Sometimes believer in magic.
Once upon a time, a woman was picking up firewood. She came upon a poisonous snake frozen in the snow. She took the snake home and nursed it back to health. One day the snake bit her on the cheek. As she lay dying, she asked the snake, "Why have you done this to me?" And the snake answered, "Look, bitch, you knew I was a snake."
- Natural Born Killers
Que Sera, Sera
{ GAME OF THRONES }
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{ HARRY POTTER }
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{ ALADDIN }
I just got my ass kicked. I wasn’t being productive, so I figured I should go try and run….but I got halfway finished and was like “Nonono. I need water. I’m gonna fall apart without some water.” Haha. I’m out of shape, as usual.
I will recuperate and head back out, sigh.
Running…….Again
Taking C25K more seriously now. If you remember, I posted a little about it towards the beginning of the summer……But I got too ambitious, tried to run every day, then I went to Atlanta for a while and didn’t have anywhere to run and stopped and kind of…..didn’t do any running for a few weeks. But I’ve started again!
I’m on Day 1 of Week 2. I’m supposed to be running 3 minutes and walking 27, but instead I did running 9 minutes and walking 21. You don’t actually do that until Week 5….So I guess maybe I could technically say I’m on Week 5. I didn’t want to follow the plan exactly because while I’m not a seasoned runner, I’m not brand new either. So I guess I’m on track even though I got lazy for a while!
Jogging
Mark: [Whilst jogging] (Hey! Wow, I’m actually good at this. Maybe I’m a natural - yeah, I’m a jogger! Of course, there had to be a sport for me, I just never realised. Legs like two great steam locomotives, pumping away, I’m unstoppable - JESUS, is that a stitch - fuck, I’m gonna be sick, I need to walk. Oh, I think I’m gonna puke, I’m literally going to die, ugh, what an idiotic boob I was back ten or eleven seconds ago.)
TRUTH.
Calorie Counter
Today I weigh 115 pounds! Well, as much as I can estimate. My scale says 107, but I’m pretty sure it’s 8 pounds off (compared with a doctor’s office weight), so that’s how much I’ve been adding. But I’d know for sure if my scale worked.
Anyway, this was definitely not achieved a “heathly” way. My last running update? Yea, that’s the last time I ran. What had happened was I got sick and was too tired/cranky/congested/achy try. Then I started getting better and I was like, “….Ugh, fuck this, it’s so goddamn hot out there.” and I just didn’t go. So to make up for it, I started eating like 1300 calories a day.
DON’T DO THAT. That’s a great way to fuck up your metabolism and gain weight later. But I just can’t bring myself to exercise. It’s sooooo hot and boring and hurts and I’m a cranky, whiny, lazy baby who just wants to sit in bed. :(
I’m gonna have to start soon, though, as I really need to be eating like 500 more calories a day and I still want to lose 5 more pounds. And I just need to run in general, for more health benefits than just weight.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
Summer Running
Just got back from today’s torturous attempt at cardio. I was able to do a couple sets of 3 minutes and a couple sets of 2 minutes running, giving me 5 more minutes total than when I started (7 minutes day 1, 12 minutes on day 3). Improvement is slow, but I actually don’t feel like totally dying today. I came back in because it was so fucking hot, but I probably could have gone a little longer if I really wanted to push it. I was out of water, though, and really feeling the sun, so I figured 12 minutes was good enough. I also started and ended with 5 minutes of walking, with 2 and 3 minutes of walking sets mixed with the running sets. So, in total, I was out for about 36 minutes. Yay! But I’m really hot and tired now.
I also made a strawberry banana smoothie last night that was DELICIOUS. Unfortunately, I had to pour half out of my glass to give to my sister, so what I was left with was highly photogenic and I didn’t bother taking a picture. I’m planning on recreating it again today, though, so I’ll update later.
