I ran tonight!

Yeah.. that's right.. me! I ran!

*busts a groove while making her own beats*

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yeah baby!

lol.

So yeah I went for my nightly walk and this time I took the bike trailer off the bike and put Jett in that instead of his stroller. It turns into a jogging stroller type thing when you do that. So sweet deal. :) I was getting a brisk pace going and a good song came on and I was really feeling it so I was like hmmm I think I will jog over to that stop sign. And then I did! Downed some water and then kept up a nice brisk walk before thinking hey I think I should jog some more. And I did of course. I came upon hills and I ran down them.. I felt like I was flying. Though I'm sure it was quite slow compared to most. lol. I did my best to jog back up the hills too. The steep ones though I had to slow back down to a walk and push myself up them. At some points I found myself saying hey I'm going to jog over to that tree and then I got to the tree and I still felt amazing so I kept on running past that tree over around the corner and like twice as far as I originally thought I could! It was great and I felt so accomplished tonight. I basically did intervals of walking and then jogging/running for 3 miles straight. It was super awesome and I am so psyched. lol.

I did 3 miles in 50 minutes and probably a lot more than half of that was walking. This is not a fast pace at all. I have been walking 3 miles/hour mostly so yeah. lol. But I am still happy with myself.

This was only like my 2nd attempt at running/jogging so woot. I'm thinking I will research the couch to 5k thing this week and then start it on Monday of next week probably. I want to do a 5k in either October or November. I'm thinking maybe November is a better idea. I could maybe do it to celebrate my birthday and whatever organization I'm walking/running for I can just tell people hey donate money to them for my race instead of spending it on a birthday gift i don't need. A good idea, right?

Oh speaking of good ideas... hahaha. I thought a crazy idea up on my walk tonight. Just so crazy it might be awesome. I'll have to talk it over with my besties tomorrow though when we meet up to do some Turbo Jam since it involves their help.

Anyways though... I'm thinking I want some advice from some of you runners out there.. like slimkatie... I noticed my heart pounding out of my dang chest at the end of my little sprint intervals because I felt like I was subconsciously telling myself to hold my breath. I know I should be breathing the entire time and not holding my breath but I think the wind in my face was my body's natural reaction to say omg hold your damn breath? I don't know if that makes sense but that's just what it felt like to me. Do ya'll have any tips on how to train yourself to breathe easier while running or is it just something you have to learn over time somehow?

Another short term goal met!

I reached 185 lbs today!

Only 2 more short term goals left on the list before I make it to my big end goal of 150 lbs! I have no idea what I'm gonna look like when I hit 150 but I figure I will be able to judge myself at that point and see if I need to make more goals or just maintain. At a height of 5 foot and 5 inches tall my BMI says I am currently still obese until I reach 179 lbs and once I get to 155 lbs I will finally be in a Normal weight range... whoa... its mind boggling to me to think I could be there in just a few months time. Ahhh!!! But sooo exciting.

Then the holidays will be here and I'm going to have to make a plan and stick to it. I know I can do well and not gain if I just put my mind to it and keep my body in motion. Speaking of holidays... it's going to be Labor day weekend in a few more days! Who has plans? What are you doing? I'm sure I'll find something to do... but at the moment I have nothing on the schedule. Be safe everyone!! <3

Revamped my blog!!!

Finally! Haha.. I told you guys I was gonna get around to it. Only took me 7 and a half months to make a decent looking page. :P

I also finally figured out how to add pages to my blog so be sure you check it out and tell me what you think. I have a few tabs up top now with My story, Progress pictures, Things I hope to accomplish, and How I'm getting there.

I spent all dang night finding old pictures and stuff to put on my page and oh my god... some of those photos I guess I was blind when I posted them online for my friends to see on facebook and myspace in the past? What the hell.. I was such a major fatty. I don't even remember being that big but a picture says a thousand words I guess. I am of course glad I have those pics to look back on now but I can't help but think WOW... why did I ever let myself get that huge??! I guess it's true that Hindsight is always 20/20!

I also added the option for people to reply to certain comments on my blog. Now if someone, or me, replies to a comment you made then you should get an email notification or something I believe letting you know that there was a response to something you said. I know I am constantly commenting on other people's blogs and asking questions but then I forget to go back to find out the answer because I follow so many that i sometimes even forget who it was I was asking about what. lol. So hopefully this helps some of you who are just like me. Here is where I found out how to do that, by the way!

I noticed I've been getting quite a few new followers this past week for whatever reason so I just wanna say hey welcome and thanks for reading! I hope you'll stop by and tell me your names and a little about yourself.

Love you all!

PS - that picture background for my header is actually a picture I took of the sunset on my walk a few nights ago not very far from my house!