I ran 16 minutes today...OK per plan there were a couple of walking breaks in there but the longest runs were 5 minutes and I survived them!!!

Plus a pair of pants and a skirt that were once a bit snug are noticeably looser..so what if the silly scale refuses to budge??! Yeah, I got on the scale...nowhere made it near to staying off of it until my birthday...but I can still put it up and try again...birthday is still a month off...a gift to myself!

OK, made it through the week...barely! I think I will take my neighbors' suggestion and try next week outside...who cares what others think when they see fat ole me running along!

Did another boot camp this morning. I can't believe I allowed myself to get in such a shape but I'm doing something to get it back.

And it may be just my imagination but the pants I bought a couple of weeks ago seem looser....

I will not stop, I will not quit! I will remember the joy on my daughter's face as she rode her bike down the hill for the first time yesterday without training wheels...she fell several times and had many a scraped knee but she persevered and she did it! Her chant "I'm a perseverer...I'm not a quitter!"

Week 3 Day 1...90 sec running, 90 sec walking...3 min running, 3 min walking...repeat. I can hardly get through the three minute segments...slowed my speed down...read that one of the mistakes beginner runners do is go too fast...got through the intervals but barely. Right now I think I really need to focus on getting my endurance up and then work on speed.

New shoes aren't so comfortable but I'm got giving up on them yet...I have a 30 day return policy as long as I only use them on the treadmill. Maybe the other shoes were so out of whack it's going to take a bit for my legs and feet to get used to these shoes.

Nutrition: Reading Body for Life for women...looking at the meal plan suggestions. I need something that fits into our life and is not a total overhaul, though some things need to be overhauled around here!

So I had a little trip to the ER last night...a fib...frustrating. Doing a good thing here by getting back in shape and this is how my body rewards me?? Arg!

But I've been symptom free all day...MT and I went out and got me a new pair of shoes...I love how she is so willing to mentor me through this...I hope I'm not being too clingy! She wants to show me her bike path Tuesday...just went bike riding with Child 2 and Child 4...actually she rode part of the way in the trailer with Child 5 since she had a hard time keeping up...gave me quite the workout!

Goal for the week...get some menu ideas written down....re3ally want to get teh diet end of this cleaned up!

OK, so a few days have passed with no post...I completed Week 2 of the running plan...seriously doubting if I will make it through this...knees are hurting...really need to get new shoes...

Did my own mini boot camp this morning as MN was out of town. A bunch of runners kept going by...I kept telling myself some day I will be like them...hurting knees will be a thing of the past...

Eating Cream of Wheat with PB for breakfast...except the cereal is really lumpy...nothing I hate to eat more than lumpy cereal..