Taking Things Too Far

I am quite horrible with goals. I always have good intentions, but things tend to fall apart fairly quickly. As proved by this bit that I never spoke of again...Which I was hoping you would never notice, but as it leads to this topic, I figured I'd bring it up.

Either way, I don't stick with things for very long.
But sometimes, good reasons are worth the effort, and this is one of those times.
For now, anyway.

I started off a bit too strong.
You see, I was going to go running and work out and drink all of the water that one possibly could and count calories and all that jazz.
And that was a horrendous idea.
Made it a week - and I'm honestly surprised I got that far.
Counting calories is depressing - especially when jalapeno Cheetos are delicious. Drinking water is boring after 70 ounces a day for a week. And running? It's hot out, and our air conditioner in our apartment is amazing.

So I quit.
As one tends to do. Or is that just me?
Either way, it was too much work, and naps sounded way better.

Then I realized something.
My whole main point was to be active. Because being inactive hurt too much. So all I really needed to be doing was getting on the treadmill a few times a week.
So, this past week, that's what I did.

We won't mention how many bags of Pepperoncini Kettle chips we have gotten through 'round here. And we won't talk about how much water I haven't been drinking.
What we will talk about is that four evenings, I went and ran a mile. It's tiring, and my bad knee hasn't been a fan. I broke a pair of headphones (though I do have a backup!), and have managed to make a 15:09 mile (not the best, but for now, I'll take it).

Successful? Far from it.
Progress? You bet.
I'm hoping to keep up the momentum for this week. It doesn't take much time, as I've hardly been out for more than half an hour each day for it. I'm hoping to build up ability more than anything. Move from a mile at speed 4.0 to a mile at speed 4.2. While it's not much, it's still a matter of moving, and that's the whole point in the first place

~Havok