Weekly Weigh-in (Week 46)

Sunday yet again and time for another installment of the weekly weigh-in.

This week has been a rather interesting week for me. Schedule got thrown into some disorder due to Lara's work schedule changing. Didn't get in the way of my food intake at all, but it's caused some adjustments in my sleep schedule and also my running to a degree. All told it was a good week.

Now, I think it's about time I actually spent a little time talking about my running. This week was week 7 out of 9 of the training program I've been doing. It's called the Couch to 5K running plan. It can be found here. It uses intervals to help you increase the duration for which you can run as opposed to walk. I know when I started I couldn't keep up a run for anywhere near as long as I can today. In the 7 weeks I've been using this plan my up intervals have gone from 1 minute to 25 minutes, and in the next two weeks to 30 minutes.

Intervals have always made sense to me as a workout strategy, and I can say with certainty that it works for increasing your capacity at least, though I can't speak at this time for it's calorie burning properties, the running seems to have done a decent job of that. Look in the next few weeks to see updates on where I am planning on going in my fitness efforts, plus at least one more app review and some thoughts on footwear. For now, suffice to say the Ct5K plan is one I recommend to anyone interested in running for fun, exercise, or competition.

So what does the scale have to say about my weight this week? 212.4 down 2.6 from last week. That pushes me over the 70 pound mark since I started this in January. Almost all of that was during a time I was doing nothing different despite eating less than I was when I started. I'm steadily approaching my initial goal for the one year mark, and it looks like I should be able to make it in the 6 weeks I have remaining. I'll be back next week with further updates, and more insight into my practices and future plans. Until next week.