Week 1 FINISHED!

Crappy pic b/c I was trying to be sly.
So a 16 min. mile is pretty crappy. But I know it will get better...especially since it's interval training and not running the whole way through (which there is NO way I could do).

I have to tell you...probably a dozen times during this workout, I wanted to quit. For some reason, today was not about sore muscles, but just hotness...pure and simple hotness borderlining exhaustion. I kept thinking of ways to cheat ("oh I'll just walk through the next jogging interval") but I didn't do it. I wanted to finish week one with honesty and full force. There's no way I can half-ass this.

I am literally dripping sweat still..and starting to get that energy burst after the workout. Kinda feels good ;)

Going to try and be good this weekend with the calories...I have one of my bridesmaids and good friend coming into town tonight for the weekend and I"m sure we'll be eating out. Good thing that iPhone app "Lose It!" (which is still awesome by the way! I can't believe it's free!!!) has restaurant guides as well. I've been saving my calories for tonight though...actually maybe that's why todays workout was so hard...I've only eaten 65 calories. I ate a quick snack (Quaker Oat Mini Caramel Corn Cakes-60 cal/serving) and had a Crystal Light Peach Tea (5 cals). I probably need another snack or a small "lunch". We probably won't be eating till 8ish (I know that's bad but there is a curve here). ;)

BTW, I met my first goal! I finished week one and therefore I will be shopping for my new running shoes (at a running store, you all convinced me!) hopefully this weekend so I can wear them on Monday for Week 2!

Goal Weights

I know I've already posted my first weigh in on Monday and my goal weight is 155 lbs.  I picked 155 lbs because it brings me down to a BMI of 25 which is considered healthy and it's one pound less than I was able to get down to while on Weight Watchers 2 years ago.

I think smaller goals are in order here.  I'm going to go with my first goal weight of being a 5% loss.

I started this blog at 178 lbs.  A 5 % loss would be 9 lbs which would bring me to 169 as my first goal weight and at a BMI of 27.  I think getting back into the 160s is a GREAT first goal for me.  Of course I want to lose weight at a healthy rate of 2 lbs per week (hopefully not counting the first week since you usually lose all the water weight too).

I need to set these smaller goals to keep me from getting discouraged and to have small triumphs to celebrate.

%loss   weight    +/-     BMI    date

5%           169       -9       27      8/3/09

10%         160      -18      26      9/7/09

13%         155      -23      25      9/28/09

15%         151       -27      24     10/12/09

20%         142      -36      23     11/16/09

I will work hard to try to achieve these goals up until a point where I am happy with my physical fitness and body image.  Do I need to be 142 lbs to be happy?  Probably not, but we'll see where this takes me.  Right now, 155 would make me EXTREMELY happy and proud.  So if my weight loss journey stopped (and hopefully stayed!) there, I wouldn't be upset with myself.

I've selected the 5K I'm going to run!

Well with a little help from fellow knottie Jessica!  She informed me of a 5K on Saturday October 10, 2009 starting in Moore Square in Raleigh, NC.  It's called the 2009 Triangle Walk/Run for Autism and I think we are going to try and get a team together (I suggested "Team NC Knotties"...lol).  Best of all we get to help raise money for autism in the process!

I am so stoked that I have a solid goal.  Alan wants to do this one as well but I know for sure he'll run ahead of me (we've been through that before! lol) so I am so happy that I have at least one person so far willing to do it with me!  Hopefully we can get more girls on board.  Many have seemed really interested in the fitness threads that got started on our board.  Yay!  (thank you motivation!!)

Krispy Kreme Challenge

While on the knot yesterday, I may have found a few possible workout buddies!! One of them, Krystal, got me to want to do the Krispy Kreme Challenge. Basically you have to run 2 miles, down a dozen donuts and then run 2 miles back to the NC State Bell Tower all under an hour!! haha. I doubt I'll go as a competitor but I'd just like to finish the race (ok and maybe eat a few donuts..). ;)  They don't have info up for the 2010 race but maybe by then I can actually enter as a competitor?? lol.  I'll update once the info is up!