After a week or so...

So I've started... Last week at home I started running and aiming to eat healthily. It was pretty tough at home running because it was so hilly and so I only managed a couple of runs of about 4km each, but burnt about 800 calories (or at least that was what Nike+ told me) doing them so that was quite good.
Since coming to University I went running on Monday morning, doing 3.24km and only burning just over 300 calories. This was a bit pathetic but I was knackered so decided to stop.
Then last night I went to the swimming pool with a couple of friends and did a bit of a workout there.
The workout involved:

1. 2 lengths Breaststroke using only your legs
2. 2 lengths Breaststroke using only your arms
3. 2 lengths Front Crawl using only your legs
4. 1 minute treading water with Breast Stroke legs
5. 30 seconds treading water by running on the spot
6. 30 seconds treading water with Front Crawl legs

And we did this twice, by the end of which I was truly knackered. This took about 20 minutes to do then we swam for a little bit to cool down. This workout absolutely killed me which was good, it really works your arms and legs but also your core muscles as you are constantly tensing them to try and keep your head out the water.
Then today I woke up at 7.30 and decided I was too comfy to go for a run. I got out of bed at 8.30 with the intention of going straight into the shower then getting breakfast. However someone was in the shower and I suddenly thought "you're not going to shift the fat by not running". So I got into my running gear and went for a nice run of about 4km and 400 calories and feel so much better for it! This is a picture of me after the run, a little sweaty...