Workout: 3 miles on the treadmill
Incline: 2%
Time: 30:00
Weight: ?
Ran an easy pace this morning as it was my first time running in two weeks or so. I kicked up the incline to 2%, though, to make it a better workout. It was a good run. I did well. It hurt a little bit (lungs/throat), but I got through without any stops other than a quick 20 second hamstring stretch after 1/4 mile.
I intend to go to the gym tomorrow and hit the bike and the weight machines. I need to put together a plan and pack my gym bag so I'll have no excuse. Its time to get back into a daily 5:15 wake up call & workout. I feel better afterward. I like getting it over with and not trying to fit it in during the day. I need to be consistent.
I also drank 4 16oz glasses of water today, which is an improvement by 4 16oz glasses:) It is definitely time to work on seriously rehydrating myself. My goal is 10 16oz glasses everyday. After going for months without hardly drinking any water during the day, I'm proud of the 4 I had today (I'll have one more before bed).
I'm not spending a lot of energy worrying about my eating right now. It is Christmas. I'm making biscotti. Dave is getting treats all the time. Its just insanity to believe that I could be THAT disciplined through all of that. Our new vegetarian meal planning service begins on January 1st and I'm incredibly excited about that. I need to get my cholesterol back down (up to a whopping 263 again - ugh) and I know that eating a plant based diet is the way to do it for me. I just need to get back to it.
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Monday, December 13, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Monday March 1, 2010
Workout: 4 1/2 miles + 10:00 cross training
Weight: 123
Resting Heart Rate: Forgot
Great run this morning. I'm feeling so strong and confident while I'm running. Its incredibly enjoyable and I'm amazed at how quickly 4 1/2 miles became easy again. I'm really looking forward to running outside again - it will be hard, but I can't wait!
Ran at 6.0 until 4.25 miles (totally forgot to increase my pace until then). Ran the last 1/4 mile at 6.5. Feels good to open up like that - my stride is long, pace is steady.
Heart rate was 164/166 for entire run until I increased the pace.
Cross Training = 10 minutes of walking. I did a treadmill program that was designed around getting to and maintaining a certain heart rate. I was supposed to get up to 131 bpm. It took 7 minutes at a 13% incline and 3.8 mph to get back up to 131 and maintain it. I think I could have walked at 4.0 and should try that next time. Told Dave about this and he said he is also struggling to get his heart rate up while walking and doing the eliptical without making the incline or resistance ridiculous.
Today I'm getting back to a more controlled eating plan. I don't have everything planned out, but I'm going to cut out the snacky food - chex mix, target trail mixes, crackers, etc. Out. I need to go grocery shopping, but I'm going to focus back on Plant First. Last week was kind of rough in that regard.
I'm also going to begin painting throughout the house. Might not happen until after we get back from Steamboat because I need to pick out colors, but I'm going to do the entire house this year. Cornbread was offered an opportunity to transfer offices (to FL) and while we ultimately decided not to explore it, it did make us realize that 1) we are willing to move/transfer if the right office becomes available and 2) our house needs some serious work. I'm writing about this in this blog because when I paint I generally lose weight. Probably from the up and down the ladder, paint rolling etc. but also probably due to being too busy/occupied to eat. So, hopefully with a more controlled eating day and the addition of the painting activity I can reach my goal of 115 by race time. Once again, I'm not hung up on the number so much as I recognize that every pound I lose will help me run better/easier. I would like to fluctuate between 115 - 119 rather than 123 - 125.
Weight: 123
Resting Heart Rate: Forgot
Great run this morning. I'm feeling so strong and confident while I'm running. Its incredibly enjoyable and I'm amazed at how quickly 4 1/2 miles became easy again. I'm really looking forward to running outside again - it will be hard, but I can't wait!
Ran at 6.0 until 4.25 miles (totally forgot to increase my pace until then). Ran the last 1/4 mile at 6.5. Feels good to open up like that - my stride is long, pace is steady.
Heart rate was 164/166 for entire run until I increased the pace.
Cross Training = 10 minutes of walking. I did a treadmill program that was designed around getting to and maintaining a certain heart rate. I was supposed to get up to 131 bpm. It took 7 minutes at a 13% incline and 3.8 mph to get back up to 131 and maintain it. I think I could have walked at 4.0 and should try that next time. Told Dave about this and he said he is also struggling to get his heart rate up while walking and doing the eliptical without making the incline or resistance ridiculous.
Today I'm getting back to a more controlled eating plan. I don't have everything planned out, but I'm going to cut out the snacky food - chex mix, target trail mixes, crackers, etc. Out. I need to go grocery shopping, but I'm going to focus back on Plant First. Last week was kind of rough in that regard.
