I began my training regime on August 23rd when on my in to my office I passed a weight scale. Since we don't own one at home I decided to hop on. I tipped the scale at an all time F-A-T: 175.6 lbs. This is the heaviest I've ever been since she-who-must-not-be-named took me on a 6 month binge. I knew I had put on a few pounds since I had gotten married (155), but I guess I hadn't had a reality check. I kept saying to myself, "I'll shed the pounds with Katie when she goes on her post-pregnancy diet." Apparently all she had to do to loose the weight was nurse. Since that diet was not available to me I decided I would take matters to the road.
Another motivater was watching my in-laws run the Hobble Creek Half Marathon. When my fifty-something father-in-law crossed the finish line I asked myself the dangerous question, "could you do that?"
The answer was a depressing no.
I was determined that by the next time Mom and Dad Newren decided to run 13 plus miles, I better be running with them - in front of them.
So what did I do about it? This:
Monday: 3 mile run
Tuesday: 3 hours of football
Wednesday: 30 minute run to Macey's and back
Thursday: block intervals (sprinting a block, jogging a block)
Friday: yoga/push-ups/sit-ups
Saturday: 4 mile run
Sunday: day of rest
When I came into work on Friday, I jumped back on the scale and weighed 170.2 lbs. I lost 5.4 lbs in that first week. Victory.
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