The Game Plan

The last day and a half have been a blur of hormonally-charged bad health decisions. But alas, I am under control again. I weighed in at over 200.2 today. NOT! OKAY! That is a huge wake-up call already. Yes maybe I'm gaining some muscle from the running, but there's no way its that much. I'm obviously screwing up the eating habits.

Since I've decided to make running a regular part of my schedule and get training for that half-marathon in October, I have decided to attack my fitness as follows:

Mon & Wed: Run before work, walk during lunch, low-intensity cardio after work
Tuesdays: Weights before work, walk during lunch, low-intensity cardio after work, Biggest Loser
Thursdays: Low-intensity cardio before work, walk during lunch, more LIC after work plus a training session
Fridays: Run before work, low-intensity cardio after work (Fris will be done work at noon!) or some active/outdoor activity!
Saturdays: Low-intensity cardio or active/outdoor activity
Sundays: "Rest" day which will still include at least a walk around in the sun or shopping/errands if raining

If I'm on a schedule, I can manage this fine. All lunch-time walks are weather pending but the goal is to do them at least 3 times a week. Obviously if there's a whole week of rain I won't be going for a walk so I'll do what I can before and after work. However I don't mind running in the rain before work. And once my training sessions are done (i only have a few left on my contract) then I'll do weights before work like Tuesdays.

This is manageable. It's a lot but it'll kickstart me back into the habit. I don't think I'll burn out from it. Not to mention there are days that I wont' be able to do my low-intensity cardio after work because I'll have the second job in the evening but with a schedule like this, a night job thrown in isn't going to hinder my progress too greatly. And of course coupled with better eating habits I'll be good to go.