Tag Archives: mental illness

Sticking to the plan

Posted on October 13, 2017 by G

Well, I guess I took the path of cramming all 5 workouts for the week into M-F. Because why not. I have some small satisfaction about not skipping anything, at least, and I don’t have to worry about it this … Continue reading →

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slump run

Posted on July 24, 2017 by G

I had to drop my car off at the shop this morning for service. The shop isn’t far from my house, and rather than wait, I opted to run home and add on a little bit extra for a nice … Continue reading →

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Destroy the monster with weight lifting

Posted on July 21, 2017 by G

I am finally back to the gym and I’m SO HAPPY about it. This week I was at a localish but off-site meeting and it ate my life. Since my gym is at work and I was away from the … Continue reading →

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a predictable cycle

Posted on June 1, 2017 by G

(tw for body hate and diet crap, and plenty of cussing, feel free to scroll on by this one) Today I was in a fine mood– until I got to the gym. I was going to do quick lift/short run … Continue reading →

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Mad season

Posted on September 29, 2016 by G

"Rest" was on my training schedule for today, so I did a bit of everything for a nice upper body/active recovery day: 5 minute running warmup, followed by 3×5 bench, 2×10 OHP, biceps and triceps, and then a good, long … Continue reading →

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Running my feels

Posted on March 14, 2016 by G

These last few days have been full of mental health mess! Periodic depression and anxiety are hanging out with wedding planning and work stress and no one is having a good time over here. I went dress hunting over the … Continue reading →

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what’s misophonia anyway?

Posted on February 19, 2016 by G

Today’s training session was 3 miles fast. I guess it was successful– I banged it out on the treadmill in 34:27, and it felt awful. Despite repeating the mantras of "just X more minutes" and "it’s not supposed to be … Continue reading →

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Everything is butts

Posted on September 29, 2015 by G

I’m in a foul mood today and very busy and honestly this post would be mostly whining if I let it go on so I’ll keep it short. Today was meant to be a back-to-lifting day but that didn’t work … Continue reading →

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A wreck

Posted on June 23, 2015 by G

Things are not going terribly well in my brain land. Long story short, I was startled awake by snoring at 4am, couldn’t get back to sleep, had a lot of thoughts and laid there crying until 5am, when my alarm … Continue reading →

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Feeling down-ish

Posted on April 13, 2015 by G

I’m not sure what’s going on in my brain lately. Depression paying me a periodic visit? PMS/PMDD rearing its ugly head? Some flavor of anxiety popping up? Whatever it is, it stinks. I feel paralyzed while simultaneously everything I ought … Continue reading →

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