Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: 20:00 HIIT, 15:00 walking at 5% incline
2 mile: 24. 16
total distance: 2.680 miles
total time: 35:00
I have some weird kind of stomach pains going on right now - have been since yesterday. Of course since I can't fully explain what they are and how they feel, I've decided that I must have some sort of parasite from eating tomatos right out of my garden. I've seen some stuff crawling and flying around the garden that make me believe that I must have eaten some eggs or something... mmm. yummy - can't wait to chop those tomatos for my eggs this morning.
The stomach pains are also affecting my back so its all around nice right now.
My run was good. I slowed the speed down a tad bit again in order to help my endurance - I really think it helps. It just feels better while I'm running - I'm not miserable the entire time. I will work myself up again, but for now, I need to take it a little slower.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
STC - C2W9D57
Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: treadmill - Couch to 5k
2 mile: 26:40
Total time: 35:00
Total distance: 2.757 (I think - will have to check my notes)
speeds: 3.8, 5.5, 5.3
Lifted right afterward since I wanted to watch a movie while the girls are in school.
Bench Press: 3x12 @ 60lbs (will increase to 3x8 @ 65lbs)
Push ups: 12, 9, 10 (will do as many as possible for each set)
Cuban Press: 3x12 @ 10lbs each arm (keep the same, work on form)
Lateral Raise: 3x12 @ 10lbs each arm (keep the same, work on form)
Behind Head Extensions: 3x12 @ 24lbs (increase to 3x8 @ 28lbs)
Kickbacks: 3x12 @ 12 lbs (keep the same, work on form)
Couch to 5k this week is: 5 minutes walking, 2 sets of
run 90sec, walk 90 sec, run 3 min, walk 3 min.
I lowered my running speed in order to increase my endurance. I think it helped a lot. I didn't feel so fatigued and ready to die by the end of the 3 minutes. I understand this about myself: I want to push myself to be where I want to be right now. I have a hard time learning to get there slowly. I want to run 3 miles in less than 30:00 RIGHT. NOW. But it is going to take time to get there and that means I need to slow down so I can endure what I'm doing right. now.
I also did 3 sets of those intervals because I wanted to run for longer than 20 minutes. I ended with a 5 minute cool down walk at a 3% incline.
My weights were good. Heavy. And my form is treacherous and needs work. I'm going to leave some of my weights the same so that I can work on getting each rep completed with good form. Right now I'm getting the reps completed, but doing so is not pretty. Again - I want to be there right now, but I need to work my way to the point where I can truly lift those weights.
I think I'm going to go down to 3 days of lifting per week. I'm going to have to fight myself on this one. Have been thinking a lot about all of this over the weekend... will add more thoughts later.
(Saturday and Sunday went well in terms of eating. Having to count points makes it harder for me to go out of control on my free day. I didn't really count points either day, but knowing that I was going by points made me more aware of what I was doing and not so willing to splurge).
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: treadmill - Couch to 5k
2 mile: 26:40
Total time: 35:00
Total distance: 2.757 (I think - will have to check my notes)
speeds: 3.8, 5.5, 5.3
Lifted right afterward since I wanted to watch a movie while the girls are in school.
Bench Press: 3x12 @ 60lbs (will increase to 3x8 @ 65lbs)
Push ups: 12, 9, 10 (will do as many as possible for each set)
Cuban Press: 3x12 @ 10lbs each arm (keep the same, work on form)
Lateral Raise: 3x12 @ 10lbs each arm (keep the same, work on form)
Behind Head Extensions: 3x12 @ 24lbs (increase to 3x8 @ 28lbs)
Kickbacks: 3x12 @ 12 lbs (keep the same, work on form)
Couch to 5k this week is: 5 minutes walking, 2 sets of
run 90sec, walk 90 sec, run 3 min, walk 3 min.
I lowered my running speed in order to increase my endurance. I think it helped a lot. I didn't feel so fatigued and ready to die by the end of the 3 minutes. I understand this about myself: I want to push myself to be where I want to be right now. I have a hard time learning to get there slowly. I want to run 3 miles in less than 30:00 RIGHT. NOW. But it is going to take time to get there and that means I need to slow down so I can endure what I'm doing right. now.
