catchup since the last post
Friday - p90x back & legs
Still really love this workout. I love burning my legs out like that - it doesn't happen often. The workout itself is also enjoyable.
Had a meltdown on Friday morning... I put my jeans from last year on and they were too tight, so I put the next size up and those were also too tight. I'm not that much heavier... just amazing what a difference 5lbs makes on my body. So i spent the morning feeling crappy and discouraged. As my friend says, I feel like I'm ugly-Jana right now. I have a horrible, horrible haircut that makes me want to cry every morning, I don't fit in my clothes, and I'm constantly sore. I'm frustrated because I'm putting in SO.MUCH. effort for little to no results. I work harder and more consistently than most people that I know, I'm very disciplined with my eating M-F. So it must be the weekends, I don't know - I just know that something needs to change.
Saturday - 5k
Ran a 5k with Dave and Nora. It was so much fun. Nora was excited to do it and it was really hard for her. We were running s.l.o.w. Dave and I both felt like we weren't actually running :) Nora needed a walking break at 7:30, so we walked for 1 minute, then ran for another 7 1/2 minutes. She was crying and very upset at that point. I'm not sure what she was crying about, but we did our best to distract her and get her through it. She had a rough time, but she completed it and I am so, so proud of her! Our final (unofficial - they didn't officially time the race) was 37:20. I had a blast and I'm so happy that we did it and so excited for Nora that she actually did a race and that she gutted through it and got it done!
Monday - p90x chest/shoulders/triceps
I hate this workout. Hate it. And it tweaks my right elbow/tendon, which makes me hate it even more. I feel incredibly inadequate throughout the whole workout, but I know its important so I will keep going.
Tuesday - Run 3 miles
I've decided to eliminate the t/th/s p90x workouts and run 3 miles instead. There are a few reasons for this.
1) I need to do some real cardio and condition my heart to get my heart rate down
2) running in addition to the p90x workouts was making me way too tired
3) I think I might be exercising more/harder than what I realize and not eating enough (based on a couple of things I read online recently)
4) I want to love running again and I think I'm ready to do it
I also bought a heart rate monitor yesterday with my kohl's cash, so as soon as I get that I'll have a better idea of how many calories I'm actually burning (saw something on myfitnesspal that p90x yoga burns 270 calories... but if i enter it it says much less. There is also no way to enter the p90x workouts anywhere. I think that I need to have a more accurate reading of how hard I'm actually working and eat based on that. I also think it would be good to run based on my heart rate, rather than killing myself to keep up with my music.
Lots of thoughts lately... Regardless, I just want to get out of this ugly-Jana stage and feeling. It is going to take time to lose 5lbs & for my hair to grow out :)
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Thursday November 17, 2011
Catch up since Monday -
Tuesday - p90x Plyometrix
Ugh. Thats all I have to say about that
Wednesday - p90x Back & Biceps + run 2 miles
I hate back and biceps. I really do. This is a really difficult workout and I'm feeling it today. I also ran right afterward and only had enough time to do 2 miles. Its also pretty hard to run right after doing a back workout - took me almost a mile to loosen up. Running was fine... I lowered my pace to 10:54/mile (5.5), but still had a heart rate in the mid 170's - better than mid 180's, but not much better. I at least felt like I could sustain that for a good amount of time and was able to make it to 17:00 before I jumped off to take a quick drink & turn on the fan.
Today -
I haven't worked out yet today. And I'm really discouraged right now. I am so sore and so exhausted and tired all the time, it just makes me crabby. My back is sore - not wrenched or tweaked, just tired and sore. And I never feel great. Yesterday my wrists and arms ached all day because of the back/bicep workout. Aching is the worst... I'd rather be injured or be in pain, I hate aches. My right arm circulation is also a big problem right now - I have a lot of issues at night with my fingers falling asleep to the point of it being very painful and waking me up and I have a hard time getting the feeling back. I don't think that has anything to do with p90x, but is probably more of a wintertime thing & dehydration issue, but its still very bothersome. I also have problems with one of my winter coats where the cuff on the wrist feels slightly tight and makes my right hand fall asleep.
So combine all of that together and I'm just feeling discouraged by the whole thing. My weight is not going down, although my clothes are fitting better and a friend of mine just dropped her daughter off and told me that I'm tiny. So all of it together is making me feel blah. So I'm feeling like maybe I should just run and count calories rather than do p90x, but then I only have 6 weeks left of p90x... I can do that. I can do it, its just a matter of do I want to continue feeling this tired and sore all the time? I don't know, I'm pretty crabby about it all today.
