Couch to 5k-W5D3

I have a problem with procrastination! I finally ran the W5D3 today, I was supposed to run it on Friday. Honestly I wasn't putting it off. On Friday I thought my husband was getting home early so I was waiting for him to get home from work so I could run with out pushing the stroller and I thought it would be nice if he ran with me. He didn't get home until 7:00. Since he came home late I thought I would run it on Saturday because he was supposed to have the weekend off. BUT he worked on Saturday and fixed the truck when he got home. We need groceries since I only walked to the store with the stoller, so grocery shopping. Then family pics for the Christmas card (which turned out horrible) Exhausted! Okay, the pictures were Sunday. The weekend was crazy and rainy.

The good news, I finished week 5! A little later than I planned but it's done. I'm going to do W6D1 tomorrow and I'll be back on track. I still have a stuffy nose and mucus in my throat so I might be going to the doctor too! I will finish this program!

Stats for today: 20 minutes, 1.89 miles, Pace 10:55.

Couch to 5k-W5D1

Still have a slightly sore throat and now a runny nose. I finally decided to do the workout tonight. I was going to put it off until tomorrow because I was getting the house ready because my husband is coming home tonight after being gone for a month. However after dinner we will had a few hours to kill, let's do the workout to distract ourselves. So we went out and did the workout. When I workout I have been doing the five minute warm up and then half of the intervals and then turn around and finish rest. I'm not actually doing 5k, it's more like 2 miles. However since we were trying to keep busy we did the 5k. It was so dark and I still don't know if I like it. I don't feel completely safe out there in the dark. SO I may have to move all the workouts to the daytime unless my hubby will be workout with me.

Couch to 5k-W5D2

It seems that I am at a plateau.... 208! I want to get under 200 so badly but I need to figure out at way to accomplish it. What is going to help me reach that goal? I think the next step needs to be nutrition and eating. This is the step that always gets me! I can get into the workouts and keep them up but changing my foods I eat is SO hard. I'm an emotional eater and I know it. I try to be conscious of it but there comes a point when stress gets the best of me. Lately there has been a lot of stress... my husbands job, moving, and car repairs. Now the question becomes what should I do, there are so many choices. Weight Watchers (I have a lot of the stuff already), a diet book, Biggest Loser Program, just try to eat less and track food? I honestly don't know what the next step should be.....


Did the workout with my hubby and I can totally tell the difference of not pushing the stroller! The stroller is killing me, it's so heavy. I did an awesome job tonight and enjoyed spending time with the family. I can see us running more in the future.

Staying on Track After Moving

In a month, month and a half we (girls & I) will be moving. We are moving back to Michigan, in December. brrrrr! I have enjoyed the workout and challenges of the C25k and would like to keep being active. I know if I have a goal in mind I'm more likely to stick with it. Enter a 5k! Yes, that is what I am planning to do. I looked up all the walk/runs in Michigan and there in a 5k in Holland. As of today I do not see a date listed but I know it's the Tulip Time Fun Run. Tulip time is always like the first week of May. There is my goal... 5k race! Now I really need to train and bring it up a notch...or two. I'm also working on my weight loss goal, trainning will help me achieve it.

Couch to 5k-W4D3

According to my scheduled routines I am a day behind on my workouts since I decided not to run on Wednesday. I ran Thursday but did I want to do back to back workouts to be back on track? No, I'll do it on Saturday morning. However with there being no school on Thursday or Friday this week I gained two extra "Saturdays." Normally I'm be happy about that but I'm wishing the weekend would hurry by so my hubby can be home. So the day is dragging on and at close to six o'clock I decide we are going to do the workout tonight and just get it out of the way. We will have a whole weekend to relax. We leave around six and it's so dark. Madison carries a tap light while we run, lol. We did a good job! No stopping, puking (or close to), and best... no complaining. I enjoy walking/jog with Maddie because it gives us a time to be together, close to alone. Delana's in the stroller but mostly of the time you won't notice she is there. (I notice since I'm pushing the heavy stroller she's sitting in..lol) Week 4- COMPLETE!

