Workout: running
Weight: 123.6
A lot has changed in 4 1/2 months:) I stayed at 6.0 mph and gradually worked up to more and more miles per workout. By Christmas I was running 6 miles on Saturday and 4 on M/W/Th. I think I only ran 6 miles once before Christmas and by later that day I was so ravenous I couldn't eat enough food - I never felt full. Kind of like how I felt after surfing in Cabo.
Right after Christmas I hit a wall with my running. I gained 4-5 pounds over christmas because I got overconfident with running = I could eat whatever and however much I wanted to (sugar). I also got pretty dehydrated. I could barely run 3 miles without being wrecked the whole time. So per Michelle's advice I took a break for a week. Then my hip began to hurt more and more and I had a bunch of dental issues - so I ended up taking a month off of running. I waited until my dental issues were resolved. The result, though, was that I lost the 5 pounds that I had gained because I couldn't eat solid food for 4 weeks. I started running again as soon as that was resolved. It took a few days to get it back, but I was soon back to 4 miles 3 days a week and a longer run on saturday.
Now, 2 months later, I am running 4 1/2 - 5 1/2 miles on M/W/Th and 6-7 miles on Saturday. My goal is to run about 20 miles/week. Two weeks ago I ran a personal best of 62:30 without stopping for any breaks. Last Saturday I ran 65:00 without significant breaks (I had to jump off for 10-20 seconds twice to talk to Dave or to Ryann). My saturday runs are still at a 6.0 pace. I have increased my weekday runs to 6.3 mph.
Today I ran 5 1/2 miles. I ran 4.75 miles at 6.3 and the last .75 miles at 6.5. With the increase in speed I've had to go back to adding time to my continuous running. This morning I did 3.25 miles before stopping to catch my breath. My heart rate is again at 185bpm when I stop.
My weight is fluctuating between 121 & 125 based on water consumption. Right now it is TOM in addition to Monday morning so double whammy on that. Saturday morning my weight was 121.6. Sunday morning it was 125. This morning it was 123.6. I am in size 6 jeans and small or xs shirts. Probably would be comfortable in size 4 trousers and could fit into size 4 jeans if I tried although they may not be terribly comfortable.
I was telling Dave a few weeks ago that this is the longest that I've maintained this weight. Each time I've gotten here in the past, I've gotten pregnant shortly afterward. This is the first time I can buy clothes with long range plans behind them. I see no reason why I should not be this size a year from now.
I now really, really enjoy running. It feels good. Dave and I challenged some of our college friends to run in the Calvin Classic 5k in April. I've never run in a race... I'm excited and hesitant all at the same time:) I've gotten pretty comfortable on the treadmill - I don't want to go back outside! But again, running feels good now. I still dread it sometimes, but I probably more dread getting up early than the actual running... the running I now KNOW I can do. I've proven it to myself - I can run for an hour without stopping. A year ago no one would have ever convinced me that I'd EVER be able to do that!
Monday, March 23, 2009
Saturday, November 8, 2008
November 8, 2008
Workout: Interval running on treadmill
Weight: 124.4 (I think)
A lot to catch up on...
Weight: My weight has been steady at 122.8, but last night I had Olive Garden and not enough water, which explains the almost 2 pound gain over night.
Workouts: I stayed steady at a 5.4 pace until I went to Mexico. For my first workout in Mexico I decided to up it to 6.0 because I had eaten more than usual the day before - including dessert. So I ran at 6.0 for the whole week (3 workouts on the treadmill, 1 on the eliptical, 1 morning of surfing (3 hours) and 1 day of snorkeling which ended up not being a workout at all). We were very active in Mexico in addition to those workouts. We walked a large portion of the city of Cabo San Lucas one afternoon/evening - about 3-4 hours total that day, we walked around the city again another day, we walked the beach, we played a lot of pool volleyball and we climbed the rocks. It was a great vacation. I ate more than I normally do and didn't gain a pound - I went to Mexico weighing 122.8 and came home weighing the same. I was very happy about that!
