My first week of running, last week, was much harder than I expected. I kept the pace about the same, one mile under 8:30, but by the end of the week I was still struggling to finish that mile. Also, both my knees started to hurt a bit, so I took last Friday off from running, and picked up OT at work.
This week I've been stuck in the house watching the kids. So to get my exercise in, I started running the stairs in our apartment. There are 18 steps, which is about 14 feet in height. To keep it fun, I will run up and down the stairs for the first song, and then do pushups, sit ups and biceps on the second song. So far, I can do about 5 songs (3:30 each). I figured my total jogging distance is about half a mile with 140 feet of elevation gain. This is a great way to kick your butt into shape.
I've added a new breakfast to my diet called Rips Big Breakfast Bowl. Its from a diet book I got called The Engine Two Diet. It isn't too bad. Try It.
1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
1/4 cup Grape-Nuts or Ezekiel brand equivalent
1/4 cup bite-size shredded wheat
1/4 cup Uncle Sam Cereal
1 tablespoon ground flaxseed meal
2 tablespoons raisins
1/2 handful of walnuts
1 banana, sliced
1 kiwi, sliced
1 grapefruit
3/4 cup milk substitute of choice
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