C25K Week 1 Day 2 (W1D2)

The workout today was the same as Week 1 Day 1. 5 Minute Warmup of Brisk Walking followed by back and forth intervals of 60 seconds jogging, 90 seconds walking and ending with a nice stretch of my neck muscles, calf muscles and thigh muscles. The Android App Simple C25K is awesome! I feel 75% better after my workout today than I did on Wednesday! It was just as hard to push myself to the 20 minutes but I made it and didn't almost fall down the stairs in my house this time! lol Last time my legs were so shaky I almost fell down the stairs.. My sister in law Lauren is also doing the program and is already on Week 5 Day 2 and has informed me it does get harder! I'm ready for it though! Bring it on World!! :)

 

A Picture of me after completing Week 1 Day 2 and realizing it gets harder! :)

C25K Week 1 Day 1 (W1D1)

Wednesday I started the C25K training program and boy did Day 1 kick my butt! I am proud to say I finished it though! It starts out with 5 mins of brisk walking then alternates between 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes. I didn't stretch before which was a big no no! Always stretch before you start your C25K day and after you complete the 20 minute workout. I ended up stretching in the middle of the jogging because my calf started cramping up. We don't live on a very flat street so it makes it rather hard on me because having to go up the hills.. but what goes up must come down right? On Thursday my thighs did hurt quite a bit but that's just because they were working out so hard! 3 Ibuprofen pills later they felt better. Today being the day after the rest day they feel back to normal! So my regimen is going to be every other day with Saturday and Sunday also as off days. My schedule will look like this: Workout Wednesday, Rest Thursday, Workout Friday, Rest Saturday and Sunday, Workout Monday, Rest Tuesday then start the next week on Wednesday again. That puts me at my 3 days a week! :) Good Luck on your Weight Loss Journey and lets start shedding those pounds!!

C25K Training Program

I recently found an app on my Android Phone called C25K! It stands for Couch to 5K race! 5K is 3 miles in case anyone didn't know! My 10 year old daughter has been training for a 5K race for the past 9 weeks and her race is tomorrow! The program she is in is called "Girls on the Run!" It's an awesome program for 4th and 5th grade girls across the country and not only teaches them exercise and health but how to speak up for themselves and how to be a better person! Teaches them self esteem as well as caring for others! I figure if she can run a 5K Race I can too! So I went looking for an App and found a Free one on the market called Simple C25K. It's a 9 week program where you do the exercise 3 days a week. It increases in intensity as the weeks go on but I just started it and really felt the burn on day 1! I think jogging outside is much harder than jogging on a treadmill.. I've never tried jogging outside til the other day and boy did it kick my butt! ha I'll post some updates as I go along with how I'm feeling cardio wise and how much weight I've lost with just watching my portion size and doing the C25K program! Look out for my other posts! :)  Good Luck everyone on your weight loss journey!!