Change of heart

I've decided that the whole scrapbooking blog thing isn't working out for me. I'm not very good about keeping it up to date and it's sort of boring (to other people, not to me of course!). Something that I'm passionate about right now is living a healthy lifestyle. So I'm going to blog about my adventures in being healthy. I am no expert in the matter, but I love learning about ways to be healthy and I thought that I could pass some of my learnings on.

I've never been a runner. I was always jealous of everyone who joined track and field for fun in high school. I never understood how running could be fun. Maybe it was because I was overweight, but I could never get into it. Whenever I went to the gym, I stuck to the elliptical trainer or bike, or I just went for walks outside. Off and on for years I've tried to get into running but I often became unmotivated and quit when I wasn't able to run for more than 2 minutes at a time.

Four weeks ago I signed up for a 5km run. So I've seriously been training for this ever since. I started out with intervals, 3 mins jogging, 2 mins walking and up until now I've been increasing my running time. Today I ran for 8 mins and walked for 1 minute, 3 times. I know that I'm not close to running for 30 mins straight yet, but I am proud of what I've been able to accomplish in a month. I love how I feel when I run and I am so proud of myself after every run because I'm doing something that I never thought I'd be able to do.

What are some of your exercise goals and how do you plan on accomplishing them?