Not a bad week.....

I did not run yesterday morning, I  started out and after 3 minutes I was feeling so exhausted that I just walked for the next 32 minutes. I was so tired ALL Day long… so I went to bed early and got in my 7 hours of sleep. This waking up every day at 4:00 a.m. to exercise gets to you by the end of the week and I did not take any days off from exercising. Normally I take at least one day off during the week but since I want to get into the habit of working out M-F so that on the weekends when I go camping, if all I do is walk the dog or maybe do some jogging, then I won’t feel so bad.

I did a lot of walking this week and really enjoyed it. I wouldn’t say that any of it was really aerobic walking (no power walking here) but a brisk walk from home to the LRT or a walk at work. I’m not breathless and my HR stays around the fat burning zone so I think it is a really good compliment to my workout. I  succeeded in doing my 3 strength training sessions this week (and I am a bit sore in the muscles I need to gain strength in) and since this was my first week, I wrote all my weights down and know I need to increase them for next week. Good plan! And as I mentioned above, I missed one of my Learn to run sessions and only walked but that’s OK, at least I kept walking and didn’t just get off the treadmill completely.

Since it is raining this weekend and the weather is miserable we decided we were not going to go camping. This means that I will be at home and will likely workout pretty hard tomorrow. I will/need to take Sunday off completely – no exercising at all if I want to start this schedule all over again for Monday.

I did OK on my food but I certainly could have done much better. Summer and coolers on the deck are what are going to kill me ;) but I so enjoy the down time and the spring time and the family social that seems to be occurring.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a great weekend!