Out of the Rut

I jogged 29 minutes today!! And walked 10 minutes. That's about 40 minutes of cardio...and I was pushing my baby in the jogging stroller! Amazing. I'm so glad to be out of my rut! All I did differently was take four 5-second breaks and push myself harder. I kept telling myself good things like "I can do it" and "I did this last week so I can do it now". Its a good motivator that I'm back on my game.

Hitting a Wall....

For the last few workouts I've been jogging 30 minutes, which is phenomenal for me. However, Sunday I only jogged 19 minutes, so I decided to rest yesterday because I was too sore. Today STUNK. I did 11 minutes on the elliptical and jogged 6 minutes. It's like I keep hitting this wall where everything is hard all of a sudden. I don't know what it is, it may be the depression kicking in again. I think that may be it, and I don't know what to do about it. I think it's also fear and laziness. I need to figure out what's goping on. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. I just have to keep on trying.
BTW my calories are right on track :)

It's Working!!!!!!

I weighed myself today and I lost another pound, on top of the half pound I lost last weekend. And Thanksgiving was in there too! Huge success!! I'm using myFitnessPal.com right now, and my goal is 1.5 to 2 pounds per week, and I lost 1.6 this week. I'm right on track. I just can't believe I still lost weight AND ate my Thanksgiving dinner. Moderation, people!!

Still Going

I jogged 30 minutes today!!! I've never done that before! It's so exciting to see how my body is progressing and how my endurance is going up. After I get down closer to my goal, I might try training for long distance running, just to give myself a new focus. I also hope to do P90X this new year and really keep myself from plateauing. It's crazy!! I have never been in shape in my life, and now I'm well on my way.
Hope to do a weigh in later on. I'll let you know what the scale says. :D

Thanksgiving dinner

I'm done my thanksgiving dinner, and I must say I did pretty good! I didn't stuff myself. The scale will tell....

Thankful

Ok so here's a first for me....jogging at 4:30 am! I woke up around 3:30 and had so much energy. I was thinking about my weight loss and how today was Thanksgiving, and I figured that if any day this week is a day I jog, today's the most important. Lots of calories in that dinner!!
I've also been thinking lately how thankful I am to God that I have the ability to work out the way I do. So many people in this world wake up everyday and have to deal with debilitating conditions, and I don't. I really am thankful that I have two legs that run and a heart that beats well. It's a gift that I want to use to the fullest.

Exercise

Oh, I forgot to mention that I totally ROCKED today in my workout! I walked for 14 minutes and jogged for 27!! I pushed myself very hard and it definitely payed off.