Couch to 5K - Day Two, Week One and Measurements

Happy Monday all! Today was a bit of an exhausting day. I honestly wasn't even looking forward to working out really. I mean, sort of, but not really. But I realized that if I keep letting being tired from work get in the way I'll keep letting two and three days go in between my workouts, and that's not going to help me progress week to week. I'll be stuck on week one forever if I do that! The only way to keep building up the stamina and building up the endurance I need to move from one week to the next more challenging week is to keep up with an every other day type of schedule.
So by the time I got off work around 6pm and got home, walked the dog and changed it was close to 7pm. It was dark, it was chilly and it was windy! Fortunately my apartment complex has a small workout facility! So I got over there and fortunately no one was in there. I got on the treadmill and got to work. Now one thing I've learned in the past, and something that I was reminded of tonight is still true, is that.... jogging on a treadmill is hard. Especially for someone like me who is sometimes pretty clumsy and often trips over flat non-moving surfaces in the real world. So I may not have been jogging at "full capacity" but I feel like I was fairly on-par with my speed out around the lake. I kept my walking at about a 2.5 and my jogging at a 3.9 (though the last run I decided to live dangerously and went for 4.0!) Thought according to the treadmill I only burned about 93 calories... I'm not sure how accurate that is, and I know sometimes those readings can be wrong, so who knows. But still, that's 93 calories more than I would have burned if I was just sitting around. Also, I hope whoever watches the security cameras in the fitness room will be amused because since I was in there by myself I tended to get a little silly if a favorite song came on my playlist and I'd start trying to dance on the treadmill or would start lip syncing and stuff. I'm sure it was.... interesting.... Hopefully no one peeped in when I wasn't looking and saw that.... :-D

Also, I finally got some measurements taken yesterday. They are as follows:
--Waist: 42"
--Hips: 47"

I also bought a piece of posterboard to make a poster to track my progress and my goals as I hit them. I'll get around to making that probably tomorrow night since it's my off night from Couch to 5K.

Anyway. I wanted to close this post with something positive. I wanted to take this time to thank everyone who has so far given me encouraging words and positive vibes as I've embarked on this journey. The last time I went on a weight loss journey, it wasn't exactly for the best reasons. It wasn't entirely for me and sometimes it did me more harm than good as I let the diet and exercising take control of me. It really makes my heart smile that so many of my friends, family and coworkers have shown such great support of me just trying to get healthy so that I can be the best lil Carry I can be! So thank you all for helping me do this the right and the healthy way! You guys rock all the socks!

Later days!

--CarryV