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So I had this great plan to get back on track with exercise by committing to being active each day, even if it was just a short walk or some weights. I did fine with it initially.

Then school got busy. And I got busy at work. And my commitment to exercise started to slide. Instead of making it a priority, it only happened if I had time left over in the evenings. And if I did, I was often too tired by that point to actually do anything.

I'm just having such a hard time getting back into the rou… Continue

I've fallen off the workout wagon, majorly.

Not to make excuses, but a lot of it had to do with getting sick. I was feeling completely well for nearly a month. First I had the flu - fever, sore throat and exhaustion is no fun. A week and a half to two weeks later, I was on the way to recovery and actually felt well enough to work out the one day. Then I developed this awful cough. That lasted almost a week and a half. I was congested, meaning working out was nearly out of the question. I mean,… Continue

After running my 5K on October 4th, I got away from running for a bit. After the race, school got busy and the weather got crappy (rain, rain, rain) so I just wasn't motivated to run.

And then, a week and a half later, I got sick. After my roommate got sick, he started comparing his symptoms to those of swine flu. He had a lot of the symptoms. Out of curiosity, I compared mine too. Fever? I didn't have a thermometer to check, but it sure felt like it - I felt freezing but my roommates all said… Continue

In my last blog post I wrote about the lack of working out that's been going on. Since then I've gone out walking a few times, for about 40 minutes and I walked to and from school (about an hour total), so I haven't been completely sedentary. And I had every intention of going for a run on Tuesday evening. But the weather was bad. And then last night I had to go to campus at 7pm to work on a presentation with my partner. We had to wait so long to get together since he was at away game for soccer… Continue

Since my 5K on Sunday, I haven't really been keeping up with my workouts. I walked to and from school on Wednesday, which adds up to an hour of walking, but aside from short 5-10 minute walks a couple other times this week and doing another day of the 100 Push Up Challenge, I haven't really worked out.

I was really stressed out about it, but the scale remained consistent when I weighed in daily. If it was up at all I knew it was because I hadn't had enough water (I almost never get enough in wh… Continue