1.5 miles today

I woke up a little late this morning. Gary was slacking in his job as my human alarm clock and, of course, I turned my real alarm clock off while half-asleep so I got up a little late today. However, I did get 1.5 miles in. I will have to add a half mile to my run tomorrow or Friday in order to reach my 10 mile goal this week.

On a Roll

2 days in a row of running! Wow - I'm on a roll ;) Thanks to my husband again. I turned my alarm off at some point and didn't even know it but thankfully he woke me up again. It was a little easier for me to get up this morning and he didn't have to bug me quite as much as yesterday, so that's a plus. Anyway, I got 2 miles in again this morning. I'm up to 4 miles for the week. I hope to do at least 2 miles each day Wed., Thur., and Fri. this week that will meet my goal of 10 miles for this week.

Starting Again

Well, only 12 days later and I finally got up this morning and ran again. I have advised my husband that I need his help in getting out of bed in the morning, otherwise I will just turn off my alarm and go back to sleep. This morning he kept poking me until I finally got out of bed. I warned him that it would not be pretty and I might even yell at him but that he should continue trying to wake me up, which is just what he did :) At one point I yelled at him to "quit hitting me - I'LL GET UP!!!" I did finally get up after about 45 minutes of off and on poking. Hopefully tomorrow will be easier. I did 2 miles this morning and felt good afterwards. That is always the case for me - I feel great after I get up and do it. I told Gary to keep waking me up until I'm doing it on my own. I can get up after I'm in a routine, but it's just a matter of starting that routine.

So, 2 miles today, hopefully 2 more miles tomorrow, as long as my husband is willing to be subjected to the torture of me yelling at him for poking me :)

I RAN!!

Well, I finally got my butt out of bed and ran on the treadmill this morning. I only did a mile though - not much, but it's better than nothing. I laid in bed for a half hour arguing with myself about why I didn't want to get up but I finally decided I better do it or I'll never lose any weight. So, I did. I'm always glad once I get up and run, but it's the getting up part that causes me problems!! I felt great afterwards and kicked myself for not getting up earlier to get a longer run in. I hope to hit the snooze alot less tomorrow and get up earlier to get at least 2 miles in.

I also weighed myself this morning and it wasn't pretty. I'm up to 165 - that is about 8 pounds more than when I started running last year. Ugh. That makes my official BMI at 25.1, which means I am officially "overweight". That is the first time I've ever been in that category. I've always had a BMI under 25 before (over 25 is considered overweight). I don't like that word - now, the question is can I stick with this and get back down again? I hope so.

My First Weight-loss Post

Okay, so I've started this blog to keep myself accountable on my quest to lost 25 pounds. Not a whole lot but very difficult for me. I'll be back tomorrow with some stats and maybe some pictures if I'm feeling brave.