I've been a bad boy

Haven't really talked about fitness lately, have I? There may be a reason for that.

I haven't abandonded it, ye of little faith. But I have been lax. I have not been eating well - I think I've ran through every fast food restaraunt over the past few weeks with the same excuse for each - "Hey, I haven't had this in months!". The good news is, I believe that's out of my system now.

I must have put a ton of weight back on, right? Ehhh... not exactly. But I have gained 3 pounds. I've been slacking a bit for the past 3-4 weeks, so the main detriment is that I probably should have lost 6 pounds or so. Looking at it that, way, I'm a +9 over the time frame. Yes, that a very hard way to look at it, but sometimes you have to be tough on yourself.

I also slacked on the exercise a bit too. End of August/beginning of September I only ran 11 and 6 miles, respectively for those two weeks. Abysmal, especially considering that I haven't been lifing either. I honestly think I burned myself out during the summer - which is fine, because I put a lot of hard work in. Last week, though, I redeemed myself and ran 25 miles, including a 6 mile run Saturday night. The main thing this did is prove to me that I haven't lost it completely.

This transition period is going to be tough - I knew that ahead of time. I've been going out a lot and that has hurt the exercise to be sure. I'm hoping that things will calm down as we get to the end of the month. I feel a really renewed sense of dedication, which is nice. Maybe I just was really burnt out after all.

For whatever reason I feel an overwhelming desire to return to basics and start doing some really basic core exercises. Since I'm not running in the morning anymore, I think I'm going to start doing pushups and situps in the morning. Why not, right? It's fast, easy, and actually does a lot of positive things for your body. I think that sounds like a good idea. The plan, for now, is to continue running in the evenings for as long as I can and then settle in to a good gym routine as soon as it starts getting cold (and dark early - which is coincidentally when my seasonal affective disorder should start kicking in!).

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