Busy day today, but I am determined to get back into my health and fitness... so even though it wasn't till  after I'd prepared dinner, and even though I had very little time... I still went for a run. 

Only 30 minutes today, but a run nonetheless. I'm aiming for 21 runs in 21 days lol.. lets see if I can do it. 

My other goal is to try and lose 8kg during that time, I'm not being ridiculously obsessed about that, it's a goal. If I lose 5, that's cool, if I lose 3 - well ok... but usually when I'm running I can lose around 400g a day - so 8kg seems realistic we'll see how it goes, but if I can achieve it I will be 1/2 way to my goal weight YAY!!

K

Well after a couple of months of no running - I am back!! To be fair I have done a few walks, but I haven't run in ages.

I've had some interesting times the past few months, not all good. I've felt lethargic, down, paranoid, emotional and lacking in confidence - and all felt beyond my control. I have been convinced for some time that I have hormone imbalance, and that's what is behind how I feel. Years ago I read about a product called 30+ Nu Woman that was a natural way to treat hormone imbalance. I found it at the supermarket but felt it was a bit pricey, well I got picked to trial it, a 2 month trial, and I have to say after a month on it I am starting to feel better. Hopefully this is the kick up the bum I needed to get me back on track.

The good thing is that during this time I haven't put on any weight - haven't lost anymore... but I haven't put any on. This makes me feel really great, and gives me some confidence that when I have lost all this weight I will know how to keep a balance to ensure I don't pile it all back on again.

So today I was determined to get back running. I am SO pleased with how it went. I ran for 15 mins before I felt my legs tiring, I then walked at the same pace for 7.5 mins as a recovery, ran again for another 15 mins and then walked another 7.5 mins to recover again. I finished with a final 15 mins run. So all up an hour of exercise and 5.23kms done and dusted - and I ran for a total of 45 mins! Oooh I can feel it in my thighs now though lol.

Well I have a goal in my head that I want to achieve over the next 3 weeks, there is a run/walk in August to aim for, there are plans afoot for where I want my weight to be too, because if I can get there I will be over 1/2 way to where I wanted to be with my weight and in 7 months. I knew this was a year long process and soon I'll be back on track :)

K