weight 218 :/ saw a flash of 217 I really hope i have a loss this week.
Workout. Last BIG LONG one before the race! if fact one of only 2 workouts this week. I did 8 miles on the treadmill in 1:45:59 and yes that one second is important =) I decided I needed to actually put pressure on my foot. It is still broke and I do somehow manage to slam it into something everyday so who knows if it will ever heel! I will say it itched a ton this weekend so hopefully that is a sign that it is getting better. It hurt a little more then normal for about a quarter of a mile, and then that was pretty much it. I still felt it at different times, but nothing traumatic. It didn't turn blue or anything crazy so looks like I am in good shape for Sunday.
I can not BELIEVE that the half marathon is here already! I am def not the size or weight i wanted to be before I made this run. I started training in March and wanted to be down to 190 which at the time would have been a loss of 44 lbs, instead of a loss of 16 lbs. But hey it is what it is. I know that WW is working, I just have not been sticking to it as strictly as I need to. But, I am hoping that when the new start to the week for me happens on Wednesday my goal of not eating my weekly points will actually happen! Then again i will need to eat some none plan things for the marathon. But we shall see.
Anyway, hope everyone has a good week! Here's to weight loss!
~Till Later
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Nothing Taste....
Close you eyes, imagine your sparkly red shoes and click your heels together 3 times saying with me, "nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as thin feels", unfortunately when I open my I can still see all of my trigger foods. Blueberry pop tarts, Red Wine, cheesecake, chips!, hang on let me try again, "nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as McDonald's french fries fresh and hot"...oh wait that was wrong. "Nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as Blondie a la mod, covered with caramel sauce". Dammit!!! One last time "nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as thin feels, nothing taste as good as thin feels" I think I will have a Kiwi.
Yes I often actually have to say this to myself when making the choices on what to eat. Most of my trigger foods are not in the house, and can not even be a choice for me to eat, but I often will sit and think about them for hours. I think it is safe to say that i might even be a food addict! The longer this journey goes on the easier it is getting to say no. Adding WW to my life has made it even a little bit easier because I can not splurge every once in a while and have one. I also now know there point values and can decide if I think they are worth it or not. That is really helping to put things into perspective. I know it will get easier, I am just ready to get there. I have to keep reminding myself I didn't gain all this weight over night, I am not going to loss it overnight.
~Till Later
Yes I often actually have to say this to myself when making the choices on what to eat. Most of my trigger foods are not in the house, and can not even be a choice for me to eat, but I often will sit and think about them for hours. I think it is safe to say that i might even be a food addict! The longer this journey goes on the easier it is getting to say no. Adding WW to my life has made it even a little bit easier because I can not splurge every once in a while and have one. I also now know there point values and can decide if I think they are worth it or not. That is really helping to put things into perspective. I know it will get easier, I am just ready to get there. I have to keep reminding myself I didn't gain all this weight over night, I am not going to loss it overnight.
~Till Later
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Proverbial Wall
Ugh don't even want to talk about weight! I am super annoyed! It is like I gained 4 lbs overnight, how does that even happen? I am going to stay off the scale the next few days and see if it gets any better. Finger crossed because I am just angry now!
The Wall
I have been attending the gym on and off for close to 3 years. I would say more on then off, in fact I would go as far as to say that I have not gone longer then 2 weeks without going to the gym at least once. That being said it has been 2 years since I have been in a good workout routine. When I started this blog the end of June I have been very consistent. In fact most of this summer I was pretty consistent. Now that school is back in session and there is no reason for me to not be at the gym at least Mon-Thursday that is my for sure workout schedule. I am trying to make it on Friday's as well to meet up with a friend and i know there is no way I will make it on the weekends. I am just too spent from the week and my kids have activities going on and if I don't go in the morning, that pretty much means I am not going.
Ok back to the subject here...THE WALL!!! Ugh it was a struggle this week. All week to workout. I only did the elliptical all week which I know is still a really good workout, I was still burning between750 and 900 calories a workout, again good. However, each day I am battling with myself the whole time. Today was the worst! I didn't want to go to the gym to begin with. Then once there I argued with myself the whole time I was on the machine. 1st I left my speech book at home so I had decided I would just do a quick workout and go home so I could so some studying since I forgot the book. But i wanted to hit a 5k before a certain time, I didn't do it so then I argued over getting off the machine with myself at a certain calorie count, then I was so close to a certain time I decided to stay on till I reached the time limit, then I decided within that time limit I needed to have burned a certain amount of calories. I failed each goal and once I hit the 10 min left mark I figured well I only have 10 min left might as well do my full hour and 5 mile workout. So I did.
