My Goals

Like mentioned in my welcome post, I am both on Weight Watchers and doing the Couch to 5k program. I do have a weight goal, but at this point I don't want to put all my concentration on one ending number. My goal is to follow the WW plan week after week, but since I am confident that I can successfully do WW, my real goal is to become a runner.

So, I've always wanted to run. In the mornings on the way to work, I would watch individuals running and think: "I would love to be able to do that!" However, I've always had this mental block when it came to exercise. I never thought I could stick to it, never knew where to start, so I just came up with excuse after excuse to not get off of the couch. I also thought I could never run--I always felt like I was way too heavy and would never be able to do it.

Finally, I pushed all my lame excuses aside and decided to get going on Couch to 5k. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's a running program that gradually steps you up over the course of 9 weeks, until you'll be able to run a 5k without stopping or walking. The focus isn't on how fast you can run--it's mostly about endurance. Which is good for me, because believe me: I run SLOWLY.

I'm on Week 2 of C25k, but I haven't been doing it for two weeks. I was so out of shape that I probably did Week 1 over and over again for a few months. Finally, after re-committing to WW, I stepped up to Week 2 this past week and surprised myself by being able to complete it: and without all the huffing and puffing and feeling like I was about to die. PROUD! :) Anyway, my plan is to repeat each week twice. So on this schedule, my last week will be the week of December 12th.

So those are my goals! I plan on posting about my WW journey as well and how I'm doing following the plan. I also plan to update everyone on how my Couch to 5k is going: pacing, mileage, etc (if I can get the apps on my iphone to work!) Speaking of iphone apps, I use a C25K app for iPhone and I would definitely recommend!