I'm also going to begin painting throughout the house. Might not happen until after we get back from Steamboat because I need to pick out colors, but I'm going to do the entire house this year. Cornbread was offered an opportunity to transfer offices (to FL) and while we ultimately decided not to explore it, it did make us realize that 1) we are willing to move/transfer if the right office becomes available and 2) our house needs some serious work. I'm writing about this in this blog because when I paint I generally lose weight. Probably from the up and down the ladder, paint rolling etc. but also probably due to being too busy/occupied to eat. So, hopefully with a more controlled eating day and the addition of the painting activity I can reach my goal of 115 by race time. Once again, I'm not hung up on the number so much as I recognize that every pound I lose will help me run better/easier. I would like to fluctuate between 115 - 119 rather than 123 - 125.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Saturday February 27, 2010
Workout: Long run - 6 1/2 miles
Weight: 125.0
An okay run this morning. I labored through the first 3 miles. Really struggled to stay on and not take a break. Knowing that I've done it before helps me do it again - I repeat to myself, "You can do this!" It helps.
Right around mile 4.5 I felt like I had to go to the bathroom. I ran through it, but finally at 6.1 miles I had to stop. I was mad at myself, but I wasn't sure I could keep going for the additional 4 minutes without having some kind of accident. TMI.
This week I have been the model of lack of self control/discipline in terms of eating. I have lacked motivation in all areas of my life. When I look back at the entire week I feel like I have not accomplished anything and my eating falls right in line with that. I have gotten to the place of being over confident in what I can eat and have been snacking a lot and eating crappy snack food. I haven't gone to the grocery store. Haven't stuck to my menu. Haven't created a menu for next month. All of this needs to change. I work too flippin hard in the gym to waste it on junk. I have 3 weeks until Steamboat (!) and I wanted to be at 120 by then. It is definitely do-able, but I need to crack down and get serious about it.
Weight: 125.0
An okay run this morning. I labored through the first 3 miles. Really struggled to stay on and not take a break. Knowing that I've done it before helps me do it again - I repeat to myself, "You can do this!" It helps.
Right around mile 4.5 I felt like I had to go to the bathroom. I ran through it, but finally at 6.1 miles I had to stop. I was mad at myself, but I wasn't sure I could keep going for the additional 4 minutes without having some kind of accident. TMI.
This week I have been the model of lack of self control/discipline in terms of eating. I have lacked motivation in all areas of my life. When I look back at the entire week I feel like I have not accomplished anything and my eating falls right in line with that. I have gotten to the place of being over confident in what I can eat and have been snacking a lot and eating crappy snack food. I haven't gone to the grocery store. Haven't stuck to my menu. Haven't created a menu for next month. All of this needs to change. I work too flippin hard in the gym to waste it on junk. I have 3 weeks until Steamboat (!) and I wanted to be at 120 by then. It is definitely do-able, but I need to crack down and get serious about it.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Wednesday February 24, 2010
Weight: 124.6
Workout: 4 miles + 10:00 cross
Run was good this morning. Better than on Monday morning. I felt good throughout with the exception of ankle pain during the first 3 songs. The pain was not as severe as it was on Monday, but definitely lasted longer into the run than I think I've estimated.
Ran the entire 4 miles without breaks at 6.0 mph. Cranked it up to 6.2 for 3.25 - 3.75 and then 6.5 for 3.75-4.0. Heart rate was 166-168 before cranking it up and ended around 174.
For the cross training I walked for 10 minutes. Mostly because I didn't feel like spending the time wiping down the treadmill, going to a new machine and having to wipe that one down afterward too. I put the incline up to 13% and walked at 3.5 mph. Heart rate was in the 120's most of the time. Incline varied throughout the 10 minutes.
I would like to spend some time re-evaluating my eating. I think that I've gone over to the overconfident, can eat whatever I want side of the pendulum. Ultimately, I'm happy where I'm at and know that I'm probably truly around 123ish and the fluctuations are due to water retention (based on how my clothes fit and the gain/loss amounts over night), but I know that if I lose 5-10 pounds I will be able to run better. So I need to actually sit down and figure out a do-able 1500 calorie/day diet. I get so screwed by my height (5'1"):)
Cornbread, on the other hand, is melting away. He has lost 15 pounds since January 4th. I look at his weight chart every morning and am amazed! I feel like we're in that commercial where the woman is like "we cut out sweets. I shrank one size. HE shrank 6 sizes" lol! I'm happy for him - he looks good, feels good and is being intentional about it. This is the first time in our relationship that he has actually included a change in his eating in order to hopefully lose a little weight. Used to be that all he had to do was start running and he'd drop 20 pounds easily without altering his diet. Age, I believe, has caught up with him. So I'm thrilled to see him take it seriously and make it a priority. I want to be active with him until we are old, old, old!