I hit that wall everyday. The wall of I just don't want to do this anymore. i can think of a million things I need to be doing other then being at the gym. The truth is I wouldn't be doing them though if I wasn't at the gym. I would be procrastinating doing something else. I don't know if that wall will ever go away, or if I will have to fight with myself everyday I go to the gym. I guess if you want it you have to fight for it. I know I feel guilty days I don't go to the gym and at least get my hour in. I have been feeling guilty not getting my hour in a half in. I am ready to get back to running and building that back up because I know that i will see more change when I can run again, but my foot is still hurting. As much as I am looking forward to the half marathon next weekend, I am kind of hoping Irene makes then put the race off to a different weekend =/. But I don't want the storm to hurt anyone, so I don't want it to sound like that. Just maybe that there is some trees down on the roads that they don't have time to move or something.
Well, that blog was random and all over the place. But I have no doubts I am far from alone. I am thinking about trying to add in a 2nd workout a day (I know with what free time I am not sure). But the Jillian Michal's 30 day shred is a quick workout that really does get results and i could add it in easy as it is only 27 minutes. I also need to add weights back in to my workout soon, I'm just not a fan of the machines at the Y we are members of now but I guess I will do that as soon as the half marathon is over. I need to focus on building up to 2 hour workouts a day or as close to as I can get and maybe a 2nd workout. When you have 80 lbs to loss you have to get serious.
This was long! Deep breath, I am back on track as of now. I will not worry about the fact that I burned most of my weekly points the last 2 days. I will stay on points the rest of the week. I will plan out better what I will eat, and I will avoid the "quick" bit of this and that. Fingers crossed for a loss next week!
~Till Later
The Wall
I have been attending the gym on and off for close to 3 years. I would say more on then off, in fact I would go as far as to say that I have not gone longer then 2 weeks without going to the gym at least once. That being said it has been 2 years since I have been in a good workout routine. When I started this blog the end of June I have been very consistent. In fact most of this summer I was pretty consistent. Now that school is back in session and there is no reason for me to not be at the gym at least Mon-Thursday that is my for sure workout schedule. I am trying to make it on Friday's as well to meet up with a friend and i know there is no way I will make it on the weekends. I am just too spent from the week and my kids have activities going on and if I don't go in the morning, that pretty much means I am not going.
Ok back to the subject here...THE WALL!!! Ugh it was a struggle this week. All week to workout. I only did the elliptical all week which I know is still a really good workout, I was still burning between750 and 900 calories a workout, again good. However, each day I am battling with myself the whole time. Today was the worst! I didn't want to go to the gym to begin with. Then once there I argued with myself the whole time I was on the machine. 1st I left my speech book at home so I had decided I would just do a quick workout and go home so I could so some studying since I forgot the book. But i wanted to hit a 5k before a certain time, I didn't do it so then I argued over getting off the machine with myself at a certain calorie count, then I was so close to a certain time I decided to stay on till I reached the time limit, then I decided within that time limit I needed to have burned a certain amount of calories. I failed each goal and once I hit the 10 min left mark I figured well I only have 10 min left might as well do my full hour and 5 mile workout. So I did.
I hit that wall everyday. The wall of I just don't want to do this anymore. i can think of a million things I need to be doing other then being at the gym. The truth is I wouldn't be doing them though if I wasn't at the gym. I would be procrastinating doing something else. I don't know if that wall will ever go away, or if I will have to fight with myself everyday I go to the gym. I guess if you want it you have to fight for it. I know I feel guilty days I don't go to the gym and at least get my hour in. I have been feeling guilty not getting my hour in a half in. I am ready to get back to running and building that back up because I know that i will see more change when I can run again, but my foot is still hurting. As much as I am looking forward to the half marathon next weekend, I am kind of hoping Irene makes then put the race off to a different weekend =/. But I don't want the storm to hurt anyone, so I don't want it to sound like that. Just maybe that there is some trees down on the roads that they don't have time to move or something.
Well, that blog was random and all over the place. But I have no doubts I am far from alone. I am thinking about trying to add in a 2nd workout a day (I know with what free time I am not sure). But the Jillian Michal's 30 day shred is a quick workout that really does get results and i could add it in easy as it is only 27 minutes. I also need to add weights back in to my workout soon, I'm just not a fan of the machines at the Y we are members of now but I guess I will do that as soon as the half marathon is over. I need to focus on building up to 2 hour workouts a day or as close to as I can get and maybe a 2nd workout. When you have 80 lbs to loss you have to get serious.