Tuesday - p90x Plyometrix
Ugh. Thats all I have to say about that
Wednesday - p90x Back & Biceps + run 2 miles
I hate back and biceps. I really do. This is a really difficult workout and I'm feeling it today. I also ran right afterward and only had enough time to do 2 miles. Its also pretty hard to run right after doing a back workout - took me almost a mile to loosen up. Running was fine... I lowered my pace to 10:54/mile (5.5), but still had a heart rate in the mid 170's - better than mid 180's, but not much better. I at least felt like I could sustain that for a good amount of time and was able to make it to 17:00 before I jumped off to take a quick drink & turn on the fan.
Today -
I haven't worked out yet today. And I'm really discouraged right now. I am so sore and so exhausted and tired all the time, it just makes me crabby. My back is sore - not wrenched or tweaked, just tired and sore. And I never feel great. Yesterday my wrists and arms ached all day because of the back/bicep workout. Aching is the worst... I'd rather be injured or be in pain, I hate aches. My right arm circulation is also a big problem right now - I have a lot of issues at night with my fingers falling asleep to the point of it being very painful and waking me up and I have a hard time getting the feeling back. I don't think that has anything to do with p90x, but is probably more of a wintertime thing & dehydration issue, but its still very bothersome. I also have problems with one of my winter coats where the cuff on the wrist feels slightly tight and makes my right hand fall asleep.
So combine all of that together and I'm just feeling discouraged by the whole thing. My weight is not going down, although my clothes are fitting better and a friend of mine just dropped her daughter off and told me that I'm tiny. So all of it together is making me feel blah. So I'm feeling like maybe I should just run and count calories rather than do p90x, but then I only have 6 weeks left of p90x... I can do that. I can do it, its just a matter of do I want to continue feeling this tired and sore all the time? I don't know, I'm pretty crabby about it all today.
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday November 14, 2011
Catchup since last Wednesday
Thursday - KenPoX
I switched out the normally scheduled yoga and did KenpoX instead. I love Kenpo. Its fun and it goes super quick.
Friday - Back & Legs
I enjoy back & legs, but I feel like I lost some strength during the recovery week because I wasn't able to do as many pullups as previous times. I so rarely feel like my legs get a really decent workout, and this workout does it.
Saturday - stairs
I did not run on Friday because I knew I was doing the stairs the next day.
The Tieri's came for the weekend and I brought Jason to the stairs on Saturday morning. It was awesome - I love the stairs! Its such an awesome workout and its really different. I want to incorporate it in some more, just not sure how. This was the first time I've done the stairs with someone and it was fun to talk while we did it. And it was fun to kick his butt on the last set of running :)
Today - Monday - P90x Shoulders/Triceps/Shoulders
Ugh, this is so hard! There are so many slow and weird pushups in this workout, my arms are still really, really tired and it has been almost 6 hours since I did the workout. I also ran for 30:00 / 2.75 miles right afterward. My heart rate was around 174 at a pace of 5.5 or 10:54/mile. I'm not thrilled with slowing down my pace so much, but I had to remind myself that I was running in order to condition my cardiovascular system, not as a training or distance thing.
Ate a lot of garbage food this weekend - pizza, candy, chicken wings, cake. My weight WAS down to 126.6 on Saturday, but this morning was back up to 128.0, which is actually not too bad given how much junk I ate. I'm kind of thinking about counting calories instead of doing weight watchers points. Jason said that it works really well for him. I don't know why it is so different for me and why I hate the calories vs. doing the points. Maybe I could do it without having to enter everything into the computer - I could keep a running total on paper, like I do with points. Maybe that would work.
Thursday - KenPoX
I switched out the normally scheduled yoga and did KenpoX instead. I love Kenpo. Its fun and it goes super quick.
Friday - Back & Legs
I enjoy back & legs, but I feel like I lost some strength during the recovery week because I wasn't able to do as many pullups as previous times. I so rarely feel like my legs get a really decent workout, and this workout does it.
Saturday - stairs
I did not run on Friday because I knew I was doing the stairs the next day.
The Tieri's came for the weekend and I brought Jason to the stairs on Saturday morning. It was awesome - I love the stairs! Its such an awesome workout and its really different. I want to incorporate it in some more, just not sure how. This was the first time I've done the stairs with someone and it was fun to talk while we did it. And it was fun to kick his butt on the last set of running :)
Today - Monday - P90x Shoulders/Triceps/Shoulders
Ugh, this is so hard! There are so many slow and weird pushups in this workout, my arms are still really, really tired and it has been almost 6 hours since I did the workout. I also ran for 30:00 / 2.75 miles right afterward. My heart rate was around 174 at a pace of 5.5 or 10:54/mile. I'm not thrilled with slowing down my pace so much, but I had to remind myself that I was running in order to condition my cardiovascular system, not as a training or distance thing.
