Run Like a Mother

I have gotten off track with my exercise movement.  I was doing well for a while, and then I fell off the wagon.

This is not the first time (nor the last I'm sure) that I have given up on my good intentions.  Sometimes it is just so hard to keep going when you don't see results.

Actually, I do see results.  I see the results of what happens when I don't watch what I eat and exercise regulary:  too tight clothes, belly bulge, bigger number on the scale, etc...

I am not sure why I have such a hard time with this!  I do know that I am NOT alone.  So many others wrestle with weight as well.  Even skinny people!  There are people I used to look at and think, "She doesn't have to deal with her weight at all.  I wish it were THAT easy!"  Then, I got to know those people.  One of them had lost over 100 pounds!  So...I have learned that I cannot judge a book by its cover...EVER.

Speaking of books...I picked up the book RUN LIKE A MOTHER by McDowell and Shea last week.  Ever since the 7th grade when we first started long distance running in PE class, I have wanted to become a runner.  I know, THAT IS A HECK OF A LOOOOONG TIME!  I often start and don't finish (one of my flaws).

Well, I had March 15th as the date that I would run a 5k.  Guess what?  That was yesterday.

So...I didn't meet my goal.  Rather than get down on myself, I actually have come a long way toward my goal.  I finished week 5, day 2 of Couch to 5K workout today!  That still puts me in a good position to run the Go Girl race on May 24th.

So...if you are looking for some motivation to run and you are a mother, RUN LIKE A MOTHER is it!  I am only on chapter 2, but so far, it is getting me excited about running.  Lots of tips and stories.  Love it!

So...let me just say that I AM making progress.  I am not be perfect, but I am progressing!  :)

Since January, Trudy and I have walked/ran 41.082 miles.  That is a marathon and almost 5 5K's!!!

Who else wants to be a runner?  I am working on it!  :)

I get up again!

Do you ever feel like you've been off the wagon more than you have been on?  I feel that way too. This is something I really have to watch because if I don't, I will let it bring me down...and that means being off the wagon for an even longer time!

I felt like I was really off the exercise wagon, but here is where having an exercise log really helps! Tonight I went downstairs to visit Trudy Treadmill and when I went to log my exercise, I saw that the last time I exercised was Tuesday, March 4th...less than a week ago!  Maybe not as often as I had planned, but more of a stumble than an all and out fall!  :)

So tonight I completed week 4, day 3 of Couch 25K.  It consisted of:

• Walk for 5 minutes
• Run for 4 minutes
• Walk for 3 minutes
• Run for 6 minutes
• Walk for 3 minutes
• Run for 4 minutes
• Walk for 5 minutes

The runs were HARD!  I barely finished them, but I DID finish them.  When I finished with that, I got on Barbie Bicycle and biked over 3 miles in 15 minutes and THEN I pulled out my 8 Minutes in the Morning book and completed Week 1 Day 1 exercise.  I followed all of this with a stretch.

YEP, I feel accomplished...and back on the wagon!  :)  Someday I would like to put one of those 13.1 stickers on my vehicle as proof that I ran a half marathon.  First I am going to run a 5k on May 24th in the Go Girl Run, then I will see what I need to do to train for a 10k, then comes the half marathon.  Baby steps!!!

The original 8 Minutes in the Morning book--I love it!