Success breeds success. Pretty simple theory. If you are doing something that works, you continue to do it. In my case it has been exercising. First of all, I feel great (OK, tired, but great) afterwards. I really didn't think I would like it, but I'm addicted to the treadmill. Our very unseasonable winter (warm) has turned into an unseasonable spring (cold), which has prevented me from riding my bike as often as I would like. The treadmill has been a great backup. Since it has been forever since I have run (1999 to be exact, well, unless you count that in day in March last year when I ran 3 miles, without training and almost died), I have been taking it slow. The treadmill has a built in program, Walk-Run, that after the warm up has you walk for 90 seconds, then run for 30 seconds. Over time, I have been able to slowly build up my pace. On Saturday, I walked/ran 5K in 40:20. I'm not breaking any land speed records, but it is a good place to start from. Who, knows, maybe one day I'll run in a race. That would be something!
In the meantime, my weight is coming off slowly, but surely. I'm back to 7 pounds lost. A long way from 50 pounds, but I feel like I'm going in the right direction finally. Like they say, success breeds success!
I love craft beer, and I want to lose weight. I want to lose the weight and not give up the craft beer. Impossible? No! Improbable? Maybe. Through this blog, and in my interaction and support from all of you, I hope to succeed.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
40 for 40 update
I've been "religious" (haha, get it?) about keeping to the plan. Either on the treadmill or on the bike, I've done 40 minutes or more each day. Unfortunately, I've only lost one more pound (for a total of 6 to date). I've come to realize I don't have a craft beer drinking problem, but I do have an eating problem. I can binge eat with the best of them. And it is definitely triggered by stress. I need to figure out how to work on that very quickly, because I can't exercise much more than I am, and most days I only have a beer. So wish me luck as I try reduce the amount of food I'm eating.
In the meantime, there are only a couple of more days left in Lent, but I think this exercise thing is now part of my routine, I feel great afterwards, so I won't be giving it up (see what I did there?) anytime soon.
In the meantime, there are only a couple of more days left in Lent, but I think this exercise thing is now part of my routine, I feel great afterwards, so I won't be giving it up (see what I did there?) anytime soon.
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