Workout: 3.0 miles on the treadmill
pace: 6.0/10:00
(also ran 3.5 miles on Thursday)
Really had wanted to run 6 miles today, but didn't get up in time to do it. Busy day today because we're leaving for a week tomorrow morning - and we have a graduation party this afternoon, so have to get everything ready and done by 3ish. Could have run 6 if I had gotten up just a little earlier, but Dave and I have had a hard time getting up early this summer... girls going to bed later, we go to bed later. Oh well - it'll get better when school starts.
Didn't have the best run - stopped pretty early to get a drink of water... was running on an empty stomach right after waking up, so I didn't care. I felt pretty sluggish in the beginning, so I knew it was going to be a mentally difficult run. But I ran. And thats what matters.
Thursday I ran 3 1/2 miles with stopping to take a break - first time I've done that since I stopped running in March. I was extremely pleased with that.
Have not done pushups since Tuesday. Just haven't been motivated to do it. Vacation next week - not sure if we'll have room to pack running clothes & not sure if I'll feel like doing pushups. We'll see. Mike is killing it with the pushups, so maybe he will be motivating enough for me.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Tuesday July 26, 2011
Workout: 3.25 miles on the treadmill
pace: 6.0/10:00
Slept in again this morning until 7:30. Feels so good. Didn't feel like doing anything different, but still wanted to get a workout in today so I ran again. It was hard for the first mile, but I pushed through 5+ complete songs and ran 2.25 miles straight before I stopped to get a drink of water. Stepped off for a total of 40 seconds, then ran the last mile without breaks, too (total mileage was 3.25 miles + 1 minute to make up for the step off). No fan again, so I'm pouring sweat again.
Did pushups yesterday:
22+30+20+20+(22+2+4) = 120 total pushups
2 minutes between sets
crap these are hard.
At least my max set went up this time (to 22) instead of down like it has been doing. My upper back is very tired today.
pace: 6.0/10:00
Slept in again this morning until 7:30. Feels so good. Didn't feel like doing anything different, but still wanted to get a workout in today so I ran again. It was hard for the first mile, but I pushed through 5+ complete songs and ran 2.25 miles straight before I stopped to get a drink of water. Stepped off for a total of 40 seconds, then ran the last mile without breaks, too (total mileage was 3.25 miles + 1 minute to make up for the step off). No fan again, so I'm pouring sweat again.
Did pushups yesterday:
22+30+20+20+(22+2+4) = 120 total pushups
2 minutes between sets
crap these are hard.
At least my max set went up this time (to 22) instead of down like it has been doing. My upper back is very tired today.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday July 25, 2011
Workout: 3 miles on the treadmill
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Had a bad hydration weekend. Pretty much didn't drink any water. Add to that the beginning of my period and I feel like a gigantic whale. Ugh... so I'm going to try to hammer the water today to get rid of some of the bloaty feeling. I hate feeling bloated. So running kind of sucked this morning in the beginning. I didn't think I was going to make it through a mile, but I ended up persevering and pushed myself through 5 songs/19:40 before stopping to get a drink of water (wish I had checked the time/mileage before hopping off so I could have run 2 complete miles). And at that point i also realized that Dave never brought my fan home from the office, so I'm basically still pouring sweat right now.
I should do pushups tonight. I've had a few days off from them - my max number was declining each attempt, so I thought maybe a break was in order. I'll try again tonight.
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Had a bad hydration weekend. Pretty much didn't drink any water. Add to that the beginning of my period and I feel like a gigantic whale. Ugh... so I'm going to try to hammer the water today to get rid of some of the bloaty feeling. I hate feeling bloated. So running kind of sucked this morning in the beginning. I didn't think I was going to make it through a mile, but I ended up persevering and pushed myself through 5 songs/19:40 before stopping to get a drink of water (wish I had checked the time/mileage before hopping off so I could have run 2 complete miles). And at that point i also realized that Dave never brought my fan home from the office, so I'm basically still pouring sweat right now.
