Weight: 136.5 (it says I lost .2lbs since yesterday)
Run: 2.189mi|2** 1st place|20 mins|108cals
Yoga: Picked 4 or 5 poses because I was late (although I think my Yoga work out takes about the same amount of time because of SO much lag in between each pose). Oh well. I'll try to get back to it tomorrow.
Feedback: once again could not get out of bed. I'm determined to break that habit of listening to the radio- maybe I'll switch it to that annoying alarm. ugh. Maybe I can track down an alarm clock that talks to me and says "time to get up" or maybe they have ones with comic sayings (although then I'd be tempted to stay and listen to it calling me a lazy ass) lol
So the run: I did my own program. Stayed at 1 for awhile and then said what the hell. Ended up going up to level 4 and I think I stayed there for 3 mins and then went back down. Ended up at level 1 and 2 for the last 5 mins. I kind of liked being able to control it, made it a little more interesting and less "do I have to do this program again?"
Boredom is definitely a killer. I can't figure out why Wii Fit doesn't come out with a running program- why the exact same loop over and over?- at least let us take a different route through the island. (I know I'm supposed to be watching TV but turning the TV on is just a bad thing for me in the long run.)
But the run was okay. I wish I could leap ahead and be in shape already. At work I felt a little better yesterday. I think moving the Yoga to after the run is helping. I think I'll definitely stick with that format.
UPDATE: Yoga! can't believe I forgot to talk about yoga. I can do the tree pose on both legs again. Hurray. I love it. My balance is not great. but yay. My favorite pose and I'm getting there. Yoga overall is definitely getting better. On most poses it calls me a yoga master or trainer which is completely laughable. BUT I think I'm actually approaching (yes, only approaching) a regular person's flexibility level. I have a long ways to go but wow, I'm actually seeing some improvement.
And I've been running for a couple weeks now and when I was coming downstairs, my knees did NOT creak. That's got to be the yoga stretches, but maybe it's just the fact that I'm trying to go slow with this.
This morning in the shower I was thinking about the marathon and about maybe moving up to 30mins but woah, slow down soldier! I need to stay at 20 mins for at least a couple more weeks. Until I'm enjoying the run a little more.
But at work the past couple of days: I've felt better. Maybe someday I'll be able to walk around and up a hill and not get so winded. I remember in college when that happened the first time: I was walking up a hill and it totally winded me. so shocking: i was just walking. I'm slow to get this but maybe the lack of exercise really is why I feel so fatigued all the time. I've been trying to figure out what was going on with me for the past 5 years or so. So exhausted so fatigued. It took more energy than I had to make it through the day. I thought there must be something wrong with me. Now I think my body/mind was just used to all the running I used to do, to that level of fitness. And once I joined the couch potato club (for the past 20 years or so), my mind and body still expected to feel one way, but I was a slouch now. And slouchy potatoes don't have excess energy to go around.
Tomorrow morning I must focus on how much better I'm going to feel after my workout. :)
