Speedy Gal

It's Happy Dance Time!!  wow... what a day at the gym (work -- eh, the usual stuff).  I went to the gym thinking I need to do a little extra cardio today.  I hadn't worked on it in a big way in a while, so I hopped on the treadmill and started cranking out the miles.  I kept it at 4mph minimum, and kept raising the incline every minute until I hit the 4 mark, then back down every minute.  I repeated this process for the first two miles.  This "High Intensity" works up a good sweat, and cranks out the calorie burn. I made 2 miles in 30 minutes.  And I thought to myself "wouldn't 4 miles in 60 minutes be great?"   But I've never been able to maintain that speed for such a long time, getting winded about the 45 minute mark was normal for me. 

For the second two miles, I left the incline off and concentrated on speed, and making it to my goal.  I kept hitting my mp3 player to skip to tunes that matched the pace of my feet.  Oh yeah.... feel the burn!  If a new song was cranking, I'd push the speed up to 5mph and run for a minute or two.   Down to the wire and I was worried about reaching the 4 mile mark by 60 minutes, so the last tenth of a mile, I cranked it up to 5.2mph and pushed it to the limit ----     4 miles in 58 minutes!!!

Good golly, I wanted to shout and dance right then and there....
but couldn't, as I needed time to catch my breath.  lol

I have always said its the little things, the little steps, that lead to bigger and better things.  2 years ago when I walked into the gym, I couldn't go more than 3mph for 20 mins, then 30 mins ..... No way did I ever think I would be running on the treadmill.  But here I am, a lot of little steps and some hard work, and I can do it.... With little steps, little goals, you make progress every day.   4 more pounds to go and I'll have lost 40  pounds. I look at the numbers and try to remember the last time I was this light.  Before 1998.  That's a long time ago. 

I'm determined that I'll never go back.  Over the weekend, I tossed out all the old panties that just don't fit any more.  I mean, you know its bad when you pull them up over your thighs into place, and there's so much more room that they'll reach up and over your waist -- or more!!  I can't help but wonder if I tugged and pulled in the right direction, could I get them up and over my chest, so it would look like I'm wearing a one-piece swimsuit?? hahahahahahhaa

Happy Tuesday, ya'll !