I should do pushups tonight. I've had a few days off from them - my max number was declining each attempt, so I thought maybe a break was in order. I'll try again tonight.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Friday July 22, 2011
Workout: Lap swim 30:00
# of laps: 40 lengths/20 full laps
Ahhh the boys swim team was not there this morning and I felt so much better :) I still feel like kind of an idiot even with just the high school life guard sitting there watching. I'm so out of my element - I have no idea what I'm doing or what is normal and I'm not good and have to rest and I can't keep my goggles from getting fogged up. But I do it and its a good work out and ultimately that is all that matters.
I swam 10 lengths of breast stroke before taking a short rest to check my time. Then swam two lengths of back stroke. I repeated that 3 times and then did a final 4 lengths of breast stroke to finish at 40 lengths. My full time was 31:14.
I tried to do a front crawl at one point and I don't think I even made it halfway through one length before I switched back to breast stroke. It was so difficult and I was gasping for breath - i couldn't continue. So I guess front crawl is definitely out unless i can get some time in a friend's pool to practice it a little more.
Right now I'm definitely feeling very fatigued, physically. My upper body is tired. I can feel a tension headache wanting to bust through, my right tricep, forearm, wrist and hand are aching. The pool is closed for the next 3 weeks. I enjoy it, but that forced break is going to give me some time to evaluate and try to figure out what kind of swimming/running schedule I want to do. Not sure what a good mix will be.
Weighed myself this morning after 2 weeks of weight watchers. I'm slightly pissed about it. I hate dieting. I hate being hungry. I have restricting myself. I hate the fact that I have no options if we want to go out for dinner. I hate that I have only 5 pounds to lose, but can't seem to take it off. Either I'm not doing something right, or I'm not willing to do what is necessary. I have a hard time believing I'm eating too much - I'm sticking to my points every day. The only thing that could be an issue is that I eat a decent amount of fruit everyday - its all 0 points, but maybe its not a good idea to eat watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, nectarine & a banana all in one day? I don't know. very aggravated about it. Maybe I should just be fat.
# of laps: 40 lengths/20 full laps
Ahhh the boys swim team was not there this morning and I felt so much better :) I still feel like kind of an idiot even with just the high school life guard sitting there watching. I'm so out of my element - I have no idea what I'm doing or what is normal and I'm not good and have to rest and I can't keep my goggles from getting fogged up. But I do it and its a good work out and ultimately that is all that matters.
I swam 10 lengths of breast stroke before taking a short rest to check my time. Then swam two lengths of back stroke. I repeated that 3 times and then did a final 4 lengths of breast stroke to finish at 40 lengths. My full time was 31:14.
I tried to do a front crawl at one point and I don't think I even made it halfway through one length before I switched back to breast stroke. It was so difficult and I was gasping for breath - i couldn't continue. So I guess front crawl is definitely out unless i can get some time in a friend's pool to practice it a little more.
Right now I'm definitely feeling very fatigued, physically. My upper body is tired. I can feel a tension headache wanting to bust through, my right tricep, forearm, wrist and hand are aching. The pool is closed for the next 3 weeks. I enjoy it, but that forced break is going to give me some time to evaluate and try to figure out what kind of swimming/running schedule I want to do. Not sure what a good mix will be.
Weighed myself this morning after 2 weeks of weight watchers. I'm slightly pissed about it. I hate dieting. I hate being hungry. I have restricting myself. I hate the fact that I have no options if we want to go out for dinner. I hate that I have only 5 pounds to lose, but can't seem to take it off. Either I'm not doing something right, or I'm not willing to do what is necessary. I have a hard time believing I'm eating too much - I'm sticking to my points every day. The only thing that could be an issue is that I eat a decent amount of fruit everyday - its all 0 points, but maybe its not a good idea to eat watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries, nectarine & a banana all in one day? I don't know. very aggravated about it. Maybe I should just be fat.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Wednesday July 20, 2011
Workout: 3 miles on the treadmill
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Even though I was struggling really hard against the beat of my music, I pushed myself to run for 4 songs before I stepped off to get a drink and turn the fan on. I was pouring sweat, too, so it took a lot of determination to not step off to turn the fan on.
