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i'm finding that, slowly but surely, i'm improving by little baby steps at the gym. last monday when i started, i was doing 30 minutes on the treadmill, intervals of 60 second run/90 second walk. now i can do 45 minutes, 90 second run/60 second walk. doesn't sound like much, but for a couch potato and non-runner like me it's a big deal. the 90-second run is far from comfortable for me, i count down every second of it and my heart rate goes up to 90% of max... i know that as i keep progressing and have less weight to carry as i run, those running intervals will get easier to do.

this morning it was tough to get myself to the gym... i didn't sleep well last night, and my back and legs are sore from yesterday's workout. part of me was going "you need to rest your body for one day, sleep in until 6". but if the contestants on "the biggest loser" can work out 6 hours a day while they're carrying around hundreds of extra pounds, my lazy butt can do 45 minutes every morning. i can only imagine how sore those guys must be when they're doing the show, i can handle a little stiffness myself. nothing a little advil can't cure.

all i have to say is...

...homemade strawberry ice cream is the SHIZZLE.

wow is this stuff good. and easy to make! and even better is the fact that using lower-fat and lower-cal ingredients didn't ruin the texture like i'd thought... it made perfectly awesome strawberry-y goodness, with only 1 WW POINT for an entire cup of it! woo-hoo!!!!