C25K Week 1 Complete--Calming down a bit...

C25K Week 1 complete.  Definitely out of practice, but I survived, and enjoyed it because I did 2 of the 3 days' runs with my husband.  It was a pleasant surprise, and probably a fleeting one as summer winds down and we're not yet pulled in so many directions with sports and scouts and church stuff and Back to School Nights and meetings and....(breathe).

I bought a student planner for me--as a teacher, I thought it might help me set weekly goals and keep track of daily before/after school stuff.  I'm visual, so I need to see it on a calendar for me to realize when things are.  I also put important appointments into the calendar on my phone so it will beep a reminder at me.  I also need lots of reminders.  I'm pretty sure I have undiagnosed ADD, but I just try to set up my environment with reminders and mneumonics to work with it.  My BFF colleague always says that she, too, has ADD, so we work well together:)

Next up, one final getaway with the family and then BAM! the routines start up again right after Labor Day.

Finished a complete Whole 30 a few weeks ago!  Dropped 10 lbs in the process and showed myself I can stick to a goal if I work hard enough for it.  A great thing about it was I chose to complete this while I was completely out of my normal routine--off from work and doing a play at night (so my habits were out of whack anyway, a great time to start some new, better habits).

I had my depression meds increased a bit.  I'm anxious about my child switching to a new school and about increasing demands at my job--I will need to keep a lot of plates spinning in the air, like most moms, right?  So after moping around for a day or two as I get ready to return to work, I laced up my sneakers and went out to do Couch to 5K, Week 1, Day 1.  I just decided I must take control of my mood.

Off to run Week 1, Day 2 now.