Day 6 - complete

of the Shred that is. I ended up taking the weekend off. I was grouchy and should have exercised I probably would have felt better and not been so grouchy . I completed the shred this morning and will complete the c25k w1d3 this evening, probably after dinner.

I'm thinking about signing up for a 5K in December. It's the Rudolph Ramble downtown, I emailed S on it but he hasn't responded yet. I thought it would be something nice for us to do together. We'll see.

Day 5 - complete

I completed Day 5 of the shred but will not be able to complete C25K W1d3 because I have an extremely busy day and weekend. So I"ll have to complete it on Monday.

Day 4 - Complete

I completed day 4 of the shred this morning. It's still tough, during the first segment I feel like it will never end and then by the time the 2nd one is over I feel like it went by too quickly.

I am fully prepared for the scale to either not move this week or to go up. And for the first time in my life I am okay with that. I know that it is something that just has to happen in order for the scale to eventually go in the other direction.

I feel better already and that's all that really matters. Day 5 tomorrow and it includes C25K training.

Day Three - Complete

Yep, already done for the day. When I woke up this morning I turned on the Shred, so day 3 is complete. After I dropped 2 of the boys off at their respective schools, I had the iPod in the van and when the little one and I got home pulled the stroller out and hit the road running, well walking at first. I was interupted because a realtor stopped me to ask a question so I spent 5 minutes walking trying to figure out how to get back to the interval I missed so that i could complete it. So I was out for 40 minutes instead of 33.

I never imagined that I could feel this good. I really do feel invigorated and the energy lasts well throughout the day. I'm off to shower and get a few things done so that I can go and get the boys from school.

Day Two - Complete

Although I did not feel like getting up this morning (achy muscles) I told myself "you made a commitment to yourself and you have to do this for yourself you will be letting no one down but yourself."

I rolled myself out of bed and put the dogs outside and grabbed my shoes and HRM watch, changed and got started. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through the first segment of the 30-day shred. But after the first one was complete the next two went by very quickly. I feel good.

As I said, some sore muscles, but that is to be expected. Today is my normal weigh in day. I am up 1.5 lbs. I'm really not upset with that, I know that it can be a combination of several things. This week our group is counting on calorie intake and staying within our range. My calorie range is 1610 on the low side and 1960 on the high side. That is based on me losing a pound a week and figuring in my exercise calories out. I'm going to shoot for the middle.

Tomorrow is Day 3.

Day one complete

I DID IT! I actually did it. This morning before I started my day I completed Day 1 of the 30-day Shred. And this evening, even though I was tired and really not feeling like it, I decided to just do it. I grabbed my iPod, turned it on to a Couch to 5K podcast, I used this one. I may try this one out later in the week, if I can get it to download, I was having problems with it this morning. Although, I'm more of a country music fan, I didn't mind the very upbeat music. Acutally, I really don't think I listened to the music but let my mind wander in the complete freedom of being without children.

I do have to say that I feel extremely WELL, but am afraid of what morning might bring. But I WILL continue on this journey.

October Challenge...

I may be a little crazy in starting both at once, but I'm going to challenge myself anyway and just do it. I'm going to start Jillian Michael's 30 day Shred tomorrow and the C25K as well. Why? I don't really know, I just feel like I finally need to do something for myself.

I'm participating in a challenge on SparkPeople and am finding some motiviation from my group. They are inspiring me to do more. I am not a very active poster over there, I don't really know why but reading what they are saying does inspire me.

Another challenge for myself, quick daily postings (just to keep myself honest) that I am following through with what I said I would. More for myself than for anyone else!!