Weekend Recap

Chillin' in my favorite spandex

Miles- 4 and change on Saturday. 30 minutes on the elliptical on Sunday

Ehhhhhhhhh.... In theory it made a lot of sense to run a lot this weekend because finals week starts tomorrow. In practice, I'm already burned out, which led to some sh*tty miles. Today I didnt want to do anything high impact but I wanted to get some cardio in. I literally had to drag myself to the gym. But once I got back (even though it was only 30mins) I felt waaaayyy better. I knew if I didn't do anything today, I would really regret it. When I say I'm going to work out and then don't, there are all these voices in my head of runners who I know telling me that I'm I wuss and need to man up. This is completely normal, right? Oh well. Finals week is really tough for everyone, I'm sure. For me, the most difficult thing is that I stay up so much later and as a result my healthy habits degrade. For instance, around 11:00pm I start to get hungry again. I usually eat dinner around 6:30-7:00pm so this makes sense, but after eating a full dinner, I'm usually craving things like chips of candy. BAD! I can go a whole day eating really well and then ruin it all late at night. Especially around finals and the holiday season, I feel like people justify eating poorly so it's easy to get sucked in. My other problem is that my sleep cycle gets all wonky. I like to go to bed early-ish because I am usually more productive when I wake up early. I like to have 9am classes and workout early. But lately I've been staying up until 2 or 3 in the morning so that makes it nearly impossible to wake up at 8 am and go for a run. I recognize that during these final days of school, my mileage will go down. Sleep and studying take priority. What I CAN'T do, is eat poorly and stop working out. I don't want to gain back the weight I have lost. So I went to the store and bought easy to eat veggies like carrots and cucumbers. I made a big salad for dinner and had goldfish and carrots at 10pm. I cut myself off after that. No more food. I've decided that I'm giving myself a cutoff time to when I can eat so I don't wander towards the junk late at night. After 10pm, that's it!

In case you were wondering-

-I watched Beginners, and it is now one of my favorite movies
-The last episode of Fringe (5x08) made me cry at the end
-9 days until winter break

-This is my all time favorite necklace. It's from Tarma designs and my dad got it for me when I finished my first half marathon.