Monday, September 21, 2015

• Treadmill
• C25K Day One
• 156.6 lbs.

Planning to do the C25K program on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.  Going to blog on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  Goals?  None, ha ha.  Hoping to just be consistent for more than a week or two with this.  

Monday, August 3, 2015

• Treadmill
• C25K Day One
• 160 lbs

Starting a new plan today.  I'm going to try to do the Couch to 5K program on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.  Then on Tuesday and Thursday I plan to do a Jillian Michaels video to help tone other areas of my body.  That leaves me with one day open so on Fridays my plan is to do the elliptical or if I need a day off during the week I have that option. 

Still Thriving and loving it!  So much more energy!!

Friday, July 31, 2015

• 1 mile
• 14:20
• 9:50 am, 72 degrees, sunny

I didn't get much time for running this week.  It's also been hard to get motivated lately.  So I guess it may be another week before I can increase my mileage. 

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

• 15 minutes on the eliptical

I was already to go run and it started raining!  The eliptical about killed me!

Monday, July 27, 2015

• 1 mile
• 12:52
• 11:45 am, 81 degrees, sunny
• 156.2 lbs

I have to admit I thought my time would be a little faster today.  I felt like I was running pretty fast.  So I was a little disappointed to see I was barely under thirteen minutes.  But oh well.  I am still well under where I started just a week ago.  I decided I am going to stay at one mile until Saturday.  Then I will attempt to move up to two miles.  I am a lot older than I was last time I ran so I want to take it nice and slow so I don't end up with any injuries.

I'm pretty excited that I've lost 3.4 pounds since I started running and 6.4 since I started taking my thrive shakes and eating better.  The energy from the Thrive is amazing though.  I make it all day without a nap and I am ready to fall asleep earlier at night and I sleep really good at night now!  It also helps that Arthur is sleeping better at night, too!

Saturday, July 25, 2015

• 1 mile
• 13:44
• 9:45 am, 80 degrees, sunny
• 158.4 lbs

I ran with Sophia this morning.  It was nice to have company.  I debate letting the kids take turns running with me.  I do want to spend the time with them.  It is good for them to get out and exercise.  But the thing is that I consider running to be my alone time.  The one thing in life that I do for ME.  So part of me wants to tell them no because I want that alone time.  Then the other part of me wants to say yes.  Oh the dilemma's of my life!!  

Friday, July 24, 2015

• 1 mile
• 13:31
• 12:00 pm, 82 degrees, sunny
• 159.4 lbs

It was hot today and I was feeling week.  But still a good run.  I am debating if I should try two miles tomorrow or stick to a mile for another week.  I'm not sure if it is too soon to increase my mileage.  I am not as young as I used to be!!!

I stayed on plan yesterday except for some of Sophia's communion bread.  But at least that was made with honey and molasses and whole wheat so I don't feel too horrible about it.  Another Thrive shake for breakfast today.  I am starting to love that stuff!

Thursday, July 23, 2015

• 1 mile
• 13:15
• 1:00 pm, 85 degrees, cloudy
• 162.4 lbs.

I took yesterday off from running because I was too busy.  I am glad I did though because I think my body needed the rest.  I felt great today.  My leg pain is gone and my back pain wasn't as bad. 

I am officially at my heaviest weight ever, not pregnant of course.  I am not sure how I so easily crept up from the 150's to the 160's.  Not a good thing.  So here I start again today with 30 pounds to lose. 

I drank a Thrive shake this morning with almond milk, frozen strawberries, and some stevia.  It tasted pretty good and I will probably start drinking that every morning for breakfast.  It should count as a fuel pull for my Trim Healthy Mama eating plan.  I think I may start having a shake for lunch too for a week or two to see if I can kick start my weight loss. 

Tuesday, July 21, 20015

• 1 mile
• 14:04

I ran with Grace this morning which made it a fun run!  My poor legs are super tired and sore!

Monday, July 20, 2015

• 1 mile
• 14:53
• 159.8

My first day back at it.  I hope I can continue.  I am doing this for me this time.  I need to do something for myself.  I'm hoping to use this running time to think and just be by myself.  I need that!  Funny story about my run this morning...I ran down to the bridge which is my half way point.  When I turned around and looked at my time I thought it said about 21 minutes.  Whoa!!  I couldn't believe I was actually running that slow!  I was thinking I could be walking faster than that and wow I seriously have never been so out of shape.  Well when I got back to the house and finished my run and checked my time, you can imagine my relief when my time was just under 15 minutes.  Phew!!  I'm not sure how I read that so completely wrong.  I'm also not sure how I believed I could run that slow!