A Journey To Fitness

I often have to remind myself that I didn't put the weight on in two weeks its not going to come off in two weeks. That this whole process will take time. Still, reminding myself and actually knowing it are two different things and it's hard when you so want to see progress and you can't.  I got caught in a picture the other day and I was wearing a large shirt and I just didn't like what I saw. Perhaps it was the motivation I needed to really get my eating under control and to make sure I'm exercising at least 3 days a week. Last night I decided to try the 5 minute intervals again. I don't know why I seem to have such a hard time going from 4 to 5 but I do.  However I managed to make it through the workout and even did 6 minutes for my last interval which means in a 25 minute span I jogged 21 of those minutes. I'm hoping that on Saturday morning I can get on the treadmill and see what the difference would be between a night time run after a full day and ex...

So I am slowly but surely getting back into it. While I was going to get up early this morning that proved to be a bit harder than I wanted it to be and so I took the lazy way out and slept another 45 minutes. Eventually I'll get there. I have to just keep trying and get the motivation to get up. So while I didn't get the run in that I wanted this morning I did get it in this evening. Over a 25 minutes period I jogged for almost 21 minutes of it. I even surprised myself by doing just under 8 minutes at the very end. I still have quite a ways to go but I like to look back on where I was in April and see how far I've come. When I first started I was doing a just one to one ration and now I ran almost 8 minutes straight! The fact that I'm spending approximately 80% of my interval time actually jogging is pretty impressive. I know that it will get better in the coming weeks but I'm looking forward to seeing where I am 6 weeks from now. I've also just signed up f...

So it's been a week give or take since my last post. The bad news was that it's been a week since I did any running. My quads have been really tight and bothering me most of the week and so I tried to give them a bit of a rest. They were still bothering me today but I didn't want it to be too long in between my last workout so that it was easier to give up so I went down and while they still aren't great they are better than they were. I should have done it earlier. I only did 4 minute intervals and I figure I'll spend this week working my way back up to 5 and try for that again next week but didn't want to push myself too far and then be back at square one. Motivation for me this week has been tough. I've been feeling tired, very munchy, and just in general wanting a lot of food that is not good for you. I'm not sure what is at the root cause of it but I did give up caffeine starting last Saturday so I haven't had any coffee or chocolate for a wee...