Blog Party!

I found out about this cool blog party going on at a blog I follow. Since I love getting new followers, new comments and new blogs to follow myself, I thought I'd sneak in the back door and crash the place!



5 Minutes For Mom apparently throws this party every year and got over 2000 people to join last year! I'm joining with both of my blogs (which is hopefully allowed!).

If you're visiting from the party, HI!

(mini intro) I'm Sam (or Sandra), a homeschooling SAHM. We live in Canada and are fairly new to both blogging and homeschooling! My hubby, Lee, and I have 4 kids between us. His son, Dylan, lives with his mother, my son, Isaac, lives with his father, my daughter Brianna and our daughter Olivia live with us. On this blog I also track my journey through healthy weight loss. I love following new blogs, but, while I read every new update, I'm bad at posting comments (working on that!). I do love getting them though, so feel free!

C25K

Last night I was treadmilling (my own word) while watching the hockey game. I figured, if I'm gonna be doing this triathlon with Brianna, I gotta start running somewhere. In 40 mins, I threw in 3 1 minute runs. Not bad. It was hard, but do-able. My treadmill IS still set at the 15% incline, so that probably had something to do with it.

This morning, a friend of mine suggests that I try the Couch to 5K program (C25K). Looks easy enough, starts out walking 5 minutes, run 2, walk 5. Actually looks too little with the fact that I've been walking 30-60 minutes. So I figure I'll add another run 2 walk 5 to it.

WOW! I can NOT do it. I made it to about 1 min 20 sec for running. I think the problem is the 15% incline. After talking to some running friends, I'll drop the incline to level and should have a much easier time. I'll probably be able to speed up my regular walking too.

Weigh In

Down a boring .4lbs to 181.6lbs. I really need to pick up the pace to get to 178lbs by Easter!

Triathlon

Yeah, not for me lol I did however enter Brianna into a triathlon and will be training with her as part of my workouts. Her age group does a 50 meter swim (I'll be skipping cause I have no issues with swimming), 500 meter run and 3 kilometer bike. Right now, I know I couldn't do it. Right now, I know Brianna couldn't do it. Thankfully the tri isn't until August.

I've printed a map of the routes (you can see it here). Once the weather is nicer, Brianna and I are going to do the tracks Mon, Wed and Fri, weather permitting. We'll start with just a couple weeks of walking. Then worry about the bikes or picking up the pace.

Here's hoping I don't bust my knees!

Exercise Log - Week 6

Slowly getting better. I still haven't touched my workout DVDs though *bad me*

Mileage: 5.47 miles
Time: 1 hr 57 mins

I'm thinking of finally lowering my treadmill from a 15% incline so I can go faster. I *know* I can walk at 4 mph but it just aint happening at 15% uphill! Course the weather getting nicer so we can go for walks in the park would be cook too....

New 30 Day Challenge!

I found this on a friend of mine's blog (how's that for great grammar!). I'll start on April 1st.

 

30 Day Challenge - 

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with ten facts.
Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.
Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show.
Day 04 - A picture of your day.
Day 05 - A picture of your favorite memory.
Day 06 - A picture of a person you'd love to trade places with for a day.
Day 07 - A picture of your most treasured item.
Day 08 - A picture that makes you laugh.
Day 09 - A picture of the person who has gotten you through the most
Day 10 - A picture of the person you do the most screwed up things with.
Day 11 - A picture of something you hate.
Day 12 - A picture of something you love.
Day 13 - A picture of your favorite band or artist.
Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.
Day 15 - A picture of something you want to do before you die.
Day 16 - A picture of someone who inspires you.
Day 17 - A picture of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently.
Day 18 - A picture of your biggest insecurity.
Day 19 - A picture of you when you were little.
Day 20 - A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel.
Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget.
Day 22 - A picture of something you wish you were better at.
Day 23 - A picture of your favorite book.
Day 24 - A picture of something you wish you could change.
Day 25 - A picture of your favorite outfit.
Day 26 - A picture of something that means a lot to you.
Day 27 - A picture of yourself and a family member.
Day 28 - A picture of something you're afraid of.
Day 29 - A picture that can always make you smile.
Day 30 - A picture of someone you miss.

Weigh In

Woooo! Down 1.8lbs! Still up .2lbs from Monday, but at least most of it is gone! Now just to hang onto that over the weekend....