2 miles. 28:30

I did it! I finally did 2 miles. Okay it shouldn't be that big of a deal... I mean litterally a month ago I was running 3 minutes, walking 1 (okay so that particularly one once), hitting around 2.4 in a half hour. But then my cousins wedding came up, then the film festival, then I needed to recover, then I thanksgiving, bla bla bla. It's excuses I know. Well today, I went down and hit the treadmil. I did jog quarter, walk quarter. Well the last quarter I was at a good run. I'm pretty excited I did it. Now lets see if I can get to two miles by christmas

1 miles

Okay so I gave up on walking. I've decided next fall I'm going to run a half marathon. And if I'm correct that's 13.1 miles. So I've been training lately. Trying to build up my running. And not having alot of luck. I strained my right quadricep and running was not an option, well it was just not a smart one. So I havent been running at all the last few weeks. So today I decided to ease back into it. I did intervals of running a quarter mile, and walking a quarter. I only did one mile, but I'm starting slow. Oh and I did it in 15 minutes. My goal is to be able to run two miles by christmas. Well thats all I've got now.

Day 5

Okay I fell off the bandwagon for a few days. I had contacted a friend of mine who is a personal trainer to see if he could come up with a high cardio workout for me so I can lose some weight for a certain event that is still a few months away. Today he told me to do:
3 sets of 20 Jumping Jacks
3 sets of 10 push ups
3 sets of 15 Reverse sit ups
3 sets of 20 Arm Circles (front, side, over head)
3 sets of air punches for 30 seconds
and 3 sets of 5 squats.

I did all of those. It wasn't too hard. The Reverse Sit Ups I think could kill anyone but that's just me. So tonight I'm sitting down to watch the biggest loser and I'm listening to these people go on and on about being pushed outside of their comfort zone. I was inspired. I went down to my apartment's little "Gym" which contains a treadmill and elliptical, an all in one weight thing and that's about it. I busted out .75 miles running on the treadmill and then did a few weights. I hate to say it, but even as I'm all disgusting and sweaty, I feel great. I feel a tad bit healthier. I feel like maybe I can do this. Wish me luck. There's always tomorrow

Day 2

Okay so today I walked the loop. The loop is a walking area that is roughly 2.25 miles and it goes around Wrightsville Beach. Jess went with me, then we sat on the beach. It was okay. I've been exhausted since I did it though. Not sure why. Glad I did the walk though.

Change in plans... go figure

Okay I know I said I was going to walk everyday for so many miles. I lied. The pedomiter thing isn't accuratly counting my steps which makes it hard to know how far I've gone. Well if it's not right, then whats the point. So instead I thought I could walk outside everyday. Well then I forgot that alas I am a busy person with little time to do such. I do want a challenge though, which is what I've come up with today. Everyday for the next two weeks I will do some kind of exercise. Whether it's walk some what fast for 20+ minutes, or do a belly dance video online. That's what I'm going to do. And today (09/11/09... technically yesterday) I did 23 minutes of a belly dance work out video. How did I feel? Frusterated cause the video kept skipping. We'll see what happens tomorrow.

Walking still.... I think

Okay so I had intended to have my distance for walking figured out by today. That clearly hasn't happened yet. After a weekend of being busy and having fun all at the same time, walking got away from me. Today though I've been wearing my step counter thing and we shall see at the end of the day just how far I've walked. As for how I'm feeling today, ready to do homework, and be in reality after a whole weekend of leaving reality far far behind. I've got two tests this week, I was supposed to have three but one got pushed back. God bless sympathetic professors. Well wish me luck. Aur voir

Just walking by...

My birthday was recently. I turned 21. It still feels so fun and exciting to be 21. Every year though, mostly at birthday's and new years I try to make a change in my life. Do something that is going to make my life better, make some big change-- It was recently pointed out to me by a certain someone that I seem to have commitment issues. I'm still trying to decide whether or not that is in fact true-- needless to say my big change was usually old news within the month, thus not being so much of a change. My mom recently told me of a book "The Year of Living Biblically" by A.J. Jacobs. A man takes one year to live exactly as the bible says we should. I had also heard of "Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Live as TV's Most Influential Guru Advises" by Robyn Barker. I was on vacation with my mother in Mexico and I sat in our hotel room watching her read this book by A. J. Jacobs and I had to wonder what I could do in one year that would change my life. I let that thought go. I mean after all a year is a BIG COMMITMENT.
I was sitting at my computer this morning, drinking my morning cup of tea. Something did need to change. What about this year need's to be different than last year. Okay, drinking more doesn't count so much as the kind of different I want. I need to be healthier. How can I do this? No soda? No. Cutting back is fine, but sometimes a little caffeine is what keeps me from killing people. No Chocolate? No. I am a girl, and well we all need a little chocolate from time to time. So what then? Run 1 mile everyday. Okay that sounds good. But wait, I get tired alot, and then suddenly I'm out of my pattern. I need to pick something that will be good for me, but won't take too much time or effort.
Then it occured to me. What if I walk so many miles for a year? That sounds easy. I'll get one of those things to count how far I walk. I used to have one, and just walking around I covered about 3.2 miles a day. Okay this could actually work.
I text my external conscience and have her call me at her earliest convenience. She calls me and thinks it's a great idea. But how many miles should I walk? And a whole year? This goes back to the commitment thing. A whole year is a HUGE COMMITMENT on my part. We both settle on a month. I should walk everyday for a month. Then do two months. After hanging up the phone though, even a month seems like a big commitment-- okay maybe I do have some commitment issues-- 1 week. I will commit to walking everyday for 1 week. Nope let's go for a push. 2 weeks. I'm going to talk a certain distance everyday for two weeks. This probably wont start till Wednesday or so, considering I need to figure out how far I'm actually going to walk each day. I'm going to do this though.