Day 6

Yesterday I did my third set of intervals on the treadmill, and while they are wreaking havoc on my back, they appear to be the magic promised. When I started I weighed in at 155.5ish, and yesterday I weighed in at 153. Ummm, is that possible? And consider that the longest I have spent on the treadmill with a warm-up and cool-down has been 30 minutes. The treadmill says the most I have burned it 290 calories, and I don't do other exercise accept for walking the dog because the intervals work their magic during the rest period in between workouts. It's crazy cool. Yes, I have been better about eating as well, but most of this has to be the intervals. So even though my sciatica is not happy and my stomach is angry from all the Advil, even though I used a whole pack of icy-hot patches, a bunch of horse aspercream, ice packs and my heating pad, plus stretches, all just to get back to good enough to run again, it is TOTALLY worth it!