Back to Basics

Starting over again. Back to simplicity. Yesterday I RAN. It's been just about 4 weeks since I've ran, and hurt my heel. I wanted to give it some time to heal, and while doing so, built up this horrible mental block,, that I just could NOT get past. It was killing me. So much so, that I figured if I can't run, why bother doing anything? THEN I noticed I was giving into EVERY craving I possibly could. I kept saying if I am not working out, why bother eating right (yea, I know dumb, dumb). THEN we went camping last weekend. We got home from camping and I weighed in at 250 WTF????? When we left for Colorado a month ago i was at 237!!!. Well on Offical weigh in day, I was at 242.4, which was only a 2 lb gain while on the camping trip. NOt too bad, and I am sure alot of water retention. And I was dehydrated. SO.. 3 days this week, Sitting at work I get all this motovation to go run. I know I need to just GO! Well, I can't when I sitting at work. So 5 hours later, I get the kids, make dinner, transport to cheer, go though school paperwork, get bathes done, bedtime done, it's now 9:30pm. Yep, no run for me. Nor do I want to go to the gym that late. So what do I do? Yep, sit there with a huge bowl of ice cream and wallow in my own pity. *sigh*

Yesterday I had enough. I NEED to do something. I've been lucky that in the month that I haven't been doing much that I only gained 5 lbs. But I know that 5 will turn into 25 very easily. It was a perfect evening. Got the kids, made dinner, ate, and handed over the kids to hubby and left. Got my running gear on, grabed my Ipod and went directly to the C25K program. What better way to get back into the swing of things. I jumped right in at Week 5 day 1. (3) 5 minute runs seperate by (2) 3 mintue walks. It was perfect. The one was patheticly easy. The second was hard, but I did it. The last was a killer, but I pushed and kept on going. I ended up coving 2.48 miles in the 34 mintues that I was gone. I was impressed. I am going to continue to use the C25K program until I am more comfortable out there again.I am determinded to get past this mental block. Having someone telling me what to do will hopefully help that. I didn't have any heel pain while I was running, but had some later that night and a ton this morning, Nothing that some motrin wasn't able to help me with. I'll live. I can walk, thats how I judge it. So this is my back to basics plan.
I will contiue to run at least 3x's per week, if not every other day.
I will start tracking my goals again.
I will start tracking my food again
I will start tracking my fitness again.
And the most important I will be mentally ready to run this race on the 25th and kick some butt for cancer and Hospice! I have a goal to work towards and darn it, I am going to do it!