C25K W8D1

I've got a 28 minute run today... my longest yet! I've mapped out a two-mile route for myself, and as soon as Matt finishes hit workout, I will be out there hitting the pavement!

Weighed myself this morning to discover I had gained just over a half pound this weekend, but even so, my weight is 171.5 - a pound and a half down from a week ago!

I'm hovering around a BMI of 26, and I'm really looking forward to saying goodbye to being overweight! Only 6 more pounds to go! I've got 12 days until Saqra's Showcase and I'm going to milk it. 1300 calories per day, Cardio and Strength everyday, only drinking water, and I'll hopefully be done with C25K by the event! That is, if the weather cooperates. I didn't go out but once last week because the weather was pretty dreadful. I just cannot bring myself to run while it's pouring. Sprinkling or misting is fine, in fact, it keeps me cool, but I hate being soaked to the skin and I don't have any water-proof jackets that can also breathe.

These sound like excuses but I'm just expressing how I feel here. We have a treadmill - perhaps I will get over my fear of using it and try it out this week if the rain threatens to keep me in.

I also need to get back on my Zumba train - I haven't popped in a DVD in almost two weeks. I just really didn't feel like doing it. Plus I'm missing my DVD remote and I need it to be able to do the Abs workout and the Cardio Party without the annoying assistance buttons on the bottom of the screen.

Again, these are sounding like excuses. But I'm done with excuses for the next two weeks. I'm doing it, and I hopefully will reach my goal of being 165 pounds at the Showcase.

Good news is, though, that I'm only 3 pounds away from my goal of 168, which is due by Cinco de Mayo! That's exciting, since when I joined the group I was unsure of whether I could pull a ten pound weight loss in six weeks.

One concern I have is Easter this year. I'm torn between going to troupe and staying home with Matt's family eating Turkey and potatoes and probably skipping a workout. I really need the extra practice but I don't want to offend the in-laws...