So for all of our regular readers you probably have noticed that we haven't been blogging as much. I guess you don't really realize how many people read the posts until you stop. Well this week we are back in action and will be posting again on a regular basis.
Let me recap the past couple weeks since you haven't been informed. We all continue to work out everyday, with some vacations and other items coming up here and there. The routine is becoming more than comfortable which is shown by the fact that when someone cannot go at 11:30 the two other people get upset and yell at that person for throwing off their whole day. It's all in good fun of course. We have been mixing up workouts a little more but still trying to focus on the core of cardio. I tried running again last week and while the first day I ran I could feel the shin splints a little bit I was able to push through and run 14 out of 32 minutes on the treadmill, which was the most I have been able to run in a long time. I tested the waters again on Friday but did not have as great of luck, I got about 8 minutes into the run (intervals of 3 and then 5 minute runs) and could not continue. I may have been a tad aggressive and will need to pull back to shorter runs at slower speeds. I also need to take advice from my brother and ice my shins after running and try every trick in the book to keep them from hurting. My main goal right now is to be ready to run the Warrior Dash without having to limp around the whole course. I need to make a solid push right now and I know that is going to take a better diet and continued exercise.
Since we began I can tell that while I may not be losing all of the pounds I want I look and feel better. I have received plenty of compliments from people noticing my weight loss, which is great feed back and obvious motivation to continue. I also realized when I went on Saturday to buy some new shirts that reaching for the XXL and trying it on it was way too big. I realize not all shirts are made the same, but in the past the same style shirt I needed to buy in XXL or my shirt would be really tight around my stomach, which is not flattering nor comfortable. I was hesitant to reach and try on the XL for the fact that I would get home and realize it didn't fit right, but that was not the case. It feels good only seeing 1 X on some shirts and will feel even better to only see a L.
Hope all is well with reader nation.
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