C25K - W9D3 - Move, Get out the way

Sometimes you can only put your body through so much in a weekend. For me, my W9D3 coincided with moving an entire apartment. Since I am posting this a few days late, you can guess where my energy was spent this weekend.

I probably walked 3 miles while putting away boxes and burned more calories moving furniture than I would have in my 30 minute run, but I still didn't get to it. Furthermore, this weekend is even more exercise adverse with a ton of traveling and an uncertain schedule. With all of this going on, here are my goals for the week:

1) Do 3 - 30 minute runs sometime during the week. Maybe not MWF, but I want to do them sometime during this week.

2) Lose 2 lbs this week. I've done it before and I can do it again. Due to holidays and birthdays during the last few weeks, I've gained most of the weight back since I started this. I will be going back to my paid weight routine if I can't start to work this out by the end of April.

3) Learn more about blogging. I like putting my information out there for others to digest, but I'm sure there is more to it than that. I will do some research and find out how to be a better blogger within the blogging community.

C25K - W6D2 - 20 is the new 50!

The C25K program is now a part of my daily routine, but the exercise itself is still hard to do. I woke up this morning, got my water and bananna, and went of for 30 minutes of walking and running.



After a quick warmup, I started on my first 10 minute run... and almost tripped in the process. I never knew that sticks and small branches on a side walk would be so menacing. After the 3 minute cool down walk, there was another 10 mintue run in my future. Two laps around the block and one barking dog later, I was done. I can say for certain that my 20 minutes of running felt like 50 minutes of exercise.

Food is still an issue for me right now, but I have taken the first step to help me get back on track. I took my left over "The Big Game" snacks and threw them out, and I will start to throw out or donate any trigger foods that cause me to eat more than I should. It's ironic that I lost so much weight with a controled calorie count and little exercise, and now I can exercise 3 days a week and I can't control my caloric intake without a fight. I need to put these two together to get back down to my weight goal!

Valentine's Day - Another tough day with food

There are many times when it becomes hard to stick to any diet or weight loss plan, and Valentine's Day is no exception. Whether you have a loved one or not, food and drinking seem to be a staple of the occasion.

While I had a reasonable breakfast and lunch to start the day right, my picnic with my loved one was a little rough. The truffles, wine, cheese and crackers, as well as subs were alright, but it was the ice cream shop afterwards that did us in. Ice cream is such a great treat in moderation, but it was probably overkill for the evening. It is hard to say no to something that tastes so good, even thought it gives you that "I am way too full and a little sick" feeling. Guess I am done eating for the rest of the day!

Tomorrow is the first 20 minute run of my life. I'm actually pretty excited to see if I can accomplish this run, so stay tuned for the results tomorrow!

C25K - W4D1 - A sweaty pace while stuffing my face

In the process of losing 85 pounds, I didn't do any type of major exercise. I walked a mile every so often, but it was a careful counting of calories from a well known program that helped me lose the weight. Now that I need to lose my 30, I'm trying to fix that.

Sweaty Pace
I started the C25K program 4 weeks ago and it's been amazing. I can now run at 3 minute increments without too much of an issue... I was sucking wind at 60 second runs only a few weeks ago. I run this Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, so you will get updates after my runs so you can follow along if you wish.

Stuffing my face
So I get out of work eating my typical amount of food, and I come home to a great salad with tomatoes and a little blue cheese. I wasn't hungry, but these Honey Wheat Braided Pretzel Twist pretzels that were left over from the big game were sitting on the counter. I should have just returned them or thrown them out but I didn't. The bag met a slow death by being inhaled into my stomach.

After working my tail off and eating so well... why do I sabotage myself? This is a running theme with me, so knowing that this blog is out there might help me out in the future