Week 1 Recap

I've been toying with the trainer modules on the treadmill doing 2-5. They're each a 30 minute workout mostly uphill walks. But #3 and #5 have some quick runs in them and I had to slow them down a little in spots. To get my calorie burn up to 450-500 I've run usually about a mile after the trainer module is done. Day 6 I ended up walking/running 4 miles in about 45 minutes burning 600 calories.

I don't think at my weekly weigh in tomorrow morning I'll have lost much weight, it was just 2 pounds this morning. But, I think I've started to build a little muscle that can burn some fat a little better. Weeks 2 and 3 should see better weight loss than this week. But, 2 pounds a week will get me pretty close to my goal of 200 by Memorial day. I just need one pretty good week of weight loss to get me there and 2 or 3 pounds every other week.

Best of all, though, I don't have much pain during the day and I actually feel better overall. Some of the beer belly might be shifting into other parts of the body or getting burned off entirely. Who knows, but this was a pretty successful week

Day 3

Changed it up a bit this morning, ran a quarter mile at 5.2. Then screwed with the trainer modes and accidentally started Training Module 1 which turned out to be a brisk uphill walk ranging from an incline of 7 to 10. I ended up walking/jogging about about 1.75 miles. I wasn't satisfied with only burning 330 or so calories I took off on a mile run at 6.0 and got a 10 minute mile in. Got my overall calorie burn up to 480. The uphill walk really helped my calves though, I'm going to have to do that a couple of times a week.

Day 2

Went a little faster today starting at 5.1 and incremented up to 5.5. I didn't think I was going to get 3 miles in. The inside of my shins and groin are hurt quite a bit last night and don't feel that great now.

It Started

3 miles, a little over 35 minutes (it took a couple of seconds to take the picture) at 5.0 with the last half mile at 6.0. Not much of a problem, I think I can do this everyday. 464 more calories burned than I normally would have burned. A pretty good start, I won't feel good about myself until I can run 10 minute miles.