Ate a lot of garbage food this weekend - pizza, candy, chicken wings, cake. My weight WAS down to 126.6 on Saturday, but this morning was back up to 128.0, which is actually not too bad given how much junk I ate. I'm kind of thinking about counting calories instead of doing weight watchers points. Jason said that it works really well for him. I don't know why it is so different for me and why I hate the calories vs. doing the points. Maybe I could do it without having to enter everything into the computer - I could keep a running total on paper, like I do with points. Maybe that would work.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday November 9, 2011
Workout: P90x Back & Biceps / Run 2 miles
Back & Biceps... I hate biceps. I really, really hate doing bicep exercises. I'm not sure why, I just hate them. I love back exercises, so I guess this makes for a good workout for me. It was fine... I struggle the first time through any of these videos, so next week it will be better.
After finishing, I went downstairs and ran 2 miles. I did't have time to do more than that because I had to get the girls on the bus, but 2 miles was enough today - my back was especially tired from the P90x workout and I could feel that while I was running. I backed my speed down to 10:30/mile and my heart rate was at 180 bpm instead of mid 180's. So maybe I need to just back my speed way down until I can run comfortably and then gradually increase it. Ugh - that sounds pretty hellish. I think I'm going to ask for a heart rate monitor for christmas.
Back & Biceps... I hate biceps. I really, really hate doing bicep exercises. I'm not sure why, I just hate them. I love back exercises, so I guess this makes for a good workout for me. It was fine... I struggle the first time through any of these videos, so next week it will be better.
After finishing, I went downstairs and ran 2 miles. I did't have time to do more than that because I had to get the girls on the bus, but 2 miles was enough today - my back was especially tired from the P90x workout and I could feel that while I was running. I backed my speed down to 10:30/mile and my heart rate was at 180 bpm instead of mid 180's. So maybe I need to just back my speed way down until I can run comfortably and then gradually increase it. Ugh - that sounds pretty hellish. I think I'm going to ask for a heart rate monitor for christmas.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Tuesday November 8, 2011
Workout: P90x PlyometriX
Ugh, back to the plyometrix. Its so hard that I want to stop and cry sometimes. But I'm so happy I did it when its over. Its a great workout, I'm dripping with sweat, my hair is soaked and I know I worked hard.
And as I've said before: I'm so happy its done and over with on Tuesday!
Ugh, back to the plyometrix. Its so hard that I want to stop and cry sometimes. But I'm so happy I did it when its over. Its a great workout, I'm dripping with sweat, my hair is soaked and I know I worked hard.
And as I've said before: I'm so happy its done and over with on Tuesday!
Monday, November 7, 2011
Monday November 7, 2011
Workout: Run 3 miles
Not getting any easier, but I'm not going to give up. Right now, though, I'm spent! I just want to curl up on the couch and watch Cake Boss with the girls, lol!
One thing that keeps me going is knowing that I've done this before - I've started from scratch and I've gotten into good condition and I've run 13 miles without a break. I've done it. I can do it again, I just need to keep conditioning and training. While I'm not ready to train for a race yet, I CAN work on my cardiovascular conditioning while I'm also allowing Tony Horton to kill me with strength training.
Not getting any easier, but I'm not going to give up. Right now, though, I'm spent! I just want to curl up on the couch and watch Cake Boss with the girls, lol!
One thing that keeps me going is knowing that I've done this before - I've started from scratch and I've gotten into good condition and I've run 13 miles without a break. I've done it. I can do it again, I just need to keep conditioning and training. While I'm not ready to train for a race yet, I CAN work on my cardiovascular conditioning while I'm also allowing Tony Horton to kill me with strength training.
Monday November , 2011
Workout: P90x Chest, Shoulders, Triceps
New workout this morning - I hate it when they're new - I fall behind because I don't know what I'm doing. My arms are pretty much achy and tired right now. Not sure what I thought about this one... I do feel like I was pretty weak in my ability to do (or not do) pushups. I felt really, really not strong this morning.
I'm going to try to get a run in this afternoon and make today a 2-a-day. I don't want to kill myself with all of this, but I'm really disturbed and frustrated with my lack of cardiovascular ability and want to get some conditioning in throughout the week. So I'm going to try to get a running workout in on the days that p90x is weight training. So I'm thinking my schedule will look like:
M - Chest/Shoulders/Tris + 30:00 run
T - Plyometrics
W - Back & Biceps + 30:00 run
Th - Kenpo (switching kenpo & yoga due to time)
F - Legs & Back + 30:00 run
S - Yoga
It might be kind of crappy, but I'm going to try to do it.
