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I started running again today. I am soooo freakin' out of shape, it's unbelievable.. Argh..
My work schedule is from 11pm to 7am, so I decided I would run after work, when the sun is up, but it isn't too hot yet. So I went to the nature park we have nearby, and the trail is just a little over 5Km..
I downloaded an app for my iPod and it's a running program similar to Couch to 5K called Run 5K, except it's in 8 weeks instead of 9. Not sure how much differences there is, but the reviews were great, so I've decided to give it a try. The first week involved 6 minutes of running total for the first session, and 8 the remaining sessions, so you run for a minute at a time, it seems.
Well, as I mentioned above, I am really out of shape. I thought that I'd get to about 3K by the time the program was done. Boy was I wrong! I was a little over 2K when the program was done. Either I took a wrong turn on the trail, or I was really super slow. I started the program at 7:33am, and finished the 5K in total at 8:23am. So 50 minutes. I hope it's gonna get better by the end of this week.
I didn't weight myself this morning, but I will most likely do later when I'm up from my "night" of sleep. I'm hoping to be around 236. We'll see.
My Hun and I talked about our lifestyle and our lack of moving. It's part of why I started the jogging again. He did an awesome job losing and maintaining 40 pounds for a few months now, and he is in such a rut with being unemployed for the moment and having not much to do. We go to the dog park almost every day, so the dogs have a chance to run around and spend all of their energy. But after further discussion, Hun made me realize that we do more for the puppies than we do for ourselves. So we've decided not to go to the park for the week, and go walking with the puppies instead. They burn much more energy when they run with the other dogs at the park, of course, but we just stand around or walk at a very slow pace around the park when we go, so it isn't so good for us.
Oh! I know I'm all over the place, but whatev'! :P I've set myself some goals that I'd like to achieve. For one, I'd like to be out of the 230s by the end of May, and the reward will be a pedicure. I'm tired of being at this weight, and I have to set myself an achievable goal to start with so I can finally get into a lifestyle and stick with it. When I'm under 200, I'll buy myself some new workout clothes. Also, if I can stick with the Run 5K program until the end of the 8 weeks, this time, well I'm going to buy myself some new running shoes.
So there it is for me this morning! Off to the showers and bed I go. See you 'round!
EDIT (4:37pm)
So we went for a walk with the puppies. I gotta tell ya, on top of the 5K this morning, this 5K seemed like a really long walk! The weather was different too; this morning it was sunny, crisp, and cool, and this afternoon it was gloomy, humid and hot. The total walk took 1hr3m.
My Hun weighed himself this morning, after I talked to him about my goals. He wasn't too happy. I thought he had maintained, because he looked good and all, but he gained back 30 of the 40 pounds he had lost.. He wasn't too pleased.. And I was sad for him because he was so determined to keep on going too. So this really gave us both a wake up call, that we can't keep on yo-yo-ing that way and we have to develop better habits and now.
Speaking of weighing, I weighed myself after my nap, and I was 238.0. So, in the past week I gained a little under a pound. We did go to a buffet on Sunday night, and for Chinese food on Saturday night, so both nights I did indulge a bit, which would explain the gain. That being said, I'll try my best to eat better this week and hopefully will be 236 or less next week. ;)
My work schedule is from 11pm to 7am, so I decided I would run after work, when the sun is up, but it isn't too hot yet. So I went to the nature park we have nearby, and the trail is just a little over 5Km..
I downloaded an app for my iPod and it's a running program similar to Couch to 5K called Run 5K, except it's in 8 weeks instead of 9. Not sure how much differences there is, but the reviews were great, so I've decided to give it a try. The first week involved 6 minutes of running total for the first session, and 8 the remaining sessions, so you run for a minute at a time, it seems.
Well, as I mentioned above, I am really out of shape. I thought that I'd get to about 3K by the time the program was done. Boy was I wrong! I was a little over 2K when the program was done. Either I took a wrong turn on the trail, or I was really super slow. I started the program at 7:33am, and finished the 5K in total at 8:23am. So 50 minutes. I hope it's gonna get better by the end of this week.
I didn't weight myself this morning, but I will most likely do later when I'm up from my "night" of sleep. I'm hoping to be around 236. We'll see.
My Hun and I talked about our lifestyle and our lack of moving. It's part of why I started the jogging again. He did an awesome job losing and maintaining 40 pounds for a few months now, and he is in such a rut with being unemployed for the moment and having not much to do. We go to the dog park almost every day, so the dogs have a chance to run around and spend all of their energy. But after further discussion, Hun made me realize that we do more for the puppies than we do for ourselves. So we've decided not to go to the park for the week, and go walking with the puppies instead. They burn much more energy when they run with the other dogs at the park, of course, but we just stand around or walk at a very slow pace around the park when we go, so it isn't so good for us.
Oh! I know I'm all over the place, but whatev'! :P I've set myself some goals that I'd like to achieve. For one, I'd like to be out of the 230s by the end of May, and the reward will be a pedicure. I'm tired of being at this weight, and I have to set myself an achievable goal to start with so I can finally get into a lifestyle and stick with it. When I'm under 200, I'll buy myself some new workout clothes. Also, if I can stick with the Run 5K program until the end of the 8 weeks, this time, well I'm going to buy myself some new running shoes.
So there it is for me this morning! Off to the showers and bed I go. See you 'round!
EDIT (4:37pm)
So we went for a walk with the puppies. I gotta tell ya, on top of the 5K this morning, this 5K seemed like a really long walk! The weather was different too; this morning it was sunny, crisp, and cool, and this afternoon it was gloomy, humid and hot. The total walk took 1hr3m.
My Hun weighed himself this morning, after I talked to him about my goals. He wasn't too happy. I thought he had maintained, because he looked good and all, but he gained back 30 of the 40 pounds he had lost.. He wasn't too pleased.. And I was sad for him because he was so determined to keep on going too. So this really gave us both a wake up call, that we can't keep on yo-yo-ing that way and we have to develop better habits and now.
Speaking of weighing, I weighed myself after my nap, and I was 238.0. So, in the past week I gained a little under a pound. We did go to a buffet on Sunday night, and for Chinese food on Saturday night, so both nights I did indulge a bit, which would explain the gain. That being said, I'll try my best to eat better this week and hopefully will be 236 or less next week. ;)