Monday, October 5, 2009

Week 3 update

I weighed in today and I lost 8.8lbs!!!!
I am so excited but i must confess something else happened this morning that rivals the excitement of the pounds I loss!!!
I told you I was starting to train for the 5K in February. I am doing the Couch to 5K training. This is start of week 2 for me. Yesterday, John wanted to go to the gym and so I went with him. Normally I want go on Sundays but I just went with him. He was running beside me and after I walked my 5 min warm up I started my intervals. I was suppose to run 90 seconds and walk 60 but I just heard him running beside me and I got set in a rhythm and before I knew it I had run 5 minutes!!!! I was so excited and proud of myself. Remember I am trying to loose like 100lbs and I just ran 5 min. I stopped at 5 min because I couldn't get control of my breathing. Then I went ahead and did the rest of my intervals. BUT this morning, I was so motivated!!! So I walked my 5 min warm up and then did 15 of my 20 min intervals. When I hit minute 20 I put on what has become a theme song in my life right now (Free by Ginny Owens) and I decided to push myself and see if I could run the last 5 minutes of my intervals. I DID IT!!!!! I had run 15 minutes of intervals and THEN I ran for 5 minutes straight!!!! And surprisingly I was still breathing fairly well!!! I stopped because I wanted to enjoy the moment!!!
So yes, I am excited about the weight loss but I am just as excited about the fact that I am pushing myself to become who I know I want to be and learning that I can do it!!!


9 comments:

Wanda said...

GREAT!!! MOM

Jill said...

So proud of you! Keep it up girl, praying that you can keep it up!

Amanda said...

Wow...that's all I can say! Wow!!

alieta young casey said...

YAY! YAY! YAY! I hope I can keep up with you tomorrow!!!

Michael and Kim said...

YOU ROCK!!!!!!

Danny and Jennifer White said...

Way to go Amy!So happy for you!

Holly S. said...

That's wonderful Amy! It's amazing how much more we can actually do if we just push ourselves. We have to push past our zone of "comfort." I'd say that's excellent progress! Keep it up!

Kari said...

I am so proud of you. GOOD JOB!

Nikki said...

Way to go, Amy! Proud of you and want to talk soon!