I should do pushups tonight, we'll see about that.
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Even though I was struggling really hard against the beat of my music, I pushed myself to run for 4 songs before I stepped off to get a drink and turn the fan on. I was pouring sweat, too, so it took a lot of determination to not step off to turn the fan on.
I should do pushups tonight, we'll see about that.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Tuesday July 19, 2011
Workout: lap swimming 30:00
I finally got to do some lap swimming and I loved it. But it was HARD. I wanted to quit after 6 minutes - and if I hadn't driven 20 minutes to get there and had to work up my courage to get into the pool to begin with (the high school boys swim team was working out), then I might have quit at that point. I didn't think to count how many laps I did - I will next time.
I can only do breast stroke and back stroke. I didn't dare attempt freestyle while all of those athletes were in the pool... would have looked like a complete idiot. I've never been able to do the freestroke, but I want to learn - people look so effortless when they do it... just gliding through the water.
I had to stop to rest after every two pool lengths (not sure how many yards the pool is - 25?). My heartrate was just as high as when i run. I have to figure out how to just settle in and get through it - thats what I do when I'm running in order to get through the high heartrate. Will definitely be a challenge.
I did pushups last night. 22+30+20+20+(22+4+2) = 120 total pushups with 2 minutes between sets. These pushups are crazy, but I'm loving it! I see strength gains already - the fact that I can do that set of 30 without breaking it up amazes me. I love it! I feel strong and fit.
I started counseling last night. I have other issues that are more important to deal with, but I hope at some point to talk about body image and eating. I may not have specific eating disorders anymore, but I'm certainly not free of body image and food related insecurities and problems.
I finally got to do some lap swimming and I loved it. But it was HARD. I wanted to quit after 6 minutes - and if I hadn't driven 20 minutes to get there and had to work up my courage to get into the pool to begin with (the high school boys swim team was working out), then I might have quit at that point. I didn't think to count how many laps I did - I will next time.
I can only do breast stroke and back stroke. I didn't dare attempt freestyle while all of those athletes were in the pool... would have looked like a complete idiot. I've never been able to do the freestroke, but I want to learn - people look so effortless when they do it... just gliding through the water.
I had to stop to rest after every two pool lengths (not sure how many yards the pool is - 25?). My heartrate was just as high as when i run. I have to figure out how to just settle in and get through it - thats what I do when I'm running in order to get through the high heartrate. Will definitely be a challenge.
I did pushups last night. 22+30+20+20+(22+4+2) = 120 total pushups with 2 minutes between sets. These pushups are crazy, but I'm loving it! I see strength gains already - the fact that I can do that set of 30 without breaking it up amazes me. I love it! I feel strong and fit.
I started counseling last night. I have other issues that are more important to deal with, but I hope at some point to talk about body image and eating. I may not have specific eating disorders anymore, but I'm certainly not free of body image and food related insecurities and problems.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday July 18, 2011
Workout: 3.25 miles on the treadmill
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Run was hard in the beginning (breathing/heart rate) - wanted to jump off pretty quickly, but forced myself to make through 3 songs and at least a small part of the 4th. After that I settled in really well and enjoyed myself.
I joined the LTHS wellness center today so I am going to start swimming laps tomorrow. I'm VERY excited about it.
Pushups tonight. Not so excited about that.
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Run was hard in the beginning (breathing/heart rate) - wanted to jump off pretty quickly, but forced myself to make through 3 songs and at least a small part of the 4th. After that I settled in really well and enjoyed myself.
I joined the LTHS wellness center today so I am going to start swimming laps tomorrow. I'm VERY excited about it.
