What, no pound of butter?

Ok, so my title is a little lame, but it is kind of self-explanatory if you've previous posts.  Weight loss this week totaled 0.6 lbs.  A little disappointing to say the least but not exactly unexpected. Not that I've been going 'off-plan' as they say.  No, it's that time of the month and most women put on a couple of pounds as you approach the end of your cycle.  By this time next week, I should be a couple of pounds lighter; although I suppose it says something that I was still down in weight.

Been going to the gym regularly and working on my running.  I am working steadily towards 5 minute jogs separated by 5-6 minutes of really quick walking.  I keep making a running gag that I want to run a 5k race but I think I really do.  I think it would give me a real feeling of accomplishment.

So, maybe the Ottawa race next year will have a new runner in the 5k field... you never know.

'til next time.

More pounds of butter?

So, its the day after my official weigh-in and I am happy to announce that this week I lost 3.8 pounds.  This means that in two weeks, i've lost 6.8 pounds.  This also means that I am just over 3 pounds away from my first target of 10 pounds and will hopefully get there next week.  Yay me!!!

Though both Brian and I seem to be doing well in this weight watchers thing, Emma is not.  Well, that's not quite true.  Twice this week she came to the gym with us and actually rocked it out on the elliptical glider.  However, she was supposed to come with me this morning and was too busy being lazy. "my legs won't move" she says... actually she yells is more accurate. So I ended up loosing my patience with her and just left and went to the gym on my own.

Anyway, I did 30 minutes on the treadmill which included 3x4:00 minutes of actual joggin.  I feel like this week I might be able to try jogging for longer and see how it goes.  Considering that when I first started I couldn't run for 30 seconds and now I'm running for 4:00 minutes at a time?  Pretty Cool.

'til next time

Did I have a breakthrough?

So another day off from work and Emma and I went to the gym.  She did 20 minutes or so on the elliptical glider and I did 30 minutes on the treadmill.  But this is where I had my breakthrough.  After about 10 minutes of really quick walking, I put up the speed and managed to jog my way through one song.:); then I rested for about another 8 minutes or so and did it again!! Managed to jog my way through another song... I've never been able to do that.

In the past when I tried to work my way up to jogging, I managed to run for about 1 minute and then rest for a few; but I found it hard to pick up the pace and do it again.  That I was able to do it not once but twice today is huge.

Oddly enough, I think I'm happier about this than the 3 pounds I lost.  Maybe because its something I can qualify... I'm very proud of myself. 

'til next time.