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

C25K

So I just found an AMAZING podcast with lots of awesome music for C25K. Which I'm supposed to be starting today, if I had downloaded the podcasts and uploaded them to Chris' ipod last night like I planned on doing. Instead I was so absorbed in my book that I totally spaced! But I'm doing that right now and I'm excited to run with all the motivating music.

I'm also super toked to start going to Zumba. I'm going to my first class on Wednesday with my girlfriend Caroline and I can't wait! I was looking so hard for Zumba classes that didn't require an actual gym membership to join, and I found one great one, and one at the YMCA. They do require memberships at the YMCA, but I figure there's a lot of other things there, versus 24 Hr Fitness that just has normal exercise equipment and a buncha meatheads. They have Zumba classes too, but only one night a week at most gyms. Their rate is $29.99 a month, nothing down right now, but I still would rather pay as I go than pay a monthly membership that I may not use.

Anyway, I need to get running before Chris gets off work so I'll write again soon. I swear not all my blogs are gonna be about working out haha. I will have more time tomorrow to write to I'll try to update more about my life then.

Catch ya later, dudes!
nik

My "first" blog!

So after being a livejournal user for most of my blogging years (all 8 of them!) I've transitioned to Blogspot. Definitely not permanently, because I'm still quite attached to my good old el-jay, but this will be more for my public posts that I wish to share with anyone who thinks I'm interesting enough to follow!

One of the biggest things that I'm going to blog about here is the changes in my health and fitness! I've already started eating healthier and cutting portions, especially with the snacking. I'm also going to use Chris to motivate me, as well as my amazing friends! I'm going to go to weekly Zumba classes (at a local Hula School) and I'm beginning the Couch to 5K program on Monday as well. I'm hoping to become a morning runner, since Chris' schedule is early anyway. That cuts into a lot of my internetting time, sniff sniff, but I'll be much happier when I lose all this weight and can finally fit into all my cute designer jeans, and smaller tops, and finally have cute boobs! I hate having huge boobies! Hahaha.

Anyway, my goal is to lose 20-30 pounds within the next 3-4 months. I know it will be hard and some people may say that's an unhealthy amount to lose within such a "short" amount of time, but I'm not normally a chubby girl and this weight does not belong on my body. I'm incredibly motivated to get back to a healthy weight, feel more confidant about my body, and actually fit into clothes nicely! And that determination will drive me to complete my daily and weekly exercises, eat healthy, and continue on this healthy path of life.

Anyway, I'll write more later!

xoxo,
nik