Workout: 4 miles + 10:00 cross
Run was good this morning. Better than on Monday morning. I felt good throughout with the exception of ankle pain during the first 3 songs. The pain was not as severe as it was on Monday, but definitely lasted longer into the run than I think I've estimated.
Ran the entire 4 miles without breaks at 6.0 mph. Cranked it up to 6.2 for 3.25 - 3.75 and then 6.5 for 3.75-4.0. Heart rate was 166-168 before cranking it up and ended around 174.
For the cross training I walked for 10 minutes. Mostly because I didn't feel like spending the time wiping down the treadmill, going to a new machine and having to wipe that one down afterward too. I put the incline up to 13% and walked at 3.5 mph. Heart rate was in the 120's most of the time. Incline varied throughout the 10 minutes.
I would like to spend some time re-evaluating my eating. I think that I've gone over to the overconfident, can eat whatever I want side of the pendulum. Ultimately, I'm happy where I'm at and know that I'm probably truly around 123ish and the fluctuations are due to water retention (based on how my clothes fit and the gain/loss amounts over night), but I know that if I lose 5-10 pounds I will be able to run better. So I need to actually sit down and figure out a do-able 1500 calorie/day diet. I get so screwed by my height (5'1"):)
Cornbread, on the other hand, is melting away. He has lost 15 pounds since January 4th. I look at his weight chart every morning and am amazed! I feel like we're in that commercial where the woman is like "we cut out sweets. I shrank one size. HE shrank 6 sizes" lol! I'm happy for him - he looks good, feels good and is being intentional about it. This is the first time in our relationship that he has actually included a change in his eating in order to hopefully lose a little weight. Used to be that all he had to do was start running and he'd drop 20 pounds easily without altering his diet. Age, I believe, has caught up with him. So I'm thrilled to see him take it seriously and make it a priority. I want to be active with him until we are old, old, old!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday February 16, 2010
Weight: 124.0
Workout: 20:00 cross, lower body + back + tris
I only did 8 minutes of cross training on the eliptical this morning. I overslept and got to the gym later than I like to, so I cut out the cross and just did the weights. I finished lifting earlier than usual and the eliptical next to C was open so I finished out her workout with her.
I didn't feel great about it, but I'm okay. I have very high expectations for myself and while I don't get worked up about not losing a certain amount of weight or running at a certain speed, I do expect that I won't miss workouts. I don't think that is an unreasonable expectation and I get ticked at myself when I miss workouts. I'm glad I got at least the 8 minutes in, but even that seems like a waste.
Eating was good yesterday. I ate lots of vegetables throughout the day - zucchini, cauliflower, green peppers, red peppers, grape tomatoes, frozen mixed veggies. Its always a good thing to have that stuff so easily accessible and with my Plant First thinking I grab a plate of them before I eat lunch and have some with my dinner. I LOVE salads, but I despise making them - unless its a huge salad for many people to enjoy at dinner - so having a salad every night is not going to happen - unless I eat at Corner Bakery every single night:) I could make a big bowl of salad on Sunday, but I don't think it would be good for the whole week. As long as I have these veggies available as my appetizers I think I'm good. I may revisit the salad idea though.
I also drank a lot of water. I lost count, but I know it was up near 9 or 10 16oz glasses. And the scale showed the difference this morning.
One thing that I love about working out is that I sleep so well. Unless one of the girls is crying or the dumb dog flips his water dish, or we have a weird, out of the ordinary earthquake, I don't wake up during the night. I probably don't get as much sleep as I should - usually 6 1/2 - 7 hours. I try to be in bed around 10 and lights out by 10:15. The olympics severely alters that though, which is why I over-snoozed this morning (and I didn't even stay awake for the final figure skating pairs - the gold medalists).
Prior to working out I would wake a couple of times during the night and have a lot of trouble falling back to sleep. Sometimes it would take an hour or more before I finally fell back to sleep - and the worst times were when I would finally drift off about 30 minutes before the alarm went off. Felt horrible and always felt like I should have just gotten up instead of going back to sleep. I do not have any of these issues when I workout - I fall asleep almost immediately when I roll over and if I wake up during the night I fall back to sleep right away. THIS is worth every mile I run. If I never lose another pound or gain some of my weight back, I will still always make working out a priority because I never want to get back into that crazy sleep cycle again - its miserable.
Workout: 20:00 cross, lower body + back + tris
I only did 8 minutes of cross training on the eliptical this morning. I overslept and got to the gym later than I like to, so I cut out the cross and just did the weights. I finished lifting earlier than usual and the eliptical next to C was open so I finished out her workout with her.
I didn't feel great about it, but I'm okay. I have very high expectations for myself and while I don't get worked up about not losing a certain amount of weight or running at a certain speed, I do expect that I won't miss workouts. I don't think that is an unreasonable expectation and I get ticked at myself when I miss workouts. I'm glad I got at least the 8 minutes in, but even that seems like a waste.
