I Get Knocked Down...

But I get back up again!

Last night I was really frustrated with the whole weight loss/ exercise journey.  Luckily I have two good friends who talked some sense into me.  I was all excited last night to try out my new spin shoes.  I got about 15 minutes into the class and was seriously considering cutting my feet off at the ankles.  The spin shoes were killing my feet.  And dumb me, I wore my flip flops to class instead of bringing another pair of sneakers.  So I ended up leaving in the middle of class.  I went straight to the cycle store where I got the shoes on Saturday.  Turns out the person who helped me on Saturday gave me the wrong kind of shoes.  Of course, like the rest of me, my feet are freakish...  small length wise and wide.  So frustrating!!  But, I got a new pair.  Will be trying them out tomorrow morning.

My friends, Kin and Maggie, talked me back up from being upset last night.  I sometimes feel like whenever I try to take a step in the right direction with something I get knocked back down.  They helped me realize that I've faced harder things before and kicked ass...  so why not this?  Hell yeah... I got this!

50:17 - that is now my time to beat.  I did my first "real" 5K on Friday (Singles Mingle 5K at the National Harbor) with three of my girlfriends.  One of them actually placed first for the women (so S!) - I placed 66th out of all the women.  But I have a goal to beat.  And I signed up for another 5K for this coming Sunday.  On a side note, men really are crazy - it was a "singles mingle" race and I think there were 15 men and 85 women...  Not the kind of odds I like.

Horrible picture, but this is me before the run...

I started another week of C25K.  I thought about repeating week 1 since I didn't run at all last week.  I figured, go big or go home and went with week 2.  I was rather impressed with myself.  I only crapped out with the first run interval and started walking about 15 seconds early.  The rest of the time, I ran when the voice in my ear said run.  May not have been fast, but I ran dammit!

As for the food...  this was not my best week.  Considering I may have eaten cupcakes for at least one meal over the weekend.  :)  Hey, they were good!  I weighed myself yesterday and I am pretty much the same as the week before (maybe 1/2 pound heavier).  Maggie made a great suggestion - weigh myself on Fridays.  That way I can see the progress I've made during the week and it will hopefully motivate me to keep it up over the weekend.  This weekend will be the test since it's a long one.  :)

This week I'm trying to alternate C25K and spin classes with the 5K on Sunday.  Gotta focus more on food...  Will update with weight on Friday!

New spin shoes on the left... New running/walking shoes on the right.