This was long! Deep breath, I am back on track as of now. I will not worry about the fact that I burned most of my weekly points the last 2 days. I will stay on points the rest of the week. I will plan out better what I will eat, and I will avoid the "quick" bit of this and that. Fingers crossed for a loss next week!
~Till Later
Weigh IN!
218!!! Down 2 from last week so I will take it.Only 1 lb down from last Thursday, but down 2 from my "offical" weigh in days. I is 12:30 here and i just wrapped up a long night of history so I am going to have to write later...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Weekend
Just a quick update. Went out of town this weekend, didn't again any weight! Impressed. Now just hoping that I see more then a loss of 1 on Wednesday so here is hoping for that!
~Till Later
~Till Later
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Quick update on life!
Weight 219!
Workout elliptical 1 hr, bike 30 min, totally calorie burn 1,026. I started tracking calories for weight watchers. For every 80 calories burned, you earn one activity point. SO to say that I am kicking it in the gym is an understatement so I hope it starts to translate into some results.
The Weight Watchers thing is going pretty good. I haven't really made any weight watchers recipes or anything. I have basically just been finding things in the house and eating them. I did buy some weight watchers cheese, 1 point tortillas, and a few low fat/fat free things that i knew were low in points and then veggies and fruits to eat. It has been going pretty well though. I think next week will be the true test to whether or not I am losing weight. I think I would have re-bounded to 220 anyway. Granted this evening I weighed in a 219 and I even saw a glips of 218! I think I need to get one of those scales that weights the ounces. That is after all what they weigh you in on at weight watchers and it might be good to see even ounces go down over the days. That will have to wait till next pay day for sure. It has been nice to eat what the family eats which I couldn't do on low carb so that has helped. I did get a scale to weigh some of the food so I can stay on track when calculating points. Last night I had a Junior League meeting at the mellow mushroom and couldn't find points totals for what I was going to eat anywhere. I just counting it as a lot! LOL! And kept it to a minimum. I had 2 slices of a veggie pizza and am amazing Greek salad!
My life is crazy right now. Between my son being back in school, working out, and the 2 classes I am taking I am pretty much in a constant state of stress. over the next 8 weeks post may be minimal due to the amount of course work I have going on. Since they are mini mesters I am pretty much considered a full time student along with everything else in life.
Ok kids are screaming gotta run!
~Till layter
Workout elliptical 1 hr, bike 30 min, totally calorie burn 1,026. I started tracking calories for weight watchers. For every 80 calories burned, you earn one activity point. SO to say that I am kicking it in the gym is an understatement so I hope it starts to translate into some results.
The Weight Watchers thing is going pretty good. I haven't really made any weight watchers recipes or anything. I have basically just been finding things in the house and eating them. I did buy some weight watchers cheese, 1 point tortillas, and a few low fat/fat free things that i knew were low in points and then veggies and fruits to eat. It has been going pretty well though. I think next week will be the true test to whether or not I am losing weight. I think I would have re-bounded to 220 anyway. Granted this evening I weighed in a 219 and I even saw a glips of 218! I think I need to get one of those scales that weights the ounces. That is after all what they weigh you in on at weight watchers and it might be good to see even ounces go down over the days. That will have to wait till next pay day for sure. It has been nice to eat what the family eats which I couldn't do on low carb so that has helped. I did get a scale to weigh some of the food so I can stay on track when calculating points. Last night I had a Junior League meeting at the mellow mushroom and couldn't find points totals for what I was going to eat anywhere. I just counting it as a lot! LOL! And kept it to a minimum. I had 2 slices of a veggie pizza and am amazing Greek salad!
My life is crazy right now. Between my son being back in school, working out, and the 2 classes I am taking I am pretty much in a constant state of stress. over the next 8 weeks post may be minimal due to the amount of course work I have going on. Since they are mini mesters I am pretty much considered a full time student along with everything else in life.
Ok kids are screaming gotta run!
~Till layter
Too Tierd
Too Tired to post
but weigh in 220 and did and hour on the elliptical and 20 min on the bike. Foot is still broken but felt ok.
~Till Later
but weigh in 220 and did and hour on the elliptical and 20 min on the bike. Foot is still broken but felt ok.
~Till Later
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
New Plan
WEIGHT: 221, but I am ok with that as of now
EXERCISE: well I broke my foot. Yep you read that correctly I broke my foot. I broke a small bone at the bottom of my pinkie toe, It hurst like hell and I haven't been to the gym since it happened on Friday night. Dr said I am ok to workout as long as I stick to non impact (so back to the no running). Ughgh! SO the half marathon is in just a few weeks to say that I am stressed is not the full view of my life right now. SO I will get back to the gym tomorrow when my son goes back to school and we will see how things go. I did cut the grass on Saturday and that seemed to be ok with my shoes on. It was a pain to get the shoe on, but after that it felt ok.