New workout this morning - I hate it when they're new - I fall behind because I don't know what I'm doing. My arms are pretty much achy and tired right now. Not sure what I thought about this one... I do feel like I was pretty weak in my ability to do (or not do) pushups. I felt really, really not strong this morning.
I'm going to try to get a run in this afternoon and make today a 2-a-day. I don't want to kill myself with all of this, but I'm really disturbed and frustrated with my lack of cardiovascular ability and want to get some conditioning in throughout the week. So I'm going to try to get a running workout in on the days that p90x is weight training. So I'm thinking my schedule will look like:
M - Chest/Shoulders/Tris + 30:00 run
T - Plyometrics
W - Back & Biceps + 30:00 run
Th - Kenpo (switching kenpo & yoga due to time)
F - Legs & Back + 30:00 run
S - Yoga
It might be kind of crappy, but I'm going to try to do it.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday November 4, 2011
Catchup for the last 3 days...
Wednesday
Workout: P90x KenpoX
Did this workout in the morning with Dave and it will never, ever happen again! I've already told him this:) He is so out of sync with Tony and the crew and I could see it out of the corner of my eye and I.can't.stand.it!!! He comes by his rhythm naturally. He is, after all, his mother and father's son. I love him, but I cannot do this workout with him ever again, unless he get super awesome at it in the next 2 months! We had a good laugh over this last night.
Thursday
Workout: run 3 miles at a 10:00/mile pace
Was supposed to do YogaX, but the alarms never went off. I wasn't planning to do Yoga anyway - I had already decided to try to run again. Since I didn't wake up early enough, I ran at 5pm. It wasn't a whole lot better than Monday. My heart rate was still mid-180's. I gutted it out to 15:00 solid minutes of running before taking a 2:00 walking break. It really becomes much more of a mental battle... running at that high of a heart rate is like a normal person sprinting as fast as they can for 15 straight minutes. Its impossible to sustain, but mentally I battle through it. It hurts... nothing really HURTS - like my lungs aren't burning, my legs feel totally fine, nothing hurts, it is just really, really painful to try to sustain running at that high of a heart rate. I need to keep adding the running so I can condition myself back to a more comfortable place. Still frustrated about this, but I want to be able to run, so I'm going to have to have a couple of days/week of 2-a-days. We'll see how that works out.
Friday -
Workout: Core Synergistics
This was much better than the other day when I did it the first time. I knew what the exercises were and I knew how to do them. I performed them better, but it wasn't as if it was easier. This is just a tough, tough workout. Can't say I'm sad to see it omitted from the rotation next week!
Weight on Friday: 127.4
Again, happy with a 1lb loss from last week. This is just how it goes - I certainly wish it were 4lbs/week, but thats just not going to happen:) My clothes feel better and thats most important. I still believe I'm retaining a significant amount of water because I'm having so much trouble with my hands during the night. Waking up several times a night with a completely numb right hand.
Wednesday
Workout: P90x KenpoX
Did this workout in the morning with Dave and it will never, ever happen again! I've already told him this:) He is so out of sync with Tony and the crew and I could see it out of the corner of my eye and I.can't.stand.it!!! He comes by his rhythm naturally. He is, after all, his mother and father's son. I love him, but I cannot do this workout with him ever again, unless he get super awesome at it in the next 2 months! We had a good laugh over this last night.
Thursday
Workout: run 3 miles at a 10:00/mile pace
Was supposed to do YogaX, but the alarms never went off. I wasn't planning to do Yoga anyway - I had already decided to try to run again. Since I didn't wake up early enough, I ran at 5pm. It wasn't a whole lot better than Monday. My heart rate was still mid-180's. I gutted it out to 15:00 solid minutes of running before taking a 2:00 walking break. It really becomes much more of a mental battle... running at that high of a heart rate is like a normal person sprinting as fast as they can for 15 straight minutes. Its impossible to sustain, but mentally I battle through it. It hurts... nothing really HURTS - like my lungs aren't burning, my legs feel totally fine, nothing hurts, it is just really, really painful to try to sustain running at that high of a heart rate. I need to keep adding the running so I can condition myself back to a more comfortable place. Still frustrated about this, but I want to be able to run, so I'm going to have to have a couple of days/week of 2-a-days. We'll see how that works out.
