Couch to 5K is in the books! I did not puke, pass out, pop a lung or piss myself! Truth be told it was actually pretty easy. It was a brisk 5 minute walk to warm up, followed by alternating 60 seconds of running with 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. I did really well, other than thanks to the kidlets, I do have to pee about 1/2 way through, which is always awkward, and while I remembered to bring my work out clothes, I neglected to pack the sports bra, so I have two black eyes. My warm up was at 3.5 mph, I ran at 5.5 mph and walked at 4 mph. I went 1.75 total miles in 25 minutes. (I threw in a 5 min cool down at 3.5 mph) tomorrow I have a day off from the plan, I will do some toning or strength training, or perhaps elliptical and then Thursday I repeat today's plan.
I only lost a pound this week, but, such is life. If this were easy we'd all be size 2's.
My daughter the drama queen had a headache again last night, when it came to finishing her vegetables, so to bed she went at 7 p.m. The void and my son had similar reactions. Although Drew finished most of his and Dan picked through them leaving the zucchini behind. I thought I had prepared a damn fine meal, Mediterranean vegetable mix from Schwanns, chicken cordon bleu (homemade) and rice for the kids. (I know better than to even attempt to put rice on the void's plate). I guess I should resort to just fixing casseroles with all the raised eyebrows and questions that came when dinner was served. I had a big old plate of chicken and peppers over lettuce with some salsa. Audubon Foods (aka Food Pride, or for some of us, it will always be Super) has red, orange and yellow peppers 10 for $10 and they are gorgeous, I stocked up. There are approximately 120 days until my first 5K. (That is unless I get ambitious and sign up for one in May...let's not get too crazy here, 120 days til Relay for Life, I'm one day in on the program...lets just try to finish :)
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