New Season, New Sharon

Picture this.....

Being pregnant can be pretty hard on a woman's body.  Being out of shape and over weight for years also can be very hard on a body.  Eating crap about half the time?  You guessed it, hard on your body. 

You know what?  I am sick and tired of doing poor things to my body.  I'm tired of being plus sized.  I'm tired of feeling bad and having such a poor body image.  I'm tired of feeling like I am not good enough and that I am not teaching my kids how to be healthy.  So, it is time to do something about it.

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been making a point to do a lot of walking.  I have also been tracking my eating and nutrition.  Why?  I wanted to prepare my body to start...AGAIN....a couch to 5k run program.  Third times a charm they say.  I am determined to do it and determined to not only finish, but to rock it.  But, I was nervous.  Last time I tried this, first time out, I injured my foot.  It took over a year for it to get back to 100%.  This is why I started with just some walking. 

Well, today was D-day.  Time to try that first podcast of week one in this 9 week program.  I was not feeling confident.  But, since it is a billion degrees outside and east coast kinda humid, I decided to run indoors at our fitness center's track.  It is small, 20 laps to equal a mile.  But, I didn't want to use a treadmill.  Just me, the track and my i-pod.

The podcast was from running into shape and uses the run program from the cool running website.  Week one is a 5 minute warm up, 8 intervals that include 60 second runs followed by 90 second recovery periods.  And, I rocked it.  My feet feel great.  I did not get winded.  I was not really all that tired at the end and after the 5 minute cool down.  In total, I finished 32 laps in thoes 30 minutes.  I finished off with 10ish minutes of core work and 5 minutes of stretching. 

I'm shocked.  I may feel different tomorrow.  But holy cannoli batman, it felt GREAT!  I'm so excited I don't know what to do with myself.  I have been considering, and then chickening out of, signing up for the local 5k run in mid July.  I will only be on week 7 at that point.  But you know what?  I think I'm gonna do it anyhow.  And I'm gonna drag my husband along with me.  ;-)  Hmmmm...guess I should let him know, eh?