I have decided to take up running.  I am not sure how long this will last but I am hoping that by me posting this, I will have more accountability than trying to do it in secret.  That's what it feels like when I head to the basement and get on the treadmill. I am not ready to hit the pavement just yet. By the time I reach 3 1/2 miles I start sounding like a dying pig and don't know if i can go on to finish the last 2 laps.

For now, I am highly motivated.  I hate it when I am in the middle of it, suffering from the battle going on inside my head one side telling to quit at the end of the next lap and the other side telling I can do one more lap.  When all is said and done I have completed 4 miles. My best time is 54 minutes and my worst was 58min.  I have increased enough strength to run a whole mile non stop (and walk a lap before I run the next). I am not sure what my goal is at this time other than to become a healthy person. I eat right, now I just have to get movin'. I'll let you know how I make out.

In the meantime, I found this article in Self magazine which pretty much summed up my approach to exercise before. I can't say I am overdoing it. But I was definitely slacking off before. Here it is:

 

1 You chat on the phone during workouts.

2 You decide to skip your exercise session - for the fourth time this week.

3 You can wear the same workout clothes two days in a row; they don't smell at all.

4 You've been walking/ jogging/ for an hour and haven't broken a sweat.

5 Yu've stopped seeing results

 

1 Your resting heart rate is rising

2 You're having a hard time sleeping

3 You don't have much of an appetite. despite challenging workouts.

4 You are suffering chronis muscle soreness or have stopped menstruating

5 You boyfriend suggests seperate vacations because you're so cranky