I did 3 miles on the treadmill today, something I've never done before, nor thought that I could do. It took me 50 min of walking on the treadmill to get there, but I did it. All the way I was thinking to myself that it would be ok if i stopped, but something else just wanted to prove that I was capable of accepting a challenge even one set by a fitness magazine and actually see it through. I know that's not much for all you seasoned exercisers out there but it was a big deal for me. For the next month I shall be doing more of the same, hopefully I'll be able to build my speed up so I can do the same distance in a shorter period of time. By the end of this programme I shall be walking 4 miles on the treadmill, hopefully at a faster time than my first go. Also it should be a bit easier when I get me my new runners, which I can't quite afford at the moment. Question...does anyone of you know if Nike shoes with something called motion control or something like that are any good cos that's what I've got my eye on at the moment, either those or Ryka shoes, so advice me people.
Was mostly good on the eating front today, until dinner time, but I'll just focus on my wins cos that seems a bit more uplifting than focussing on the downs. Until recenlty, the old adage "calories in, calories out" seemed so unatainable without actually physically counting calories in and trying to balance that value with calories out. That is until I read an article in Shape or mind, spirit body fitness that said that to lose weight and achieve the calories in calories out rule, all you have to do is make a split between calories consumed and those used. Eg if wanting to cut out 500 calories from your diet, then eat 250 cals less and excercise enough to burn or 250 cals. Somehow that just clicked into place for me, and I now try to achieve that, cos I'm not one for keeping count of calories, not that bright or crazy. Also I find that when I put myself on an actual diet no matter how liberal, I seem to go in the complete opposite direction and eat everything that I set out not to eat in the first place.
It was my mums birthday today, and I called her back home in africa. Tell you what, its so hard to be away from family sometimes. I've been here for 5yrs now, that's 5yrs of not being able to hug my mum or my sister, or see my little cousin grow up or just enjoy my family as a whole. I really miss them, especially my sister. I hope that all you reading this take the moment to appreciate what a great support system you have at hand in you family, not just for weightloss, but also for day to day life, cos I envy you a lot.
Have a good day/night/evening, still waiting for more snack suggestions (thanks purl!).