Pushups tonight. Not so excited about that.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Saturday July 16, 2011
Workout: 6 miles on the treadmill
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Run went well. I read my book again, but really focused on running continually and turning the pages while running, rather than taking a quick step-off to turn the page. I did well until the end when I was getting tired - wasn't stepping off for every page turn, but was stepping off more frequently just to catch my breath. I could feel my body was tired.
Thursday Dave and I got up and went for a walk with the dog in the morning before the girls work up. It was nice. The weather was beautiful and it was nice to go together.
Friday I went to the gym for the first time in many months and did the eliptical for 30:00. Not a fan, but wasn't in the mood to do a dvd or to run.
I've been looking for a new gym or a way to add in some lap swimming. Unfortunately, to join a gym with a pool would increase our monthly payment by $90-$100/month and I'm not ready to commit to that. I think I'm going to join our high school's wellness center which is an annual membership of $125 for one person and is much more do-able. The drawback is that it is 15 minutes away and its a sterile high school environment... these other gyms have nice, beautiful, comfortable locker rooms (mine doesn't, these other more expensive gyms) and they're extremely appealing to me :) But while things have been better, financially, neither of us are comfortable adding that much additional monthly payment to our budget. So I'm going to join the high school - I can't wait to swim laps!
Weight watchers went fine all week. I basically hate everything about it. I hate being hungry. I hate not being able to eat normal food - I get 29 points/day. A salad at corner bakery is 21 points. So essentially, I can't ever go out for dinner and that ticks me off. I said screw it last night and we went out for dinner and shared a bottle of wine, a cheese plate, some calamari and each had a cup of french onion soup & a dessert. Sometimes I think I'd rather just be fat.
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Run went well. I read my book again, but really focused on running continually and turning the pages while running, rather than taking a quick step-off to turn the page. I did well until the end when I was getting tired - wasn't stepping off for every page turn, but was stepping off more frequently just to catch my breath. I could feel my body was tired.
Thursday Dave and I got up and went for a walk with the dog in the morning before the girls work up. It was nice. The weather was beautiful and it was nice to go together.
Friday I went to the gym for the first time in many months and did the eliptical for 30:00. Not a fan, but wasn't in the mood to do a dvd or to run.
I've been looking for a new gym or a way to add in some lap swimming. Unfortunately, to join a gym with a pool would increase our monthly payment by $90-$100/month and I'm not ready to commit to that. I think I'm going to join our high school's wellness center which is an annual membership of $125 for one person and is much more do-able. The drawback is that it is 15 minutes away and its a sterile high school environment... these other gyms have nice, beautiful, comfortable locker rooms (mine doesn't, these other more expensive gyms) and they're extremely appealing to me :) But while things have been better, financially, neither of us are comfortable adding that much additional monthly payment to our budget. So I'm going to join the high school - I can't wait to swim laps!
Weight watchers went fine all week. I basically hate everything about it. I hate being hungry. I hate not being able to eat normal food - I get 29 points/day. A salad at corner bakery is 21 points. So essentially, I can't ever go out for dinner and that ticks me off. I said screw it last night and we went out for dinner and shared a bottle of wine, a cheese plate, some calamari and each had a cup of french onion soup & a dessert. Sometimes I think I'd rather just be fat.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Wednesday July 13, 2011
Workout: 3 miles on the treadmill (30:00)
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Also ran this on Monday. Yesterday I did level 2 & 3 of Biggest Loser Cardio Max. By 7pm my legs were hurting and I'm still pretty sore this morning.
Did pushups on Monday and will need to do them today at some point. I'm on week 3 Day 3 and its tough. Took me 6 attempts to pass W3D2, so I don't assume I'll pass this one very quickly either. I love it, though. Its a fantastic upper body workout - I was pretty tired and sore when I woke up yesterday.
I started Weight Watchers for real on Monday. Got my graph paper back out and set it up so I can start coloring in squares. As stupid as it sounds, that really works for me - keeping track on the computer does not. It also helps me drink a good amount of water everyday.
