Mandy's meanderings!

I'm starting to feel the groove of running again, which is so nice.  I'm hoping to get the rest of the pregnancy weight off before the end of May.  Did a .25 warm up, jogged 1.75 miles, then walked the rest of the way with an incline of 2.  Total time was 36:30.  My left calf is feeling weird still, so I think I'm going to have to break out the foam roller again-oh goodie.

k, I missed a week of April somewhere because I could've sworn that I only took one week off. hmmmmmmm

Anyway, I did the weight loss program on the treadmill and it totally kicked my butt.  I did 35 minutes of it, with a max speed of 5.8 and an incline of 5.  My face was beet red when I finished.  oh well, at least I did something.  I have a $100 bet going with my husband to see who can lose their needed weight first-I need to lose around 10 and he's going for 15, maybe 20.

Did the weight loss program again today.  I upped the speed a tiny bit so I wouldn't get stuck in the walk or jog decision on the highest inclines.  Did 40 minutes with a top speed of 5.9 and top incline of 5.  Felt pretty good, but I did have to stop once to stretch out my legs-they were getting REALLY tight with the incline.

Man, I was just not feeling it today.  I'm feeling further and further away from where I thought I would be by now and it's really frustrating me.  Hopefully this week goes better.  I did the weight loss program again, but took several breaks and messed with the speed some too.  I did finish pretty strong though.  Total time was 40:00.

No running today, but I did do about 8 hours of yard work.  Mostly ripping out grass.  I think that should count as a workout.

I am REALLY sore from yesterday.  At least it's in a good way though!  I did the weight loss program again and did much better than Monday.  Not great, but much better. Had a max speed of 5.9 and a max incline of 5 for 40 minutes.

I think Monday I was thrown off mentally after a phone call from my doctor.  Apparently I had abnormal results for my liver function from my physical a few weeks ago.  They didn't really explain what that meant and whether or not I should be worried, so I spent the day freaking out.  Now I've decided that there's no point in worrying about it.  I go in for another round of tests either tomorrow or Friday, so hopefully I can get some more answers then.  In a way I almost hope there is something that can be taken care of, because from what I've researched online it could be the cause of all the stomach/intestine issues I've been having for about 2.5 years now. 

I really didn't feel like doing anything today, so I settled for walking in my pjs barefoot.  Once I got going I challenged myself with some incline, but kept it pretty loosy goosy.  Did 2.5 miles mostly around 4.8 mph and went back and forth from 2 to 3 on the incline.  Total time was 32:26.

For some reason, seeing snow this morning really made we want to run-go figure.  I'm trying to keep up with the bigger incline so I didn't go as fast as usual.  Did .25 mile warm-up, jogged 1.50 miles, walked .5 mile, jogged .75 mile, then did a .5 mile cool down.  I kept the incline at 2 about 90% of the time.  Total time was 40 minutes.