I also did 3 sets of those intervals because I wanted to run for longer than 20 minutes. I ended with a 5 minute cool down walk at a 3% incline.
My weights were good. Heavy. And my form is treacherous and needs work. I'm going to leave some of my weights the same so that I can work on getting each rep completed with good form. Right now I'm getting the reps completed, but doing so is not pretty. Again - I want to be there right now, but I need to work my way to the point where I can truly lift those weights.
I think I'm going to go down to 3 days of lifting per week. I'm going to have to fight myself on this one. Have been thinking a lot about all of this over the weekend... will add more thoughts later.
(Saturday and Sunday went well in terms of eating. Having to count points makes it harder for me to go out of control on my free day. I didn't really count points either day, but knowing that I was going by points made me more aware of what I was doing and not so willing to splurge).
Saturday, September 8, 2007
STC - C2W8D55
Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: Legs/back/biceps
Bulgarian squats: 55lbs 3x11
Hamstring Curls: 42Lbs 3x10
Bent over row (bbell): 60 lbs 3x11
Delt Pull up: 3x10
Seated concentration curl (bbell): 35lbs 3x10
Standing bbell curl: 20lbs 3x11
I have been staying within my points and will be trying to stay close today and tomorrow. We're having friends over tonight, so it may become a little more difficult to keep it at 21 points, but I'm going to try to stay as close as possible.
Weighed myself this morning: 133. I don't think there is any change since last week, but then I had a pretty free 3 day weekend so I'm not going to worry about that. Next Saturday I hope to see more of a change on the scale. I know I can do this - I've done it twice before.
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: Legs/back/biceps
Bulgarian squats: 55lbs 3x11
Hamstring Curls: 42Lbs 3x10
Bent over row (bbell): 60 lbs 3x11
Delt Pull up: 3x10
Seated concentration curl (bbell): 35lbs 3x10
Standing bbell curl: 20lbs 3x11
I have been staying within my points and will be trying to stay close today and tomorrow. We're having friends over tonight, so it may become a little more difficult to keep it at 21 points, but I'm going to try to stay as close as possible.
Weighed myself this morning: 133. I don't think there is any change since last week, but then I had a pretty free 3 day weekend so I'm not going to worry about that. Next Saturday I hope to see more of a change on the scale. I know I can do this - I've done it twice before.
Friday, September 7, 2007
STC - C2W8D54
Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: HIIT for 20:00, steady state treadmill for 10:00 (5% incline walk)
2 miles: 24:05
Total Distance: 2.374
Speeds: 3.8, 5.1, 5.8, 6.2, 9.1
Run was better since I didn't have it on a 1.5% incline:) Although for some reason my 2 mile was longer and my distance was shorter. I need to work on that - not sure why that was.
Nothing much to say about the workout today. I'm going to lift this afternoon after I put Georgia down for a nap - then I'm going to spend the rest of my alone time laying on my bed watching tv - because I can.
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: HIIT for 20:00, steady state treadmill for 10:00 (5% incline walk)
2 miles: 24:05
Total Distance: 2.374
Speeds: 3.8, 5.1, 5.8, 6.2, 9.1
Run was better since I didn't have it on a 1.5% incline:) Although for some reason my 2 mile was longer and my distance was shorter. I need to work on that - not sure why that was.
Nothing much to say about the workout today. I'm going to lift this afternoon after I put Georgia down for a nap - then I'm going to spend the rest of my alone time laying on my bed watching tv - because I can.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
STC - C2W8D53
Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: Steady State running - couch to 5k: run 90 sec, walk 2 minutes.
2 miles: 26:32
Total distance: 2.673 miles
Total Time: 35:00
Speeds: 3.8 & 5.8 (last running minute at 7.0)
These runs are good for me. I need to take it at a slower pace and try to increase my endurance, so doing the steady state cardio is good for me. And I need to occupy my time with changing speeds every so often.
My eating has been good. I've stuck with 21 points for each day. I'm not missing out on those additional calories that I was eating before. I'm hoping that this change makes a difference - my mental game is totally wacked out right now and I need something to get me back in.