Friday -
Workout: Core Synergistics
This was much better than the other day when I did it the first time. I knew what the exercises were and I knew how to do them. I performed them better, but it wasn't as if it was easier. This is just a tough, tough workout. Can't say I'm sad to see it omitted from the rotation next week!
Weight on Friday: 127.4
Again, happy with a 1lb loss from last week. This is just how it goes - I certainly wish it were 4lbs/week, but thats just not going to happen:) My clothes feel better and thats most important. I still believe I'm retaining a significant amount of water because I'm having so much trouble with my hands during the night. Waking up several times a night with a completely numb right hand.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Tuesday November 1, 2011
Workout: P90x Core Synergistics
Wow. So really, Tony? THIS is recovery week? Whatever, dude!
Core Synergistics. Ouch - this is by far the hardest workout so far, in my opinion. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I never, ever, ever work on my core/abs. So this was tough. It is a bunch of exercises that engage many muscles at the same time, mostly the core stabilizing muscles. There were a few exercises that I simply couldn't complete because I'm weak. And there were a few than I just said "screw it" on because I was so exhausted. I know that when I do it next time, I'll be better, because I will have done it once already - Tony does not demonstrate the moves before kicking off the timer, he just goes into them, so I have to watch him first and then do it... missing out on a few reps each time.
Yesterday was trick-or-treating. I usually begin a freefall of gluttony on the day of Halloween. In normal years, I will have already consumed large quantities of candy corn throughout the month and then while trick or treating with the girls I throw all self discipline out and eat candy while we walk, and then have more after they go to bed. This kicks of several weeks of eating 3-4 pieces every night before bed and maybe 1 or 2 during the day. Leading right into Thanksgiving, where I give up complete control for the 4 day weekend, which is followed closely by biscotti mania for the next 6 weeks. At that point I find it difficult to not give in to my intense desire for a treat with my morning coffee - and homemade biscotti fills that roll perfectly. I start out having one each morning and pretty soon it is 2-3 each morning. Add all of that to the mass quantities of butter and chocolate that pass the threshold of the house during Christmas and I find the scale to say I weigh 7lbs more than before halloween. It happens every year. Then I spend the next few months working it off.
I'm very happy with myself today, because I resisted candy corn all month. I have eaten about 15 pieces total - and that was a tiny handful on Sunday afternoon. With my candy-resisting confidence brimming over, I also resisted all trick or treat candy yesterday - while trick or treating and afterward. I knew that once I started, I wouldn't stop. I feel like I can now get through the next 3 weeks to Thanksgiving without getting out of control. I am living self-discipline right now and that always makes me feel really, really good about myself. Congratulations to me!
Wow. So really, Tony? THIS is recovery week? Whatever, dude!
Core Synergistics. Ouch - this is by far the hardest workout so far, in my opinion. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I never, ever, ever work on my core/abs. So this was tough. It is a bunch of exercises that engage many muscles at the same time, mostly the core stabilizing muscles. There were a few exercises that I simply couldn't complete because I'm weak. And there were a few than I just said "screw it" on because I was so exhausted. I know that when I do it next time, I'll be better, because I will have done it once already - Tony does not demonstrate the moves before kicking off the timer, he just goes into them, so I have to watch him first and then do it... missing out on a few reps each time.
Yesterday was trick-or-treating. I usually begin a freefall of gluttony on the day of Halloween. In normal years, I will have already consumed large quantities of candy corn throughout the month and then while trick or treating with the girls I throw all self discipline out and eat candy while we walk, and then have more after they go to bed. This kicks of several weeks of eating 3-4 pieces every night before bed and maybe 1 or 2 during the day. Leading right into Thanksgiving, where I give up complete control for the 4 day weekend, which is followed closely by biscotti mania for the next 6 weeks. At that point I find it difficult to not give in to my intense desire for a treat with my morning coffee - and homemade biscotti fills that roll perfectly. I start out having one each morning and pretty soon it is 2-3 each morning. Add all of that to the mass quantities of butter and chocolate that pass the threshold of the house during Christmas and I find the scale to say I weigh 7lbs more than before halloween. It happens every year. Then I spend the next few months working it off.
I'm very happy with myself today, because I resisted candy corn all month. I have eaten about 15 pieces total - and that was a tiny handful on Sunday afternoon. With my candy-resisting confidence brimming over, I also resisted all trick or treat candy yesterday - while trick or treating and afterward. I knew that once I started, I wouldn't stop. I feel like I can now get through the next 3 weeks to Thanksgiving without getting out of control. I am living self-discipline right now and that always makes me feel really, really good about myself. Congratulations to me!
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