Since coming home I have kept my running pace at 6.0. I've tried - briefly - to slow it back down to 5.4, but it is tough - it isn't a natural pace for me and I feel like it is harder work to maintain that pace. I'm running at 6.0 for 25:00 or 2.5 miles before taking a break to catch my breath. My total distance has increased to 3.5 miles in 36:30. I am very happy about all of this. It feels good and I can see where I may eventually get up to 4 and then 5 miles every day once my pace increases a little more. I'm not going to get over eager - I'm sticking with 6.0 for now.
Sugar fast: I broke my sugar fast in Mexico (I had planned on it). Started September 2 and went all the way to October 19 without eating sugar. It was very good for me. I started again on October 26, but broke it on Halloween and again yesterday. I have to not even start otherwise I excuse myself for the rest of the day. I have to make a decision about today - we are celebrating Georgia's birthday tonight and I haven't decided, yet, if I want a piece of cake. I have to remember that I really don't even like cake and frosting...
Weight: 124.4 (I think)
A lot to catch up on...
Weight: My weight has been steady at 122.8, but last night I had Olive Garden and not enough water, which explains the almost 2 pound gain over night.
Workouts: I stayed steady at a 5.4 pace until I went to Mexico. For my first workout in Mexico I decided to up it to 6.0 because I had eaten more than usual the day before - including dessert. So I ran at 6.0 for the whole week (3 workouts on the treadmill, 1 on the eliptical, 1 morning of surfing (3 hours) and 1 day of snorkeling which ended up not being a workout at all). We were very active in Mexico in addition to those workouts. We walked a large portion of the city of Cabo San Lucas one afternoon/evening - about 3-4 hours total that day, we walked around the city again another day, we walked the beach, we played a lot of pool volleyball and we climbed the rocks. It was a great vacation. I ate more than I normally do and didn't gain a pound - I went to Mexico weighing 122.8 and came home weighing the same. I was very happy about that!
Since coming home I have kept my running pace at 6.0. I've tried - briefly - to slow it back down to 5.4, but it is tough - it isn't a natural pace for me and I feel like it is harder work to maintain that pace. I'm running at 6.0 for 25:00 or 2.5 miles before taking a break to catch my breath. My total distance has increased to 3.5 miles in 36:30. I am very happy about all of this. It feels good and I can see where I may eventually get up to 4 and then 5 miles every day once my pace increases a little more. I'm not going to get over eager - I'm sticking with 6.0 for now.
Sugar fast: I broke my sugar fast in Mexico (I had planned on it). Started September 2 and went all the way to October 19 without eating sugar. It was very good for me. I started again on October 26, but broke it on Halloween and again yesterday. I have to not even start otherwise I excuse myself for the rest of the day. I have to make a decision about today - we are celebrating Georgia's birthday tonight and I haven't decided, yet, if I want a piece of cake. I have to remember that I really don't even like cake and frosting...
Monday, October 13, 2008
October 13, 2008
Workout: running on the treadmill
Weight: 123.0
3 miles in 34:31
3.25 miles in 37:18
27 minutes straight
Weight: 123.0
3 miles in 34:31
3.25 miles in 37:18
27 minutes straight
Friday, October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008
Workout: bodyweight/toning
Weight: 123.4
Some new exercises today. I didn't feel I had the cardio workout that I have with the previous workouts so I may be going back to most of those. These were tough, though.
Power Pushups: 3x15
Standing back extension: 3x10
Two-Arm Swing: 3x15
Quad Stretch w/ bicep curls: 3x10
Triceps Can-Can: 3x10
Pretzel: 3x15/side
Dual Cable Lift: 3x15
Time: 39:30
The triceps can-can needs to be eliminated - for some reason I can't do things that require being in that position. I may have to find a new triceps exercise or go to plain dips or weighted dips.
