I officially declare the holidays and partying OVER. It's been a month of holidaying, cruising, Christmas, new years, Liam's birthday, my birthday and for-no-apparent-reason pizza ordering [my bad]. But now it's time to get down to official business. I've printed off my 8 week schedule for beginner training for a 6K run, and since my run is 9 weeks away, I get one mulligan week [which i hopefully don't blow in the first few weeks]. I did run 1.5 miles last Tuesday [which is only 2.5 kilometers] and I was pretty tired by the end of that, but here's the clincher; the moonlight run I'm going to do begins with a big steep one mile downhill, then some flat ground, and then finishes with a mile up the steep hill. So whatever little confidence I previously possessed concerning this run has now dissipated and morphed into anxiety and doubt at my ability to climb a one mile hill after having run 3 miles already. I would love to go practice the hill and get a little used to it, but the fact that it's covered in ice and snow presents a slight problem. In any case, I'm still committed and I suppose setting the treadmill to a 10 incline will have to do until the snow melts and I can get my butt out to practice.

Now about my 8 week "plan"...
Mondays = rest day (thank heaven)
Tuesdays = 1.5-3.5 miles of running, increasing weekly and meant to be done at a medium speed (whatever that is)
Wednesdays = 40-45 minutes of a cross training activity; biking, elliptical, swimming
Thursdays = 1.5 mile run every week but at your "race pace"
Fridays = rest day (thank heaven again)
Saturdays = same as Tuesdays
Sundays = moderate 30 minutes of activity; walking, swimming..etc.

So multiply that by the next 8 weeks and I should lose about 100 pounds and my will to live. However, this is really something I want to do and feel proud of myself for doing.

Weight Today: not sure...feeling bloated and giving my pizza a day to leave me and a day for my confidence to return
Feeling: uh oh
Workout: well, it's Tuesday so I'm off to do a 1.5 mile run again tonight