Day 4 and a long weekend

Finished day 4 of Couch to 5k today...I also started week 2. I'm running for 90 seconds and then walking for 2 minutes. Here are my stats:

Day 5:

Total Workout Time: 30 minutes

Calories Burned: 190

Total Miles: 1.97

We leave today to go to Missouri for a long weekend...I get to meet boyfriend's grandparents! I'm pretty excited. Our flight leaves in a few hours and I won't be taking my laptop. Hopefully I'll have a bunch of pictures to update you with when we come home Monday!

Toodles and love.

Couch to 5k: Days 2 and 3

Oh, Monday...I woke up to the realization that not only is today Monday, but it's a workout day, too! Double whammy. I was ultra tired, but I managed to get out of bed and carry on with my routine. I didn't post day 2 on Saturday, but i DID do it. Promise. I'm actually pretty proud of myself! Here are my stats from both day 2 (Saturday) and day 3 (today).

Day 2:

total workout time: 30 minutes 

(couldn't figure out if total workout time was supposed to be 25 or 30 minutes, so I cranked it up to 30 minutes)

Calories burned: 181

Total Distance: 1.88 miles

Day 3:

Total Workout Time: 30 minutes

Calories burned: 188

Total Distance: 2.0 miles

Today I have a lunch date with boyfriend, and I'm planning to go get some resumes printed and pass them out to schools...I feel like applying to jobs online isn't getting me very far. I do have an interview tomorrow, so I'll prepare tonight and hopefully shine tomorrow! Hopefully we'll get to see Harry Potter [eeeek] this week, and we leave to go out of town for a few days on Friday.

Time to go shower...I hate to be sweaty.

Slacker and a workout hangover...

Okay, okay, I admit...I'm a slacker. Blame it on the workout hangover!

 After I worked out on Wednesday, I thought that I was going to be sore...and that was okay with me. I was happy with what I had done. I was motivated enough to go out and get my hair cut, venture to the library, and I even stopped to ruin my workout get frozen yogurt on the way home. We had a relaxing night at home.

Thursday when I woke up, I realized I was in trouble. I normally don't have much trouble waking up in the mornings, but Thursday my body did not want to function. It didn't want to move, let alone wake up and cook breakfast. I laid around for a while before finally motivating myself to get my tail up and do some work around the house. I had a lunch date with boyfriend, and at that point (around noon) I was struggling to walk straight. We headed out for burgers and fries, and when I came home it was all I could do to make it to the chair in the living room. My muscles were screaming at me. Muscles that I didn't even know existed were hurting. I took a nap and vegged out on the couch until I had to get up and go grab dinner with my mom. Boyfriend was working late and sissy was out of town, so I took full advantage of some alone time with Mumzy! We had Mexican for dinner...so in other words, I totally ruined the workout that I did in less than 24 hours. There was no way in hell I was getting on a treadmill on Thursday. I thought maybe I would be able to muster up the energy to do something productive on Friday.

WRONG.

Friday was worse than Thursday. I didn't do anything. I'm talking absolutely nothing...unless you count taking a 3 hour nap as something. I was lethargic, in a weepy mood, and just downright lazy. I couldn't even kick my mood Friday night. I went to bed in a sour mood and hoped to wake up better on Saturday.

Yesterday was a much better day--I still didn't work out, but I did manage to get up and cook breakfast, shower, do some laundry, and head out to shop. I'm in desperate need of shorts that fit! I learned that I may have the most awkward body shape on the planet while I was shopping. I came home after an uneventful trip to the most confusing shopping center ever Crossroads (besides this lovely shirt) and boyfriend and I went to Hillsborough to celebrate sissy's horse trainer's birthday.

 Sissy came home from a week away at camp yesterday...let me tell you, you never realize how much you really communicate with someone on a daily basis until you have no contact with them for a week! Kids were supposed to leave at 8, so boyfriend and I decided that it was time for Cookout Milkshakes (nom nom). Mumzy also suggested that we come hang out at her house, so we did for a while.

And here we are, at Sunday...I've succeeded in still doing nothing productive. We'll see how the rest of the day goes! I'm going to try to post some pictures from last night's birthday party later this afternoon.

Workout: Day 1

Today, I'm making a big leap...I'm going to start working out again!

I've gained 10lbs in the last year and I am NOT happy with myself. Boyfriend tells me how beautiful I am all the time and I know that I'm not fat by any means, but I could definitely stand to lose that 10lbs!


Mysteriously Obvioulsy because of teacher appreciation week, stress, and [mostly] lack of self control, I gained a whopping 7lbs from mid-April to mid-May alone. I was a little worried, so I went to the doctor last week to have everything checked out, just in case. I'm happy to report everything is fine...I just have to deal with the fact that you actually have to work to stay thin once you're no longer a teenager. Hello, adult life!

I've actually lost 4 of those 7lbs in a few weeks, due to reducing portion sizes, eating 6 times a day, and and reducing sugar. Leaving for work at 6:15am and not getting home until 6:30pm some nights left no time for me to work out while school was in, but now that I've had a few days (and a mini vacation) to unwind and tie up loose ends, it's time to get down to business.

I'm going to be working out with Jillian Michaels for beginners: Frontside. I'm going to try to alternate Jillian with running every other day. Stay tuned for a Day 1 update!