Week 4 -- Not much to show for it

Max distance: 1.56 miles

Weight loss this week: 0

Weight loss so far: -1

This week was not so successful. I only made it to the gym once. I am never going to complete this program at this rate! I didn't try to go on Monday because we got back from vacation on Sunday. I was trying to get us back in order, and I was exhausted. At first I was worried, because the scale said I had gained three pounds in New York. True, I did eat whatever I wanted, including cannolis, cheesecake, gelato, etc. But, we walked our butts off. We only took two cabs the whole time and literally walked from one end of the island to the other.

Anyway, I did make it to the gym on Wednesday and went back to the schedule of alternating 90 seconds running and 2 minutes of walking. For the first time, I wasn't counting every second of the running. Ten or twenty seconds would go by at a time without me thinking "Oh, God, when is this running part over?" That doesn't sound like much, but it's a big improvement to me. I think the right music makes a big difference in that.

I really meant to go back to the gym on Friday, as my usual routine. But Little Man was sick with a fever. I thought about going today, but between taking care of a sick kid and having another one who is waking up every hour lately, I thought a nap was a much better use of my time!