Running, running, just keep running!

Ha ha, yeah like I can actually run for an extended amount of time. Thank goodness this 5K isn't for awhile, or else I would die. Whether it would be from exhaustion, sore muscles, or humiliation I'm not sure. 

Well, this is me checking in on the whole "exercise, healthy, happy" lifestyle change. Yes, I'm still alive and kicking (barely). Am I still as confident as I was previously? Nope. Does it matter? Nope. It's my life and I'm the only one who can change it. 

So what does that mean? Yes, I'm still trying to run (it's more a jog than anything) and I've also started to do small weight training at home. 

Am I working out with the friends that I signed up for the 5K with? On the weekends, which is not nearly as much as I'd like. Unfortunately though, scheduling is a bit of an issue that's wedging the gap between work out times. I work a day shift schedule and I find it hard to come out so late at night (yes I understand 9:30 is not that late and I used to work later than that). 

I've found that by going at six thirty in the evening that I'm EXHAUSTED the rest of the day. Also of note? I've been later than I want to work in the mornings. I've been going to sleep around 11pm and getting up between 6 and 7am. Now that I'm working out I'm finding it harder and harder to get up in the mornings so I am still trying to figure that out. 

Anyways, my point for this blog is that I hope that whoever is reading this (if anybody... which is unlikely) doesn't lose faith in me. I know that I have friends and family who don't think I can do it and have blatantly told me that. There lack of support discourages me more than I could have imagined it would have. I've heard of people doing things without support and how difficult it is but I never understood how HARD it actually is. Luckily I'm to the stage where they just ask me "are you still doing that thing?" My answer: HELL YEAH. 

So tonight I'll be going running again, and this will also be the second day of the 30 Day Plank Challenge. Can I just say that 20 seconds reads, sounds, and looks a hell of a lot easier than actually doing it? I did it, but damned if it wasn't hard. Here's the challenge if you're interested: 

I'm thinking once I've finished the challenge I might do another one, like the ab or leg challenge. Who know's where I'll end up after all of this. I do not, that I don't want to stop and I will FINISH this.