LIFE: SO I started classes back on Monday. I am taking 2 classes over the next 8 weeks and the amount of work I have is insane! I keep telling myself there is an end goal. After these 2 classes I only have one more class and I can start the graduate program (THANK YOU LORD!) But between a husband who has an insane schedule, 2 kids, essentially being a full time student again, cleaning the house, endless laundry, trying to lose weight, and a whole laundry list of to dos that never get done...it is just exhausting to even think about.
NEW PLAN: I ditched the no carb/low carb. Although I still think it is the best and the easiest way to diet to get results so that I stay focused, I also realized that in my current life I can not stay focused on it. And with low carb you have to stay focused and you can't cheat all the time or it doesn't work. hence the meager weight loss over the past 6 months. Taking a look at everything and trying to decide what I could afford, what I thought would work, and how desperate I felt I decided to give Weight Watchers another go.
I did weight watchers about 10 years ago when I was in college and was about to get married (didn't get married then but got really thin). It seemed to work well and was easy enough. The only problem was I didn't really changed what I ate, I just basically curtailed my eating and used all my points to eat bad for you stuff and to drink. I still lost an insane about of weight, but didn't do much for me down the road. They have a new program now, still a points program, but the points are all different. I even have more points to eat. It is weird. I am sure once i get the hang of it everything will be ok. It does has an awesome Iphone ap I got for free and that has made finding things to eat super easy. Plus all the restaurant guides are listed in the ap so I didn't have to buy the books! I don't even have to plan in advance or keep anything on me since the ap is in my phone and we all always have our phone. Fingers crossed this is the ticket. I was up to 225 this week! But am back down to 221 and I have read that a lot fo people gain a few the 1st week, and i kind of figured I might just due to the switch in how I was eating so I am ok with that. Hopefully my foot will not hinder me for too long. SO far I have been doing ok. The first day was crazy and I burned a lot fo my weekly points and i have still been using some each day as I figure out what thinks I can eat and find new stuff to incorporate. Hopefully in a few weeks I will have some go to foods and a good idea of the new points system. I really plan not to use my weekly point totals unless it is for a special event, like a holiday, or anniversary or wedding cake =) I found a great coupon online for the program. I paid $45 for the plan sign up and for the 1st 3 months. After that it will be $17.95 a month. I opted not to go to the meetings because they are $12 a week and $31 to join and I just couldn't justify it. Especially when I know how busy I am going to be to begin with and know that the meetings will be super hard to make it to. Going to meetings and weighing in is probably the better way to go, I just couldn't do it right now.
So wish me luck!
~Till Later
EXERCISE: well I broke my foot. Yep you read that correctly I broke my foot. I broke a small bone at the bottom of my pinkie toe, It hurst like hell and I haven't been to the gym since it happened on Friday night. Dr said I am ok to workout as long as I stick to non impact (so back to the no running). Ughgh! SO the half marathon is in just a few weeks to say that I am stressed is not the full view of my life right now. SO I will get back to the gym tomorrow when my son goes back to school and we will see how things go. I did cut the grass on Saturday and that seemed to be ok with my shoes on. It was a pain to get the shoe on, but after that it felt ok.
LIFE: SO I started classes back on Monday. I am taking 2 classes over the next 8 weeks and the amount of work I have is insane! I keep telling myself there is an end goal. After these 2 classes I only have one more class and I can start the graduate program (THANK YOU LORD!) But between a husband who has an insane schedule, 2 kids, essentially being a full time student again, cleaning the house, endless laundry, trying to lose weight, and a whole laundry list of to dos that never get done...it is just exhausting to even think about.
NEW PLAN: I ditched the no carb/low carb. Although I still think it is the best and the easiest way to diet to get results so that I stay focused, I also realized that in my current life I can not stay focused on it. And with low carb you have to stay focused and you can't cheat all the time or it doesn't work. hence the meager weight loss over the past 6 months. Taking a look at everything and trying to decide what I could afford, what I thought would work, and how desperate I felt I decided to give Weight Watchers another go.
