Couch to 5K to a bath full of epsom salt

If I hear someone tell me one more time that the fastest and easiest way to lose weight is run, I will hit them on the head with my worthless 1 pound weights covered in dust. I hate running, I loathe running. It makes my calves scream for mercy, makes my chest feel as if it will explode at any moment and sweat pour down off my face. Wait sweat is good right? Crap.

I want to stick to walking but I also want to look damn good this summer in a bathing suit. I am tired of being so self conscience every time I go to the pool. We are going to the beach this year though. NO WAY am I walking out onto the beach with a fat roll hanging over my bottoms and a spare tire peeking out of my top (that is no doubt be a damn tankini since that is all I have been able to wear the last 5 years). I want to look good. I am not looking for perfection. I know I am not going to look like Jessica Alba anytime soon but I think I could pull off post baby Britney? So run I must. It burn lotso calories and tones cellulite ridden thighs.

So I found this program, Couch to 5K (C25K). The idea is to turn my lazy couch potato butt into a runner, getting me running three miles (or 5K) on a regular basis in just 8-9 weeks. HA! I would LOVE to see that happen As I look closer into the program I see there is really hardly any “running” involved at first. Hmmm, this could be interesting, so I read on. As I am reading I am getting excited, overjoyed actually. If this program can turn my lazy out of shape butt into a runner, all things would be good.

It is a three day a week program, I can handle that. I am already walking on the treadmill a few days a week anyway, what the hay?

So far so good. I have completed Day 1 of Week 1. WAIT, before you start laughing, I just started on Wednesday. I did not want to wait until Monday. I am always waiting for something and then something else comes up and then I never get to doing what I said I was going to do. Get it? I did not want to wait. So I started. It was not as bad as I thought. I am not looking ahead to the other weeks just yet, no need to scare myself. So this week all I do is walk briskly for 5 minutes to warm up, then I jog for 90 seconds and walk for 60, I do this until I hit 20 minutes. NOT BAD! When I was done with that I even managed to walk 15 more minutes.

If you are interested in this program you should really check it out on coolrunning.com
If you scroll down there is a complete chart of everything you need to do.

I will be sure to check in and let you all know how it is going- after I get done soaking in a bath full of epsom salt.