Monday Check-In

Well I had a pretty good weekend, worked out way too much and wanted to work out more. Kind of crazy if you think about it but it's true. I have to force myself to stop or work harder to end my workout sessions as I want to just keep on going. I actually think it is out of boredom. Other than cleaning my house, laundry and walking my dog, I don't have a whole lot of stuff to do! I like working out as it is my own space, my own time... Too bad my weight didn't reflect that..

I ate fairly well on the weekend but not enough again. Because I get up later (normally 4:00 a.m. during the week), and I exercise for about 2 hours, I don't eat all my meals like I do during the week. And this past Saturday, we went out for some beers - that alone makes me go over my daily allocated calorie amount. My head says "well you worked out enough to have the beers and then some" but with that mindset, I won't be losing any weight anytime fast.

I jogged on the weekend for the first time in over a year. I'm not a jogger, and did the 1 minute jog, 90 second walk, through to 30 minutes in total (including warm up and cool down). That equaled 7 minutes jogging. Not much to most of you but a big deal to me. A year ago, I only made it through 4-5 minutes and hated it, this past Saturday, I pushed myself and by minute 6, it actually seemed easier. Maybe this Learn to Run clinic I start in 3 weeks won't be so bad after all :)

Today I wanted to also list my reasons for losing weight so am going to post that in a different blog so that I can review it when I need to (and where ever I am).

Hope all of you have a fantastic week!