C25K - Week 1, Workout 2

Morning all!

I'm feeling pretty darn good right now - I think the endorphins are starting to kick in. Alas, the workout this morning was much harder than Monday, even though it was the same one! It's as if my body has just clued in to what I'm doing and is putting up a fight. I am totally going to win though, oh yes I am.

I will probably repeat week one next week when I'm in Brisbane (going home for the Christmas holiday) and I think I'll drag my mother out with me... she'll do it. Oh yes she will...).

Running on grass is a good idea, luckily for me there is a running track round the corner from my place. I don't think that my knees could handle the impact otherwise.

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Fat Photo

Someone put a photo of me at my high school reunion up on Facebook. Luckily she didn't tag me as I probably would have untagged it out of utter shame!

That was the first time in years that I have worn a dress without sleeves and now I'm too horrified to wear it again without a top on over it!

If I needed reminding why I am doing this, this is it!

C25K - Week 1, workout 1

So, I did my first workout this morning - having gone shopping for a decent sports bra over the weekend, very important when running!

I had a brisk 5 minute walk to warm up, then alternated 60 seconds of jogging with 90 seconds of walking for 20 minutes. Luckily for me the dear BF came along to be my timer and run along next to me (not getting anywhere as puffed as I did, darned boy).

It was challenging but I feel good now. I didn't feel overly pressed, and although I was puffing hard by the end I wasn't overcome with exhaustion.

A good start I think.

Couch to 5km

My exercise has completely stalled in the last few weeks. I've been overwhelmed with so many things to do that I just let it drop off. This is a problem...

So, I looked around for something that has a set of goals and a timeframe in which to achieve them. One of the things I've learned in the last four years with my company is that if you're setting yourself a goal it needs to be a SMART goal.

S - Specific
M - Measureable
A - Achievable
R - Realistic
T - Time Constrained

So, I am going to have a crack at the Couch to 5km 9 week programme - it is designed to start small and build up to running 5km in a 9 week timeframe. And it only takes up 30mins 3 times a week so I can't say I don't have time.

Specific - I want to be able to run 5km after 9 weeks
Measureable - well, 5km
Achievable - It starts very small, however they do say that if it advances too quickly you should scale it back and take longer. I think it is achievable though.
Realistic - I'm not attempting a marathon here
Time Constrained - 9 Weeks.

So, I'm going to make sure I've done all the research, then, from Sunday the 14th December I will have 9 weeks to train. Wish me luck!

Nearing 27

In three days time I will be 27 years old. I weigh less now than I did when I turned 26 but not by much. By the time I reach 28 I want to weigh less than I did when I turned 20, if not 18 (which would have been about 95kg I think, memory is getting a bit fuzzy).

I have been a bit lax in the last couple of weeks but starting again today am feeling refreshed and energetic about the future.

I have lost 7.9kg in 8 weeks. That is an amazing effort and I have never had so much success in weight loss before in my life. I am not going to stop there. I'm not done yet.

My colleagues all know that I am losing weight and over the last week or so (while I've been less diligent than usual) several of them have told me that it is becoming quite noticeable that I am shrinking. This is very exciting.

Of course, I hugged my boyfriend this morning and caught a glimpse of us in the mirror, skinny him and fat me. It freaked me out a bit. Good reason to keep losing!