Couch to 5k-W4D2

There was no school today but Maddie had a sleepover with her cousins. Delana and I slept in until 6:30, a half an hour is good. We got up had breakfast and then time to run. Wow! The workout today kicked my butt, I didn't think I was going to finish the first five minute interval. I also almost puked, yuck. I managed to finish...... YES, I DID IT! I did it. The only thing keeping me from stopping is how amazing I feel after I accomplished my goal for the day. One day, one workout at a time.

The day we said our good-byes, our first deployment together. The first deployment for me, when I decided to change my life. May 2008- when it clicked!

I was asked today how much I have lost. I have lost 10 pounds since starting the C25k program. Since I had Delana I've lost 37 pounds... from the very beginning of my weight lose journey 42 pounds. There were 5 pounds difference from my all time highest weight to what I weighed when I had Delana. I'm slightly disappointed in myself because I know I was at my pregnancy weight at 7 weeks post pregnancy but I gained back every pound and had to lose it again. I think I could be farther along in my journey, closer to my goal weight. The good news is I took action to change it and I'm a work in progress.

My husband will be deploying again in January 2011 and my goal is to be at my goal weight when he comes back home. He may get to leave the ship before the end of the deployment if we get orders, but we will just say he'll be gone 7ish months.

W4D1 C25k

Delana doesn't understand the time change and therefore I don't need an alarm clock. She has be outta bed by 6:00. This morning we got up and were in a hurry because I didn't want Maddie to be late because she had a field trip. We finally got ready and walked out the door about a minutes later I looked at my watch.... 6:58. Could it be? It's only 7:00! I asked a lady passing by if she had the time. I messed around a lot with my fancy watch yesterday, maybe I messed the time up. The lady replied 6:59, schoo doesn't start until 8:15. I told Maddie we could go but in the house and leave a little later, "no" she sad "I want to got now." I told her there wouldn't be anyone there. So we walked to school watching all the teenagers walking to school. When we arrived at the school there were maybe ten cars. They weren't even serving breakfast and it was 7:15. What to do, walk back home? It was a little chilly, for So Cal that is! An idea: we were close to the park which has a jogging path, we could walk there and do my workout and then I would be done and school would be starting. Maddie agreed to workout with me... after all she is my "coach." We did our 20 minute workout at the school and headed to the school. I can't believe I messed up the time, dang time change!
After getting back home I decided to walk down and get a chai from Starbucks. AND a tasty blueberry muffin, yum. Stopped at Goodwill and got a couple of books and head back home. I started reading one of the books as I was rocking/nursing Delana for her nap. Layers by Sandi Patty. In the book she has that if we are going through life thinking we are fat, ugly, dumb, and unlovable we sending that message to others when they meet us. We need to follow the advice of Proverbs 23:7 What we think, we become!
I am loved, beautiful, and special. In God's eyes I am perfect.

Week 3 C25k

What a crazy week! I didn't have time to blog but I made this program a priorty in my everyday life. I didn't follow it to a tee, I followed the C25k program but didn't do the pilates. I'm really finding it hard to get work done around the house with hubby gone. I'm busy from the time my feet hit the floor until bed time. I'm always doing something! I might be watching tv for a few minutes while I'm nursing the baby but that's as close as I get to a break.

The workouts for the week. The first workout I was thinking it woud be a lot harder than the previous week... it seemed easier. The second day I was going to finish after walking Maddie to school but she was runnung late and I had to drive her so she would make it in time. BUT because she messed up my plan for working out I dragged her with me to jog that night. We did the required then walked at leat 2 miles more. I told her, if you mess up my workout than you will have to do it with me. The next morning she got ready without me having to tell her. Third workout, the next day I was SORE.

