Still Walking

Jennie and I walked 16 miles this week. My scales still talk ugly to me and none of my clothes feel loose, but we're still walking. I thought exercise was supposed to energize you; but after walking seven miles this morning, Jennie and I were just ready for a nap. What's up with that?

At least the walking seems to relieve the stress of the new job. That's a positive thing....

Update

Alright, I did a mile in 10 minutes and 30 seconds!!! Jill didn't believe me since she was running on the treadmill next to me but I quickly and in between great gasps of breath told her that I was running faster than she was!

This is how I'm doing things: I start out jogging right away. I've learned that, for some reason, this feels better than walking, then speed walking, then jogging, then running. I jog at a 4.5 speed until I hit .50 miles. Does that mean I'm running at 4.5 miles an hour? I haven't run for an hour so I'm not sure. When I get to that halfway mark, I turn up the heat. 5.0 - 5.5 - and 6.0 for the last tenth of a mile.

I'm still weight-lifting. I'm up to 60 pounds! When I first started, I could do 30 pretty easy. I was shaking today but I did it.

I didn't feel like going at all today. I was curled up on the couch, bundled in sweatpants and a robe (it's getting chilly in Sacramento), and lost in Christopher Paloni's new book, Brisingr. Jill, however, had the motivation. And when I did get my butt in the workout room, I was thinking the whole time of what I could achieve so I can post it on here!

This blog was a great idea.

Oh, and I want to know how the marathon training is going! What has it been like? What have you two been doing? I went to the website and saw the thing for the Mud Run, too! I clicked on it and this hilarious song started playing. I envisioned all of us meeting up for this event and thought, 'Hey, why not?!' Or at least something like this. Maybe we could give it some thought: Get together, have some laughs, do a 20 mile run for a good cause? What do you think?

Home Renovations

I'm back. Did you miss me??? I've had no internet for the last three weeks. San Antonio hauls away whatever you can lug out to the curb . . . twice a year. When I heard my date was coming up, I decided to remove the stinky carpet (BAD dogs!!!) from my office. With the carpet removed along with all of my office paraphernalia, I decided it would be a good time to paint. But before painting, I really needed to take care of some carpentry issues. Three weeks later, I'm finally back on line and almost finished with my office redo. I'll post a picture to show what an impressive little carpenter I am in a couple of weeks.

As for weight loss, I lost three pounds following the Slim-Fast plan. Then things went crazy at home and the diet went out the window. However, I lost another couple of pounds while renovating. Maybe I should change careers.