Monday?? Not again...

Today, I definitely have a case of the Mondays.  I'm not seeing that changing anytime soon, mostly because in no way, shape, or form am I trying to change it.  Instead, I'm wallowing in my Monday morning grumpiness.  

Today started like every day with a weigh-in.  I ate perfectly yesterday, exercised my butt off and came up with... a 0.2 pound GAIN.  GAIN!  I know, I know, it's a single day, there's a thousand reasons for it, it's week 2, week 2 always sucks, bla bla bla... I will believe that and tell other people that tomorrow, but today I'm just going to embrace my "but it's so unfair!" attitude.  I told you'd I'd right even if I wasn't feeling particularly motivating or upbeat, so here it is. 

So today started with 0.2 pound weight gain and I decided a good, long walk before work would have me feeling better.  I think it sort of worked... until the rain started.  Matched my mood perfectly, really, as I walked in the drizzle for about 50 minutes.  At least I hadn't straightened my hair!  

In more encouraging news, tomorrow marks 2 weeks.  One more and I'm at that magically 21 days that experts say it takes to form a habit!  And, for the week, I'm still down (a measly) 0.8 pounds.  I guess a loss is a loss.  We'll see what tomorrow morning on the scale has to say.  

I've also decided to add a few more interim and long-term goals/rewards.  When I get under 200 pounds, I'm going to get SCUBA certified.  And longer term, I'm going to set my sights on finishing a FULL marathon.  I did a few halfs back about 4-5 years ago, but the full is a whole different kind of beasty I'm told.  26.2 miles is a long way, but a lot of people have done it, and there is no reason I can't be one of them.  I volunteered handing out bananas at a local marathon this last weekend, and don't see any reason why I can't be one of those proud people crossing the line.  But I don't want to push too much or too hard.  So here's the plan: 

For now, keep walking.  Just walking.  Once I get under 250, then I will start incorporating some run/walking and start training for a 5k.  Once I've successfully gotten better at 5ks, I'll start training for a half.  
- Under 250 - (roughly slating July) - start working to improve 5k speed.  Once I can clock at least 2 races in under 45 minutes, start working on training for a half. 
- Complete the 2015 Indianapolis Mini-Marathon.  Start training for the full. Consider other mini-marathons through the spring/summer. 
- Complete the 2015 Indianapolis Monumental Marathon (normally the first weekend of November)

We'll see what we can do!