I often wish I could just be happy weighing 135 pounds because I can maintain that weight very easily - I can maintain it when I'm not paying any attention to what I'm eating and I can maintain it when I'm doing BFFM. I would be happy at 135 pounds if I saw any other changes happening. If I noticed a difference in my photos or if any of my measurements had changed, I could be happy at 135. But those things weren't happening. I think I need to just drop some weight and then I can concentrate more fully on toning up and getting some muscle definition and really lowering my bodyfat.
I may take a day off from lifting today. Haven't decided. Can't decide if I want to go to the grocery store this afternoon while the girls are at school or stay home. We'll have to see how it goes. I do think I need a day off from 2 a days. Then I'll run and lift again tomorrow and just lift on Saturday... maybe I'll run again on Sunday, who knows.
I am going to lose 20 pounds before the end of the year. I WILL. I have enough time. I've done 24 weeks of training myself to eat clean. I can do this.
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: Steady State running - couch to 5k: run 90 sec, walk 2 minutes.
2 miles: 26:32
Total distance: 2.673 miles
Total Time: 35:00
Speeds: 3.8 & 5.8 (last running minute at 7.0)
These runs are good for me. I need to take it at a slower pace and try to increase my endurance, so doing the steady state cardio is good for me. And I need to occupy my time with changing speeds every so often.
My eating has been good. I've stuck with 21 points for each day. I'm not missing out on those additional calories that I was eating before. I'm hoping that this change makes a difference - my mental game is totally wacked out right now and I need something to get me back in.
I often wish I could just be happy weighing 135 pounds because I can maintain that weight very easily - I can maintain it when I'm not paying any attention to what I'm eating and I can maintain it when I'm doing BFFM. I would be happy at 135 pounds if I saw any other changes happening. If I noticed a difference in my photos or if any of my measurements had changed, I could be happy at 135. But those things weren't happening. I think I need to just drop some weight and then I can concentrate more fully on toning up and getting some muscle definition and really lowering my bodyfat.
I may take a day off from lifting today. Haven't decided. Can't decide if I want to go to the grocery store this afternoon while the girls are at school or stay home. We'll have to see how it goes. I do think I need a day off from 2 a days. Then I'll run and lift again tomorrow and just lift on Saturday... maybe I'll run again on Sunday, who knows.
I am going to lose 20 pounds before the end of the year. I WILL. I have enough time. I've done 24 weeks of training myself to eat clean. I can do this.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
STC - C2W8D52
Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: HIIT - 25:00, walk at 5% incline - 5 minutes;
2 miles: 23:40;
Total distance: 2.400 miles
Speeds: 3.7, 5, 5.7, 6.3, 9.0
Lift - legs/back/biceps; changed to the kind of rep-ping that Dave does... same number of reps for each set instead of repping to failure for each set. He says he enjoys it more, I'm going to see what I think. Today and yesterday I did 10 reps for each set of every exercise.
I was getting pretty discouraged during my run this morning. It was tough. I could barely make it through the interval sets without stopping at some point during them. I had to increase my walking time to 2 minutes between each interval set because I couldn't catch my breath. I was getting kind of ticked off, but what could I do?
When I went to increase the incline for my last 5 minutes of walking I saw that I had been running at a 1.5% incline the entire time. That made me feel much, much better!
Eating was good yesterday. I didn't miss all of those calories that I had been eating before. I feel good about going back to weight watchers, but combining it with BFL with good, lean proteins and good complex carbs. I feel like I'm getting the best of both programs and will be able to not feel guilty about my free day on Sunday - but yet still need to watch it so it doesn't get out of control. I feel like I'm on a good path and hopefully by our anniversary weekend in South Haven I will have lost at least 5 pounds but hopefully closer to 10.
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: HIIT - 25:00, walk at 5% incline - 5 minutes;
2 miles: 23:40;
Total distance: 2.400 miles
Speeds: 3.7, 5, 5.7, 6.3, 9.0
Lift - legs/back/biceps; changed to the kind of rep-ping that Dave does... same number of reps for each set instead of repping to failure for each set. He says he enjoys it more, I'm going to see what I think. Today and yesterday I did 10 reps for each set of every exercise.
I was getting pretty discouraged during my run this morning. It was tough. I could barely make it through the interval sets without stopping at some point during them. I had to increase my walking time to 2 minutes between each interval set because I couldn't catch my breath. I was getting kind of ticked off, but what could I do?
