The Standard Introduction

Hello All!  My name is Crys and I just recently got married (October of 2012).  With this new aspect of my life, I wanted to make a few other life changes.  I'm an avid dog and cat lover although I recently found out that I am very allergic to them.  Reading is one of my favorite activities as is watching tv, cooking, social justice, and playing on Pinterest.

For the past several years, I've been casually flirting with the idea of getting fit and losing weight.  I've had several victories with following the Jillian Michael's dvds but then went on 2 vacations fairly close together and was unable to pick up the momentum again.  I did one of the introductory sessions of Weight Watchers and didn't renew it again a month before I got married because they last thing I wanted to do was track calories on my wedding day and honeymoon. With both programs, I had some success but nothing lasting a life time which is the direction that I want to go on now.

In January, I turned 30 and when you turn 30 scary things start happening.  You start looking at life a little bit differently. I knew one of the things that I wanted to start doing differently was the way I regarded my health and fitness but I knew that it was going to have to be something that was a life change and not just a monthly change.  So for the past few months, I've been really working on the mindset that would be needed for me to start this adventure.  I knew whatever I would do would need to be realistic money wise.  I tend to be on the frugal side of things so the cheaper the better.  With my work schedule constantly fluctuating, I knew I needed something that was flexible.  I also knew that I would probably not feel comfortable starting this in a gym.  So I opted for running/walking.  So last week, I started the first week of the Couch to 5k program and so far so good.  For my own benefit, I wanted to start tracking my runs a little bit better.  The Couch to 5k app I have is called C25K lite and just gives you dings to let you know when to run and when to walk which is great for that program.  On day 3 of working out last week, I added the Nike+ Running app which actually tracks the distance that your run along with how many calories you burned.  I'm super liking this app.  It also gives you your lap times for a mile so that you can compare your runs.  I hope to improve greatly by using these apps so that I can run a successful 4-miler on September 13th.

So here, I begin to document things that worked and didn't, cool things I learned while on certain walks, and the wonderful adventures that this takes me on hopefully.