Well as alot of you already know from Facebook, I headed outside to run today, getting out of my comfort zone and leaving the secure anonymity of my treadmill in the garage... I decided to give it a go for a couple of reasons, my friend Fi has been encouraging me to give it a go, as she said why not do it while the weather is good, there'll be plenty of time for the inside treadmill in the dreary cold winter. But the clincher was that I needed to do it so I didn't wake up the household at 6.30am on a Sunday morning.

I have mixed views on outside running.. I started off so well, ran for 15 mins straight and was surprised at how far I'd got, however I was supposed to do 25 mins, and my legs just threatened to give way on me, I walked for a bit (not wanting to give up) but then each time I tried to run again my legs just didn't seem to want to carry me. I felt a little bit like I'd failed, but then I thought, no, you're still out here, you're still exercising for an hour, and you're conquering your fears. Fi tells me I possibly was going much faster than I do on the treadmill, I'll drive and measure how far I ran and then I'll know, but it could be the case because on the treadmill whether I run or walk I am still doing the same speed, whereas today I certainly was running faster than I walked...

I'm having a lovely time with family, (my Aunt and I took my Mum to meet my Dad's lovely elderly cousin) this weekend and that has included a bit of freedom with my food so I don't think the scales will be overly favourable tomorrow... but that's ok because this weight loss process is going to take time and there will be weeks where celebrations happen and things aren't strict, that's life, what I have to do is make sure I get back on track, not give up, and the lesson for me will be knowing how to get a balance - how to indulge now and then, but maintain weight with exercise.. so what will be will be, I won't stress about the weigh-in, I'll use it as a motivator :)

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UPDATE: well - just used map-o-meter and put in my route, it says I did 2km in 15 mins running, I usually do that in 25 mins, so yes, I did run faster than on the treadmill... that explains it lol