Tomorrow's the big day!

I'm trying to come up with a spiffy new background for this blog, and I followed the directions from Christina and the "cutestblogontheblock.com" but it never worked so I'm gonna have to try again later. For now, pink works. :0D

Today one of my students came to me with a bucket of homemade sugar cookies...with icing...and sprinkles! She was so sweet and excited...ooooh man it was hard! But I gave them away. And yes, I know that makes me shitty for giving away a child's present. I accept it.

Tonight in my workout I alternated between 90 seconds of running and 2 minutes of walking. It was the same workout as yesterday, except I pushed an extra 30 seconds at the end. This clocked me at 10 minutes and 30 seconds total running time. I was curious so I clocked all my time from day one. Here are the results:

Workout 1: 7 minutes running time
Workout 2: 8 minutes running time
Workout 3: 9 minutes running time
Workout 4: 10 minutes running time
Workout 5: 10.5 minutes running time

I'm seeing improvement and my body seems to be responding really well to the program. Tonight was great because I wasn't dying. Yes it was hard, but I wasn't completely out of breath. That was an awesome feeling.

I'm learning as I go along with this program. I've found it's a lot easier when you push through the strides as opposed to letting your heels lead you. Sorry if that's confusing, it all makes sense in my head! :0D
I would say I'm struggling the most in the area of breath control. I have a hard time taking deep breaths. Any time I do, I feel like I'm losing control of the breathing and it creates a panic mode. I always take shallow breaths to control this, but it still makes me a little uneasy. Probably should do some reading on it.

I feel a cold coming on, I'm hoping it isn't anything too serious...I want to maintain this focus. I'm feeling really good about my first week. Tomorrow is my first weigh-in for week 1. I'm nervous! I hope I do well!!

Off to sleep...