Workout: Tae Bo
Time: 25:00
Weight: 125.6
Last week was an epic fail in terms of working out. Actually, I think I worked out 3 days, but ended the week with a big goose egg. The tendon around my right knee is hurting a lot and I felt like I had strained my hamstrings. I was pretty much a mess, so I opted to stay in bed and rest. And then, because I'm brilliant, I ate garbage all weekend long. Like cookies, chocolate, M&Ms, parmesan bread sticks, chicken nuggets, french fries and a frostry. Pretty much if it was healthy, it wasn't going into my body. Horrifying how I lose self control so easily and excuse myself from getting back on track until Monday.
Saturday I really didn't miss running 10 miles, but I did miss burning the 1000 calories and I missed that pride that I did something ridiculously hard (for me). I'm realizing that I have a completely different self-confidence when I've run, than when I'm taking time off. I feel strong and confident and accomplished when I've run. When I haven't, I struggle to feel good about myself. I need to get over that.
Last week I ordered 3 Biggest Loser dvd's - Boot Camp, 30 Day Shred, & Cardio Max. I figure if Jillian Michaels can kick my butt in yoga for 30 minutes, she most certainly will kick my butt in cardio. I can't wait - because I need something hard core.
I did the getting started workout on my Tae Bo Get Ripped dvd. After futzing around with different Tae Bo dvd's this morning, I finally found the one that I used to feel was the most effective. It seems contradictory that the getting started workout should be the best workout, rather than the two advanced workouts, but it definitely is. I did one of the advanced workouts last week and hardly felt like I raised my heart rate. I started another one this morning and remembered that it was crap. With the getting started workout I'm definitely raising my heart rate a lot higher than the others. So I'll do that until I get my BL dvds.
I'm refocusing my efforts on my eating. I've joined myfitnesspal.com (which is a whole heck of a lot more user friendly than spark people) and I'm going to start tracking my food. My biggest frustration is that because of my size, I'm only supposed to have 1200 calories/day (in order to lose LESS THAN 1 pound/week). Thats what? Like an apple & a salad? Ridiculous. I'm an eater - I can put the food down and not feel hungry afterward. I need to stick with this and get myself disciplined again. I think not running will help me with that because I won't have a constant built in excuse to eat more. I'm going to try to get a little more protein in my day because it is something that I really lack... so tuna will now be my best friend.
I just want to lose these last 5-10 pounds that I've struggled to get off while training for races. I'm comfortable at 125, but I've been hovering between 125 & 127 for a long time. I would lOVE to get to 115, but never have and am never committed to doing what it takes to get there. Ideally, if I could hover between 118-123, I'd be happy.
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Monday, March 14, 2011
Monday March 14, 2011
Workout: Tae Bo Total Fat Blaster
Time: 55:00
Weight: 124.8
I have officially dropped out of training for the River Bank Run. And I have stopped running entirely at least until Easter (although I may give in and run once while Dave and I stay downtown over my birthday). This is kind of drastic for me, but it needs to happen.
Last Tuesday I ran 5 miles and felt really good about it. Wednesday morning when I woke up - before I even left my bed - I could feel that my ankles were sore and the bottoms of my feet were sore. Really sore. Really painful. So I need a break. I believe I need new shoes, too, but I don't think that new shoes will magically make my ankles & feet feel better - I think I need to take a break and let them rest and then I can try new shoes and try to run again.
Regardless, I'm in desperate need of a change in my thinking about everything anyway. I've gotten too high maintenance with my running, which ultimately drives me crazy. Mapping out runs, making schedules, being overly concerned with pace, trying to put the pieces of a puzzle together to figure out how this affects that. I know that these are my issues and I need to step back from them and get a little more balance back.
So I thought about when I first started getting in shape after each of my pregnancies. Because thats when I just worked out and dieted to lose the weight. Three years ago I decided that I wanted to "be a runner" and have been doing that ever since and have had tunnel vision, which has not been good. I've gotten out of balance in my fitness - I've let weight training be a non-existent part of my routine and I can feel that I've lost a lot of strength. I've focused so much on running, running, running and getting better at that, that I've lost the real focus: being healthy.
I came up with the following schedule (because I want to make sure I work out every day and try to get enough cardio & enough weight training in):
M/W/F - Tae Bo
T/Th - Jillian Michaels yoga + push ups, squats, situps
S - P90x yoga
In addition, I would really like to get out of the house every night around 8:00 and go for a 2-3 mile walk. I really, REALLY wish this was something that Dave and I could do together, but not entirely sure that I feel comfortable leaving the girls home by themselves (Nora is only 9 1/2). My grandparents walked together every night - I want it to just be a part of our lives, but I also know that it is going to be difficult to push myself to leave the house at 8 as that is the time that I want to just sit.
Those are my plans.
So I did Tae Bo total fat blaster or whatever this morning. I now remember that I did not like that workout. It uses resistance bands and I never felt like I was getting a good cardio workout. Wednesday I'll try to Get Ripped video again.
Time: 55:00
Weight: 124.8
I have officially dropped out of training for the River Bank Run. And I have stopped running entirely at least until Easter (although I may give in and run once while Dave and I stay downtown over my birthday). This is kind of drastic for me, but it needs to happen.
Last Tuesday I ran 5 miles and felt really good about it. Wednesday morning when I woke up - before I even left my bed - I could feel that my ankles were sore and the bottoms of my feet were sore. Really sore. Really painful. So I need a break. I believe I need new shoes, too, but I don't think that new shoes will magically make my ankles & feet feel better - I think I need to take a break and let them rest and then I can try new shoes and try to run again.
Regardless, I'm in desperate need of a change in my thinking about everything anyway. I've gotten too high maintenance with my running, which ultimately drives me crazy. Mapping out runs, making schedules, being overly concerned with pace, trying to put the pieces of a puzzle together to figure out how this affects that. I know that these are my issues and I need to step back from them and get a little more balance back.
So I thought about when I first started getting in shape after each of my pregnancies. Because thats when I just worked out and dieted to lose the weight. Three years ago I decided that I wanted to "be a runner" and have been doing that ever since and have had tunnel vision, which has not been good. I've gotten out of balance in my fitness - I've let weight training be a non-existent part of my routine and I can feel that I've lost a lot of strength. I've focused so much on running, running, running and getting better at that, that I've lost the real focus: being healthy.
I came up with the following schedule (because I want to make sure I work out every day and try to get enough cardio & enough weight training in):
M/W/F - Tae Bo
T/Th - Jillian Michaels yoga + push ups, squats, situps
S - P90x yoga
In addition, I would really like to get out of the house every night around 8:00 and go for a 2-3 mile walk. I really, REALLY wish this was something that Dave and I could do together, but not entirely sure that I feel comfortable leaving the girls home by themselves (Nora is only 9 1/2). My grandparents walked together every night - I want it to just be a part of our lives, but I also know that it is going to be difficult to push myself to leave the house at 8 as that is the time that I want to just sit.
Those are my plans.
So I did Tae Bo total fat blaster or whatever this morning. I now remember that I did not like that workout. It uses resistance bands and I never felt like I was getting a good cardio workout. Wednesday I'll try to Get Ripped video again.
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