I'm getting there!

I managed to jog for a total of 18 minutes tonight (walked 13 mins), not all at once but I did manage to start off running for 7 minutes before switching to the walk/jog method. I switched up my route to the 2 and 1/4 mile route, not sure if my total time is good or not?? but hey, I'm out there doing something!

I keep pushing myself and feel so good about myself, and I do better each time I get out there, (which I'm sure helps with that good feeling), increasing my jog time and decreasing my walk time. I'm on week 4 of exercising and so far I've only missed one day of exercise due to a cold which had me crawling into bed early one night but I've managed to stay on track otherwise. I get out 3x a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Doing pretty well on getting my daily fruits and veggies in, it's easier to get my veggies in than my fruit since I prefer veggies over fruit but I'm trying. portions sizes could still use some tweaking though! Still no weight loss, a couple pounds gained though, I'm really hoping that's muscle gain!? ;) but nonetheless, it feels good just getting out and exercising!

Woohoo!

I actually jogged more than I walked tonight! of course not all at once and only 1 whole minute longer but hey, it's a start!

I kept an eye on my stop watch tonight and added up all the total minutes I jogged, minus the total exercise time. so I jogged for a total of 14 minutes tonight and walked 13. The route I'm currently taking is just shy of 2 miles, so I think I'm going to change it to another route I've done in the past which is about 2 1/4 miles. Instead of a mileage goal this time around, I've decided to do a time goal. I'd like to run for a total of 45 minutes but I'll start off with 30 and continue to work my way up to 45.

No weight loss yet, not that I really expected to, since I'm only going on week 3 of exercising, but I'm hoping once I'm able to continually run it'll start to melt off. I can't wait to start seeing results!

early New Years resolution

Well I'm back at it! Today was the first day I went out jogging since before I found out I was pregnant with Libby! since I was having problems with asthma shortly after I started getting back into jogging, at the beginning of the year, I had to stop jogging until the inhaler I was using kicked in, but then my little surprise came along and I dismissed the idea of jogging for awhile.

Now that I'm 2 months postpartum, I figured now is a good time to get my butt back out there and go jogging! and after 10-11 months of not jogging, ....Wow! I'm outta shape! ;) I didn't get very far at first but I did go farther then I thought I would! so I'm pretty pleased with myself, even if there was more walking than jogging! I'm sticking with the same route I did last time which was just over 2 miles but once I reach that milestone I'd like to keep pushing myself.

I haven't lost all the baby weight yet so I'm sad/disgusted to say I'm at 208. I was down to 197 pre-pregnancy and lost a few pounds in the beginning but gained it all back and then some. but anywho, ....I'm determined to lose weight! My goal weight is 150! I know I can do it!

Not only is my resolution to lose weight/ get into shape and exercise regularly, so I can look and feel healthier, but to get the recommended amount of fruits and veggies in each day. I've been doing pretty good the last week on getting them with the exception of the last 2 days, but we all know how our "diets" do around the holiday's. I can't wait to see the pounds melt off. I'll be updating my blog to help keep me more accountable in reaching my goals!

well running is on a "long term" hiatus for now.

For obvious reasons I'm not running! due to morning sickness I'd lost a few pounds but since it wasn't near as bad as with Laena I didn't lose much and now that morning sickness has passed have already gained it back. I'm going to try and eat healthy during this pregnancy but we all know how that goes! I'd like to keep my weight gain to the minimum recommended amount but we'll see how it goes, if not I'm not going to worry about it, just work my butt off after baby arrives to get off the weight!

So much for getting to my goal weight before getting pregnant again but what can I say surprises happen! but I wouldn't have it any other way now, amazing how you can love someone you haven't even met so much! When our sunny weather finally kicks in (ahem mother nature???) I'd like to get out and do some walking, for now when we have our nice breaks in the weather I try to get out and do something fun with Laena as she loves to go "bye-bye".

another update

I thought I should update since I was updating my other blog about my daughter's birthday. I haven't forgotten about this blog, I just haven't been exercising, since my asthma is still not cooperating! It has gotten better, just not to a point where I can comfortably run. I should at least get out and walk but it's hard when you prefer jogging and it's dang cold outside! I've managed to lose weight though! I'm down to 195lbs, simply by eating smaller meals 5x a day. I'm hoping when the weather is nicer I can convince myself to go walking.

Hiatus

Well unfortunately, Doctors orders, I have to take a break from jogging, until I can get my asthma flare up under control. The last couple weeks, I've been having trouble getting full breaths in, which (of course) is made worse by exercise, so until my Qvar starts taking full effect, I was advised to abstain from running for 7-10 days. I'm hoping it takes less time! or at the very least, when I can get back to running, that I can pick up where I left off (run the same distance), if not go farther then before since my lungs will be doing better. :) for now, still trying to work on portion control, for some reason that seems to be the hardest thing for me right now. Eventually I'll get it down, right?

6 pounds down!

I'm down to 199! I'm out of the 200's! yea! However my "diet" hasn't been too great the last couple of days with all these Valentine's goodies! and my exercising hasn't been that great so far this week, (I haven't done the 30 day shred at all this week! But I did manage to run almost a mile yesterday non stop, before switching to walking, I went just under 2 miles and ran about 1 1/4 miles. I used a handy little tool on livestrong.com that lets me track the distance, and with the route I was taking it wasn't quite 2 miles, like I'd like to get back up to, so I've figured out a new route that will be just over 2 1/4 miles. can't wait to try it out tonight. Yep, again skipping out on the shred, and replacing it with jogging :)