Been a while

It's been a while since I've last updated. I've been writing posts in my head and ideas on paper, but haven't sat down to blog them yet.

My friend Amber (or Mrs. A) has been posting updates on running on Twitter and has been talking about running a bit. She has inspired me to start the Couch to 5K program (C25K). Now I honestly have no intention of running a 5K, but I know I need to do *something* exercise wise and thought why not.

Last night, I started. I managed to get through it ok, though I think my "jogging" pace was slow. I did it on the treadmill and think I will enjoy doing it more outside. I have to decide whether or not to do that or not...hmmmm. Anyway, I had a hard time, but did struggle. After I did the 5 minute ending walk and could have done that longer, but decided not to. Oh and being that I was on the treadmill I did adjust the incline and such as well. So it wasn't just flat. I ended up going 1.4 miles and burning 180 calories. I thought I would have gone more than that, but oh well. At least it's more than I'm typically doing.

This morning I woke up really sore. Though @MrsSpudnik on Twitter said it best, "I like being sore...means I am getting stronger. Way to go!" I like her philosophy. The soreness makes me feel like I actually did something rather than before when I was using the treadmill and just did one of the programs on it. I wasn't sore at all after that. I'm looking forward to this journey and hope that I can stick with it. I think I can see myself enjoying running/jogging.

I have also found an AWESOME blog by PastaQueen. One again, the fabulous Mrs. A told me about her and she is so inspiring! Basically she went from weighing 372 to 180 pounds WITHOUT surgery! I'm currently reading through her archives from the beginning and feeling so inspired! Love that blog!

Since this blog is about fitness, and I'm looking for music to put on a play list, can you tell me your favorite song to work out to? Or if you don't work out, a favorite song that is upbeat.

Aweigh we go! {Weigh in}

This week I have lost 2 pounds.   That is 0.76% of my starting weight I do believe.  

This week was a rough one for me since I got sick.  I'm not going to make any excuses or anything, but I know I sat on my bum all week and slept a ton trying to get better.  I didn't step on the treadmill once.   I did watch what I ate and did track my food the majority of the days.  When I did eat, I watched my potion size.   That is a great step in the right direction.    

I look forward to next week when I hope I can get on the treadmill and get some exercise.

Good luck to everyone else doing this!!

Aweigh challenge, week 1

Today is the first day of the Aweigh challenge, hosted by Cool Zebras. 

I weighed myself this morning and am not happy at all with my weight.  Grrrr.   And to think that I was doing so good before when I was doing SparkPeople.  I lost 50 some pounds on there.   I NEED to get back to that.   I'm basically starting over again.  But now is the time to do it.  I think that the accountability, motivation of prizes (call me shallow, I know!) and support of others will really help.  I need to take a starting picture still.  I'm so not doing that today since I'm sick, but I will.

Heather posted some a question for us to answer.

Q:  What are you going to change this week to help you lose weight?

A:  Be sick?  Wait, that doesn't count, that's not a healthy way to lose weight!  I'm going to start tracking all my food again via SparkPeople and be completely honest about what I eat even if I have an off or bad day.  I'm going to try to curb some of the snacking that I do when I'm home.  I do fine when I'm work but not at home.   My goal before getting sick was to do at least 3 days a week on the treadmill.  If I get better, I will do that.  But for now, I think that's a hopeful one.  I don't think it's a good idea to exercise when your coughing, have no voice and a runny nose.  

I'm hoping that these small, steps will help.   I'm praying that they will.

Aweigh Challenge

I follow coolzebras on Twitter and she is doing a weight loss challenge on her blog. Since I need to lose weight, plus the added support will be awesome, and the incentive as well, I thought I would join. I have really been struggling lately with this, so I'm hoping this will work. I look forward to participating in this! It's going to be fun! So from January 26-May 1, expect some weight update related posts. Who knows, I might blog about it more than that!!

Realization

I have known that I've been putting weight on again and that I'm out of shape, btu I guess I didn't realize just how out of shape I am.

I decided to hop on the treadmill today and do 2-15 minute increments since I'm off today.  I just got off of my first 15 minute increment and boy was that a workout.  I do one of the pre-programmed programs, with walking up to 3.5 MPH and up to an incline of 5.   After 15 minutes I burned 93 calories and walked .68 miles.  I felt that it just about killed me.   I gotta keep at it though.  Now to catch my breath and get my other 15 minutes in.