Week 2 of 5K Program:

Realized today that I did the first week WRONG in my "From Couch to 5K" program. I was supposed to walk for 90 seconds and run for 60 seconds, but I did just the opposite. So this week I didn't want to back track by running the same amount of time and walking more (which is what I was suppposed to do IF I had done the first week right).

So I ran for 2 minutes and walked for 1 minute. I also increased my speed from 5-5.5 to 5.5-6.2 today. Felt good. I knew I was working harder.

28 minutes/2.25 mls/315 calories burned

Second day of "From couch to 5K." Since it seemed fairly easy on Thursday, today I increased my pace while running. That helped some. It was still not too hard, but it will be good training for me because I know it will get harder and harder. This training has me running/walking every other day or 3x/week. Feeling good right now. I think this will really help me lose the weight and all-around feel better.

Last night (and the day before that) I think my blood pressure was up. I have only had that one other time in my life (four years ago) during a very stressful time in my life. I don't think I have stress right now. At least, I don't recognize it if I am. Sometimes I can suppress it, but I asked sweet hubby if he could see anything I couldn't. He couldn't. Especially since we have had such a relaxing Christmas holiday season.

High blood pressure runs in my family on my dad's side. Mom told me today who in my family takes meds for high blood pressure. I was surprised at so many of them! I know it runs in the family, but from what I have read diet and exercise can dramatically help this. I plan on taking off the 35 pounds and setting new healthy habits. Praying it will help.

Happy New Year!

Thursday. Weigh in day. I am excited that after only tracking for 3 days this week, I still lost! Only .6, but it is still a loss. My sweet, darling hubby lost 3 pounds! The week of Christmas, he lost 3 pounds! He has been so diligent to get up and go to D1 even though on days he is off work. That working out is really helping him.

In contrast, I only got on the treadmill once. Uno. And only then for 1 mile. One little bitty mile.

So today, I got home from a long day and got on the treadmill. I had read an article entitled "From Couch to 5K" recently and remembered that they recommended walking the first and last 5 minutes for warm up and cool day, then the 20 minutes in between I am to walk 1 minute, then fun for 1.5 minutes. I did that and I found it fairly easy today. I know that this varies from day to day, but I was glad that I wasn't struggling so much. So I did 24:30 min/2 miles/burned 300 calories/earned 4 WW activity points. I am happy.

There have been several "victories" for me this week. First of all, losing weight the week of Christmas is huge for me. Second, Christmas Eve I was very careful about the portion of food that I ate AND I took fruit to my mom's so that I could start with that. I did well that day! Third, I am losing my taste for movie theater popcorn. For anyone that knows me well, that is the biggest thing so far! The last two times I have eaten it, it has made me sick. It has never done that before, but I think it did because I have been eating much healthier. My body is adjusting to the healthy way of eating. I like that.

Happy New Year! I'm so glad we didn't "wait until after the New Year" to start our WW and exercise plans!

Okay, so yesterday was weigh-in day for us. We went (late) and were very happy, although we know the first week is a lot of water. Hubby lost 4.8 and I lost 3.8. It is a good start to motivate me to keep going.

I am struggling a bit with the new program, but I am so thankful for the lady that weighed me yesterday. She told me to just relax and we'll figure it out together. She gave me some great pointers and helped me talk through some aspects of it. I AM being too rigid (like she said) and I needed to hear that. After all, I lost 3.8 pounds! Hopefully, never to see it again.

I don't have much time this morning, but I made myself get on the treadmill for just a mile. 1 mile (jog/walk)/12:56/159 calories burned/1 activity point in WW.

And, yes, I do plan on starting with the oatmeal, fruits and veggies before I hit the other stuff.

Merry CHRISTmas!

It is so much easier to be diligent on WW with Wade doing it with me! We are helping each other, checking in on each other, making food for each other. I love it! I can't wait to weigh in on Thursday just to see how we have done.

I haven't gotten on the scale here at home (on purpose) because I want to see how I do on Thursday. I haven't exercised yet (because of a fever I've had), but hope to tomorrow. Today I have a memorial service for Wade's best friend's dad. We will be with them most of the day.

It feels good to eat more fruit! On the new WW, all fruit is FREE! That's a huge change. It makes me choose fruit more often. I still am not eating the 8 or 9 servings they suggest each day, but I am up to 3 or 4. I hope to be increasing it. When I eat the fruit and veggies, I have trouble getting my points in each day. Yesterday I had hot chocolate, so I didn't have any trouble at all! :)

New Journey with Hubby

WW has changed their program. My sweet hubby wants to take off some poundage so he joined with me yesterday. He is doing D1 which is a great workout program and he is being so consistent, but he knows that he will drop the weight if he gets his eating in check.

Somehow we are going to have to retrain our minds to think differently about food. I am really praying about it. I eat so mindlessly. I want to eat to fuel the body God gave me. I want to eat to live, not live to eat which is what I have done for 44 years.

Hopefully, his support will make some things easier, like knowing that he will be happy with any healthy meal I try because he knows it will help him reach his goal. Now I need some healthy, clean-eating meals. I get the CLEAN EATING magazine, but I need to calculate the points. Of course, he gets double the points I do!

I can't wait to cook something healthy tonight and see how it goes over!

I haven't totally fallen off the face of the earth. Mucho going on here that needs my attention from hubby coming home, Christmas decorating and shopping, out of town company here for a long weekend, trip with hubby and son sick. I hope to be back here to post soon AND get back on track with my training to be disciplined in eating and exercise.

Hope you are enjoying your holiday season with family and friends.