back in the saddle again

hit the gym today

good amanda

i have lots of physical activity planned this weekend....3 walks planned and if i can get off my duff and get padded bike shorts then i may hit the valley forge bike path to the city and see how far i can go.

i bought clothes in regular sizes last night -- not "women" sizes but regular sizes.

go me!

2 days off...but back on the wagon tomorrow

last night i went out to dinner with my dad and alison and tonight i just took care of some fun stuff like changing kitty litter and working late which meant no gym but i think i'm going to go walking/running in the morning and maybe lift weights after work as i'm going out for day late movie night later in the evening so i'll have time after work to do some stuff.

saturday i'm doing the ridley creek loop with kathleen, sunday i'm going to do a training walk for the breast cancer 3 day and then monday holly, makenna and i are planning a walk in valley forge park.


i'm all registered for coach training, sign, sealed and delivered! i have to order my text books this weekend and off i go. i'm so excited!

9 days and counting

So today was day 9 straight of doing something active....in the last 9 days I've gone walking, swimmng, lifted weights, elipticalled and biked, it's kind of cool.

Driving home at night from work I never want to go but I feel great after I do it. The process of DOING it sometimes leaves something to be desired but I do really feel good about myself after the fact.

I want to start going to classes at the Y, that might help me get in more cardio which is the thing I need to work on most but I have noticed that my heart rater has come down when I'm working out. My body is still really tired or has to work hard or gets me out of breath but my heart rate seems to be stablizing.

I wonder when I'll get over the hump and be able to run more than 10 feet.

What the hell is happening to me?

So, I'm getting my act together.

No, really I am and it's kind of scaring me. I didn't really even plan for it to happen, it just seems to be happening.

In January I decided to join Weight Watchers and just give it a whirl and see what happens...since then I've been taking pretty darn good care of myself, I've really started an exercise program and I walked/ran a 5K on May 13.

See? Andy and me after the race

I'm not sure what the change has been...has it been spending a fair bit of time with someone who is very active? Is it that I'm 34 and I don't want to feel like an old woman any sooner than necessary? Is it the fact that I have had back problems for years and losing weight/getting stronger is only going to help that? Is it just wanting to be true to myself and take care of myself?

Who knows and on some level, who cares -- it's probably one from column A, one from column B but here I am -- almost 30 pounds down and with 2 5K races on my calendar in June. I have very meager running ambitions -- right now I just want to be able to run 1 mile straight and to finish a 5K in less than 40 minutes. For real runners that is laughable but for me? Well, for me it'd be a huge accomplishment. I have even loftier goals but for now, we'll focus on the first one.

So I'm going to start tracking my progress and what I'm doing and see what I can come up with. I'm trying to keep moving every day, be healthy every day.

I focused on just losing weight at first and while I still want to do that (goodness knows I have a ways to go) I also want to focus on eating better foods, whole foods -- really focus on being HEALTHY and not just making my life easier. Easier will be having more energy and being healthier -- everything else will fall into place with that.

Oh yeah, and I signed up for coach training tonight.