takes until I can say I did it. Between now and then I will continue to kick ass - even if it's only at my speed. It may take me 16 weeks or even 32 but I WILL run a 5k and I will keep going. No excuses.
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