199.2!!

I finally made it! I made it to Onederland! I have officially reached my personal goal of 200. Now everything else is icing on the cake. Although, I won’t be getting any of that. Another good thing is according to the BMI calculator I am finally out of obese range and now just overweight.

I lost 3 pounds this week, bringing my total lost to 220.8. It has taken me 441 days, 63 weeks to reach my personal goal. I can’t tell you how excited I am. I do hope to lose more and will continue to do the same things for now. Would like to reach a normal weight but I do have loose skin so not sure where I will stop.

Yesterday I did a 5k with my niece at her school. It wasn’t timed or anything. It was a fundraiser for a rock wall for the school. It wasn’t too bad. We walked a lot but we finished. She gave me trouble all the way and then at the very end after I fought her the whole way, she took off and I couldn’t catch her.

Today I did 5 miles and then played tennis with my son. The run was nice. The weather was perfect. By the time I played tennis though it warmed up a bit. All in all a great week.

Hope you all have a happy and healthy week. Renee’

I DID IT!! ON VALENTINE’S DAY!!

What did I do? Well, I was at the gym and being Valentine’s day and the weather not that great there weren’t many people there so I decided to give it a go. I tried to jog for the first time on a treadmill. I know that’s not a big deal to most people but I was afraid to try for many reasons. Mostly, I didn’t want to embarrass myself by falling or just not being able to do it. I’m still a little afraid but I did it. 

I figured out that I jog around 4.2 mph. About what I thought. Not first time I’ve jogged but first time on treadmill or at gym. Now I have no real excuse not to work on jogging a 5k. My excuse was the weather since I wouldn’t do at gym. I guess I’ll have to start working a program.

I warmed up by walking 5 minutes, then alternating between walking for 2 minutes at 3.5 mph and jogging for 1 minute at 4.2 for 35 minutes, then just walking for next 5 minutes and then cooled down. I am so excited about this. 

I remember starting at the gym in August, I couldn’t even take the stairs up to the gym. I used the elevator for the first few months. And now I take the stairs at work every day. And today I tried jogging on a treadmill. Who knew!!