Sorry to all Ihave been neglecting with the journal reading - just hectic times in the life of me.

Okay So someone somewhere postedthis cool walking program that gets you jogging up to 30 minutes. I am going to give it a try. Every other day you just walk regular so I'm going to find a walking buddy for those days and do the jogging ones on my own. That's my goal. I need you all to be mean and yell at me on the days I don't get my butt in gear.
SOo: TO start out well - on a Monday no less, I am going to put on my runners and start my new program -hopefully I don't come back on later tonight saying I avoided it, lol
~Nic~

I did it! Well almost - the site says 30 minutes I did 27 (leaving out one round of walking and one of running) but considering running kills my knees and ankles I think I did awsome!
Hopefully I can keep it up! Tomorrow is just walking so that should be easier! lol.

WOOHOO

~nic~

I don't remember who posted the site, but this is what I'm following:

Runnersworld

Great Job with the workout today!! Thanks for all the support and advice you've given me! It's great to have that. Keep up the good work!

The running/walking sound great. I am like you, though, it KILLS my knees and ankles. Keep up the good work! Did you ever go to that interview...how did it go? I guess I could just go back and read your diary, eh?

Hope you have a great day!

Hey! I have the one part time job, but the other one hasn't called yet so we'll see.

Okay, I need to DO SOMETHING about this weight loss thing - I am back to ZERO motivation and went to East Side Marios for lunch - the only good choice I made was to have water instead of pop. lol.
I know I HAVE to lose weight before the wedding or else my dress will not fit properly and it's only like 10-15 pounds, but I just can't seem to get jump started long term....Argh

~Nic~

Want me to come kick you in the butt? lol

I have another friend who was lagging in motivation and I threatened to run behind her on the treadmill with a fork. Run or be stabbed in the tushy! lol

Seriously, though, I hope you can find your motivation. (picture me after you with a fork making this face----> <----those are the eyes of a wild woman on a misson, I tell you. You don't want to mess with that...people could get hurt.

I'm trying to lose weight for my wedding as well..I lose motivation sometimes too because mine isn't till next summer...but I just think about how good I'll look in my dress after i lose weight! and how I can't let my best friend look better than me! lol I know it sounds selfish and vain..but it gives me the motivation..It's my day and I wanna look good!

Hey I haven't stopped by in a while so just thought I would.
Grats on landing a job! I hope you get a FT one soon.
I need a job too so I can move the hell out of my in laws. They are driving me nuts!!

Not much progress for me - hoping that motivation stuff kicks in soon. Tomorrow I am going to check out CURVES with my mom - an exercise program that I'm hoping will keep me in check, and it's only 30 minutes a day (not counting driving there etc). So hopefully it's fun and something I can managed to keep up with

Going to CURVES tonight (6pm) - they will spend some time measuring me and telling me how fatty my body is (lol vs. muscle). Then I do the 30 minute workout. I'm hoping it's fun (and not too depressing). I have a free one week pass, and then I'm hoping to join the one that's close to me

~Nicole~

Resisted the fast food/and icecream urge today and came home to an egg on toast and PB on celery - Very proud of myself

Curves was great! A tad depressing with the measurements, but very promising as a program. I get 7 free workouts, I need to check out the one closest to me to make sure it's as good as the other one, but hopefully this will be my big motivation

Day 2 of curves, it was rockin'! The one I have the pass for is about 25 minutes away though so I checked out the closer one (where I will sign up) and it's basically the same thing. I love it! It's a 30 minute work out with cardio/strength training/stretching all built into 30 minutes! You can't go wrong with that, and I feel sooo pumped afterwards!
There is a food program that goes with it, but I'm just going to focus on the exercise for now and generally try to eat healthy and see how it goes

~Nicole~

Went for a 30 minute walk last night - carrying a 3 year old - now THAT's a workout

Had the PB and celery too huh? yummm!! Great to see you're loving the Curves thing. Good job with everything, you'll be seeing results in no time i'm sure!