A milestone has been hit!

Omg, I am SO bad about blogging! It's been about a month since I've done it. I guess I didn't have much to talk about fitness related because I wasn't doing as much as I should have been doing. The past two days have been a doozy; I spent Tuesday night in the hospital and pretty much slept all day on Wednesday because I felt like complete death. It was a NIGHTMARE!!

But today, I felt better for the most part, but my joints were killing me and my right calf kept cramping for some odd reason. I don't understand why it's cramping because I haven't worked out all week (due to having my port taken out of my chest so I had to wait for 3 days for the hole to close). But anyway, I forced myself to get on the treadmill after an hour of procrastinating and pep talk. I told all of my fitness friends that I was "attempting" to do one mile. I said attempt because I honestly didn't believe I was going to be able to do it. Every time I got on my treadmill (since December), I hadn't been able to stay on it for longer than 20 minutes. I felt that unless I could do a mile in 20 minutes, it may not happen.

So, I turned on the music (new obsess song of the week: Out on the Town by Fun.) and started walking. Half of the time, I wasn't even paying attention to the treadmill screen because I was too busy being lost in my loonish daydreams and thoughts. I was started to feel tired after awhile, so I glanced at the screen to see where I was. I was thinking that I wasn't even at 0.4 miles, but I looked at saw this:

I couldn't believe it! I was halfway! I kind of got into my feelings a bit when I saw how long it took me to get halfway, but I got over than quickly because the fact of the matter was that I was way closer than what I expected to be. 

In the end, it was a great workout and huge accomplishment for me. I've learned that I definitely have to stop doubting myself. The only thing holding me back from breaking barriers is my mind. It was like I tried to convince myself that I couldn't do it and I almost hadn't. I'm just happy and proud that I did. Oh yeah, I got myself a Polar F4 for my birthday and I think I'm officially obsessed. I burned 508 calories during those 43 minutes! Can you believe that! I'm sure the calorie burn with drop drastically when I lose more weight, but it's great to finally have a more accurate number to go by.

My first mile took me 43 minutes. I hope to shave off a bunch of time in the future. For now, I'll take this. This is the furthest I've walked since getting out of my wheelchair. I definitely feel accomplished!

xoxo,

Superwoman <3