I did weight watchers about 10 years ago when I was in college and was about to get married (didn't get married then but got really thin). It seemed to work well and was easy enough. The only problem was I didn't really changed what I ate, I just basically curtailed my eating and used all my points to eat bad for you stuff and to drink. I still lost an insane about of weight, but didn't do much for me down the road. They have a new program now, still a points program, but the points are all different. I even have more points to eat. It is weird. I am sure once i get the hang of it everything will be ok. It does has an awesome Iphone ap I got for free and that has made finding things to eat super easy. Plus all the restaurant guides are listed in the ap so I didn't have to buy the books! I don't even have to plan in advance or keep anything on me since the ap is in my phone and we all always have our phone. Fingers crossed this is the ticket. I was up to 225 this week! But am back down to 221 and I have read that a lot fo people gain a few the 1st week, and i kind of figured I might just due to the switch in how I was eating so I am ok with that. Hopefully my foot will not hinder me for too long. SO far I have been doing ok. The first day was crazy and I burned a lot fo my weekly points and i have still been using some each day as I figure out what thinks I can eat and find new stuff to incorporate. Hopefully in a few weeks I will have some go to foods and a good idea of the new points system. I really plan not to use my weekly point totals unless it is for a special event, like a holiday, or anniversary or wedding cake =) I found a great coupon online for the program. I paid $45 for the plan sign up and for the 1st 3 months. After that it will be $17.95 a month. I opted not to go to the meetings because they are $12 a week and $31 to join and I just couldn't justify it. Especially when I know how busy I am going to be to begin with and know that the meetings will be super hard to make it to. Going to meetings and weighing in is probably the better way to go, I just couldn't do it right now.
So wish me luck!
~Till Later
Thursday, August 11, 2011
My Low Carb Philosophy
Weight: 220 pretty sure I will see it all over the place this week so we shall see, but I knew it would drop due to the wrong timing.
Exercise: Not quit my 11 minute mile again today. I was on a different elliptical again, but I was pretty proud of myself. I stuck it out and did my full work out. 6 miles on the elliptical. Took 1:13:00 so 12.16 min miles. Then I wrapped up with a mile run at 11:34 on the treadmill. My legs were feeling good. A few twinges when I got going but they settled down quick. I hit a block at 4.5 on the elliptical but I made myself push through. It was a 7 mile kind of day.
I know I mentioned when I first started this blog that I low carb. I have been eating a little of this and a little of that so I have not been seeing the results I know I should see. Hence why there are some BIG changes coming my way and soon! Like yesterday =)! Anyway, I use the basics of low carb. However, I don't eat steak and bacon all the time. I also allow myself to eat and as much as I want to when it comes to green veggies. That whole 2 cup of green veggies is for the birds! If I am dying for some fruit I allow myself to have green apples. For the most part I focus on lean meats and green veggies which really if you think about it is what most diets put you on I just don't allow myself any pasta, bread, or sweets. With some of the changes I have in mind that I will be doing soon this diet plan may change. I am obviously not seeing results, but I also am not staying true to myself. I am still allowing myself a glass of wine, a beer, diet soda, and will have a bite of this or that...so needless to say it is time to get real about this! I have been doing great with getting my exercise on, but it is time to get the food on track.
So I will continue on with the Low Carb plan till after the Half Marathon September 4th. If I am still not showing any results then I am thinking I may look into Weight Watchers and start tracking points. It just depends though. Part of me is like if I am going to spend the money I should just get on the physicians plan again. I know it works, I know I can follow it, and really if WW is $10 a week it would only cost me around $30 a month more. I guess time will tell and we will have to wait and see.
~Till Later
Exercise: Not quit my 11 minute mile again today. I was on a different elliptical again, but I was pretty proud of myself. I stuck it out and did my full work out. 6 miles on the elliptical. Took 1:13:00 so 12.16 min miles. Then I wrapped up with a mile run at 11:34 on the treadmill. My legs were feeling good. A few twinges when I got going but they settled down quick. I hit a block at 4.5 on the elliptical but I made myself push through. It was a 7 mile kind of day.
I know I mentioned when I first started this blog that I low carb. I have been eating a little of this and a little of that so I have not been seeing the results I know I should see. Hence why there are some BIG changes coming my way and soon! Like yesterday =)! Anyway, I use the basics of low carb. However, I don't eat steak and bacon all the time. I also allow myself to eat and as much as I want to when it comes to green veggies. That whole 2 cup of green veggies is for the birds! If I am dying for some fruit I allow myself to have green apples. For the most part I focus on lean meats and green veggies which really if you think about it is what most diets put you on I just don't allow myself any pasta, bread, or sweets. With some of the changes I have in mind that I will be doing soon this diet plan may change. I am obviously not seeing results, but I also am not staying true to myself. I am still allowing myself a glass of wine, a beer, diet soda, and will have a bite of this or that...so needless to say it is time to get real about this! I have been doing great with getting my exercise on, but it is time to get the food on track.
