So today is my first Monday weigh-in. I have to say already that I like it better than Friday weigh-ins even if my weekend habits weren't exactly the best. This week I made it to the gym on 4/7 days. I am happy with that.
On Friday I made a huge accomplishment (for me) and ran a mile without stopping. This may not seem like a lot to some of you but when I started back in June, I could only run 30 seconds at a time before having to walk. So, running for 13 min 30 seconds was HUGE for me. It was more of a jog but still I did not walk. I woke up yesterday morning, however, with the worst knee pain. I could bend my knee but extending it back out was very painful. It was weird because I was fine on Saturday and then Sunday morning is when it began hurting. I am wondering if I just over stressed my knees because they weren't used to running that long.
See, I have slowly worked my way up to that long but not at a gradual pace. Before I ran the full 13:30 the most I had done was 7 minutes. Maybe my knees were just shot, maybe I need new shoes, or maybe I need to work on my stride and how my feet push off. Kevin's already corrected me on that and when I push off correctly it feels good but I can't keep it going for very long without getting shin splits and I feel like I'm running on my tippy toes.
I went to the gym yesterday and tried to run again and after about 4 minutes my knee was done for. I still did intervals of walking/running and finished the mile in 15 minutes which wasn't bad for stopping 3 times to walk. After that I did a 5.5mile bike ride and called it a day. I could barely get down the stairs to leave the gym and stepping up into the Expedition was not fun!
I took some Ibuprofen last night and called it a day.
This week my goals are to find other ways to get my heart rate going without straining my knee. I am doing to do more elliptical and bike, and maybe take a stab at the row machine.
I am also going to try to do THIS arm challenge via Skinny Ms. Fitness. Who is with me??
Starting weight: 222
Today's weight: 210.2
Total lost: 11.8
Goal : 170
Need to lose : 40.2
Hello world!
2 months ago
4 comments:
Congratulations on your hard work!!! Hope your knee gets better, though. I started this whole deal at 235. 6 and am now down to 233.0, even with our weird weekend. Yay! :)
Awesome job, Annette! Keep it up! I will continue to message you on Facebook too! We need to exchange phone numbers so we can text each other too! :)
Yes! Definitely! :) It is much easier for me to get texts than FB messages right now because I have a craptastic phone!
Me too! For some reason ever since Facebook updated on my phone, it won't even open. I will send you a message though with my phone number!
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