First week back

Well, it's been a long time since I went running. Last time was in January, I was 6 weeks pregnant and anything that made my head move up and down ie: running would make run to bathroom to vomit. 

After that point I would take short walks and do some very light weight training and then I was done. That all lasted through my second trimester. After years of keeping a food log, I did not keep one at all during my pregnancy. I figured I would not keep myself from enjoying anything I wanted and would not feel guilty about it. I also did not weigh myself and would not look when they weighed me at the doctor's office. By the end of my pregnancy, I had gained 60 lbs.

My daughter is now 11 weeks old, I have lost 30 lbs and I'm finally feeling better since the c-section. Last Saturday I decided to go to the gym and run on the treadmill. I wasn't expecting much, maybe run 30 minutes and 10 minute/mile pace. Ha! I warmed up with a walk and once I started increasing the speed, quickly realized how out of shape I am. I had a hard time dealing with it and tried to run through it. Big mistake, I should know by now that I'm a beginner again.

Well, I ran as much as I could which ended up beign about 2 miles and then thought I'd do some light weights. I superset everything, since I was going light, I wanted to keep my HR up. I felt pretty good about that and went home.

I made plans to go swimming the next morning, when Sunday rolled around I again was hit in the face by the fact that I am not the person I was a year ago. Everything hurt, my legs, my chest, etc. I decided to rest and not do anything Sunday.

Monday, Rolando put my bike together, I had cleaned it real nice over the weekend. It still has the Ironman Lake Placid stickers from July and I don't plan on taking them off until next Ironman in 2009. Well, maybe I will so I don't look like a jerk, I'll stick them in the bento box so I can see them while I'm riding. They are very motivating. I decided to bike for 30 minutes on the trainer, light cadence, nothing over 70rpm. It felt really hard getting started, but once I got going, I felt really good. I think I could have gone longer, but decided not to, I did not want to be super sore the next morning. 

Well, a week went by, I lost 2 more lbs. woo hoo! I officially start training with coach Erika in January but I hope to have lost alt least another 10 or 15 lbs by then.  Hopefully, the runs get easier and I'll start swimming this following week. S will Fabiola if her wim diaper arrives soon.