Repeating Week Two – C25k program Run 90 secs walk 2 minutes (31 minutes)

This week has been soooooo stressful! Conflict and emotions running high at work, trying to get ongoing projects finished up before my holiday on Wednesday (Yippee!!), old friends back in town, meeting new friends, celebrating Bastille Day – or Fête Nationale as it’s known in France – and trying to squeeze the running in between all of this.

This third week has been the hardest on me physically for some unknown reason. At the end of last week I had managed the 90 seconds running quite easily and when I looked at the programme for the official Week 3, which involves running for three minutes, I felt in no way ready and so repeated Week 2.  Now, looking back, I wish I had just pushed on and gone for it.

But there has been some small successes J. I got weighed and have lost another 3lbs which actually made me scream I was so happy! Which brings the weight loss to 5lbs in total in just over three weeks.  I have been aiming for 1lb per week so I am more than happy with that. I hadn’t taken my measurements before I started this programme, but I definitely feel as though I have lost inches from under my boobs, belly and waist. I have now recorded my measurements and am going to check every four weeks if they have changed – I will keep you updated!

Two further little feel-good moments:

1) Not having to breathe in anymore to fasten my black work trousers.

2) I had stopped wearing a pair of brown trousers as I could no longer get any buttons on the outside fastened.  There is also a little button on the inside, which hasn’t fastened since the day I bought them. Now all three outside buttons AND the inside one fasten and aren’t tight around my waist at all, just a nice comfortable fit!

As I mentioned, I am on holiday from Wednesday 18^th for a week in the sun. I can’t wait to get some sun on my bones and relax with my books, get some swimming done and also I am hoping to still continue running – don’t quote me on that though!