Jed and I went on a run tonight. It was outside in the 45* weather. My lungs hurt. But I did it. And I feel good about it.

Today I did the 30-Day Shred DVD. I did it last Wednesday, too. :)

249.3 (+.2)

Still in the 40's. Just need to work extra hard this holiday week!

Couch to 5K Challenge-ish Work Out:
I did a 5 minute warm-up at 3.5MPH.
Then I alternated jogging (at 5.3MPH) and walking (at 3.5MPH) for
3 minutes
2 minutes
1.5 minutes
2 minutes
1.5 minutes
for a total of 20 minutes.

Distance: 1.74 mi
Time: 25 minutes

249.1 (-1.8)!! I'm back in the 40's!!

The strange thing is that I didn't work out this week at all except for last night...

Couch to 5K Challenge Work Out:
I did a 5 minute warm-up at 3.5MPH.
Then I alternated jogging (at 5.2MPH) and walking (at 3.4MPH) for
1.5 minutes
3 minutes
1.5 minutes
2 minutes
1 minute
for a total of 20 minutes.

Distance: 1.70 mi
Time: 25 minutes

I talked to one of my good friends yesterday (who happens to be a personal trainer) and she gave me a lot of good tips. The Couch to 5K Challenge is great in and of itself for its purpose, but I need to build muscle in order to continue losing weight at the rate that I should be. So, I need to eat lots of protein, cut back on carbs, and strength train for 30-60 minutes on my days off of the C25K. Honestly, I'm not sure that I am up for working out 5x/week. It's been really hard to motivate myself to do 3x/week for the C25K. My point? I'm going to tweek my work outs over the next 2-3 weeks and see what works for me. I may not be continuing the C25K as outlined on the website, but I'm going to do what I need to do for me.

Thank you all for your love and support!