I Really Did That?

Yesterday I did something I've never done before.  I went to the gym, completely exhausted from running around all day and only getting 3 hours of sleep the night before, and got on the treadmill to workout (seriously I NEVER do that).  My husband has been helping to motivate me and keep me on my plan to workout every day, which I totally adore him for.  The KICKER is that yesterday, on the treadmill, I ran for 3 minutes.  Boys and girls, Brandi is not a skinny girl nor is she a healthy in shape girl either, so that is saying a LOT.  I am NEVER able to run right away.  The normal scenario is that I get on a treadmill and walk for 20 mins at a not so quick pace.  Because of my weight, my back and feet usually start hurting too bad to do anything more than that.  And if by some chance I actually DO try to run...I can barely make it through 1 minute without completely losing my breath and wanting to quit completely.  I have really amazed myself here.  GRANTED, I broke it up into three 1 min jogs (because that what is doable for me right now...it was my third time working out) ,  I did it and that's what counts!

Let's see what the Wii Fit says:
OK so in the past three weeks, we have been changing the way we eat.  Cutting out as much BAD stuff as we could.  I have since climbed 2 separate mountains (Stone Mountain and Kennessaw Mountain) on 3 separate occasions (2x SM, 1x KM) along with small workouts on the Wii Fit.  I started on the treadmill at the gym on Thursday and Friday last week and then yesterday.  Just in the past 2 weeks, (after weighing in on my Fit and checking my graph) I have lost 8 lbs!  It's unbelievable how much better I feel.  That's what is motivating me.  I wore a shirt yesterday that I haven't worn lately because it was too tight on me.  I know an 8lb loss isn't drastic but I was amazed at what a difference it has made already!

Really, I never really wholeheartedly believed it before, but once you REALLY decide to go for it, it's kind of addicting.  I think my husband thought I was going to bail last night because I was so tired (I mean I WAS...I fell asleep on the couch sitting up for goodness sake!), but I'm tired of letting people down all the time by just doing nothing.  I wanted to prove to him that no matter how tired you get, if its something you really want, you WILL find a way to do it.  I made up my mind I was going and made myself go.  And then to be able to run like that and not be in pain and still have to desire to keep doing it, I am just amazed.

Seriously, I can't wait to go again tonight.  I'm still job hunting, and I am still dragging from being tired (I DID get a full nights sleep last night, but still lagging from previous night), so I may need a nap later.  I AM going to go again tonight and I plan to do what I did yesterday if not more.  We shall see!

OH and PS...My internet is back...obviously!  LOL

Later taters