national running day

It seems like an appropriate day to get my ass running again. I am going to try to do two miles after work. I have a feeling it's going to be brutal. With my inactivity plus the amount that I've been smoking lately...it's not going to be pretty. But I've got to do it. Because if I don't, it's just going to get worse and worse.

I'm going to try to lose twenty pounds by September. I need to start eating cleaner and drinking less beer. I'm also going to attempt to quit smoking. We'll see what happens...

Also...

I need to stop going out. I'm sabatoging my own efforts! We went out to pint night last night and however many calories I did burn on my run were consumed in beer and then some. I'm seeing a pattern here. At least for now, I need to cut the booze out or at least cut back a lot. Lately I haven't really been going out too much, maybe just once a week. But this week has been especially bad. Saturday and Sunday I had night rentals at work so we went out to dinner beforehand. Money and calories poorly spent. Then on top of that, we did pint night last night.

I need to save my money, my liver, and my body and just knock it off for a while!

On a somewhat related note, I've been doing pretty damn good quitting smoking. I have only smoked on days that I've gone out, and I only had two or three at most. Thank you E-Cig, you a life saver. My lungs (and wallet) thank you.

NUMBA ONE

So here I am, embarking on an adventure back into running. I'd like to train for and run a half marathon sometime in 2012, but first I've got to get back into the swing of things. I was training for a half around this time last year and got sidelined with an injury. That kept me out for about a month or two, and I've been sidelined by laziness almost ever since. So I'm starting from scratch here, and I'll use this blog to monitor my progress and log my training, as well as keep an eye on what I'm putting into my body. I'm also in the process of quitting smoking, so I'll be noting my successes/failures about that, as well.

So anybody out there who is reading, enjoy!