So I will continue on with the Low Carb plan till after the Half Marathon September 4th. If I am still not showing any results then I am thinking I may look into Weight Watchers and start tracking points. It just depends though. Part of me is like if I am going to spend the money I should just get on the physicians plan again. I know it works, I know I can follow it, and really if WW is $10 a week it would only cost me around $30 a month more. I guess time will tell and we will have to wait and see.
~Till Later
I'm Back!
weight: 223 (+3 but there is one week every month that I go up between 3-5 lbs so I am thinking that is my issue, Hears to hoping.) SO basically 3rd week in a row at 220..ugh hope I bust through this soon!
Exercise: Spot on. I think the elliptical I was using all last week has issues. I was spot on my 11 minute miles today. 4 miles in 44 minutes. I was sweating up a storm and really wanted to do 6 and then run a mile, but we had a super late start and were going to a friends for a play date so I did 4 and checked out.
The visit home was nice. It is hard to be around my 2 insanely small sisters and everyone clam that I am looking like I have lost weight. I don't think 7 lbs shows up that much we have this much to lose. I did pretty good till i had some wedding cake. Then the drive home I had a friend sandwich. But it is a new week and I am more focused then ever. I am making some new plans and some new goals and will be busting my butt. My son starts school next week and I know life will start to regulate more soon.
~Till Later
Exercise: Spot on. I think the elliptical I was using all last week has issues. I was spot on my 11 minute miles today. 4 miles in 44 minutes. I was sweating up a storm and really wanted to do 6 and then run a mile, but we had a super late start and were going to a friends for a play date so I did 4 and checked out.
The visit home was nice. It is hard to be around my 2 insanely small sisters and everyone clam that I am looking like I have lost weight. I don't think 7 lbs shows up that much we have this much to lose. I did pretty good till i had some wedding cake. Then the drive home I had a friend sandwich. But it is a new week and I am more focused then ever. I am making some new plans and some new goals and will be busting my butt. My son starts school next week and I know life will start to regulate more soon.
~Till Later
Thursday, August 4, 2011
It's that time of the week
Weigh In: 220! Ya! Although I am sure it will be gone again tomorrow. So since we are leaving to go out of town I am not even going to weigh again tomorrow so I don't get down about it going back up and say what the heck while I am visiting family. Instead I will use being out of my comfort zone to stay focused!!!
Workout: 4 miles 48:30..on the elliptical not sure where my 11 minutes miles went. I was killing myself today to try to stay on pace and I was dying! And this is not a new workout regimen! The woman on the treadmill said something to me when I hoped off really quick to grab the gym remote to change the channel after the guy watching MSNBC left (who can watch the news when they are working out? I am trying to take the frustration I already have out on the machine not get even more frustrated by watching the news!) Anyway, she was like wow you are really moving on that thing. I laughed and said yea and I am running behind. She looked at me like I was nuts! After 4 on the elliptical I ran a mile on the treadmill. Again it was easy 5.00 12 min mile pace. I didn't feel the twinge in my knee till about the half mile mark, so I know it really is just getting everything back use to the pressure of running (if I would drop some more weight I know it will be so much easier) around .75 I felt a pull in my ankle and almost panicked. But again I think it is the same as the knee so I finished up even though I so wanted to Pound out the last quarter of a mile. Jack that treadmill up to a 7 mil and hour pace and really feel the burn. But I guess I need to take it slow =(
There is so much I want to talk about but just don't have the time. I will be doing most of the driving tomorrow night when my husband gets off work and I need to get a lot done tomorrow so no sleeping in. I don't want to push myself too hard w/o enough sleep. I'm hoping I can get going 1st thing in the morning and get my workout done. Take the kids to the bounce house, come home load up the car and lay down and take a nap...I may have to ax the bounce house so I can be sure to get in a nap. I know my 4 yr old will watch a movie and my 1 yr old will nap if I lay with her, so I may just have to do it.
