So I wanted to stick to my word. So this morning I got up and the first thing I did was map out a 2 mile path around my house. I figued I could at least walk 2 miles in 3o minutes at 15 minutes a mile.
Oh, Hell, No. My lard butt did two miles in 47 minutes and 17 seconds. At first I started off going slightly uphill, this was not terrible. It actually was pleasant. Then I think I got to about mile two…I started to sweat a little more and I could feel my heart rate increasing. I got a little twinged in my chest, but I think that had more to do with my breathing. At 422 lbs you’re not exactly flat chested if you know what I mean so even breathing is a chore with theses potato sacks on my chest. The as I was rounding the corner for home I started to slow down a bit. And I finished, I was so proud till I looked at my stopwatch…but still a little proud that I did it. As I cooled down at home I could feel my heart beating in my ass, thighs, ankles, and feet. I felt like my whole body was twitching, but a good twitch. A twitch that will lead to more good things.
Wow. That 5k I signed up for is going to be…well, I don’t know how it will be, but hopefully I won’t have to have an oxygen taken and the ambulance (waaaaambulance 🙂 lol) at the end up it.
At least I have a starting point now and I can only get better from here. So tomorrow, 30 minutes to myself just walking. I downloaded Pandora to my blackberry so that helped and the fact that I didn’t walk on a track help. Sometimes when I used to walk on the high school track in the neighborhood I just couldn’t do more than a mile because it bored me to tears. This was a little better and I’ve lived in my neighborhood for almost 4 years, and saw streets today that I never noticed. So that’s a bonus.
Now for a protien filled breakfast.
Happy days 🙂