We lived in Hawaii for 3 years when my hubby was in the Navy. I decided to take up running for the first time in my life. I would run every other day in the morning about 2 miles or so and then we'd walk every evening after dinner. Then I got pregnant with my youngest and stopped the running and continued with the walking. I'd walk in the morning and walk in the evening. I developed Gestational Diabetes with my pregnancy and wound up loosing a lot of weight even though I was pregnant. I gave birth and wound up being lighter (almost 30 pounds) than when I got pregnant with him. We had moved back "home" to a rural area of New Jersey. I didn't really know how to take all three kids with me, as I only have a double jogger, and the streets are rural where people are known to fly instead of drive. So I stopped all exercise. Now here I was last week, only a week away from my baby's 2nd birthday, only 2 months away from turning 30, and realized that I am the heaviest that I have ever been....ever. How depressing. I have many Facebook friends that have motivated as well. I can not say how much I have gained from reading about other people's journeys and successes. So I went down to my dad's basement (where we are living now, but I'll leave that for another post) and started walking and running. I did a mile in 14:30. I was really proud of myself, so I did it again on Thursday and did the mile in about the same time. Yay! I took three days off to rest my achy muscles and started back on Monday. I tried to push myself a bit more and did the mile in 13:45. I felt so accomplished. Tuesday I was back at it and my muscles were a bit achy, so I walked a lot more and did a little over a mile in 15:00. I took Wednesday off and did some aerobics/muscle strengthening instead. I went online and discovered the Couch to 5k program. I had heard of it before, but never ventured into it. I said, what a perfect time to start! So I started this morning on week 2 since I had already basically done week 1 on my own. I felt great, and wanted to push myself more, but trusted the program and held off.
So, why am I starting this blog? I think I am doing it more for myself than for anything else. I feel like if I post about my journey it will help me get through it and be successful. And of course I'll have to post about my kids too, as they make up my whole life.