~Till Later
Workout: 4 miles 48:30..on the elliptical not sure where my 11 minutes miles went. I was killing myself today to try to stay on pace and I was dying! And this is not a new workout regimen! The woman on the treadmill said something to me when I hoped off really quick to grab the gym remote to change the channel after the guy watching MSNBC left (who can watch the news when they are working out? I am trying to take the frustration I already have out on the machine not get even more frustrated by watching the news!) Anyway, she was like wow you are really moving on that thing. I laughed and said yea and I am running behind. She looked at me like I was nuts! After 4 on the elliptical I ran a mile on the treadmill. Again it was easy 5.00 12 min mile pace. I didn't feel the twinge in my knee till about the half mile mark, so I know it really is just getting everything back use to the pressure of running (if I would drop some more weight I know it will be so much easier) around .75 I felt a pull in my ankle and almost panicked. But again I think it is the same as the knee so I finished up even though I so wanted to Pound out the last quarter of a mile. Jack that treadmill up to a 7 mil and hour pace and really feel the burn. But I guess I need to take it slow =(
There is so much I want to talk about but just don't have the time. I will be doing most of the driving tomorrow night when my husband gets off work and I need to get a lot done tomorrow so no sleeping in. I don't want to push myself too hard w/o enough sleep. I'm hoping I can get going 1st thing in the morning and get my workout done. Take the kids to the bounce house, come home load up the car and lay down and take a nap...I may have to ax the bounce house so I can be sure to get in a nap. I know my 4 yr old will watch a movie and my 1 yr old will nap if I lay with her, so I may just have to do it.
~Till Later
Monday, August 1, 2011
I can RUN again =/
Today's weight:222
Today's workout: Slow and unfocused. 4 miles in 50 min on the elliptical, and a mile on the mill at 5.5
I was benched 6 weeks ago from running. I have recurring shin splints in my right leg. Funny how things work out. I am trying to lose weight, yet because of my weight my workout is causing my body harm. Seems like a catch 22.
Anyway, I was cleared to start running again today, but reminded to take it slow. Really really slow. The trainer at my gym said a mile 3 days a week for 2 weeks then I can up it by .5 a mile a week, no running more then 4 days a week and if I feel anything I need to extend the time at each interval. Not exactly the words I wanted to hear. I am running a half marathon September 4th!!!
Well, I am obviously not running it. They give you 4 hours to complete it and even at a 15 minute mile I should finish in less the 3:30 hours. It just isn't what I was hoping for. Part of me thinks I will still try to run it =/ I know not a smart statement. What good does it do me to run it, just to injure myself that day and be sat out again. I am just ANGRY about it! I have been training for 6 months for this and my FAT ASS is what is keeping me from doing it! I think the most frustrating part of it, is that I am capable of running that far. When I got injured I was running 5 miles a day 5 days a week in 55 minutes! I was breaking a sweat, but the only reason I was stopping was I only have 2 free hours of child watch at the gym and would need to shower and get dressed because there is no way to do that at home with both kiddos. I was well on my way to a VERY successful run with an estimated finish less then 3 hrs. I know it is still a success. I know it is going to be fun and I am going to be glad I did it. Now I can complete it with my friend Amy who never had any desire to run the whole thing, yet planned to interval the race. But I am still disappointed.
Part of me doesn't get it. About 3 years ago I started this weight loss journey at almost the same place (about 15 lbs higher around 240). I did a plan at my local Dr. office that put you on a modified carb diet (which I am using again), they gave you and appetite suppressant (which I only used for 6 weeks) but then you got the b12 injections (OMG MISS THEM!!!). I did great! I was losing any where form 8-10 lbs a month did the plan for 6 months and lost 54 lbs. I was also running. I learned that the elliptical didn't do much for me. I guess although I am fat, I have always been active and the elliptical wasn't cardiovascular challenging enough. Both of my super thin sisters run (I'll blog about them later) so I developed a 5k a day workout. I ran a 5k a day 5 days a week. It took me maybe a month & a half to build up to it and that was is it. I stayed on that course hard and heavy for close to a year. I hate to run, I still hate to run. But I LOVE what it does for me and for my body! As much as I hate it, I love the way I feel when I am done with a run, I loved all my new size 12 clothes I bought from Express, I loved the way my husband couldn't keep his hands of of me, I just LOVED the way I felt! All the time! I still wanted to loose about 30 more lbs. But I knew those last few would be the hardest and I knew I could do it, but I got pregnant. Don't get me wrong we were trying, I wanted that baby girl =) but between our move to a new base, and a few weeks not staying focused I gained back 16lbs overnight, then I had gotten out of my grove and then was pregnant chasing a 2 yr old so I was exhausted. So needless to say workouts out the window. At least I stay focused on my eating and didn't gain the 60lbs I did with my son, I still gained 30, added to the 16 I had already gained, and the 30 I still needed to loss. Hence where I am a year later ( a year after the baby, 3 yrs from the original start).
