Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Day 1---317 days till the Marathon

So...Lets talk food for a minute. I know I need to work on my diet if I want to get in shape and boost my energy. I try to eat small meals all day and stay away from sweets but for some reason they keep ending up on my fork... take last night for instance--

There was a chocolate cake a dinner party I went to last night (in celebration of finishing my first semester of grad school). I can't say no to cake or anything chocolate for that matter. I have no self-control when it comes to sweets. Anyone else have this issue? Find yourself unable to remove the spoon from the icecream tub?

I know that my addiction to sweets has been a slow but gradual build up. My mom and her infamous baked goods def contributed to the down fall of my inhibitions to desserts, though I can't blame her for my lack of control.

Cigarette count:
last night: 5
so far today:1

My friend Leah suggested this book: http://www.amazon.com/Four-Months-Four-hour-Marathon-Kuehls/dp/0399524150

It looks like it might help, so I plan on picking it up this weekend. I am going to try and do this on my own (not hire a trainer) but the motivation factor has been the biggest obstacle yet. After working all day and then picking up my son, it's hard to find the motivation to go for a run... but today after work I plan on taking the little man on at least a mile walk, something to get the blood pumping.

I am also going to use a training program I found online by Hal Higdon. Anyone know anything about that? I will do more research on him.

More to come

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