mega level-up
I haven't used my poor LJ for awhile, so I thought I would share my little fitness triumph.
As most of you know, I've made a lot of life changes since last October. One of those big changes is that I dropped 25 lbs before I moved to my new apartment back in March and although I don't currently own or have access to a scale, I know I lost more since the move (at least another 10 lbs, judging by which clothes I can finally fit back into). It's blowing my mind that my former skinny-jeans are now my very relaxed-fit jeans.
I never thought in a million years that the treadmill and I would be BFFs, but it is 100% working for me. For the first 2 months after the move, I walked at a moderate incline and at a brisk pace for 90 minutes 4-5 days a week. Once that got easier, I upped the incline and pace just a little more. Then a few weeks ago, I decided to give jogging another try (I've had a love/hate relationship with jogging my whole life).
I started with 5 mins at 5 miles an hour on a very slight incline. Back in the day, I would have to push myself just to make it through that. Much to my surprise, 5 mins didn't seem so awful this time. So, the next couple of times I tried 10 mins. Once again, not bad at all. At this point, I am curious to see just how much I can take before I get winded. Sooooo, the next attempt I run for 15 mins. It was crazy hot in my apartment that morning too, but I survived. *woot*
I was feeling pretty proud of my gradual leveling-up, and today being Monday, I decided to see if I could make that 20 minutes. Well, holy shit, I ran for 30 minutes this morning and I could have kept going! The only reason I stopped is because I had reached the end of my 90 minute workout and I had other things I wanted to do. @___@ Like, WTF? How did I go from 15 to 30? Was I bit by a radio-active spider over the weekend?! *checks body for fang marks*
My goal was to eventually run 45 mins (half my workout time) but I thought that would happen sometime in the distant future...if at all.
Hopefully today wasn't a fluke. I'll find out tomorrow, I guess. Man, I am still stunned about this. I think the last time I could run longer than 30 minutes in one shot I was 12 years old. :/
Rachel :D
As most of you know, I've made a lot of life changes since last October. One of those big changes is that I dropped 25 lbs before I moved to my new apartment back in March and although I don't currently own or have access to a scale, I know I lost more since the move (at least another 10 lbs, judging by which clothes I can finally fit back into). It's blowing my mind that my former skinny-jeans are now my very relaxed-fit jeans.
I never thought in a million years that the treadmill and I would be BFFs, but it is 100% working for me. For the first 2 months after the move, I walked at a moderate incline and at a brisk pace for 90 minutes 4-5 days a week. Once that got easier, I upped the incline and pace just a little more. Then a few weeks ago, I decided to give jogging another try (I've had a love/hate relationship with jogging my whole life).
I started with 5 mins at 5 miles an hour on a very slight incline. Back in the day, I would have to push myself just to make it through that. Much to my surprise, 5 mins didn't seem so awful this time. So, the next couple of times I tried 10 mins. Once again, not bad at all. At this point, I am curious to see just how much I can take before I get winded. Sooooo, the next attempt I run for 15 mins. It was crazy hot in my apartment that morning too, but I survived. *woot*
I was feeling pretty proud of my gradual leveling-up, and today being Monday, I decided to see if I could make that 20 minutes. Well, holy shit, I ran for 30 minutes this morning and I could have kept going! The only reason I stopped is because I had reached the end of my 90 minute workout and I had other things I wanted to do. @___@ Like, WTF? How did I go from 15 to 30? Was I bit by a radio-active spider over the weekend?! *checks body for fang marks*
My goal was to eventually run 45 mins (half my workout time) but I thought that would happen sometime in the distant future...if at all.
Hopefully today wasn't a fluke. I'll find out tomorrow, I guess. Man, I am still stunned about this. I think the last time I could run longer than 30 minutes in one shot I was 12 years old. :/
Rachel :D