Weight Watchers has changed since the last time I did it, so now I get 29 points/day, but the point value of the food has increased in some cases, too. Fruits and vegetables are all 0 points, which really works in my favor because I like to eat them - a lot. I'm dealing with that constant hunger right now, though - usually lasts a week or two, so I just need to suck it up and get through it. I also need to be good on the weekends, which really has been the main issue this summer. Our summer is slowing down now in terms of get-togethers and parties, so hopefully the gorging will also slow down. Weighed myself on Monday (128 - ouch) and will weigh again on Friday, but after that it will only be on Fridays. I need to kick this in the butt right now - would love to be around 120 when we go on our cruise in September... 8 1/2 weeks to get there!
Pace: 6.0/10:00
Also ran this on Monday. Yesterday I did level 2 & 3 of Biggest Loser Cardio Max. By 7pm my legs were hurting and I'm still pretty sore this morning.
Did pushups on Monday and will need to do them today at some point. I'm on week 3 Day 3 and its tough. Took me 6 attempts to pass W3D2, so I don't assume I'll pass this one very quickly either. I love it, though. Its a fantastic upper body workout - I was pretty tired and sore when I woke up yesterday.
I started Weight Watchers for real on Monday. Got my graph paper back out and set it up so I can start coloring in squares. As stupid as it sounds, that really works for me - keeping track on the computer does not. It also helps me drink a good amount of water everyday.
Weight Watchers has changed since the last time I did it, so now I get 29 points/day, but the point value of the food has increased in some cases, too. Fruits and vegetables are all 0 points, which really works in my favor because I like to eat them - a lot. I'm dealing with that constant hunger right now, though - usually lasts a week or two, so I just need to suck it up and get through it. I also need to be good on the weekends, which really has been the main issue this summer. Our summer is slowing down now in terms of get-togethers and parties, so hopefully the gorging will also slow down. Weighed myself on Monday (128 - ouch) and will weigh again on Friday, but after that it will only be on Fridays. I need to kick this in the butt right now - would love to be around 120 when we go on our cruise in September... 8 1/2 weeks to get there!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Saturday July 9, 2011
Workout: 6 miles on the treadmill
pace: 6.0/10:00
I have been sucking it up with working out this week. I'm so emotionally drained right now, I can hardly function. My house is a disaster and I just walk right by and leave it. My laundry is behind and I just leave it in the baskets. I haven't gotten up to workout at all this week. I haven't gotten out of bed before 7am any day except Tuesday, when I ran three miles in the morning. I have chaos going on around me and all i want to do is sit and read - I don't really even have anything compelling to read. I just want to shut life out right now.
The girls have been emotionally draining. Fighting constantly. Whining about this thing and that thing not being fair. I feel like my head is cloudy most of the time.
Anyway, Dave brought the girls to the office this afternoon... I took a step outside and realized that it was way to hot to run, so I jumped on the treadmill. Knocked out 6 miles, which actually went by very quickly. I feel good. Feel better than I have. Glad to be back to running.
pace: 6.0/10:00
I have been sucking it up with working out this week. I'm so emotionally drained right now, I can hardly function. My house is a disaster and I just walk right by and leave it. My laundry is behind and I just leave it in the baskets. I haven't gotten up to workout at all this week. I haven't gotten out of bed before 7am any day except Tuesday, when I ran three miles in the morning. I have chaos going on around me and all i want to do is sit and read - I don't really even have anything compelling to read. I just want to shut life out right now.
The girls have been emotionally draining. Fighting constantly. Whining about this thing and that thing not being fair. I feel like my head is cloudy most of the time.
