RUNNING!

Ok everyone... just so you didn't think I dropped the whole thing already... we've been pretty busy with getting the house cleaned up and organized and now trying to pack everything up... I only have two weeks to get packed up... anyways, that's a story that I'll tell at a later date...

Christopher has been doing absolutely awesome... almost sleeping through the night. I went to bed around 9:30 last night and the first time I woke up from hearing a noise was 4:30!!! Both Jon and Matt slept all night and even Chris did... He was up and ready for food at 4:30... so I fed him... told Chad to hold down the fort... got dressed and went for a walk/run. The total time was about 19 minutes. I walked for 5 then ran for 1 1/2 minutes. I wanted to go longer but after a minute and a half I couldn't do anymore. So I listened to my body and walked it off for 2 minutes... then ran again for 1 1/2 and walked for a couple... the I tried one more run period but could only manage and 1 1/4 minutes... my legs were like rubber when I got home... but when you think about it - I ran for almost six minutes... the longest I've run in a long time... maybe my lifetime... my legs are sore tonight so going to bed now that I've finished my homework...

RUNNING!

YEAH! I just finished on the treadmill. I didn't do it last night because I suddenly had a horrible stomach ache and headache. Anyways... onto today!

It felt absolutely awesome. I had a goal of 20 minutes in mind... I met that goal... but while doing it, I made another goal - start RUNNING! And guess what I did... just that... I ran in intervals with 3mph walking in between to calm the heartrate a bit. I ran for a total of 4 minutes in that 20 min period. Included in that 20 min is the warm-up and cool-down. The totals were just over a mile... 37.4 fat calories burned... 119 calories burned... YEAH!

I stretched when I was done and will probably be doing more stretching throughout the day. Towards the end I really felt it around my knees. Now that I am sitting here, I can feel tightness in my lower back (which has caused me problems lately).

But I still can't believe I did it! WEIGHT LOSS - HERE I COME!!!