25-Week Fitness Challenge: Week 18, Day 120

I went running! I have been waiting and waiting to start running again since the beginning of the challenge in January! I was too heavy then, 210 pounds, and since I have a lot of weight naturally on my thighs/bottom and then had so much excess fat there as well, I thought it best to wait until I lost a bit of weight before attempting to run again. I didn't feel it would be good for my knees to run with so much excess weight. 160 was my target weight for running. I weighed in this morning 159.5 again, so I decided today is the day. I took off as soon as t-bop was on the school bus.

It went great! My legs felt a little leaden within a few minutes but I kept on and then the leaden feeling went away and they felt light as a feather. I told myself since it's been so long since I ran I would allow myself to stop at any time, but I ended up not having to stop. I made sure to take deep breaths in through my nose and out through my mouth, and kept my visualization up. I ran a mile and it took me 14 minutes, which makes it official...I can walk faster than I can run, LOL! but I am confident I will get faster. I'm going to start running a mile every other morning. It felt awesome! I broke into a light sweat and felt very euphoric afterwards. It's a quite different feeling from working out indoors, must be the fresh air and wind in my face

Today's Goals!
30 minutes yoga
Run 1 mile - today's time 14 minutes
30 minutes elliptical
120 oz. waterOne serving meals, no seconds
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks
Raw fruit for dessert
Bedtime when I get sleepy (I'm following this new sleep plan/Wakeup 5am
Weightloss so far - 50.5 pounds!
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