Getting Better

Today I ran my half mile around the neighborhood, and it really wasn't as bad as it has been. I certainly didn't enjoy it, but I actually felt like I could maybe keep going for a little bit. Usually by the end of half a mile, I'm ready to be done, so I think I'm getting a little better at this running business. I think I'll be able to build up to the mile and a half by the end of August.

I also did day two of the push-up challenge. It's still hard. I'm not sure why they have me doing so many. I did 15 for my initial maximum amount, and it looks like on day three they have me doing 15 on one of the sets (of 5). That seems like a bit much to me. Oh well, I'll keep on keepin on.

Don't Break the Chain

I got a nifty new widget for my blog ------------------->

For every day I exercise for at least 15 minutes (hopefully it'll be much longer, but I'm keeping it manageable for now, I click on the date, and it turns red. I've missed a couple of days, but I'm hoping to have every day in August red.

100 Push Up Challenge

I'm doing the 100 push up challenge. My beginning number of push-ups was 15. I can do at least twice that if I do girl push ups, but that's it for real ones. It's sad, because I used to be able to do so much more. Oh well, it's not like I don't know I'm out of shape. So today I did day 1 of week 1 of the program. It kicked my butt.

I didn't do any other exercise today because my monthly visitor brought with it the usual migraine. I'm hoping to get back in the groove tomorrow.

Half Mile Again

I tried running the same distance I did yesterday. I guessed it at about half a mile, but it turns out it's not quite there--it's about .45 miles. Anyway, yesterday I felt like I was going to throw up, and just felt awful after I ran it (I had just done 3 miles on the bike first, as well). Today it wasn't so bad. I was a bit winded, but I recovered pretty quickly. For some reason, running and I just don't mix.

I'm going to keep doing that (almost) half mile every day until it feels comfortable, and then I'll double it and do a mile. On some days I'll be adding biking into it, and I'm going to try to make it to the pool for lap swimming a few times as well.

Oh for goodness sakes!

I have not only neglected this blog, I have neglected any kind of healthy thingies or stuffs. I weigh more now than ever, my belly is a big fat blob of, well, blobby stuff. I guess what I'm trying to say is I suck at this healthy business.

I'm doing a couple of things to try to get started again, though. I'm going to do a short triathlon at the end of August, so I'm training for that. And I joined a weight loss challenge at paperbackswap. So, I'm hoping one or both of those things helps me out in some way. Because I don't feel like myself anymore. And I want to.