Finally headed back in the right direction...

Was still up this morning...and more than a little aggravated!  We went out to Cracker Barrell for breakfast and I had fruit/yogurt parfait, turkey bacon, and 2 poached eggs.  The bacon and eggs were good ... The parfait was a bit lacking.  I had a normal lunch, then omelets for dinner.  This afternoon I suddenly felt like I should exercise .  So I did 10 minutes straight of running, 7 minutes of fast walking, another minute of running, then 2 more minutes of fast walking, then a 5-minute cool down.  I felt really good after!  And I felt good that I had run 10 minutes straight!  I was trying to find a speedometer app for running, but the 3 that I tried were awful! I may have to have Louie map out 1 mile, me run it, and see how long it takes me.  But I'll have to wait til I can actually run for more than 10 minutes at a time.  And til I have good running shoes.  Maybe in a couple weeks, as it gets closer to my 5K.

I did sign up for the 5K in April!  Jen and Tracy both are doing it with me.  I'm both excited and nervous!  On one hand, I would love to be able to say I ran the whole thing.  I think it would be proof to myself, and my family, as to how far I've come and that I'm serious.  On the other hand, I'm so afraid I'm not going to be able to do it, or that I won't be able to run the whole thing, or I'll be the last one passing the finish line, or that people there will judge me or make fun of me....so many thoughts going through my head!  I need to tell myself that people's thoughts about me don't matter, and that the important thing is that I'm being active.  If I have to walk part of it, so be it.  If I'm the last one across the line, at least I finished.

I'm going to increase the frequency of my workouts though.  Right now I'm only exercising 3 times a week.  I'm going to increase that to 4 days a week for now, adding a session on the weekends.  Then I'll eventually increase it to 5.

I know it's night time, but I just weighed myself and it was a more normal night time number - 253.2.  Hopefully this means I'll be back to Wednesday's weight in the morning.  And then I'll have 2 days to get more weight off before this next weigh-in.  But I also have to tell myself that it's ok if I don't get below 250 this week.  It WILL happen if I keep pushing forward.  

I want to get a tape measure and take my measurements, as another way to track my progress.  Hannaford didn't have any, so I need to find one.  I can order off Amazon but seems silly to do that for a $3 item!  I want to go to walmart and look at their activewear, and I'm certain they'd have a tape measure.  It's just a matter of actually going!  Amazon is so much easier!