Anyway, Dave brought the girls to the office this afternoon... I took a step outside and realized that it was way to hot to run, so I jumped on the treadmill. Knocked out 6 miles, which actually went by very quickly. I feel good. Feel better than I have. Glad to be back to running.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Friday July 1, 2011
Workout: 3.18 miles running with the dog
Weight: 125.8
Started running again last weekend. I went and got my gait analyzed and a good pair of running shoes - they are so cushy I feel like I'm walking on clouds :) We were on our annual EJ summer regional trip last weekend, so I broke them in with a 3.5 mile run with Dave. After not really running for 3 1/2 months, it was incredibly difficult, but I got through - with many walking breaks.
I ran my normal 3 mile route on Monday and again had to stop a lot to walk. I ran without music so I could focus on my breathing, but I was laboring for most of it and pretty miserable. I ran the same route this morning with the dog. I figure as long as I suck and have to relearn how to run and regain some endurance, I might as well train him to run with me, too. It was pretty humid - cool, but humid - this morning and he is really shaggy right now, so I took it easy and really let him stop quite a bit. We ran well - I ran better than I did on Monday - but we did stop a lot. We also walked the entire length of the second half of the running path (probably 1/4 mile) - I figured he'd be stopping a lot to sniff anyway, so it would probably work better if I let him walk and sniff that whole section. He was also pretty hot and tired by then, so it gave him a bit of a break. The last mile+ was tough for him - he was dragging behind me and clearly not amused by the situation. Poor guy, I'm sure he was hot.
Also ran 4 miles on the treadmill on Wednesday. It sucked. I tried running at 6.0 and was only able to kind of do that for a mile, so I ran mostly at 5.5. I can't believe that I used to run at a 2 % incline at 6.3. Those days are long gone right now.
But, I'm glad to be back at it. I feel good afterward. So glad I got the new shoes.
Still haven't complete W3D2 of the pushups, but closer than ever before - have eked out 21 consecutive on that last set. Need to work on those today again.
Other than that I think I'm going to take it kind of easy this summer and try to run 3 days/week and do whatever else I feel like or can fit in until school starts in the fall. I'm finding it rather difficult to get up before 6/6:30 because we're going to bed later because the girls are up later. But I do hope I'm running better by the fall.
Weight: 125.8
Started running again last weekend. I went and got my gait analyzed and a good pair of running shoes - they are so cushy I feel like I'm walking on clouds :) We were on our annual EJ summer regional trip last weekend, so I broke them in with a 3.5 mile run with Dave. After not really running for 3 1/2 months, it was incredibly difficult, but I got through - with many walking breaks.
I ran my normal 3 mile route on Monday and again had to stop a lot to walk. I ran without music so I could focus on my breathing, but I was laboring for most of it and pretty miserable. I ran the same route this morning with the dog. I figure as long as I suck and have to relearn how to run and regain some endurance, I might as well train him to run with me, too. It was pretty humid - cool, but humid - this morning and he is really shaggy right now, so I took it easy and really let him stop quite a bit. We ran well - I ran better than I did on Monday - but we did stop a lot. We also walked the entire length of the second half of the running path (probably 1/4 mile) - I figured he'd be stopping a lot to sniff anyway, so it would probably work better if I let him walk and sniff that whole section. He was also pretty hot and tired by then, so it gave him a bit of a break. The last mile+ was tough for him - he was dragging behind me and clearly not amused by the situation. Poor guy, I'm sure he was hot.
Also ran 4 miles on the treadmill on Wednesday. It sucked. I tried running at 6.0 and was only able to kind of do that for a mile, so I ran mostly at 5.5. I can't believe that I used to run at a 2 % incline at 6.3. Those days are long gone right now.
But, I'm glad to be back at it. I feel good afterward. So glad I got the new shoes.
Still haven't complete W3D2 of the pushups, but closer than ever before - have eked out 21 consecutive on that last set. Need to work on those today again.
Other than that I think I'm going to take it kind of easy this summer and try to run 3 days/week and do whatever else I feel like or can fit in until school starts in the fall. I'm finding it rather difficult to get up before 6/6:30 because we're going to bed later because the girls are up later. But I do hope I'm running better by the fall.
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