Today's workout ... and a new goal

Got another walk in today ... Had to estimate the total distance because my phone couldn't pick up a steady GPS signal.  I will never understand how that can happen when you're outside and not in a metal warehouse, but whatever.  I think I got at least 1.5 miles in today.  We'll call it good.  Tomorrow's an off day (massage ... can't wait!) then Thursday I will probably skip as well, since I will have my three-year-old with me and being pushed in the stroller is somewhat akin to root canal surgery for her.  So I'll be back in the saddle on Friday, sans Munchkin.

I plan to start the Ease Into 5K program on Monday.  It's an eight-week program designed to slowly build your jogging up until, at the end of the program, you are jogging three miles consecutively.  I'm a bit daunted by this, but I have a jogging partner--a friend who is willingly slowing her runs down to walk/jog with me--so hopefully that will push me to finish this program this time.  I plan to do our base's Turkey Trot 5K around Thanksgiving, so while I won't be finished with the program by then, my goal is to be able to jog at least two of the three miles.  Fingers crossed!

Back on track

Got out and did a little walking today.  And I do mean "a little" ... I kept a pretty moderate 3mph pace and walked two miles in 40 minutes.  But I think the thing that shocked me was not that I actually felt like I got a workout (because I did, albeit a very light one), but that I wasn't completely and totally winded.  I know that sounds weird, so as my mom would say, lemme 'splain.  Five months ago, if I had been forced to take a three-week hiatus from walking, the first day back would have been TORTURE.  I would have been puffing for breath, my knees and ankles would have been screaming in pain, and I would have been cursing like a sailor the entire time (in my head, of course).  Today, though, NONE of that.  I am truly amazed.  No doubt it's because I'm carrying around less weight than I was five months ago.  It makes me want to cancel the massage I have scheduled for Wednesday just so I can get back on the track and do it again.  I won't, because HELLO--MASSAGE! But it makes me want to, and I should get points for that, right?

I don't have anything to do tomorrow morning, though ... Maybe I can bribe the Munchkin with some sort of goodie if she'll sit in her stroller and let me push her around the track.  Hmm ...

Ladies and gentlemen ...

Hey there, hi there, ho there!

Okay, so I should have restarted this blog about five months ago.  BIG changes in my life ... BIG!

First, you'll notice the name of the blog is different.  I am no longer trying to lose weight in order to conceive.  Obviously, the reasons are personal, but we just felt like it wasn't the right time for us.  So, moving on ...

I have actually found a plan that is working like gangbusters.  I have been on MediFast's Take Shape For Life plan now for almost five months, and I have lost a mind-blowing 57 pounds.  Yes, you read that right: FIFTY-SEVEN.  I can hardly believe it myself, until I get dressed in the morning and my "skinny" pants fall right off. I still have 43 to go until I reach my goal weight, but it seems like a much more attainable weight now that over half of it is gone.

I had been doing well with exercise as well, walking at least two miles about three times a week, and I had even been incorporating some jogging in as well.  Then I got appendicitis.  YEOWCH.  I'm about three weeks post-op, though, so I'm planning on getting back on track (pun intended) tomorrow.  Don't fret, though; I will be easing back into things.

So this is a formal "hi again" and a promise to try to update this thing more often.  If you're still following me, thanks for hanging out for so long!

Disclaimer: I am in no way being compensated by MediFast for mentioning their programs on this blog.  I just think they rock.

C25K: Week 1, Day 1 (again)

Didn't hurt as bad as it did the first time, but it was MUCH harder cardio-wise.  After the third 60-second run, I honestly didn't think I was going to be able to finish.  But I soldiered on!  Now if I can just do Day 2 on Friday, then maybe--just maybe--I might get a habit formed.  EEP.

Time: 31 minutes
Distance: 1.7 miles

Er ... I'm back ... again?

I know, it's been a week.  I was sick, I swear.  Ask anyone who lives near me: I'm sure they could hear my incessant childlike whining from a mile away.  (Not a good sickie.  I get wimpy.)

But I'm (mostly) better now, and so I'm going to start the C25K all over.  And this time, I'm going to make it to Day 2!!  (haha)

C25K, Week 1 Day 1

YEOWCH.

Um, yeah, that was HARD.  But I finished it, and that counts for something, right?

I want to try to tweak my weeks, though, so that I'm working out on Tue-Thur-Sat instead of Wed-Fri-Sun like it would be now.  So I think I'm going to skip Friday, go Saturday, and then start Week 1 over next Tuesday.  That way I will be on track.

Distance: 1.75 miles
Time: 31 minutes

Remember me?

Yeah, yeah, I know ... it's been a while.

If I said I was kidnapped by gypsies and forced to wear a 100-pound wedding dress, would you forgive me?

Seriously, though, I've just been lazy.  Supremely lazy.  I can't explain it, other than I just found excuse after excuse NOT to walk.

But I did complete a 5K at the end of June, for Cancer Research UK.  And that made me realize that I can, and will, get back in shape.

So today, as long as the weather holds out, I am headed to the track on base to start Week 1, Day 1 of the Couch-to-5K program.  I've done it before (didn't finish it last time--surprise, surprise) so I kind of know what to expect, but my mind is still reeling at the thought of running any amount of time or distance at this moment.  So, keep your fingers crossed that I don't psyche myself out.

I will let everyone know how it went.