Ok pretty sure I just rambled on about something. So the long and the short is I can run again. I was off my game at the gym and was running pretty slow on the elliptical tonight and not really sure why. I was running a 12.5 min mile when I am usually at 10-11. SO I cut my workout short. I had completed 4 miles in 50 minutes, then hoped on a treadmill and completed a mile in 12. Its my standard go to pace. It is slow and easy. I ran with ease. I feel a tinge in my left knee, but i am sure that is my 222 lbs coming back down on it and it has been a few weeks since I have been running. I wanted to keep going, as much as I hate running. I just know it works! But I will do my best to heed my trainer and my doctors advice. I will take it slow. I want to be running again, I want to become a runner, I mean have you ever meet a fat runner?
Today's workout: Slow and unfocused. 4 miles in 50 min on the elliptical, and a mile on the mill at 5.5
I was benched 6 weeks ago from running. I have recurring shin splints in my right leg. Funny how things work out. I am trying to lose weight, yet because of my weight my workout is causing my body harm. Seems like a catch 22.
Anyway, I was cleared to start running again today, but reminded to take it slow. Really really slow. The trainer at my gym said a mile 3 days a week for 2 weeks then I can up it by .5 a mile a week, no running more then 4 days a week and if I feel anything I need to extend the time at each interval. Not exactly the words I wanted to hear. I am running a half marathon September 4th!!!
Well, I am obviously not running it. They give you 4 hours to complete it and even at a 15 minute mile I should finish in less the 3:30 hours. It just isn't what I was hoping for. Part of me thinks I will still try to run it =/ I know not a smart statement. What good does it do me to run it, just to injure myself that day and be sat out again. I am just ANGRY about it! I have been training for 6 months for this and my FAT ASS is what is keeping me from doing it! I think the most frustrating part of it, is that I am capable of running that far. When I got injured I was running 5 miles a day 5 days a week in 55 minutes! I was breaking a sweat, but the only reason I was stopping was I only have 2 free hours of child watch at the gym and would need to shower and get dressed because there is no way to do that at home with both kiddos. I was well on my way to a VERY successful run with an estimated finish less then 3 hrs. I know it is still a success. I know it is going to be fun and I am going to be glad I did it. Now I can complete it with my friend Amy who never had any desire to run the whole thing, yet planned to interval the race. But I am still disappointed.
Part of me doesn't get it. About 3 years ago I started this weight loss journey at almost the same place (about 15 lbs higher around 240). I did a plan at my local Dr. office that put you on a modified carb diet (which I am using again), they gave you and appetite suppressant (which I only used for 6 weeks) but then you got the b12 injections (OMG MISS THEM!!!). I did great! I was losing any where form 8-10 lbs a month did the plan for 6 months and lost 54 lbs. I was also running. I learned that the elliptical didn't do much for me. I guess although I am fat, I have always been active and the elliptical wasn't cardiovascular challenging enough. Both of my super thin sisters run (I'll blog about them later) so I developed a 5k a day workout. I ran a 5k a day 5 days a week. It took me maybe a month & a half to build up to it and that was is it. I stayed on that course hard and heavy for close to a year. I hate to run, I still hate to run. But I LOVE what it does for me and for my body! As much as I hate it, I love the way I feel when I am done with a run, I loved all my new size 12 clothes I bought from Express, I loved the way my husband couldn't keep his hands of of me, I just LOVED the way I felt! All the time! I still wanted to loose about 30 more lbs. But I knew those last few would be the hardest and I knew I could do it, but I got pregnant. Don't get me wrong we were trying, I wanted that baby girl =) but between our move to a new base, and a few weeks not staying focused I gained back 16lbs overnight, then I had gotten out of my grove and then was pregnant chasing a 2 yr old so I was exhausted. So needless to say workouts out the window. At least I stay focused on my eating and didn't gain the 60lbs I did with my son, I still gained 30, added to the 16 I had already gained, and the 30 I still needed to loss. Hence where I am a year later ( a year after the baby, 3 yrs from the original start).
Ok pretty sure I just rambled on about something. So the long and the short is I can run again. I was off my game at the gym and was running pretty slow on the elliptical tonight and not really sure why. I was running a 12.5 min mile when I am usually at 10-11. SO I cut my workout short. I had completed 4 miles in 50 minutes, then hoped on a treadmill and completed a mile in 12. Its my standard go to pace. It is slow and easy. I ran with ease. I feel a tinge in my left knee, but i am sure that is my 222 lbs coming back down on it and it has been a few weeks since I have been running. I wanted to keep going, as much as I hate running. I just know it works! But I will do my best to heed my trainer and my doctors advice. I will take it slow. I want to be running again, I want to become a runner, I mean have you ever meet a fat runner?
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