And this time, I did it in ten minutes less than last week.
Met with Maili this morning to go running...she's starting to take over the role of my personal trainer...unpaid but still effective.
Last week, I did two miles in fifty minutes...walking, running, jogging, sprinting, running backwards, running sideways, and lunges...all in fifty minutes.
Today, I ran a total of a mile, not consecutively but a combination of running, jogging and sprinting, not to mention running backwards and sideways...we finished our two miles in forty minutes.
Next week, I aim for thirty to thirty five minutes and plan on running more...
It's truly amazing to me that I can actually do this...a year ago, I would have been on the floor with an asthma attack after running 1/4 of a mile...now it only takes two minutes to be able to run again...
I have, indeed, improved.
Good thing there's still more need for improvement otherwise I wouldn't know what to do with myself!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
The Bassinet List
Recently, due to SO MANY friends getting married and HAVING BABIES, not to mention working post-partum and being used (at my suggestion) as a newborn-sitter, I've been hearing my biological clock ticking away, getting louder and louder with every tick.
TICK-TOCK-TICK-TOCK...
The tick is usually followed by a how hard could it be to get pregnant?
Then the tock is followed by a not without being married.
The next tick is followed by a single parenthood isn't all that bad. My mom did it and look how good all her three kids tuned out (err...maybe rethink that one)
The next tock is followed by a don't want to be a single mother unless it is inevitable, such as divorce (no plans on that) or widowhood...or, God forbid, the nightmare of every woman actually happens to me.
Basically, I've changed the ring tone to my biological clock, which is driving me crazy. Now, it loudly chimes
PRO-CON-PRO-CON
So how to deal with this aching need to have a baby, to be a mother? I mean, here I am soon to be twenty eight and I'm nowhere near having a child...
I don't want to get so damn desperate I end doing something stupid...like artificial insemination (I would then join the ranks of virgin mothers) or even worst and life altering, a one night stand (which does not guarantee a pregnancy).
I know, thoughts are insane but that's me...so I think I may have found a solution to my damn chiming biological clock...
The Bassinet List...a list of things I want to do before motherhood forces me to throw them all out the window.
1) Get down to my healthy weight of 155 lbs by my thirtieth birthday (I have two years and seventy eight pounds to go)
2) Go skydiving (I give myself permission to back out once I am in the plane looking down)
3) Visit Italy (this I want to do alone or with someone special because children will just make it hard to enjoy it all)
4) Go to law school
5) Practice law
6) Buy and own my own car
7) A high paying job
8) Ride a motorcycle down Route 66
9) Visit New York
10) Complete and Publish a book
11) Wear an actual little black dress...with red high heels
12) Go on a few dates, break a couple of hearts
13) Meet the one guy that makes me want to strangle him and kiss him at the same time
14) Fall in love
15) Plan the wedding of my dreams (it involves the outdoors, TONS of flowers, and down home country food)
16) Enjoy my best friend/husband/lover for a while
17) Share the news and joy of a pregnancy
18) Work with my husband and daddy to be to set up a nursery
19) Survive the labor
And twenty would be the end of my bassinet list -hold my own baby in my arms as I look into it's eyes and realize...I've never loved like this before.
In the end, I pray that God's plans help me hang in there so that I may be able to fulfill my list...and do it all to His Glory and His Glory alone.
He knows my wants, my needs, my desires...I just have to remember that patience is His calling for me...because I will be brought forth to a time such as this...
Friday, September 9, 2011
Two Miles
Yesterday morning, after work, I headed to a friend's house so we could go running, being that Stephen was heading to Ruidoso that morning and leaving me running buddy-less.
I must say, it was a decision made at the spur of the moment and it ended up being a milestone never reached before...
I ran about three-fourths of a mile, this includes sprinting and slow jogging.
I also did lunges, ran backwards to work out my calves and then ran sideways which works inner thighs...
The rest I walked, trying to catch my breath and keep my sides from splitting open...know what I mean?
It all added up to two miles. I've never done two miles of anything...
It made me realize that I still have a lot in me to dig into...I still have more determination and dedication and discipline that what I am using at the moment or even of what I'm aware of having.
I am sore, hurting from the sole of my feet to my shoulders...but I still went running this morning after work and want to do it again tomorrow morning...the factor working against me would be having to wake up early to do it...I guess we'll have to see.
Intriguing to find out that there's so much about yourself that even you don't know.
As I slowly shed the weight, it seems that I am also slowly discovering who I really am...or perhaps I'll still be the same person I've always been...just healthier and better looking.
Ha! With time, I suppose.
I must say, it was a decision made at the spur of the moment and it ended up being a milestone never reached before...
I ran about three-fourths of a mile, this includes sprinting and slow jogging.
I also did lunges, ran backwards to work out my calves and then ran sideways which works inner thighs...
The rest I walked, trying to catch my breath and keep my sides from splitting open...know what I mean?
It all added up to two miles. I've never done two miles of anything...
It made me realize that I still have a lot in me to dig into...I still have more determination and dedication and discipline that what I am using at the moment or even of what I'm aware of having.
I am sore, hurting from the sole of my feet to my shoulders...but I still went running this morning after work and want to do it again tomorrow morning...the factor working against me would be having to wake up early to do it...I guess we'll have to see.
Intriguing to find out that there's so much about yourself that even you don't know.
As I slowly shed the weight, it seems that I am also slowly discovering who I really am...or perhaps I'll still be the same person I've always been...just healthier and better looking.
Ha! With time, I suppose.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Let's see...
I'm at 236 LBS.
Started running with my best friend/big brother/pastor (gonna start calling him Jack instead of Stephen) last week...we actually did four mornings in a row and have mutually decided to keep it four mornings...Tuesday through Friday.
I will be starting INSANITY month one over again, but this time, I'll be doing it with my friend Maili 'cause I found out that I push harder when I work out with someone else.
This time around, there will be before and after pictures because I WANT MY SHIRT!
I've gotten about four pairs of new shoes in the past three days...thanks parents!
I am back to a normal working schedule, which involves working four days, one half shift and three full shifts. Exhausting, but the overtime will be worth it.
I will soon be getting a new bed, smaller which means more space to move in here in this tiny room of mine.
My car's starting to act up again but I will coddle it until I can afford to get it fixed...which I will do.
Oh, yes, I went out on my first date last weekend...dinner at Fuddruckers and about four hours of wonderful conversation that involved laughing and learning about each other...I like this guy very much.
His name's Chris.
Started running with my best friend/big brother/pastor (gonna start calling him Jack instead of Stephen) last week...we actually did four mornings in a row and have mutually decided to keep it four mornings...Tuesday through Friday.
I will be starting INSANITY month one over again, but this time, I'll be doing it with my friend Maili 'cause I found out that I push harder when I work out with someone else.
This time around, there will be before and after pictures because I WANT MY SHIRT!
I've gotten about four pairs of new shoes in the past three days...thanks parents!
I am back to a normal working schedule, which involves working four days, one half shift and three full shifts. Exhausting, but the overtime will be worth it.
I will soon be getting a new bed, smaller which means more space to move in here in this tiny room of mine.
My car's starting to act up again but I will coddle it until I can afford to get it fixed...which I will do.
Oh, yes, I went out on my first date last weekend...dinner at Fuddruckers and about four hours of wonderful conversation that involved laughing and learning about each other...I like this guy very much.
His name's Chris.
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