A Journey To Fitness

1. 30 Minutes - 1.82 2. 30 Minutes - 1.84 3. 30 Minutes - 1.86 4. 30 Minutes - 1.88 So as you can see there is an increase in distance at each day. I will also tell you that I increased my time at each stage of the jogging. This will probably be my last week of 30 minute exercises as I have a feeling that we will be moving to 40 or 45 minute workouts depending on how everything goes. I think it should be ok but we will see what happens over the next few weeks.

Some of the thoughts i have in my head while I'm jogging. - Am I done yet?  This one happens pretty consistently along with looking at the treadmill clock to see whether or not I'm close to the time where I can walk again. - Keep going you can do it. I seem to alternate between giving myself encouragement and checking the clock. - Keep at it and it will get easier... I hope.  Can you tell this is the beginning stages for me? I have never been a runner and this isn't easy. -  Thank goodness (or some variation). This is normally what is going through my head when I'm back at the walking portion of time. - Just one (or two) more jogging times.  This is used to tell myself that if I've done this much I might as well continue and finish up the workout. I'm sure there are more but for now this is all I remember. I try to think of motivational things but typically I have lots of different thoughts going through my head. Some about running, some about how I...

Saturday was my rest day and due to a laundry issue Sunday also ended up being a rest day. Tonight I knew  I was going to have to get back on the treadmill regardless. I've been feeling a little wonky the last few days not sure if I've caught something or if it's allergies but either way I was not feeling my best. Regardless though I got on the treadmill and did my first session of week 2.  Week two involves the normal 5 minute warm up and then alternating 1 minute of walking with 2 minutes of jogging/running for 15 minutes. Then I had another 5 minutes of walking and a 5 minute cool down. For the next few weeks regardless of the amount of time the workout should be I will be on the treadmill for 30 minutes so if I have to do a little extra walking that is fine. Tonight's stats are 1.82 miles in 30 minutes. While not as far as my last session of last week it was still further than the first two sessions and I don't really mind. As I keep telling myself this is a w...

I figure it will be easier to post as I feel and then post in review at the end of the week how everything went. As I'm going to start my weeks on a Sunday and I'm taking tomorrow as a rest day I figured I would do my review tonight. From my first post you saw that workout one consisted of 30 minutes and I did 1.75 miles. Workout 2 was also 30 minutes and I went 1.79 miles. Workout 3 for the week was also 30 minutes and I did 1.85 miles. So far my workouts have been at night as that is typically the only time I've been able to do it. I'd rather workout in the morning but as Maddie has not been the best of sleepers it is a bit hard to drag myself out of bed. Not that it is any easier to do it at night but there are no excuses because I can stay up another 45 minutes and it is not the end of the world. Hopefully over the next few months I'll be able to switch from night time runs on the treadmill to morning runs (my goal is by mid May). My goal is to do at least 3...

This week marked the 117th running of the Boston Marathon, however this year it was different. At the finish line only a few hours after the winners crossed while there were still many runners making their way two bombs exploded killing three people and injuring 170 more. It is the largest attack on american soil since 9/11 but for me it hits closer to home. For one; this journey I have begun to become a runner; the Boston Marathon is the race of races in my opinion for a runner, and two Boston is a mere 60 miles from where I grew up. I have been to Boston many times on field trips for school, with friends and with family, and even now I have family and friends who live and work there. Each day since the bombing I comb through the internet looking for more detail for information, for just that little bit that wasn't there the day before. Hoping that perhaps there is insight as to why this happened, whether they've caught the person responsible, and for the heartwarming storie...

Weight - 175 Distance: 1.75 miles Time: 30 minutes Pedometer steps: 10,501 by 9:30pm Thoughts - I often think "what am I doing?" as I am on the treadmill jogging. Some days are obviously easier than others but I know it won't get easier if i don't do it. All in all the workout wasn't bad, lots of sweating, a little bit of cramping (breath through it) but I did 1.75 miles.  The one problem I typically have about working out at night is that I have to make sure I wait a decent amount of time after eating so I don't get too many cramps but that I'm not working out at 10pm and not sleeping. Eventually my plan is to work out in the morning before work and before everyone gets up for the day however because Maddie still doesn't sleep real well I'm still getting up a few times during the night which does not bode well for getting up early. At least with the night workouts I'm already up and it hasn't seemed to affect my sleep yet (mind yo...

For most of my life I have been a bit on the overweight side. I've gone up and down in my weight and had times where I was close to being ok with where I was with my body. Then life would happen (ie complacency) and the weight that I had lost would creep back on. So what's different this time? Well for one there is a little girl 2 1/2 that I don't want to have the same body image issues I did growing up and second I want to do it for me. I have often given up before really giving the activity a chance but this time I will see it through to the end. Back at the end of January I signed up for a 5k (the color run!) and while it gives me almost 6 months to prepare (5.5 months now) it's a goal to work towards. I'm starting a running program (not the normal C25K but along the same lines) and I think it will stick. The weather is starting to get nice so I'm hoping to be able to do more outside and by the time I should be running consistently (at least a mile or so at...