Yesterday I ran on the treadmill. Since it was day 2 of 2 in a row I was going to do a tougher but shorter run. I intended to do 24 minutes at 5.8mph. I ended up doing 35 minutes at 5.8 because I was feeling good. 3 miles = 32:24. 3.25 miles in 35:01. I stopped more often than I do when running at 5.4 (stopped at 1 mile to catch my breath and then a couple of times after that), but it felt good to be running at that pace. I'm anxious to increase my pace, but I'm going to continue to take it slow. Tomorrow I run 26:00 straight.
Weight is 123.4 two days in a row!! Although I'm very comfortable where I'm at... its still nice to see those low numbers on the scale!
Weight: 123.4
Some new exercises today. I didn't feel I had the cardio workout that I have with the previous workouts so I may be going back to most of those. These were tough, though.
Power Pushups: 3x15
Standing back extension: 3x10
Two-Arm Swing: 3x15
Quad Stretch w/ bicep curls: 3x10
Triceps Can-Can: 3x10
Pretzel: 3x15/side
Dual Cable Lift: 3x15
Time: 39:30
The triceps can-can needs to be eliminated - for some reason I can't do things that require being in that position. I may have to find a new triceps exercise or go to plain dips or weighted dips.
Yesterday I ran on the treadmill. Since it was day 2 of 2 in a row I was going to do a tougher but shorter run. I intended to do 24 minutes at 5.8mph. I ended up doing 35 minutes at 5.8 because I was feeling good. 3 miles = 32:24. 3.25 miles in 35:01. I stopped more often than I do when running at 5.4 (stopped at 1 mile to catch my breath and then a couple of times after that), but it felt good to be running at that pace. I'm anxious to increase my pace, but I'm going to continue to take it slow. Tomorrow I run 26:00 straight.
Weight is 123.4 two days in a row!! Although I'm very comfortable where I'm at... its still nice to see those low numbers on the scale!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
October 8, 2008
Workout: treadmill
Weight: 124.8
3.25 miles in 37:20; 3 miles in 34:31 @ 5.4mph; 25:00 straight without stopping (2.25 miles)
Good run this morning. I was a bit worried because we hung out in a smokey bar on Saturday night and I thought my lungs were going to burn. But I didn't feel anything. Felt good to kill it again.
Monday I walked for 48:00 outside with the dog. We played soccer with Joseph (9), Thomas (7), Nora (6) & Christopher (4) on Sunday and my hip flexors hurt so badly on Monday morning that I couldn't even think about running. Yesterday morning I just didn't feel like working out so I didn't - no real good excuse. So today it was back to it and it feels good.
Dave and I were talking after I ran on Saturday and I told him how I started to feel labored at 20 minutes, but worked through it and by 22 minutes felt like I was in a good rhythm again, but stopped anyway. He wondered if part of my problem is I've never busted through those laboring parts of running - everyone has them, they only last 30-60 seconds and then you get through. I think he's right so i kept that in mind this morning while running and really focused on busting through those laboring parts. I started out with the intention of running 23:00 straight and then while I was running decided to go for 24 minutes since I skipped a workout on Monday (which was supposed to be 23:00) and then I realized that if I went for 25 minutes I'd be able to run a full 2.25 miles. THAT is progress (increasing my running time while I'm running - rather than decreasing it).
Weight: 124.8
3.25 miles in 37:20; 3 miles in 34:31 @ 5.4mph; 25:00 straight without stopping (2.25 miles)
Good run this morning. I was a bit worried because we hung out in a smokey bar on Saturday night and I thought my lungs were going to burn. But I didn't feel anything. Felt good to kill it again.
Monday I walked for 48:00 outside with the dog. We played soccer with Joseph (9), Thomas (7), Nora (6) & Christopher (4) on Sunday and my hip flexors hurt so badly on Monday morning that I couldn't even think about running. Yesterday morning I just didn't feel like working out so I didn't - no real good excuse. So today it was back to it and it feels good.
