My Journey With Health And Fitness – Moving Up A Level

Today I finished the Election Financial Reports for the 2 candidates that I was the financial agent for during the recent local elections. After having to hunt down $0.01 (everything has to balance completely) I am finally satisfied that everything is in perfect order. I have to admit, this has been a lot of work but I know these candidates put a lot of trust on my ability to take care of this for them. As I said to my husband, here’s hoping there are no elections in the near future because I need a break.

Well, I have started to push myself using the new treadmill. Yesterday I started level 3 but realized trying to do 60 minutes really was not a good idea. Instead I decided on 30 minutes of the interval training followed by 30 minutes walking at a good clip. Even at 30 minutes level 3 was pretty tough. Once again a good 1/3 of the workout was pretty intense and I was running at a pace I am not used to. But, I got through it and felt good about the workout. I completed the rest of the day with a couple more hours of walking though I admit it was broken up into several segments throughout the day.

Today I opted to kick it up a notch. I did the same 30 minute workout followed by the 30 minute walk on the treadmill. Then, when I went to do my after lunch walk I instead redid the morning workout and walk. I admit this was really tough especially the high intensity part but you know what, I did it and again felt really good. I’m going to keep this up for the next few days to see how I feel and then possibly Sunday I will move up to level 4. If that seems challenging for me, the after lunch workout will drop back down to level 3 until I figure my stamina is back up to where I want it.

I want to note the reason this is so challenging is the speed at which they have me running. Having said that, I believe by time I get to level 12 I am going to be running at a pace that far exceeds my expectations. I know with patience and determination I will get there.