Today is actually Monday of Week 4, should be day 1 of week four. It was raining this morning and the brakes are bad on the truck so I'm waiting to have them fixed. I had to walk Maddie to school in the rain, so I did get so exercise. (School and back home is 1.86 miles.) I got home nursed the baby and was so tired that we took a nap. An hour and a half later..... I was still exhausted. I keep thinking that I'm not giving myself the rest it needs and I'm going to get pneumonia again. I remember I got it when I was pushing myself exercising and majorly stressing. I'm repeating that again now. I'm going to keep up with the C25k because if feels good to walk/jog. Tomorrow W4D1, so I need to sleep since it is twenty to midnight.

Note: Sunday we walked to church and home, about two miles. Then later same day took two or three mile walk. The picture are from our wal after church.

Couch to 5k-W2D3

Halloween Weekend.... the parties start today. I feel like I am losing my mind. I knew I was going to the orthodontist today and I knew that Friday would be school parties but it didn't click until last night. I brought my daughter to school, my friend kept the baby while I went to my appointment, and I still made it back to watch the schools parade. Yay! Of course while this was going on I should have been running. I'm really try to run the same time everyday, one I like routine and two it gets warm too fast here. YES, even in the fall. I can home got the baby down for her nap and changed into my work out clothes. I ran- 1.897 miles. Time: 32:00 Pace: 16:52 Week 2 C25k=COMPLETE

I have a feeling that next week might be too much. I might do week 2 twice but I'm going to give it my all on Monday! I'm not going to quit, I feel really good!

Couch to 5k-W2D2

I was motivated this morning. I brought my daughter to school, came home got a bottle of water and put the baby in the stroller. I made it a little farther distance wise today, not much but a few hundred yards. It's still progress! (Don't despise small beginnings.) I did the warm up plus 10 minutes of intervals and the turn around and head back. The biggest challange for me is the last 10 minutes heading home. I'm arguing with myself about quitting, there's no way you are going to finish 9 weeks of this. Then I praying for God to help me make it, just finish TODAY. When I pull up in front of my house I feel relief and accomplishment, I just completed another day. YES! I feel stronger, I am stronger! I WILL do this, I WILL reach my goal!

I almost forgot, I weighed in this morning 210.5! Heck yeah..... half a pound off from my first goal. Reward?!

Couch to 5k-W2D1

Rain, rain, go away! Okay I have been very fortunate to not have to run in the rain yet since it has rained the whole time I have been doing this program. However today it's rainning and it doesn't look like it will be stopping for me to run. I waited a little while to see if it would stop but I don't want to put it off too long because then I will end up not running at all. I decided I was just going to run in the rain after waiting an hour and a half. I went and ran in the rain! I hated it! At first I was fine but then I got so mad at myself. "You know you wouldn't need to run if you took better care of yourself." Then I was thinking about the situation with my husbands orders. I started crying because I was so mad. Exercise is something I can control, my husbands career- that's God's department! Needless to say I finished todays run soaking wet.

It's an hour since I finished my run. The rain has stopped and the sun is trying to poke through. Go figure! I'm just thinking, if I try to talk myself into quitting I will remind myself of the day I had to run in the rain. Do you really want to quit after all of that? NO!

Couch to 5k-W1D3

Isn't it said it never rains in Southern California? Well it has rained for the whole week!! I have been lucky to have missed the rain on all of my runs which is good. Especially since my running buddy is my 14 month old daughter. I really don't want to have to drag her out in the rain. Today run was 1.86 miles. The good news is I have completed Week 1 of the C25k. I didn't know if I could do it and it "DID IT!" Monday I'll start week two which will really be a challange since I struggled a little this week. I'm going to stick with this.... I will complete the full program NO MATTER WHAT!

Couch to 5k-W1D2

Ran 1.88 miles today. I was good until the last 10 minutes and I felt like I would die the last ten seconds of every jogging interval. Another workout complete. ;)

C25k Day One

DONE!! I completed day one. There were a few minutes/seconds I didn't know if I was going to be able to finish. I kept saying "you can do it!" I did it. Tomorrow: Pilates!
Pictures from October 5,2010