I know I am posting this a day late and you missed out on a post on Wednesday and for that I am sorry.
My fist week has not gone to plan this week, started a course on Monday and sadly by Wednesday this week it fall through which I was devastated about, it really put me into a down would spin. You see when i start this course i thought this was going to give me some extra qualification to help get a job and a job would bring in money and money would equal a life. When I was told I was no longer able to continue I just saw all of that floating away.
I got home that night and did not want to do anything, no workout, no dinner, I just wanted to veg on the couch, eat chocolate and drink soft drink, lucky for me there was no chocolate in the house as i had give it all away and I did have enough will power not to go for the soft drink or maybe it was because it was cold outside and it was outside in the shed. Anyway the point is I didn't get into old habits by turning to food.
Because I didn't have anything to do on Thursday I decided to have a lay in bed for a while (Longer then I care to say) and did some research on the Apple App Store and had a look at the fitness apps, I already have TargetWeight which I did a rest on so I could start fresh. I also have MyFitnessPal, MapMyWalk, and the Health app that I don't use, however i wanted an app that would help me with my walking to running goal. There are a lot of apps that can help you with this but I decided to go with 5K Runner free version.
The App is designed to help you go from a couch potato to a 5K runner, when setting up this I chose all the worst options as I am not a runner and only just walking properly. The app set a program for you, my first week of the program is 3 days of exercise, fist day is to do a 5mins warm up, 15 mins of 1 mins runs + 1.5mins walks (6 times) and 5 mins cool down. Easy right??? 1min is not long, I can do 1min of running, I can do this with no problems. These were the thoughts going through my head as I left for the park near my house.
As I strolled around the corner I started the app, it tell's you when to start each section.
5mins warm up walk- Easy as, time to start the running, First 1min run- Felt easy, now a walk to catch my breath, Run 2 - O Crap time to run again, it wasn't as easy as the first, I stopped just short of the 1min, aaaah the 1.5mins walk - Thank good for the walk time. I skipped the next run for another walk. So this went on again and again the more I tried to run the less I managed to do, I never made a full 1min of running again. By the end of the 15mins I was buggered and used the 5mins cool down to walk home and collapsed on the couch.
I liked the app and it gives you encouragement along the way, you also have a option to play music while you run. To be honest with you I have not done day two as yet but I am thinking I my continue to do day one until i can do this session without any problems.
On a different note here is the weeks review of the 100 day challenges I have completed.
1 - 7 days
2 - 7 days
3 - 3 days
6 - 2 days
9 - 4 days
10 - 1 day
11 - 5 days
13 - 6 days
14 - 1 day
15 - 3 days
16 - 1 day
17 - 1 day
19 - 1 day
Total Weight Loss this Week - 1.9kg
100 Day Challenge Total - 1.9kg
Let me know how you went this week
Talk to you soon
Miss P
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