Running day 2: man, that hurt

Today's run started with 30 minutes on the elliptical (damn them for playing a James McAvoy movie at the gym) followed by another 23 minutes of 60-second walk/run intervals. First 10-15 minutes were fine; by minute 22 (the last run) my sides had started buckling up. 

Next time, I'll likely do 15 on the elliptical, or potentially start off with walking again (I'm scheduling another run for Sunday). Can't say I'm disappointed with my progress, but it does look like this running thing will take a while to get into fully, and I don't want to stall my weight loss by moving into an activity that I have to take slowly.

Meanwhile, I did some quick measurement comparison at the gym. 

Back in 9/07 (when I quit the gym for a while):

weight: 208

tricep: 13.5

chest: 42.5

waist: 38

abs: 42

hips: 43.75

thigh: 27.5

calf: 16.5

as of 7/25/08:

weight: 186 (-22lbs)

tricep: 13 (-.5 in)

chest: 40.5 (-2 in)

waist: 35 (-3 in)

abs: 39.5 (-2.5 in)

hips: 42 (-1.75 in)

thigh: 25.5 (-2 in)

calf: 16 (-.5 in)

It would be great if these numbers were a bit lower, but I'll take it. Also, this really is pretty impressive considering that technically, I've only been losing weight since February of this year, and I started at 210 in February.

The only thing I'm worried about now is plateauing - I want to keep the weight loss going. I'll figure it out somehow.