10K training

Well, it seems I'm exceeding the 5K training, so I'm starting the 10K training.  I think there are a few weeks of overlap around here where I'm picking either program for the workout of the day.

Broke my previous weight record

Logged in at 210.2lbs  Breaking my previous 212lb weight loss record from maybe almost a decade ago.

I run my personal 5K.

This is the first time I complete a 5K around Shawmut.  I'm sure I walked some, but I keep an 11:40 pace.  Not bad for this complete newb....

It looks like in the week or so since I learned I could run, I've also already signed up for the Runkeeper 5K training program.  I'm also exceeding it since they don't yet have us going 3.11 miles.

I think the first few weeks I was also trying the Couch to 5K program and sometimes doing one or the other program for my running.  I ended up liking the Runkeeper training better with some intervals, and some other sorts of training days.

The one where I find out I can run.

Now, up to this point, I've just been walking, maybe some hiking around the lawn, maybe a rare bike ride.

But...  I've gotten bored with my walks around town during lunch or... Who knows.  But I just kinda feel like there's a bit more there...  And I've taken brief bouts...  Maybe a minute or two at a time...  And run on the one deserted street that I walk...

And it's not that bad...

By this point I may also have gotten to where I've run a few short bits around Shawmut...

So one day...

I go crazy...

I go out to Shawmut Park early with no one around and I just try to run.

Holy crap.  I am amazed...  I run more than 2 miles non stop with a 10 minute, 40 second per mile average.

Who the hell is this guy?  It can't be me...  At this point, it looks like I'm down to about 218lbs.

It's been a crazy ride, but I'm just baffled at the fact that I'm losing weight and I can run...  Just can't be true.

Let's try again....

So, as of 9/2/2013 I logged in at 228lbs.  So I went up a ways, but not insanely I guess.  Looks like I'm about ready to start winning.

Fitbit

Looks like on June 2nd, 2013 I got my Fitbit.

This one...  Well at the moment I feel less like it's as important.  It's very good at tracking steps and floors climbed, calories, weight etc.  It does a pretty good job of tying things together.

It's also good for my Gympact so if I'm on a rest day(not running) I can get in my 10K steps instead of having to go outside in the rain for half an hour or some such thing.

I dunno, I felt more excited about it when I first got it(well, as with anything, but I feel like it had more value then for some reason...)

But I do still keep it on me at all times, and I do like the logging.

Stuck

Well, it looks like Gympact and my calorie counting worked.  I made it down to 215lbs.  Big accomplishment.  But not QUITE as low as I had hit previously.

I don't recall any particular reason...  But I got stuck.  Couldn't maintain it emotionally I guess.  Though I never stopped the Gympact.  So I was just eating more than I should.  Not horribly most of the time, but not good enough.