I finished week one (not exactly following the rules, though).
This morning I started week two, and my shins felt a little better than last week. My body has now kicked into sweat mode... which is a good thing, maybe I will soon see a payoff at the scale. :-)
At this point, I am feeling good that I am truly doing this. Today I needed some motivation... so I put on my 5K t-shirt. I can't tell you how difficult "running" has been for me. I am very glad that I told people I was doing this... cause I don't know if I would do it otherwise. Nothing like shame/embarrassment or fear of man to motivate, huh? Maybe after I do this for others, I might get enough ambition to do this for me next round? Sad but true.
Monday, January 7, 2008
Week Two
Posted by Michelle at 5:49 AM
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5 comments:
Good job! Glad you are still hanging in there! Can't wait til it gets warmer and we can do some road runs!:)
I am thinking praying for you you are doing great I would of quit after the first day I DON'T run:)
:) I know what you mean. It has been pretty hard for me, as well. But, today, I found an article in a magazine, about a lady who lost over 100 pounds. She lost the first 100 doing Weight Watchers, for a little over a year, and then she started doing this exact plan. She did the Couch to 5K from coolrunning.com, and now she is running full marithons. Now THAT was motivation! She was a HUGE inspiration!
Hang in there! It will be totally worth it. I joined the YMCA last year on February 14th, and started running on the treadmill about 3 times a week. I started at 1 mile, and slowly worked my way up. Like you read in my blog, I've lost 20 pounds since then by just running...that's it! I haven't changed my eating habits at all. In fact I eat plenty of sugar and fattening stuff! I have never been able to diet. Anyways, it was hard for the first few months to fit exercising into my already full schedule. But now, it's become routine, and I love it! I hope you can stick with it. Even if you don't notice a drastic change on the scale, you will feel so much better. I only lost 2 pounds a month, but now, 1 year later, I'm so thankful!
Hello, I found you through Liz's blog. You should be so proud of yourself! You made the first step to wanting to be healthy. I have struggled all my life with weight/fitness and in sad ways I'm ashamed of. I took up running in August and ran my first race... a 1/2 marathon at that. I wasn't the fastest but I finished and that's what counts. I love it! Do it for yourself and no one else...the rewards are much greater.
You can do it! I'm going to be checking back :)
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