Workout: Run 3.17 miles
Weight: ?
One Year Ago
Ran this morning after getting Nora on the bus. I kind of dig this new schedule :) I get to run/workout from 7-8 now, rather than getting up at horrible times in the morning. Its nice!
Run was okay. I ran the first full mile without taking any breaks. My left lower back was clenching up pretty badly, but I gutted through it. I stretched at the water fountain... which usually helps make the second half of the run pain-free. But not today. Holy moly, my left lower back and left hip and outer thigh were burning. I didn't have a very successful second half run. I walked several times due to pain. I'm wondering if I need new shoes? I am proud of myself, though, for getting out there and for doing the first full mile (and a little more) without stopping to walk. At this point in my out-of-shapeness, THAT is success.
While on vacation, Dave and I talked about how we're out of shape and have gained a little weight and the fact that we really need different motivation to be healthy. Truly, I just don't want to be "that person" who is always gaining and losing the same 7 pounds. And I have been for the last couple of years. I just want to be healthy and live a healthy life - not just so I can weigh 125 lbs but for other reasons. We listed our reasons and I want to revisit mine periodically. Here they are:
I eat healthy, exercise and drink water because:
* I sleep better
* my skin is better
* i don't feel bloated and big
* my body will heal better and faster if I get sick or injured
* i don't want to be my parents
* i want to be active and not limited
* i don't want to take medications
* i feel more self-confident
* my back doesn't hurt
My mom has been very sick for the last year & a half. She spent a good portion of the summer in the hospital this year. I truly believe that a lot of it has to do with how poorly she eats and takes care of herself. At least the extent to which she healed / is healing, I believe. I don't want to be like that - I don't want the issues to begin with and I don't want to have the problems recovering that she has had. I want to live a healthy life.
One thing that we identified that hinders us - or creates issues for us - is that we go to is parents house once a week or so - sometimes more often. And they eat garbage all the time - never anything healthy. So we have to come up with a plan to bring food with us, which, frankly, is a very overwhelming thought to me. But we're going to have to do it.
Hopefully these couple of things will be motivation for us to get back on track to living a healthy lifestyle and getting back into shape.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Tuesday August 28, 2012
Workout: 30DS level 1
Weight:?
Ugh, I am really out of shape. I consistently worked out over the summer, but I really only ran 2-3 times each week, i think. And it was all treadmill running because it was the most incredibly blasted hot summer in my life (temps in the mid 90s-100's for 5 weeks straight). And I was running slowly and at 0 incline.
So when i went to run outside last week - for the first time in a few months - it was not pretty. Or pleasant. At all. I sucked really bad. I couldn't run a mile straight. I walked a lot. And I ended up running 3.17 miles in 40 minutes. 2 days later I ran the same route in 38 minutes, so a bit of an improvement, but still struggled throughout the entire run. Soooo out of shape.
I did well with my weight throughout the summer until I went to Vegas in the middle of July. We had a whole lot of delays the night we flew in and ended up not eating from 3pm our time until 2:30am our time... and the only things open were food court garbage. And that set the course for the weekend of eating garbage - not a ton, but just crappy food. And I came home at 131 (left at 126/127). And I've struggled to get those pounds off. We had vacation 2 weeks ago and ate ice cream every night. Came home and weighed 133. So now I'm back to where I was last summer, but not feeling quite as content about it. I feel disgusting about myself - I don't feel good in my skin. I don't feel confident at all.
So last week (first week of school) I got back to eating super healthy - lots of plants, clean menu plan on e-mealz. This week I started counting calories on mfp again.
I really, really wish I could be doing P90x, but I have an injury inside my right elbow and I'm not sure I should be doing it. I am running outside - 3 miles - and doing 30 Day shred 2 days a week and yoga 1 day. I'm counting calories now, but next week I'm going to get serious about making sure I'm eating at regular intervals and meeting my calories (goal is 1600/day).
I was flipping out about all of this yesterday because it seemed so overwhelming and like it would never happen, but then I was reminded while reading The Me I Want To Be, by John Ortberg, that its not in my control - nothing is in my control. And that i don't need to do everything right now this very minute. And i don't need to plan my life so far ahead - just worry about today and do what I need to do today. Surrender my will, my health, my finances, my everything to jesus. Let him worry about it - because no amount of worry is going to solve the problems I perceive that I have.
So here we go - mission is to get back into good running shape and to get back down to 125. And to live today.
Weight:?
Ugh, I am really out of shape. I consistently worked out over the summer, but I really only ran 2-3 times each week, i think. And it was all treadmill running because it was the most incredibly blasted hot summer in my life (temps in the mid 90s-100's for 5 weeks straight). And I was running slowly and at 0 incline.
So when i went to run outside last week - for the first time in a few months - it was not pretty. Or pleasant. At all. I sucked really bad. I couldn't run a mile straight. I walked a lot. And I ended up running 3.17 miles in 40 minutes. 2 days later I ran the same route in 38 minutes, so a bit of an improvement, but still struggled throughout the entire run. Soooo out of shape.
I did well with my weight throughout the summer until I went to Vegas in the middle of July. We had a whole lot of delays the night we flew in and ended up not eating from 3pm our time until 2:30am our time... and the only things open were food court garbage. And that set the course for the weekend of eating garbage - not a ton, but just crappy food. And I came home at 131 (left at 126/127). And I've struggled to get those pounds off. We had vacation 2 weeks ago and ate ice cream every night. Came home and weighed 133. So now I'm back to where I was last summer, but not feeling quite as content about it. I feel disgusting about myself - I don't feel good in my skin. I don't feel confident at all.
So last week (first week of school) I got back to eating super healthy - lots of plants, clean menu plan on e-mealz. This week I started counting calories on mfp again.
I really, really wish I could be doing P90x, but I have an injury inside my right elbow and I'm not sure I should be doing it. I am running outside - 3 miles - and doing 30 Day shred 2 days a week and yoga 1 day. I'm counting calories now, but next week I'm going to get serious about making sure I'm eating at regular intervals and meeting my calories (goal is 1600/day).
I was flipping out about all of this yesterday because it seemed so overwhelming and like it would never happen, but then I was reminded while reading The Me I Want To Be, by John Ortberg, that its not in my control - nothing is in my control. And that i don't need to do everything right now this very minute. And i don't need to plan my life so far ahead - just worry about today and do what I need to do today. Surrender my will, my health, my finances, my everything to jesus. Let him worry about it - because no amount of worry is going to solve the problems I perceive that I have.
So here we go - mission is to get back into good running shape and to get back down to 125. And to live today.
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