8-Week Challenge

Today is the beginning of the National Woman's Challenge, the third one that I have participated in. It will be especially challenging for me this year since I am planning foot surgery in June.

In the past years, the Challenge involves using an Activity Tracker. Activities are classified by moderate, strenuous, and strength-building. Even though I will not be able to walk, I can still strength train and do crunches. If I am in a wheelchair, I can go to the track and do cardio with my arms.

Barry, Steph, and I have talked about what to do about monitoring my eating. So I will still work on that. Of course, I will be in a lot of pain so there will be obstacles.

Almost met the goal

I am so close to meeting my goal for this month - only 1 mile. On top of that, I ran 2 out of 3 miles non-stop. to think that in November, I would not have even considered running. Just power walking.

I have also lost some more weight. I am down to 150.5 lbs now. I dropped my WW subscription because we can't afford it right. YK, the economy has kept Barry from pulling in any work. But I am tracking my activity and food via FitDay. It has been working pretty well.

Run: 1/10/2009

Today was the best run yet. I ran 5.13 mi in 62 min, 18 sec. That's a 12' 07" mi/min. I feel really great.

I cancelled my Weight Watchers subscription. I really just don't have the time to fully use like I need to. And haven't used it the way that I wanted too for the past three weeks. Besides, Steph says that my scale isn't working correctly. If she isn't right then my body fat percentage is 29%. A caucasian woman my age and weight should have a 22% body fat.

New Year Progress

Oh, yes! Today was a great day! I ran a mile, power-walked a mile, and then power-walked over a mile on an incline. I also completed my core strengthening routine. On top of that my weight this morning was at 156lbs. So I'm starting the new year off right. Yes!