Dave and I were talking after I ran on Saturday and I told him how I started to feel labored at 20 minutes, but worked through it and by 22 minutes felt like I was in a good rhythm again, but stopped anyway. He wondered if part of my problem is I've never busted through those laboring parts of running - everyone has them, they only last 30-60 seconds and then you get through. I think he's right so i kept that in mind this morning while running and really focused on busting through those laboring parts. I started out with the intention of running 23:00 straight and then while I was running decided to go for 24 minutes since I skipped a workout on Monday (which was supposed to be 23:00) and then I realized that if I went for 25 minutes I'd be able to run a full 2.25 miles. THAT is progress (increasing my running time while I'm running - rather than decreasing it).
Saturday, October 4, 2008
october 4, 2008
Workout: treadmill
Weight: 124.4
3 miles = 34:54 (@5.4 pace)
3.25 miles = 37:38
I ran 22 minutes without stopping. I started laboring right around 19/20 minutes, but by 22 minutes I was in a pretty good rhythm again and actually stopped at 22 minutes and had a brief feeling of guilt like I should have kept going. 22 minutes was 2 miles of running. I feel I accomplished something really good by running 2 miles straight without a break. I'm going to get there. Slowly but surely I will get to the point where I can consistenly run 3 miles straight and then I'll start working on increasing my speed and incline.
I'm a little worried about the weekend. We're going to Michigan to have family pictures taken for my mom's side of the family. I think we're doing pizza afterward. On Sunday we're having our family birthday picnic - again, possibly pizza or some kind of bad for you grilled food. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do - is it insulting for me to go out and get my own salad? we can't really afford it, but I don't want to eat a bunch of garbage this weekend and go backward.
Weight: 124.4
3 miles = 34:54 (@5.4 pace)
3.25 miles = 37:38
I ran 22 minutes without stopping. I started laboring right around 19/20 minutes, but by 22 minutes I was in a pretty good rhythm again and actually stopped at 22 minutes and had a brief feeling of guilt like I should have kept going. 22 minutes was 2 miles of running. I feel I accomplished something really good by running 2 miles straight without a break. I'm going to get there. Slowly but surely I will get to the point where I can consistenly run 3 miles straight and then I'll start working on increasing my speed and incline.
I'm a little worried about the weekend. We're going to Michigan to have family pictures taken for my mom's side of the family. I think we're doing pizza afterward. On Sunday we're having our family birthday picnic - again, possibly pizza or some kind of bad for you grilled food. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do - is it insulting for me to go out and get my own salad? we can't really afford it, but I don't want to eat a bunch of garbage this weekend and go backward.
Friday, October 3, 2008
October 3, 2008
Workout: body weight exercises
Weight: 124.4
Power Pushups: 3x15
Standing Chest Expansion: 3x10
2 arm swing: 3x15
Wide Leg Plank w/ Jab: 3x10
Quad stretch w/ bicep curl: 3x10
Single Leg Glute Lift: 3x10 (each side)
Crescent Punch Lunge: 3x10 (5 each side)
Wow, I work up quite a sweat during this workout. And my arms, again, were fatigued and uncomfortable afterward. I had not recovered from being sore from the workout on Tuesday, so the pushups were tough this morning. But good. Its all good - good workout. Good exercises. I feel these are much better than lifting weights right now.
Weight: 124.4
Power Pushups: 3x15
Standing Chest Expansion: 3x10
2 arm swing: 3x15
Wide Leg Plank w/ Jab: 3x10
Quad stretch w/ bicep curl: 3x10
Single Leg Glute Lift: 3x10 (each side)
Crescent Punch Lunge: 3x10 (5 each side)
Wow, I work up quite a sweat during this workout. And my arms, again, were fatigued and uncomfortable afterward. I had not recovered from being sore from the workout on Tuesday, so the pushups were tough this morning. But good. Its all good - good workout. Good exercises. I feel these are much better than lifting weights right now.
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