LIVESTRONG CHALLENGE 5K Training Week 6 Part I

Glad u stopped in,
Today is now day one of week six. I have delayed the running schedule by a bit. I had those nagging shin splints twice since I started the training schedule for running the 5K. I should be starting 6R/1W, but am going to hang out in this 3R/1W till maybe the end of this week. I went for my run this morning, and it felt great! Thanks, Rita for waking up early after working for 11 days straight to go run with me and encouraging me to do a lil extra. This week was awesome on the weight loss. I lost 6 pounds! HOLY SHIT!! So what do I do, go to a Mexican restaurant and drink margaritas and eat chips and salsa. D'oh! I have to be on my best behavior this week. I still would like to lose a good bunch of pounds before the 5K in October. The other day I was not feeling the run at all and what was in the mail, some swag from the 5K already. It gave me that extra push I needed to get out there. I have changed my training schedule a bit thanks to a lot of advice from the chickes on the running thread. It is helping a bunch! I feel the difference now in my runs big time! I am still working out 6 days a week, 3 days running and 3 days elliptical with strength training. I might mix in a little swimming to help with my endurance. We will see about that. This week had a couple outings, and I don't know what it was, but I was feeling like I was HAWT!! I am far from my goal still but I believe the working out and my mindset is blowing up my mind. LOL! Allrighty, peeps thanks for checking me out...

LIVESTRONG CHALLENGE 5K Training Week 4

Hi All, Welcome to my blog. Today is the hump day of week 4 in my training schedule. I have been training 6 days a week, and on 3 of those days I incorporate strength training. I have been doing it for four weeks before I decided to start blogging my escapade. The idea was not original in any form as I was inspired by a mega runner in the message board I frequent. I saw her most recent post, and thought I have to do this. Blogging will make me stick to my path , and if I veer from it; it will be on the Internet for all to see, how embarrassing!! The title of the blog reminds me to stay on cue. No excuses!! If I want to be fit, I have to RUN!

I am huge right now, fat! I have been up and down for years now, OK news flash..mostly up, and have tried everything. Name it to me and I betcha I have done it, at least twice. LOL! My mission lose weight, STAT! I joined Weight Watchers for the first time on June 17, 2007. My Mom has done it before, and currently and has had great success on it. It is a wonderful program it customizes your caloric intake by your weight, and nothing is off limits. You are given a certain amount of points per day; I calculate approximately 50 calories per point. You always want to use your points in a smart fashion so they last through the day, and make smart choices for your body. The nice thing is if you do want to have a drink or a little something extra you can just plan your day wisely, and u r set! I have lost 14 pounds thus far. It is a little slower than say the Atkins, but like I said it is flexible and you do lose a healthy 1-2 pounds per week.

OK now that we got the diet squared away I will jump into the running, and work outs. PS I will post my starting weight once I lose some more weight, right now it is too scary to post on this forum ;-0 My girls from the running thread know the deal, and of course my closest friends and family. I switched gym's because Bally's was killing me! That place smelled like a sewer, and everything was outdated! I joined Pure Fitness and I'm loving it. It is an all woman gym, which I thought would suck ass at first, sometimes the guys give extra motivation. It is great though. It is nice and clean, tons of equipment, and totally up to date with flat screens and an awesome Kid's Club that my son loves! It also has many different classes that are included not this extra fee per class like so many places, and it has a pool, sauna and steam room, which love to stretch out in and let the heat soothe my aches away!

OK u still with me here..I started the training schedule that I used 7 years ago, when I did Power in Motion, a running clinic to train beginner runners for a 5K. News Flash.. never finished, and quit after week 4 :-( I am taking my time with it, and extending the running cycles where need be so I do not keep going ahead if I am not ready for it. I am now doing a cycle of 1 min run / 1 min walk. It is pretty good considering I started at 3W/1R. I did get shin splints a couple of weeks ago on my left leg it even bruised a bit. I took it easy, iced, Advil, and was good in a few days. I also bit the bullet and invested in some super support running shoes. I went to a running store who took their time, and patience with me to find the best shoe to meet my needs. I call them my moon boots! I incorporated strength training last week three times a week to help shrink my fat ass a bit! It is feeling good, not too sore, talked to a trainer at the gym who told me to increase my reps to get a harder work out. It's working!! I had to schedule my run for this afternoon today because I could not run after strength training, my legs were shot! I am pretty determined so I better stickwithit!!!

I have a great support system from my family on my journey. My son actually reminds me daily to go to the gym. I think he just likes to go hang out and play over there. My husband told me just today how proud he was of me! My Mom helps a lot with the diet portion we talk daily about what is going on. I have an awesome friend she knows who she is who I text my workouts to everyday. She keeps telling me I can do it! The biatch can already do a 5K, but she worked hard to accomplish that, and I love her for it! We have already signed up to do our first 5K together in October. It will be in Austin so I am sure the course will be hilly, so I better train for that as well! SDS!

U still here, damn it u must have nothing to do or u really, really like me! Going to pound the pavement, literally. I hate running outside with a lot of people around to think to themselves of what my big azz and huge boobs look like jiggling outta control! I will perceiver, and there are always cool people who motivate by giving me the thumbs up! Love those!