Workout: 45:00 elliptical
Woke up this morning and wanted to cut my legs off. My quads hurt so badly from doing the stairs yesterday. I want to cry. I have so many sets of stairs in my house - 3 to go from the family room to the kitchen, 1 to go from the front room to the foyer, 2 to go from the dining room to the front room, 10 to go from dining room to the bedrooms, 13 to go from family room to the basement. Ouch, ouch, ouch. I'm always stepping up or down somewhere.
Dave ran 2 1/2 miles yesterday and then did 10 sets of stairs. Jerk.
Todays elliptical workout was fine. I just never feel like I'm actually working out on the elliptical. My heart rate was 140's - 150's the whole time, so I know I'm getting it up there, but it never feels hard. I also did shoulders and triceps. All in all, good morning at the gym - glad to be back at it.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Tuesday August 30, 2011
Workout: Swallow Cliff Stairs - 36:00
Here's me once every few months: "I'm bored with my workouts, I'll just go do the stairs. la di da di da"
Here's me while I'm going up the stairs the 2nd time the next morning: "I don't think I'm going to make it to 10."
I ALWAYS forget what a hard workout the stairs are. Its a great workout, but it is killer hard and I'm going to be sore tonight and tomorrow. Its good, good, good.
Here's me once every few months: "I'm bored with my workouts, I'll just go do the stairs. la di da di da"
Here's me while I'm going up the stairs the 2nd time the next morning: "I don't think I'm going to make it to 10."
I ALWAYS forget what a hard workout the stairs are. Its a great workout, but it is killer hard and I'm going to be sore tonight and tomorrow. Its good, good, good.
Monday, August 29, 2011
Monday August 29, 2011
Workout: 40:00 on the elliptical
Weight: 128.8
Went to the gym with Carissa this morning. It was SO good. Just so nice to do a hard workout and to catch up with her after a summer of hardly seeing her. Did the interval program on the elliptical and notice my heart rate stayed up in the 150's and 160's the whole time, which is good.
I need to figure out what I want to do in terms of working out. I want to get back into running and I want to start lifting weights again and I want to start doing the stairs again. I might do the stairs in the afternoon so that I don't have to be there in the dark... still thinking about that one.
Still have to do pushups today. I finally passed Week 3 Day 3 and am moving on - thank goodness!
Diet has been good. Have been counting calories and entering them in myfitnesspal.com, which is an awesome site because it has aldi food in its database. Dave and I have been drinking green smoothies and I'm tweaking them to get the calorie amount down. I cut out 60 calories in my morning beet smoothie by eliminating the date. It is still really good - I love them and I love how many vegetables and greens I'm getting everyday. I feel like I'm eating really well right now. Last Monday I weighed 133, today I weighed 128.8. I know a lot of that was water weight, but I'm going in the right direction. Hoping to lose a couple more pounds before we leave for vacation next Friday.
Weight: 128.8
Went to the gym with Carissa this morning. It was SO good. Just so nice to do a hard workout and to catch up with her after a summer of hardly seeing her. Did the interval program on the elliptical and notice my heart rate stayed up in the 150's and 160's the whole time, which is good.
I need to figure out what I want to do in terms of working out. I want to get back into running and I want to start lifting weights again and I want to start doing the stairs again. I might do the stairs in the afternoon so that I don't have to be there in the dark... still thinking about that one.
Still have to do pushups today. I finally passed Week 3 Day 3 and am moving on - thank goodness!
Diet has been good. Have been counting calories and entering them in myfitnesspal.com, which is an awesome site because it has aldi food in its database. Dave and I have been drinking green smoothies and I'm tweaking them to get the calorie amount down. I cut out 60 calories in my morning beet smoothie by eliminating the date. It is still really good - I love them and I love how many vegetables and greens I'm getting everyday. I feel like I'm eating really well right now. Last Monday I weighed 133, today I weighed 128.8. I know a lot of that was water weight, but I'm going in the right direction. Hoping to lose a couple more pounds before we leave for vacation next Friday.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tuesday August 23, 2011
Workout: walking with the dog 40:00
Weight: ugh
Since coming home from vacation my body has been jacked up. I must have really wrenched my back when we were tubing on that Monday. The next day my herniated disks were bothering me, but they got better throughout the day. By the time we got home, though, I was in desperate need of a deep tissue massage - my back hurt everywhere and I was having pretty bad headaches from muscle tension in my neck. The massage helped and I felt better over the next two weeks. I ran on the treadmill during the week, but nothing major.
