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Well, I made it to my 29th birthday (last week).  Which was good.  Much better than expected, actually.  It also concluded my first month of exercise.  Now I'm almost to the end of my 5th week, and I'm now able to jog 1.72 miles without stopping.  Additionally, some of my clothes are starting to loosen up.  Unfortunately those do not include a pair of low rise jeans that I'd had high hopes for.  Perhaps a post-baby body is not meant for such rises.  I don't know.  But whatever.

I said I started this to just fit into my clothes better, so I didn't bother with weighing myself or taking measurements.  I still don't care that much about the weight, though I did try to find the scale (to no avail) in the last few boxes we've yet to unpack.  That said, I DO with I'd taken measurements.  I actually meant to have Joe's help with that back at week two, but I forgot.  Oh well.

What I am glad I've done is record all my workouts.  I love that there is a place to do that on sparkpeople.com.  When you can see what you're accomplishing, it truly does make you want to do more.  I've also downloaded a free fitness app (endomondo sports tracker) onto my phone to track the specifics of my walks and runs, which is awesome.  I started off running only three minutes at a time with intermittent walking intervals, but now I can run without stopping.  Well, not forever and not without quite a bit of effort, but today as I mentioned earlier, I ran for 20 minutes straight for a grand total of 1.72 miles.  I'm only five weeks in and proud that 2 miles is right around the corner.  It's not the fastest time, but I'm out there.  And that's with a stroller in front of me and at an elevation of 4600+ feet!  I feel better in general and have something to be proud of myself for.  Being a wife and mom is great, but I need this for myself, even more so than just being able to fit into my pants again.  Here, be inspired:  (PS.  Working on increasing the strength training...finally got some weights.)  Cheers.

Goals:

STRENGTH 3  days a week, 30 minutes per day

CARDIOVASCULAR 3  days a week, 30 minutes per day

For Sunday, 9/23/2012

EXERCISES SETS REPS WEIGHT CALORIES MINUTES

Walking: 3.15 mph (19 minutes per mile) 87 24

For Monday, 9/24/2012

EXERCISES SETS REPS WEIGHT CALORIES MINUTES

Running or jogging: 5 mph (12 minutes per mile) 152 19

Walking: 3.3 mph (18 minutes per mile) 31 8

Walking: 3 mph (20 minutes per mile) 100 28

For Tuesday, 9/25/2012

EXERCISES SETS REPS WEIGHT CALORIES MINUTES

SparkPeople 10-Minute Jump Start Cardio Workout Video (Coach Nicole) 100 10

Walking: 3.15 mph (19 minutes per mile) 87 24

For Wednesday, 9/26/2012

EXERCISES SETS REPS WEIGHT CALORIES MINUTES

SparkPeople 12-Minute Pilates Abs Video 31 12

Running or jogging: 5 mph (12 minutes per mile) 152 19

Walking: 3.3 mph (18 minutes per mile) 27 7

Walking: 3.3 mph (18 minutes per mile) 111 29

For Thursday, 9/27/2012

EXERCISES SETS REPS WEIGHT CALORIES MINUTES

SparkPeople Cardio Blast DVD: Cardio Kickboxing (Coach Nicole) 83 10

SparkPeople: 9-Minute Seated Arm and Shoulder Workout (Coach Nicole) 28 9

For Friday, 9/28/2012

EXERCISES SETS REPS WEIGHT CALORIES MINUTES

Video: 14-Minute Basic Yoga Workout from Bethenny Frankel's ''Bethenny's Skinnygirl Workout'' DVD 44 14

Running or jogging: 5 mph (12 minutes per mile) 160 20

Walking: 3.3 mph (18 minutes per mile)

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