Is it Monday already?

Wow, days have been flying by lately. I think it has a lot to do with school, because it has been kicking my bootay. And I am striving to maintain my 4.0 despite how tough my classes are (don't judge me! I'd like to eventually get my doctorate, so A's are important!), so it's been taking a lot out of me. Additionally, I hate one of my jobs, so I think I'm going to quit. I've been thinking I could stick through it but it's just not worth the extra irritation. I never tell anyone how much I love that job. If I do talk about it, it's in such a way to indicate I hate it and it's stressing me out. The job was supposed to be "fun" and it obviously isn't, so what's the point? There is none. I've been sticking around for someone else's benefit, but I don't even really know who this "someone else" is anymore. Hence, I'm quitting.

Yesterday was kind of a terrible day, food wise. I definitely didn't eat enough fruits and veggies and water, and I definitely replaced it with some junk. Oh, then when I got home I was so tired I didn't do my workout. Yipes! I wasn't worried about Super Bowl because we were going to the same place we normally do, and we have seriously eaten the same thing pretty much every football Sunday, so I didn't expect yesterday to be any different. But oh was it different.

Needless to say, my weight is up today. It's kind of crazy how much one bad day can affect your weight. So, I did yesterday's workout this morning along with half my regular Monday workout, and will be doing the rest of the Monday workout shortly. I've also made sure to get lots of fruits and veggies and water today. I really am surprised by how much my weight went up, though, so I'm just hoping I can still post a loss this week (I was doing fine before yesterday!). Quick to gain, hopefully quick to lose? I really hope so, because I am so close to this stupid weight that seems to be some kind of threshold that my body is not yet willing to get past. I don't know why it's that way, but I'm over it! I want to get beyond these first 10 pounds and never deal with them again. With yesterday's goof up, I'm about 3 1/2 pounds away. Like I said, I was on the way, so I'll just have to see what happens (goal date is this upcoming Sunday). Hopefully it's just extra salt, since there's no way I ate enough for it to be extra fat.

Oh, speaking of thresholds, I did meet a good one during this morning's jog! I ran for the longest period I've ever run. VERY exciting!!! After I finished my jog, I was looking through my training plan to see if I could fit in some time to work on my speed (I'm super slow). Just for kicks, I thought I'd jump on the treadmill and do a faster speed for 90 seconds. WOW is all I can say! I'm so envious of all you people who can run at a decent pace for a steady period of time! Someday I'll be there, but in the meantime I'm the tortoise huffing and puffing in the rear... But that's OK. Walk before you crawl, jog before you run. I've literally never so much as run (jogged) a mile non-stop in my life, but I feel it on the horizon. I feel like throwing myself a party or something when that day comes! It might be a slow mile, but it's still a mile. We'll work on speed as we go, right?

OK, having said that I really need to go do a few things and get the rest of my workout in, so have a lovely evening!