No better place to start....

It is officially July, we have only 6 months left of 2016 and my pursuit of health in 2016 has gone no where fast.  Isn't it amazing how when we think about something being 12 months away it seems so far.  Yet here we are in the half way done and I don't even know where the last 6 months went.  They were eaten up by stress, depression and anxiety.  We moved and that took up all of March and I used that stress as an excuse to do nothing.  When I avoid dealing with my stress, because it causes such anxiety so I leave it alone,  I soon find myself avoiding things, places and people. That is when depression grabs hold.  That causes me to be worse off than I was when all this started.  In all honestly my stress is just life. It happens to everyone and some can deal with it better than others but if you can't deal you need help.  I've been back on my meds for a week and a half now and I am feeling really good. I've had some down moments, but I recovered faster than I would have 2 weeks ago.

I was feeling so well I felt the urge to run. O_O  I thought NAH, you don't really want to do that.  The nagging feeling wouldn't leave.  So I finally gave in, put on my new running shoes that have been in the box for months and dusted off the treadmill.  Keep in mind this is only the dust it has gathered since we moved in here.

What is a better place to start than right back at C25K Week 1 Day 1.  I looked back at the first time I started this over a year ago after the first interval and I remember week 1 I running for 60 secs was so difficult, I remember I couldn't walk at 3 MPH I had to put it down to 2.8 to start and then when it was time to run it was at 4.2 and it was so difficult that  and to quote myself from a post where I was on week 2 of the C25K  "I am currently not even hitting a mile in 20 mins on my C25K program." This time I was able to do my walking at 3 MPH and I actually ran instead of jogged at 5 MPH for my running segments!! And when my 20 mins came to an end I had hit 1.13 miles.

Granted I was still spent by the time I was done with my 20 mins but it felt WAY more doable than it did two years ago when I first started the program. Now to keep moving forward...