Brooks Pure Cadence update...

Last night I went out and hit the streets for my Walk/Jog/one-woman-sweat-fest.

Trying to run obese has it's own set of trials, let alone having to worry about your shoes!

Suffice to say, the Brooks Pure Cadence 2 shoes that I purchased are not the shoes for me!
On Saturday I noticed that my calves were burning. I chalked it up to being fat, like I do most things!
However, on Monday night when I started my run, I knew something just wasn't right.

My calves hurt IMMEDIATELY.
Literally, 15 seconds into the Warm-up portion of the workout. I got two blocks before turning around and heading home. I didn't even make it 10 minutes. I was in PAIN.
My calves were so tight and burning. They felt charlie horsed, if you know what I mean.

So then I spent the next half hour looking for my previous running shoes, the Nike Pegasus 28.

There isn't anything wrong my nikes shoes, per se, I just wanted to get a new pair and to have the best running experience possible! These rub my heels just a bit, so I will always need a band-aid/moleskin with them, which is a bummer.
But after I finally found them.. in the pantry of all places, I was determined to start my workout again.
The difference was obvious right away. No calf pain. I didn't even start feeling like I burned a little in the calves until like the 3rd run portion. Thank goodness!
Although I will admit to a little bit of shin pain in theses shoes that I had not experienced before. I assume it's because these aren't made for people who over-pronate.
Rather than starting the search for yet another pair of shoes, I will just buy some good inserts and stick with the Nikes.

I wish I could fully explain the horror of pain shooting through my calves when I was wearing the Brooks!! I know I am going to have a hell of a time trying to get the store to take them back. I'll probably end up with a credit on a gift card that I will never use. Serves me right I guess, buying something when I still had a perfectly good pair at home. Ugh.

I am just happy to have finished Week 1. I am on to Week 2 on Wednesday. Tonight I will do my strength training and my yoga video.

The weird thing that's been happening since starting this workout routine is that I haven't had many sugar cravings.
Weird, right? ! Who knows if it is directly related or if I am finally "getting it" in terms of trying to lose weight. Now if I could just drink all the water I am supposed to, I'd be on a real roll here, folks!