Small Steps or Ginormous Leaps?

I am sitting here with certain proudness… I almost complete three miles this week.  Yes, I am so excited that I almost completed three miles on the treadmill this WEEK.  The mileage that a few months ago I would have counted as nothing more than a warm up to a bigger workout (in one go) is my accomplishment for the week.  Quite frankly, nothing could make me happier!

This week (I guess my weeks go from Monday to Sunday these days) I made it to the gym four times.  I had three weights days and one cardio day.  Monday I had a lazy day, my WET swimsuit stayed in my truck over night and was frozen and I refuse to put a frozen swimsuit on! I tried sitting on it to warm it up, but my butt got cold so I called it a day.  Tuesday was my first day back on a treadmill in MONTHS! Thanks to Coach Judy’s advice I set the treadmill for five minutes (ended up doing eight because of the cool-down) and made sure I did not go above 3.5 mph, and I felt pretty good.  After the treadmill I hit the weights, I cut all my former weights in half and figured that was a great starting point, then of course I did another eight minutes on the treadmill.  I was a little worried about how it was going to affect me, but I seemed to be ok.  Wednesday, with a dry (and warm) swimsuit I hit the pool.  I found out the pool was only 19 yards instead of the 25 I thought it was, but that is ok, I still got in and got my laps done  AFTER I did my daily five (eight) minutes on the treadmill.  Thursday was another “weights day” (treadmill, weights, treadmill).  Friday was a field trip with a friend to the VA hospital.  Saturday was a running in circles trying to get stuff done and then today I made it back to the gym for a weights day (my sister came with and hit the pool!!!!)

To some this might seem like small steps but I feel like I am making ginormous leaps in the direction I want to go!