Overcoming a bad mood- C25K way
Today I woke up feeling bad... I just felt off and like crap emotionally and physically (my stomach was hurting). I ate some salad and waited for my stomach to calm down and it did. I still felt like crap, but I needed to do my C25K walking today because I missed yesterday with the holiday, so I got out and pushed myself. I had to walk for 40 minutes today, no set distance. I walked slow since I didn't feel well, but I did it. I also went to the gym since Tuesday is my strength training day. I did most of my normal gym workout (one of the machines was taken the whole time I was there) and then went home.
When I got home, I was feeling much better. I had my protein shake, showered, and made a short vlog which I haven't done in a while (send me a message if you want the link). I feel good, because I used a healthy way to overcome a bad mood. I didn't sit at home and feel bad, I got out there and active and made myself feel better that way. I didn't overdo it, push myself too hard or anything either. Tomorrow I'm going to go back on my normal C25K routine of Monday, Wednesday and Friday and do my 2.5 mile walk. They finally fixed the treadmill in the gym, so I can walk in the cool gym instead of outside. I will see how I like that compared to the nice view outside. It's hot out there (today it was 90 when I did my walk) and I have trouble drinking water, so I think it's best if I walk in the gym. I can also set how fast I want to go and so that way I'm walking at a stable pace. It will be my first time on a treadmill for more than a couple minutes in years (since early college) so we will see how it goes!
I know why I woke up in a bad mood- it's my TOM now, and I have to work on doing everything I can to get the bad moods to go away. I can still exercise and stuff, just take it easy and not like run. If today is any indication, then all I have to do is just get out there and get active and the PMS will go away for a while at least. Maybe this will get me to lose weight instead of gaining while on my period. We will see. Okay, that's enough with the TMI for now (too much information).
Today I ate a lot of salad, since that's what I was craving. I ate the size of a regular bag of salad in less than 24 hours. I used a bit of light vinegarette (so a good dressing) and I'm in my calorie range for the day. I also had my regular dinner, some pasta and my protein shake. Pasta has so many calories and sodium, but I love it! I'm allowed a guilty pleasure now and then as long as I'm in my calories. I just hope I don't run out of salad (I got the huge bag at BJ's) before Thursday when we get the car for the weekend. I have a bunch of light dressings, so I'm not worried about running out of those, but the salad thing might be a problem if I continue to scarf salad like there's no tomorrow. Or I could go to the store and get some more. I will have to figure something out if I keep wanting salad. I also have baby carrots to eat, so I have more veggies if I run out of salad.
I was a bit stressed out on my walk today.. I saw a couple of what Geo calls "banana spiders" which are spiders you find in banana trees and are black and yellow. I walked a different path and I saw a couple of them and I was just paranoid that I was going to get bitten or have one on me. Those things are big! I ended up walking on the grassy median between the sidewalk and the street because the bushes were covering part of the sidewalk and I wanted to be as far away from those spiders as I could. I'm not walking down that path again. The extra shade is not worth the spiders.
I slept good last night once I got to sleep... I was exhausted at 10:30pm last night, but Geo wasn't home yet so I waited until 11 when he got home and I just couldn't sleep. I don't think I could have slept even if he was home when I was tired, but I wanted to wait until he got home. I had to take klonopin at 1am just to get myself to go to sleep, and slept until about 1pm. I woke up at 10am, but decided to go back to sleep as right now the more sleep I get, the more stable I tend to be. If I wake up early tomorrow, though, I might just get up since when I woke up later today I felt like crap. We will see what happens tomorrow.
When I got home, I was feeling much better. I had my protein shake, showered, and made a short vlog which I haven't done in a while (send me a message if you want the link). I feel good, because I used a healthy way to overcome a bad mood. I didn't sit at home and feel bad, I got out there and active and made myself feel better that way. I didn't overdo it, push myself too hard or anything either. Tomorrow I'm going to go back on my normal C25K routine of Monday, Wednesday and Friday and do my 2.5 mile walk. They finally fixed the treadmill in the gym, so I can walk in the cool gym instead of outside. I will see how I like that compared to the nice view outside. It's hot out there (today it was 90 when I did my walk) and I have trouble drinking water, so I think it's best if I walk in the gym. I can also set how fast I want to go and so that way I'm walking at a stable pace. It will be my first time on a treadmill for more than a couple minutes in years (since early college) so we will see how it goes!
I know why I woke up in a bad mood- it's my TOM now, and I have to work on doing everything I can to get the bad moods to go away. I can still exercise and stuff, just take it easy and not like run. If today is any indication, then all I have to do is just get out there and get active and the PMS will go away for a while at least. Maybe this will get me to lose weight instead of gaining while on my period. We will see. Okay, that's enough with the TMI for now (too much information).
Today I ate a lot of salad, since that's what I was craving. I ate the size of a regular bag of salad in less than 24 hours. I used a bit of light vinegarette (so a good dressing) and I'm in my calorie range for the day. I also had my regular dinner, some pasta and my protein shake. Pasta has so many calories and sodium, but I love it! I'm allowed a guilty pleasure now and then as long as I'm in my calories. I just hope I don't run out of salad (I got the huge bag at BJ's) before Thursday when we get the car for the weekend. I have a bunch of light dressings, so I'm not worried about running out of those, but the salad thing might be a problem if I continue to scarf salad like there's no tomorrow. Or I could go to the store and get some more. I will have to figure something out if I keep wanting salad. I also have baby carrots to eat, so I have more veggies if I run out of salad.
I was a bit stressed out on my walk today.. I saw a couple of what Geo calls "banana spiders" which are spiders you find in banana trees and are black and yellow. I walked a different path and I saw a couple of them and I was just paranoid that I was going to get bitten or have one on me. Those things are big! I ended up walking on the grassy median between the sidewalk and the street because the bushes were covering part of the sidewalk and I wanted to be as far away from those spiders as I could. I'm not walking down that path again. The extra shade is not worth the spiders.
I slept good last night once I got to sleep... I was exhausted at 10:30pm last night, but Geo wasn't home yet so I waited until 11 when he got home and I just couldn't sleep. I don't think I could have slept even if he was home when I was tired, but I wanted to wait until he got home. I had to take klonopin at 1am just to get myself to go to sleep, and slept until about 1pm. I woke up at 10am, but decided to go back to sleep as right now the more sleep I get, the more stable I tend to be. If I wake up early tomorrow, though, I might just get up since when I woke up later today I felt like crap. We will see what happens tomorrow.
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