Younger (and more attractive) sister here. Here's our first blog post - a recap of my day. We'll see if poor stressed-out tired older sis has enough time to do hers!

BREAKFAST: For breakfast today I had a nice bowl of oatmeal w/ flax seed. I added 2 tbsp. Whipped cottage cheese (soooo good), 1/4 cup water, 1 small sliced apple, and 1 tsp. of Naturally More Peanut Butter. I also had a glass of skim milk (about 1 cup). It definitely kept me full for a few hours.

The training program we've decided to go with is the Galloway Plan (http://www.jeffgalloway.com/)- with a little bit of our own variation/adjustment where we need it.

Today begins the actual running portion of our plan. We will run for 16 minutes total - walking 2 minutes, running 2 minutes, and we'll do a set of walk/run 4 times (obviously to equal 16). Although I feel like 16 minutes is too little of a time to run, I'm going to listen to the experts instead of my intuition because I definitely want to avoid injury! If I feel I can go for a little longer, I may, but we'll see. Hopefully by doing things the right way, we won't lose motivation and can keep going until we're running for much longer and with much shorter breaks. I recently started doing a lot more walking (at least 30 minutes everyday, even on exercise days) and I'm hoping to stick with that as long as the weather permits it. It's been really nice actually, to have 30 minutes to myself that aren't strenuous but relaxing, giving me some time to clear my head. I don't know if Erin will be doing this, but its completely up to you Jay Jay!

As for now, I'm off to school. I'm hoping to squeeze in the 15 minute run in between my two Kidsports classes today. Ahh, how I love teaching young, extremey energetic kids the basics of sports. Actually, I really do love my job, even if its slightly frustrating sometimes.

SNACK: During the morning, I had a Kashi Peanut Butter bar with a few almonds to hold me over to lunch.

LUNCH: Lunch was two slices of whole wheat bread with 2 tbsp hummus and a CHIKN veggie pattie. I also had a banana.

So in between my break between Kidsports classes, I did go for my 16 minute run (plus a 30min walk after) and here's the scoop:

First Run

Duration: 16 minutes

Method: 2min intervals run/walk.

Location: Manhattan's Crowded Streets!!

How it felt: Since I typically use the treadmill at the gym it was really easy. Running for 2 minutes at a comfortable pace for me isn't too hard. The only problem was the extremely crowded streets of Manhattan. I didn't have enough time to go to Central Park, which would have been ideal for running, so I had to maneuver my way around random streets (and people!!).

Bottom Line: Next time ill save my break for simple walking and relaxing, and switch my run to morning or evening where there isn't so much foot traffic!!

SNACK: After my Kidsports class, I had a quick Luna Bar (Nutz Over Chocolate) since I'm expecting to eat a late dinner tonight.

I'm off to tend to the puppy, as she has just discovered a slightly-opened window in my bedroom (on the fourth floor of our house).

Bye Byeeee

Case