Sore is the new sexy

So the first week of running is over, I logged 16.01 miles in 7 days, granted I would have logged more but I took a couple days off because in the beginning I was sore. I've decided I want to do the haus girls challenge on instagram 50 miles in July, i'm really excited, i'm still struggling with going long distances without stopping but I am getting a lot better at that, today I went almost 2 blocks without stopping (granted these are suburb blocks but still) I did 4.36 miles today alone and i'm proud to say atleast half, if not more of that was running, I did get a super bad blister aboud 3/4th's of the way so that kind of slowed me down since it really hurt, i've never gotten a blister right below the ball of my left foot. I really need to get some "real" running shoes, i've always gone for looks and comfort but never in the running aspect of comfort and now that i'm pounding the pavement I want to upgrade my sneakers when I have the money. (When is the key word here) Brian has told me when I show him that i'm actually going to do it he will buy me new stuff so that is my motivation there. Not to mention i'm not getting any younger so if I wanna get back into shape and finish my challenge that I originally charged myself with almost 2 years ago ( I can't believe it's been that long since I lost the first 40lbs) Now that i'm back up to 183 (granted I have gained quite a bit of muscle in my legs since I started doing more weights and not enough cardio, kind of the opposite way for me to lose weight ha ha) i've now realized my mistake and am switching to more cardio less weights, the plan right now is to run 3-5 days a week and only do weights 2 days a week. I still need to come up with a new gym plan because I can honestly say i've plateaued in my workouts and I just don't feel sore like I do now from running, i'm also starting a food challenge, i'm cutting out foods that are a problem for me like soda and chocolate, its going to be tough but I think my food intake is holding me back I eat Subway a lot and its not always healthy, I drink pop more than I should and I have chocolate everyday. Not to mention i've eaten some fried foods recently and always regret it after I do. I already know what it tastes like so I don't need it!!!! I spend wayyy too much money eating out even if it is Subway (some of my choices...not so healthy) i'm a sucker for the Cold Cut Trio, Roasted Chicken (btw this has 1,000mg of sodium in 1 of the pieces of chicken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that doesn't even include the sodium in the toppings, sauces and bread!) and Chicken Bacon Ranch (so good but so bad!)  anyway back to the subject i'm going to cut things like that out of my diet right now, I want to possibly try gluten free but that is definitely a committment and will involve some planning and ahead of time shopping so that I can actually get gluten free stuff and have recipes handy! I've got 26 days until I leave for Hawaii and I plan to be atleast a few inches thinner in areas and ready to tackle Staircase to Heaven as well...Tomorrow is a new week and my goal is 20 miles this week so off to bed I go to get my beauty sleep!

Down to the wire...

Well it's 28 days until Oahu and i'm no where near my goal of 160 i'm still sadly at 180ish I weighed myself last night (after eating dinner) and I was at 183, but I can honestly say that i've gained muscle weight my legs are a whole lot more defined now, I think I might have been doing too much weights and not enough cardio so i've been upping my cardio, Saturday I walked 5.5 miles, Monday I did 2.5 miles, tues I only did a little less than a mile because I rolled my ankle slighty (i'm better now) and Wednesday I did some weight training, i'm giving myself a break today but tomorrow I will be running/walking the trail at the golf course or something similiar, my hope is to do 3 miles with 2 of those miles being just running, its a slow steady start but i'm in this for the long run. I've decided i'm okay with not not getting to my goal by July 25th but you can bet i'll be working out 5 days a week doing cardio and weight training and i'm gonna push myself to get as close to it as possible! It feels good to be "running" again and I say it sparingly because I am not in runners shape right now so its walking a little bit running a little bit trying to go for longer and longer distances each time, I really need another buddy, Brian is great but he can run a lot farther and longer than me because my stamina isn't where it needs to be, i've decided to do a 30 day ab and arm challenge (well more like 26 since I leave on the 26 and lets face it I may not be worrying about it while i'm in Hawaii) i'm just waiting for the person to post it so I can follow! Well i'm off to sleep because its been a long week thank goodness tomorrow is Friday!!!