Hoping to run - a step at a time

For the past two weeks now, the stress levels in my life have gone down. I sort of felt like I am alright again and in control of my life. It was a great feeling. But I wish the feeling lasted longer. This week, my mood again took a downturn – for no apparent emotional reason but for a physical one. I was just not feeling ok – lack of energy, lethargy, etc can be a real dampener on enthusiasm for life! So, on Thursday, I realized (yes for the millionth time probably) that I simply HAVE to do something about my weight – if for no other reason but just so I can lead a life that makes me moan and groan less!

I was reading another blog and this girl talks about her battle with weight in detail and calls herself the token fat girl who has perpetually been combating weight, eating, getting depressed, combating weight, caving into craving, having bad days, eating, gaining weight and the downward spiral continues. A lot of what she wrote really spoke to me. But not for the obvious reason – coz I saw empathy – but because I realized that I too spend so much time thinking about my weight, analyzing the “what” and “why” of it, planning, and then – allowing myself into a spiral and wasting my “good” days in the above process of thinking, analyzing and planning! That’s when I decided that for a change I needed to DO.

So I emailed GR (my partner in these wonderful endeavors) and as usual we both agreed—this time on something which seems like fun. It’s called the couch-to-5km running plan. Designed specifically for lazy couch potatoes like me who have wanted to do something but give up too soon – often because I do stuff in excitement and do not believe in a step by step approach – its all or nothing for me.  Reading the plan, forced me to realize a step by step approach is possible – and a guided step by step approach is probably what I need more than anything.

So on the weekend, while I did not start the plan, I did use the gym, I ran for all of 2 minutes – plus a while on the cross-trainer. Burned all of 150 calories – it’s a start. I have also given up on chocolate – I am allowing myself other sweets once in a while.

A few baby steps – who knows ill run some day!

Hum of the day

I have dreamed for too long, I have wondered how to do it, I have thought about how life will change when I do it. The only missing link has been actually DOING something about it. Its time to stop thinking and start doing – one step at a time!