A great workout!

Finally got a segment in today. It was so relaxing and for the first time I was able to do all segments of the first 52ck program. I'm elated and now ready for the next step. I took my trip around a neighborhood I had never been in and throughly enjoyed my time. It reminded me of living in Foster City CA, where we lived for a short time. Foster City is a beautiful place to live, (I didn't like CA but did like the set of of the town) and I was walking a lot when I lived there. I felt very safe walking alone there which is not as easy a feeling to come by in ALb. At any rate Shane and I are staying on track and I think were going walking again tomorrow. Also Shane did his weigh in and has lost at least 3lbs (did weigh right before). I'm amazed that he has stuck it out this far and really proud of him and of myself for that matter!

A full week and weigh in.

Had the first official weigh in today and lost 1lb. Not bad, had wished it was more but it is what it is. We ran at dusk and I enjoyed all of it. I do need to push myself to drink more water. I'm not a big coke drinker or tea but I do drink coffee more than I should. Then again I have young kids and a new baby so I think it's going to be a while before I can ease off of it. I'm going to commit myself this week to getting in at least 2 more days of exercise and to drink a LOT more water. Well post my progress on both soon.

Feeling tired but good tonight. Looking forward to the next walk/jog. A new week ahead!

Something is better than nothing

Well I completed the first week. Shane and I decided to do the weigh in tomorrow so I'll post if I had any weight loss on the next post. This week went well but today not so much. My son, who will be 8 weeks on Wed, had his first shots on Friday and had a hard night last night. I had to nurse him from 5 am and on and it really messed up my morning. We had planned to get up, have breakfast, and then go exercise but that didn't happen. Shane got up with the youngest girls and made them oatmeal while I tried to get to sleep with Riot but he wanted to eat. (I have to supplement because I milk isn't the greatest or most abundant) I was to tired to make him a bottle and I knew if I called to Shane for one the girls would immediately come to the room and then I for sure wouldn't sleep so I just did my best to pacify him. Finally Shane and the girls came in anyway and we spent some family time together. Eventually I went to make him a bottle and Shane feel asleep (bad headache) and the baby and I feel asleep on the couch. By the time I woke up the house had been trashed (girls can be very destructive) and I got up to tackle it. It was all downhill from there so I decided that we would go run at dusk. To bad I feel asleep with Riot for his afternoon nap:( When I did wake up it was later than I had planned and by the time we go the kids ready it was almost dark. We took them to the park where I walked but it was not the exercise I wanted. So tomorrow we absolutely have to make up for today. On the bright side (trying to stay positive) I did walk some. Also now that Riot will be 8 weeks and has his shots I can start the gym again! Looking forward to that. I'm not discouraged by today because I know there will be days like this, the goal is to keep remembering not to give up and take it day by day!

Day 2 and somewhat shocked.

Made it through day 2 (a redo of day 1 of the program). I used Shane's Iphone so I could use the c25k program and it made a difference in the enjoyment and the intensity.
My counting on the first day was off and this time I felt the burn! Not having to count the seconds or watch a clock did let me focus on the program and I really enjoyed it. Also we found a new running space, CNM Montoya Campus which gave good shade coverage and a great kids playground.

I'm keeping our food intake serious. It was late when we finally got the runs finished and while Shane wanted to stop for some fast food I stuck to my guns and refused. Thankfully I was literally in the drivers seat! We have one more day to finish out the first week. Looking forward to it and my goal is to master the first day of the program without opting out of any rub segments.

The beginning

Today my journey starts, August 28th 2010. My husband and I started the couch to 5k program and set out this afternoon to do the first day's program. If you are unfamiliar with the program you can see the link here http://www.couchto-5k.com/
Today was a surprising start. I took my Ipod for the music to listen to but didn't have the podcast downloaded to tell me when to run or to walk so I had to time it. I'm not sure how accurate I did but I know that I did get a workout. Next time I'll have to use Shane's Iphone to be more on track. I'm tired tonight but thrilled we started!
Looking forward to this journey!