Last Friday I started running on the treadmill and I could tell my disks were not going to allow me to do it. I walked for a mile and then decided I was okay and did 1 minute intervals. And I've been paying for it since then. I haven't been able to stand up from a chair without being in severe pain, I took expired hydrocodone, which takes the edge off a bit. I can say, though, that yesterday and today have been better. Yesterday I started an every 4 hour ibuprofin regimen and it seems to help a lot (haven't taken the hydrocodone since Saturday). This morning was the first time I got out of bed without feeling like I was going to crumble to the floor.
So yesterday and today I've walked the dog as my workout. It isn't much, but its something. I need to be gentle with myself so I don't re-tweak it before vacation.
My weight is higher than it has been since losing my Georgia pregnancy weight. I gained a little on vacation, but was higher than I'd like before we left. Then we came home and started drinking green smoothies - which are awesome - but I found out yesterday that they are higher calorie than I realized... so hence the couple of pounds I've gained since coming home from vacation. Yesterday I counted calories and it wasn't horrible. I'm pretty serious about it now - school has started, i'm getting back into a routine, I can do this. I have 3 weeks before we leave and that gives me enough time to get back down to 124ish. I am suspicious of my scale, though, because at the weight it is saying, none of my clothes should fit - and they don't feel any different.
Weight: ugh
Since coming home from vacation my body has been jacked up. I must have really wrenched my back when we were tubing on that Monday. The next day my herniated disks were bothering me, but they got better throughout the day. By the time we got home, though, I was in desperate need of a deep tissue massage - my back hurt everywhere and I was having pretty bad headaches from muscle tension in my neck. The massage helped and I felt better over the next two weeks. I ran on the treadmill during the week, but nothing major.
Last Friday I started running on the treadmill and I could tell my disks were not going to allow me to do it. I walked for a mile and then decided I was okay and did 1 minute intervals. And I've been paying for it since then. I haven't been able to stand up from a chair without being in severe pain, I took expired hydrocodone, which takes the edge off a bit. I can say, though, that yesterday and today have been better. Yesterday I started an every 4 hour ibuprofin regimen and it seems to help a lot (haven't taken the hydrocodone since Saturday). This morning was the first time I got out of bed without feeling like I was going to crumble to the floor.
So yesterday and today I've walked the dog as my workout. It isn't much, but its something. I need to be gentle with myself so I don't re-tweak it before vacation.
My weight is higher than it has been since losing my Georgia pregnancy weight. I gained a little on vacation, but was higher than I'd like before we left. Then we came home and started drinking green smoothies - which are awesome - but I found out yesterday that they are higher calorie than I realized... so hence the couple of pounds I've gained since coming home from vacation. Yesterday I counted calories and it wasn't horrible. I'm pretty serious about it now - school has started, i'm getting back into a routine, I can do this. I have 3 weeks before we leave and that gives me enough time to get back down to 124ish. I am suspicious of my scale, though, because at the weight it is saying, none of my clothes should fit - and they don't feel any different.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Monday August 1, 2011
Workout: running 45:00, waterskiing, tubing, walking in water
On vacation with my whole family - parents, sister & family - up at a cottage in northern Michigan. Got here yesterday and did a little waterskiing. This morning was GORGEOUS so I went running for 45 minutes, which was really hard. I stopped a lot to walk. Spent the afternoon waterskiing and tubing with the kids. Total blast for day 1 and every part of my body is tired - hands, arms, legs, back. sooooo tired.
On vacation with my whole family - parents, sister & family - up at a cottage in northern Michigan. Got here yesterday and did a little waterskiing. This morning was GORGEOUS so I went running for 45 minutes, which was really hard. I stopped a lot to walk. Spent the afternoon waterskiing and tubing with the kids. Total blast for day 1 and every part of my body is tired - hands, arms, legs, back. sooooo tired.
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