Thursday, August 24, 2006

Week 1, Day 1: Run 1 minute, walk 2 minutes, twelve times

This is just my exercise journal. Nothing fancy about it, just a way to keep track of exercise and diet efforts.

Yesterday I started the 13 Week Run/Walk program with Isabel. We went to Grant Park and ran around the track. Skipped Melina's 2:00 nap, hoping she would sleep in the stroller. She didn't, and was quite fussy during the run. Luckily she fell asleep pretty quickly when we got home.

The run itself was easy. Need to get organized about my stuff, though. Everything in one place! Also need to put air in the tires of the jogging stroller.

I am also on Day 7 of my new diet, which is: no candy or pastries or sweet drinks except for a) the frozen fruit bars already in my freezer and b) one treat on Saturday. I may switch this to Monday so I can make chocolate chip cookies for the Habitat Committee.

I'll keep this up for a few weeks and see if I lose any weight. I was eating a lot of chocolate and too many sweets before. Eventually I might expand it so I can have one dessert per day under 100 calories (specifically, frozen fudge bars - 70 calories).

Weight: X-8. I'd like to lose 12 pounds. Ideally, I'd like to lose 22 pounds, but I don't know if that will happen with my current metabolism. (I'm keeping my exact weight a secret in case I ever make this blog public. Nobody really needs to know exactly how much I weigh. Let's just say that it's 12 pounds too much.)

Next run: Friday.

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