I'm at it again

Well, what can I say, I fell off the wagon again. But my darling girls, ages 7 and 9, have picked me up and encouraged me to get back in the game. If you recall last summer we ran in a 5km race. They want to do it again. But they'd like to do better than last year. And so would I. I asked them a few weeks ago if they'd like to start jogging with me in the mornings, they said that they'd love it. So finally on Tuesday I set their alarm for 6am. And sure enough they were up and ready to go. I wasn't sure what to expect since I haven't jogged since last October. But I was pleasantly surprised that I could still do it and not feel like I was dying. I have still have a lot of work to do to be able to run a 5km race. But I'm not back where I was last year at this time when I started training the first time. I couldn't even run for a full minute back then, I'm pleased to say that I can run jog for at least a minute now. We took it easy on our first day. We'll push ourselves a little more on Thursday.  The best thing about having these running mates...they will never let me sleep in and they are super enthusiastic about this new project.

mornings

Why can't I get up in the morning??? Oh wait, it's because I don't go to bed until after midnight. I'm a night owl and so is my husband. So even when I try to get to bed early, he interrupts things. Bah. One day I'll figure it out. But on the up side of things, I've still been able to get a work out in after the older kids go to school. I've just made it a priority and get it done. So the dishes don't get done, or the bread doesn't get made, or the clothes do get folded. But I get in a 20-40min work out and I feel great. So I guess that's what matters most right now. Speaking of which, I must go do a work out right now.

one week

One week in to my new plan, and so far I'm doing pretty good. I haven't done so great at getting up at 6am, but I've committed to doing my work out as soon as the kids head off to school on the mornings that I didn't get up. So far so good. I'm feeling good too. When I started a week ago the scale read 256lbs(back to the beginning for me) today it says 252lbs. Progress. Lets hope it keeps going like this for awhile.

Day 3 - still at it.

Yesterday I slept in. But I was a good girl and didn't let that excuse stop me from keeping my current goal. I got up and got dressed in my work out clothes. Got the kids ready for school and sent them on their way. I then put a movie on down stairs for the two little ones and I put on my work out video upstairs. That was all fine and dandy until the boy came upstairs and wanted to work out with me. One may get more of a work out when trying to avoid stepping or tripping over a 20month old toddler.

This morning I was up and at it at 6:30am. I'll need to work at getting up at 6am so I can do a 30 or 40 minute work out instead of just 20. But it's all good and I'm happy with my three day's progress.

A New Start

Today I got up at 6:30am. I joined a challenge on Sparkpeople.com. The idea is to follow a 10 minute work out video 7 days a week and add an additional 30 min cardio workout 5 times during the week. Today was day one for me. It was a good one. Feeling good about this new challenge. I believe it is totally doable if I can just get over the getting up at 6am in the complete dark of night...which is not easy for me. But I did it today, so that is a great start. Wish me luck for the rest of the week.

A New Year..

OK, so it's a new year and I am basically where I was at last year at this time. I'm no farther a head...but at least I am not any farther behind either.

Winter is hard. So hard to stay motivated. So hard to care. So hard to get on that stationary bike. But I know that I can't just sit and do nothing...although that is exactly what I have been doing since the end of October. So now what? Well I have to recommit myself. I have to find something that I can do. I have to find that ounce of "hey I really do care, and want to succeed" and I have to hang on to it and suck every ounce I can out of it so that I can finally realize my goals.

So here's to a new beginning. To help me along the way I am going to post pictures of my scale every so often over on flickr...I haven't yet decided how often, but I am hoping this will be one way to keep me on track and motivated.

My measurements today are as follows

hips 51"

waist 45"

bust 48.5"

thigh 29"

calf 16.25"