Six minutes.  Six whole minutes.  That’s how long I ran last night on the treadmill.  I walked the other 21 minutes but I was able to run for 6 without stopping.  I know this doesn’t seem like a big deal, but coming from the girl who was barely able to run a minute and a half to three minutes a few months ago I feel pretty accomplished.  At the beginning of the year M and I decided to start going to the gym down from our house.  And I decided I was going to start the couch to 5k training.  It’s not incredibly hard but OMG I never made it past week 3 I think.  I’m not sure why my cardio seemed a little better yesterday.  Normally when I’m running I start to feel my chest get tight and I feel like I literally can’t breathe.  But not yesterday.  Yesterday was pretty good.

After our workout M and I hit the grocery store, which is luckily right next door to the gym, and bought more food.  This time we were more conscious of what we were buying.  I tried to pick up items that were more healthy and less junky.  My hope is that in a few weeks I will be in a routine of eating healthier and working out on a regular basis.

This time around my motives for working out are less appearance  based and more health based.  Because I’ve never really had weight issues I’ve never really felt the need to “have to work-out”.  And when I did work out it was only to drop 5 lbs here or there and as soon as it was gone I was done.  However there are a lot of things changing in my life.  M and I are planning a wedding and soon after looking to start a family.  I think the thought of having a baby is a motivator too.  I would like to be in good shape when I get pregnant.  Plus I want to be as healthy as I can for our baby.  Yes this is still a ways off but we are starting to think about the future.

Now if I can drag my sorry self back to the gym today it will be Day 2 of K to fit.  🙂

**and on a side note I finished our save the dates last night.  new design, new everything.  it only took 3 hours and numerous cuss words at photoshop.  but they should be ready to go to print THIS week.  🙂