When I went to increase the incline for my last 5 minutes of walking I saw that I had been running at a 1.5% incline the entire time. That made me feel much, much better!
Eating was good yesterday. I didn't miss all of those calories that I had been eating before. I feel good about going back to weight watchers, but combining it with BFL with good, lean proteins and good complex carbs. I feel like I'm getting the best of both programs and will be able to not feel guilty about my free day on Sunday - but yet still need to watch it so it doesn't get out of control. I feel like I'm on a good path and hopefully by our anniversary weekend in South Haven I will have lost at least 5 pounds but hopefully closer to 10.
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
STC - C2W8D51
Summer Tracker Challenge
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: Steady State run - couch to 5k training plan: 90 sec run/2 minutes walk. 2 miles in 26:58; total workout time: 35:00
I had a major meltdown on Saturday morning after weighing and taking pictures. I have been working my bum off for the last 3 weeks and have been eating totally clean for the last 8 weeks and absolutely no changes. None. No changes in the pictures. My weight fluctuates between 131 & 133 every week. I can't handle this anymore. I don't know why I can't figure this out - why I can't make this work. I have GOT to be doing something slightly wrong that is messing everything up.
I don't want it to be about the scale, but ultimately, right now I need to see some change in order to not be so discouraged and upset. I could have dealt with no scale change if I saw changes in my photos, but there were none - and I lost it. Cried and cried and cried.
So I've gone back to weight watchers - joined last night. I will be incorporating both weight watchers and BFL together. I figured out an extremely clean daily menu that will end up being 18-21 points. My target daily point total is 21, so this should be okay. Basically I brought my portion sizes down and am staying within my points.
I feel like such a loser - like I'm a quitter, like I can't handle it mentally. But its been 24 weeks since we started BFL - thats just about 6 months. My weight has gone down by 2-4 pounds total in that amount of time. I'm not silly enough to think that 12 weeks is long enough to make the kind of transformation I wanted to make, but I should have been able to lose more than 4 pounds.
So I'm going to try it this way. 21 clean points per day max. 30:00 of running minimum. 3 days a week of lifting minimum. Counting my points on the weekend, too.
I want to get down to 115... if I lose 2 pounds a week, that would be 10 weeks - November 10th. So by Thanksgiving, I hope to be at 115.
I weighed myself today: 137.2 (I'm certain thats inflated because of water retention, but I don't care). Here we go.
Beginning Date: July 16, 2007
Ending Date: October 7, 2007
Workout: Steady State run - couch to 5k training plan: 90 sec run/2 minutes walk. 2 miles in 26:58; total workout time: 35:00
I had a major meltdown on Saturday morning after weighing and taking pictures. I have been working my bum off for the last 3 weeks and have been eating totally clean for the last 8 weeks and absolutely no changes. None. No changes in the pictures. My weight fluctuates between 131 & 133 every week. I can't handle this anymore. I don't know why I can't figure this out - why I can't make this work. I have GOT to be doing something slightly wrong that is messing everything up.
I don't want it to be about the scale, but ultimately, right now I need to see some change in order to not be so discouraged and upset. I could have dealt with no scale change if I saw changes in my photos, but there were none - and I lost it. Cried and cried and cried.
So I've gone back to weight watchers - joined last night. I will be incorporating both weight watchers and BFL together. I figured out an extremely clean daily menu that will end up being 18-21 points. My target daily point total is 21, so this should be okay. Basically I brought my portion sizes down and am staying within my points.
I feel like such a loser - like I'm a quitter, like I can't handle it mentally. But its been 24 weeks since we started BFL - thats just about 6 months. My weight has gone down by 2-4 pounds total in that amount of time. I'm not silly enough to think that 12 weeks is long enough to make the kind of transformation I wanted to make, but I should have been able to lose more than 4 pounds.
So I'm going to try it this way. 21 clean points per day max. 30:00 of running minimum. 3 days a week of lifting minimum. Counting my points on the weekend, too.
I want to get down to 115... if I lose 2 pounds a week, that would be 10 weeks - November 10th. So by Thanksgiving, I hope to be at 115.
I weighed myself today: 137.2 (I'm certain thats inflated because of water retention, but I don't care). Here we go.
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