Couch Potato to 5K: Week 2 do-over

I guess this would be week 2 of the program for me, since I had the accident in the middle of my week 2 and had to go off the program for two weeks, but today I actually managed a full 30 minutes of intervals - up from 18 the first two times I ran. Plus, many of the intervals were actually 90 seconds, instead of the 60 I had been doing. A few there in the middle I could only do 30-45 seconds each, but I pushed myself at the end to get another 90-second run in.

Still running brutally slow, and had to stop after 15 minutes of intervals because my side was splitting me in half. But overall, pretty proud of me.

Next run is Friday, then another on Monday to start week 3. Let's see if I can get 30 minutes of continuous 90-second intervals next time.

Also, side progress note: The clothes I'm wearing right now actually fit me better than they did when I bought them. This both excites and disturbs me - I'm excited that I have a whole new outfit at my disposal (and quite nice one at that), but disturbed that I once bought clothes that barely fit me.

total non-sequitor: can I just admit that I'm a bit annoyed that they call this "couch potato to 5k?" I work out CONSTANTLY, yet this has been a huge challenge for me. Can't they call it "first time runner's training" or something that doesn't make it seem like you just got up from eating a bag of Cheetos and decided to run one day?

Workout progress/injuries

So far, since February, I've gotten from 210 to 185 - a total of 25 pounds gone. Good job me! 

The challenge now is keeping the momentum going, especially since:

• the last two months have actually seen only a 1-pound loss, which suggests that even despite my extensive time on the elliptical I'm having a hard time keeping the momentum going;

• my recent injury from a car accident, combined with the trainer's increasing intensity, have made it hard to get into the gym as often as I'd like.

So, now, apparently, I have to Mix Up my workouts. The suggestion from the trainer is Incline Walking and Running. Right now running just isn't going to work, since I'm still recovering from the headaches and hip stuff - but I managed 20 minutes of pretty intense Incline Walking at the gym on Sunday along with another 20 minutes on the elliptical, and it was definitely doable. Tomorrow, I go back for more Incline Walking/Elliptical training, and then next week I start running again. In the meantime, I also have to start fitting yoga in - fixing up the yoga room helped, but the motivation's been tough to get going.

Here's to reaching 180!

Today's workout: recovering from injury

Today: 30 minutes on the elliptical, followed by 45ish minutes of a really hard strength workout invented by my evil trainer. Also did the same strength workout on Sunday, with much less success than I did today. 

Friday, I got rear-ended in my friend Leah's Jeep coming back from picking up a new bed. Although I totally thought I was fine, as it turns out I have some weird thing with my neck that's causing a crazy headache that starts in the middle of my eyes and goes up over my head, down the right side and into my right shoulder. Not so fun.

Nevertheless, I was at the gym this morning, and on Sunday, working it out. Did take Monday and Tuesday off, and felt guilty the whole time. Really hoping I don't regret this.