Exercise

Today I woke up and I felt a little sore. I changed the kids diapers and asked My Son if he wanted to watch cartoons. He said no and that he wanted to watch the video (meaning the walking video). So first thing we did was one mile on the walking video and I found out how sore I really was. Who knew a two year old could help keep you accountable?

So who ever decided what a mile was on this walking video must be crazy because let me tell you what a mile feels like. I went down stairs to the basement to work out on the treadmill and bike. My basement was cold about 55 degrees. Which I don't mind because once I started sweating it felt just right. I started out at 3.0 and I know this doesn't seem like a lot but when your almost 300lbs and are use to getting no exercise it is a lot. After 2 minutes I had to go down to 2.5 but at 7 minutes I decided I needed to push myself so I upped it to 2.8 and at this point my legs were on fire. Twice I went up to 3.5 and trust me this was a full out run for me. I remember six years ago pushing about a 5.5. I finished a mile in 21:14 and there were times I wanted to give up. At 11 minutes I wanted to quit but I had just reach a half mile. I pushed myself and I'm proud of that but I think this time is pathetic. Pathetic because at times it felt like my legs were going to fall off and I was breathing so hard I almost had to stop. But it's a start and it can only get better from here right. So yeah 15 minutes of this walking video is not a mile.

Me after my workout.

 

After the treadmill I felt like skipping the bike but again I need to push myself so I decided I would do 5 minutes on the bike. Although my legs were on fire the bike was way easier than the treadmill so I went ahead and did 10 minutes. Today I exercised a total of 46 minutes which I feel is pretty good because my goal right now is 30 minutes 5 days a week. At the end of the summer I plan to do a 5k and I've got a long way to go but I WILL GET THERE!