Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x oh, yeah, we'll go for a walk tonight.. we did last night, too. Very nice once the sun starts going down!
Originally Posted By smedley Lovely, I guess that's as good a start as any, it will increase the fitness levels ready for you to be able to run anyway I am quite pleased, I was chatting to a colleague in our lounge who has been on vacation for a couple of weeks, and he commented that I looked slimmer
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x we just had lunch, and it was flour tortillas and chicken...very weak fajitas LOL healthy, somewhat, though.
Originally Posted By mickeymeg Heat is no excuse for not being able to run outside. I spent some time in Africa last year and the temperature was around 52 Celsius during the waking hours and we were lucky if it hit 35 or 40 at night. The trouble was we had a 10k race to complete the week we got home to Canada. So we did as much training as we could there. I will admit it was far from comfortable, but we pushed ourselves and did it. I do not mean to sound braggy in any way so I really hope it does not come off that way. I am just hoping to help inspire and motivate others. I would rather run in the heat than the cruddy weather we have had here. It is just starting to feel like spring has finally arrived and summer should be right around the corner.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Well, weather.com says 111, but the thermometer outside says 121. I could handle the heat...it's the blistering sun that burns me after only 5 minutes, and the sunblock I have can't even stop my from burning. I'm thinking that I'll go out tonight after the sun starts going down. It's only 20 minutes each this week.
Originally Posted By LVBelle Week 2, Day 1 completed! I have a new goal, I'd like to fit my wedding dress again before our fifth anniversary, July 26th. I'm not sure if that's a realistic goal or not but I'm gonna try!
Originally Posted By Mrs ElderP goals are good... I know I want to finish a 1/2 marathon a year from now. (It's supposed to be the world's fastest 1/2 because it's all downhill.) I know I can complete 3 miles easy (not fast, but easy). So, I hope to move up to where 13 miles is just as doable (if not much faster.) But before I can do that it's time to speed up my 5K. Off to the track (metaphorically!)
Originally Posted By smedley Sounds like a great plan having goals xPPx I hope you managed to get out last night. I weighed myself this morning, as I am trying to lose weight as well as get fit for the 5k and life in general, and this first week, having exercised 5 days out of 7 and watched what I ate, I lost 6.75lb, of course it won't continue like that, but it is a good start ;D No exercise today, it's my rest day to let the muscles recover, and tomorrow I will cycle then running again on Wednesday, I can't do too much of the high impact stuff or my knees give out on me, I am still hopeful for the 5k being a reasonable time, but it is only 3 weeks away, so we will see!!
Originally Posted By LVBelle Great start smedley! Well, I tried on the wedding dress last night and I'm afraid there's not much chance of it fitting any time soon. My chest grew too much when I got pregnant and that's the area that it just doesn't fit. I can't see that going down that much in just a month. Needless to say, hubby wasn't too upset about it! ;-)
Originally Posted By smedley I'm sure he was ever so pleased That being said I do find that whilst running/jogging my chest does tend to 'tone up' although the cup size doesn't actually order, so that stuff does fit better, so you never know! A month might be a bit soon though, us big heffers lose the weight quicker ;D
Originally Posted By mickeymeg My goal is to be able to do a 1/2 marathon by (Canadian) Thanksgiving. We have the Royal Victoria Marathon here which is a huge one that people come from all over to do. We walked the 1/2 last year and this year will hopefully be able to run it. I think we need to set down a running schedule/routine that we can keep on a regular basis. At the moment we are just planning on a day to day basis and I feel like some weeks I do great then others I will be lazier and feel like I have to start all over again the next time.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x <a href="http://piratetink.blogspot.com/search/label/C25K" target="_blank">http://piratetink.blogspot.com...bel/C25K</a> Here's my latest update on my workout from last night. I didn't do the "c25k" workout, but I did do something!
Originally Posted By LVBelle Did Week 2, Day 2 last night and it was awesome! I was doing so well and enjoying my music so much that I just kept going and added about an extra 7 minutes on my workout! Not bad for someone who's been counting down the minutes during every other workout! I'm already starting to feel a difference in my thighs, they're not so jiggly now!
Originally Posted By smedley Excellent! I've just been out and done 2.5 miles in around 35 mins, I am more than pleased, not sure about the less jiggly, but I am a bit pink
Originally Posted By DAR I haven't had a chance to get out since Monday. But I ran another 2 miles that day. Tonight I might not get the chance to get out either unless I run on the treadmill.
Originally Posted By LadyKluck I'd love to do this with you LVBelle, but running is pretty much out for me. I have however decided that I am sick and tired of looking the way I do (believe me I am not a pretty sight having one baby after another). I have decided I'm going to order the Turbo Jam DVDs from that infomercial that is on TV all the time. It looks like a lot of fun and its something I can do in the house so I can still keep an eye on the kids and I don't have to worry about other people looking at me! Plus I know the kids will like it too because of all of the music! I've just decided I've had enough and know I'm going to have to do something soon because now that both kids are mobile, I'm going to have to do something to be able to keep up with the two of them!!! Good luck guys and I'll keep up with you all, just in a different way I guess! Oh, and I know there is NO WAY on earth I will ever fit in my wedding dress again, certain parts of my body are just WAY larger than they used to be & no amount of working out will make them smaller!
Originally Posted By LVBelle That's awesome Klucky! Good luck! How's everyone else doing? I just did Week 3, Day 1 and it was kind of tough. I almost quit but I stuck with it.
