A Little LESS Junk in the Trunk

In high school I was called a "beanpole."   At 5'11 and 140-some pounds, I would have to agree.  I look back at my drill team and cheerleading pictures and think, "Wow.  I didn't realize how nice my legs were."  If only I had been aware and appreciated those legs.  Unfortunately, I went to college and found that pizza, Pringles, strawberry cream cheese, and ahem...beverages, were so delightfully delicious. 

I'm sure you've heard the phrase, "Freshman 15."  Well, being a slight overachiever, I decided to make that a Freshman 50.  Yes, that's right--50.  I took most of that weight off and maintained it until last October when I had my miscarriage.  Since then, I have put on a good 15-20 pounds.  Though I would not put myself as a junk food type of person, I was consoling myself with chocolates and other foods that I would not normally eat.  I knew it, but kept doing it.  That is, until I tried putting on my capris this spring and they didn't fit.  Not a happy moment.  I knew I had to do something.

I began mentioning exercise to my husband.  He also is not happy with his extra "clutter," (he blames it on my cooking--did I mention that I love to cook?), so of course he said he'd love to do something.   I really kept thinking the most about running.  I ran in college as a stress-reliever and really liked it.  I started doing a little research and found a Couch-to-5K program that looked like something that we could really do.  Chris put the program on our iPods and we completed our first of eight weeks on Monday!

So far, we really like the program.  It has fairly good music and someone comes on to tell you when you need to walk and run.  We know that we need to do session 1 of week 2 tonight as the next two nights simply won't allow us any time to do so.  We're a little fearful that the 100 degree temps and 113 heat index might be a problem; but hopefully, the cooler air will find its way by the time we are ready to go.  Hopefully we really will be running that 5K in 7 weeks.  Seeing that Chris and I are both pretty stubborn (yes, Honey...I know I am the stubborn one), I mean DETERMINED, I am sure we will.