Success!

So, after falling asleep last night at 10pm with what looked to be the start of a migraine, I woke up completely refreshed this morning at 9am with a package waiting for me! 11 hours of sleep and a package? What a great start to my day! I opened it and voila! (aka waaalaaaa, cuz my sis hates that! LOL) my new Brooks running shoes!

So, I charged my ipod this morning, put on my running shoes and headed off to do Week 1 Day 1 of Couch 2 5K. Again, haha. And the shoes made a difference. Well, so did running on the treadmill. But that helped in more than one way. The impact is obviously greater when you're running on a hard surface, so the treadmill was softer, which helped the shin splints... I could hardly feel them. That also helped my endurance. The treadmill also helped the fact that I could hold onto the bars like a dork and watch my feet when I run. But I noticed something. I tend to run on my tiptoes and I'm bow-legged so I turn my right foot in a tad when I'm running. So automatically, I try to correct that and my legs feel so much better! Haha. I made it through the whole 30 minute workout... just a tad pink and a whole lot of sweatiness going on but I finished!

So, now I just need to stay motivated. I'm gonna go buy a scale with my next paycheck so I can weigh myself. I have never in my life lived by a scale and I never really cared if I weighed a few pounds more, but now that my thyroid has exploded and I've gained all this weight, I need and want to keep an eye on it.

Anyway, gonna go grab some yogurt and an orange for a late bfast then start getting ready for work!

Hasta!
nik