5k or Bust

So yes, I've decided to try the Couch to 5k exercising program.  Today I did Week One Day One and man am I feeling the pain.  I thought all that running for sixty seconds at a time was going to kill me.  So I know the program calls for 3 days, but I've decided to go with 5 days because we all know that if I don't I'll never get used to the new week...lol

So this is my schedule for this program, and it really is as intense as it looks... Day One just about gutted me, but I'll be back out there tomorrow doing more.  Sure it will be hard, but I really want to lose weight and I'm really looking forward to doing the 5k race in September with my Mom, Auntie Chelle, and sister Nicole!  

Week	Workout 1	Workout 2	Workout 3
1	Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.	Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.	Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.
2	Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.	Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.	Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 90 seconds of jogging and two minutes of walking for a total of 20 minutes.
3	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following: Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds) Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds) Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes) Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following: Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds) Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds) Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes) Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then do two repetitions of the following: Jog 200 yards (or 90 seconds) Walk 200 yards (or 90 seconds) Jog 400 yards (or 3 minutes) Walk 400 yards (or three minutes)
4	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 2-1/2 minutes) Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 2-1/2 minutes) Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 2-1/2 minutes) Jog 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Walk 1/8 mile (or 90 seconds) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
5	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes) Walk 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog two miles (or 20 minutes) with no walking.
6	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then: Jog 1 mile (or 10 minutes) Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes) Jog 1 mile (or 10 minutes)	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2-1/4 miles (or 22 minutes) with no walking.
7	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes).	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes).	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.5 miles (or 25 minutes).
8	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes).	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes).	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 2.75 miles (or 28 minutes).
9	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes).	Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes).	The final workout! Congratulations! Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes).

The best thing about this program is that you don't have to pay to do this.  Sure I'm nervous and not excited about the pain I'm going to start feeling tomorrow, but I know I can do this, because I actually did manage to run the entire time I was asked too.  I wanted to give up, I was sure that my legs were going to buckle underneath me, but thankful I made it!  Thankful that I let Nicole talk me into doing this, because I really want to lose weight, and I've been so confused about how to do that without actually pissing off my neighbors.

I guess I'll be kissing my late late nights goodbye to allow myself time to sleep and wake up in the morning at 6am, since I'll need to do this before Nick leaves for work every morning.

But I know I can do this, and you can too!  It just takes determination and the will (want) to do it!  I will lose weight and i can't wait for it to happen!!

A New Me, Here I Come!!

The Couch-to-5k - visit the website to check it, and maybe you can start the program on your own!

The horrible pleasures of trying to find work

So I've decided that I need to find a job, but with two children and a husband who works full time, there is no way that I can actually find a job outside of my home.  I mean to have an outside job, one would need to have childcare and in order to have childcare I would have to have a job to pay for it.  It's one of those never ending circles, which ends up just making you dizzy. 

I really don't know much about finding online jobs, but I do know what I don't want. 

1. I know I want nothing to do with those 'Get Paid to Take Online Surveys' because honestly no matter how much they promise, it's all just a bunch of fake bull.
2. I can't do anything via phone, because of my children.  There is just no way that I can take professional calls if my girls are in the background screaming their heads off.
3. Entering Data actually requires a certain Degree, which I clearly don't have...
4. Traveling is completely out...training or not.  I am a mother, a stay-at-home mother, who doesn't own a car.  I can't go anywhere for training.

But I mean in the end, what is there for me?  Honestly not a whole lot, because it seems that most online jobs seem more like a scam then actual chance for work.  And who honestly wants to enter their information on the one place where anyone can learn them?

So for now I may have to hold off on the jobs, but I'm hoping that by next year, I can get something while Kenna is in preschool, and Lizzie is in Kindergarten.  At least a part time job would be better then sitting at home all the time!