My papa died on November 21, 2009. He was 92 years old. This picture was from his 90th birthday.
November 21, 2009
A ending of one era, on to the next.
My papa died on November 21, 2009. He was 92 years old. This picture was from his 90th birthday.
November 9, 2009
I FINALLY DID IT !!!!!
WHOOO-HOOOO 41 lbs. GO ME......GO GO......GO ME...YEAH!
I finally made it to 41 pounds lost. FINALLY. It has been a struggle, but I am excited. I went to Freebirds to celebrate with a regular burrito. I don't know if that was the smartest thing to do, but I enjoyed myself. When I finished eating it I was thoroughly stuffed. I remember a time when I could have eaten a Monster burrito and then eaten some more food after that. Now I can barely eat a Regular Burrito or Half bird size. They fill me up so much that I usually don't eat very much dinner.
I am soooo excited. I don't know where my weight lose stops for me, but I feel like I could lose a little more, but not a lot. I am nearing the end though. Then it will be time to just start maintaining my weight at whatever I choose to stop at.
I finally made it to 41 pounds lost. FINALLY. It has been a struggle, but I am excited. I went to Freebirds to celebrate with a regular burrito. I don't know if that was the smartest thing to do, but I enjoyed myself. When I finished eating it I was thoroughly stuffed. I remember a time when I could have eaten a Monster burrito and then eaten some more food after that. Now I can barely eat a Regular Burrito or Half bird size. They fill me up so much that I usually don't eat very much dinner.
I am soooo excited. I don't know where my weight lose stops for me, but I feel like I could lose a little more, but not a lot. I am nearing the end though. Then it will be time to just start maintaining my weight at whatever I choose to stop at.
November 8, 2009
Slowly adding running gear to my collection
My dad and I headed out to do some errands yesterday, one of the stops was Run Tex. It is a local running store that offers both apparel and classes. I have tried to stay away from buying a lot of things because how if I don't want to do it anymore. I also am tyring to save money not spend it and running apparel is very expensive. The First purchase I bought for my classes was clothes, which was a big help. It is better to have lighter feeling clothes on your body that big bulky basketball shorts and a heavy cotton shirt. The Wick technology is amazing. Anyways, I have been using old shoes that I use everyday for work and now my walk/running. They were getting worn down, but I thought ehhh I could keep going. Well I finally gave in yesterday and bought new walk/running shoes. I have had a chance to try them out, but here is a picture. Mine are pink and grey.
I am hopeful that they will work. I am also scared that I spent a lot of money and they won't work. Either way I am sure to find out sometime this week. I am not sure when to wear them because I know I have to break them in. Do I start with 4 miles or should I do more cross training with them then start walk/running with them. All questions I need to figure out.
I am hopeful that they will work. I am also scared that I spent a lot of money and they won't work. Either way I am sure to find out sometime this week. I am not sure when to wear them because I know I have to break them in. Do I start with 4 miles or should I do more cross training with them then start walk/running with them. All questions I need to figure out.
November 7, 2009
I was kicking butt today...
Okay, I have good days and bad days with my running. If I work too much my body doesn't work well on Saturday mornings. Sometime during the week I struggle to do my exercise, I do them just not in the way I should because my body doesn't cooperate. Other days are a breeze, I can walk/jog 6 miles and feel good about it. Today I had my Saturday class. We had to do 7 miles. It was fun, well fun isn't a good word, it was fun with torture, exhausting, and burning mixed it. I did 3/1.15 or 1.30(depending on how I was feeling, I tried to keep it to 1.30. I did this from the start, threw the capitol, on to MLK, San Jancinto, and Duval up to 35th street. I thought when I got there I would do 2/1.30, but I couldn't. So I continued with the 3/1.30 until the capitol.
That is when I started my 2/1.30, wow was that a breeze mixed with effort to keep going until the end. I had moments in my run where I was flying and other time I felt like my head was not getting enough oxygen, my legs were struggling to pick themselves up and I just hoped 1.30 would come quicker than it was. But those small moments when it was a breeze it was nice. I liked it. I was also surprised that I could run 1.30, I have been sticking to 1.15 and just shortening the intervals of the walking part. I am glad I stuck with the 1.30 because it is a boost of self confidence in your running when you can do something. It was also the farthest I have gone walk/running. 7 MILES, go me, go me, who would have thunk? Yes...me...to do 7 miles...HA. Well the next week I will be doing 8 miles, so hopefully I can have small moments of it being a breeze.
I also wanted to say that on 10/18/2009, I did a walk/run 10K or 6.1 miles in 1 hour and 31 minutes. I did my 7 miles in 1 hour and 32 minutes. I figured it was about a 13 minute mile I did today. The previous 10K was 15 minute mile. So I am improving on my walk/running. Go me!
That is when I started my 2/1.30, wow was that a breeze mixed with effort to keep going until the end. I had moments in my run where I was flying and other time I felt like my head was not getting enough oxygen, my legs were struggling to pick themselves up and I just hoped 1.30 would come quicker than it was. But those small moments when it was a breeze it was nice. I liked it. I was also surprised that I could run 1.30, I have been sticking to 1.15 and just shortening the intervals of the walking part. I am glad I stuck with the 1.30 because it is a boost of self confidence in your running when you can do something. It was also the farthest I have gone walk/running. 7 MILES, go me, go me, who would have thunk? Yes...me...to do 7 miles...HA. Well the next week I will be doing 8 miles, so hopefully I can have small moments of it being a breeze.
I also wanted to say that on 10/18/2009, I did a walk/run 10K or 6.1 miles in 1 hour and 31 minutes. I did my 7 miles in 1 hour and 32 minutes. I figured it was about a 13 minute mile I did today. The previous 10K was 15 minute mile. So I am improving on my walk/running. Go me!
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