Eating was good yesterday. I ate lots of vegetables throughout the day - zucchini, cauliflower, green peppers, red peppers, grape tomatoes, frozen mixed veggies. Its always a good thing to have that stuff so easily accessible and with my Plant First thinking I grab a plate of them before I eat lunch and have some with my dinner. I LOVE salads, but I despise making them - unless its a huge salad for many people to enjoy at dinner - so having a salad every night is not going to happen - unless I eat at Corner Bakery every single night:) I could make a big bowl of salad on Sunday, but I don't think it would be good for the whole week. As long as I have these veggies available as my appetizers I think I'm good. I may revisit the salad idea though.
I also drank a lot of water. I lost count, but I know it was up near 9 or 10 16oz glasses. And the scale showed the difference this morning.
One thing that I love about working out is that I sleep so well. Unless one of the girls is crying or the dumb dog flips his water dish, or we have a weird, out of the ordinary earthquake, I don't wake up during the night. I probably don't get as much sleep as I should - usually 6 1/2 - 7 hours. I try to be in bed around 10 and lights out by 10:15. The olympics severely alters that though, which is why I over-snoozed this morning (and I didn't even stay awake for the final figure skating pairs - the gold medalists).
Prior to working out I would wake a couple of times during the night and have a lot of trouble falling back to sleep. Sometimes it would take an hour or more before I finally fell back to sleep - and the worst times were when I would finally drift off about 30 minutes before the alarm went off. Felt horrible and always felt like I should have just gotten up instead of going back to sleep. I do not have any of these issues when I workout - I fall asleep almost immediately when I roll over and if I wake up during the night I fall back to sleep right away. THIS is worth every mile I run. If I never lose another pound or gain some of my weight back, I will still always make working out a priority because I never want to get back into that crazy sleep cycle again - its miserable.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Monday February 15, 2010
Weight: 126.4
Workout: 4 miles + 10 minutes cross training
Resting Heart Rate (rhr before getting out of bed): 65
This week we increase our M/W runs to 4 miles each. After running 5 1/2 last Saturday I wasn't hesitant about the 4 this morning at all. These are good workouts and exactly what I needed. I love it!
I ran the entire distance without a break. This is HUGE! My heart rate was up at 174bpm at the end, so its coming down bit by bit. I started running at 5.8, increased to 5.9 and finally to 6.0 for more than half of the distance. I ran the 4 miles in 41:06 which ends up being 10:17 miles. Good! I'm getting better. I feel really confident after this morning.
Afterward I did 10 minutes on the eliptical next to C. Those 10 minutes go so fast when you're chatting:) And I was pouring sweat... seems like noone else in the gym sweats and then I sweat enough for everyone else. Whatever.
I've never fluctuated this much with my weight before. I'm usually up on Mondays because of water retention. I had good intentions of counteracting this over the weekend, but ultimately I drank about 32 oz of water yesterday at 8pm and that was it. I had not had a drop of water all day and made myself drink that. Today I need to get going on the water. I've had 5-16oz glasses already, but I would like to have 12 of those by the end of the day. I would guess that my actual weight is around 124. I would still like to lose some more (maybe 5-10), but not badly enough to work too hard at it. I'm pretty comfortable here. I think as the mileage increases I will lose a little more. I'm not too concerned.
Last week was so crazy with the afternoon schedule, I need to get back into a good eating routine this week. I also sampled a few too many of my valentine's treats over the weekend while I was making them:) Today I will concentrate on vegetables first before anything else.
Workout: 4 miles + 10 minutes cross training
Resting Heart Rate (rhr before getting out of bed): 65
This week we increase our M/W runs to 4 miles each. After running 5 1/2 last Saturday I wasn't hesitant about the 4 this morning at all. These are good workouts and exactly what I needed. I love it!
I ran the entire distance without a break. This is HUGE! My heart rate was up at 174bpm at the end, so its coming down bit by bit. I started running at 5.8, increased to 5.9 and finally to 6.0 for more than half of the distance. I ran the 4 miles in 41:06 which ends up being 10:17 miles. Good! I'm getting better. I feel really confident after this morning.
Afterward I did 10 minutes on the eliptical next to C. Those 10 minutes go so fast when you're chatting:) And I was pouring sweat... seems like noone else in the gym sweats and then I sweat enough for everyone else. Whatever.
I've never fluctuated this much with my weight before. I'm usually up on Mondays because of water retention. I had good intentions of counteracting this over the weekend, but ultimately I drank about 32 oz of water yesterday at 8pm and that was it. I had not had a drop of water all day and made myself drink that. Today I need to get going on the water. I've had 5-16oz glasses already, but I would like to have 12 of those by the end of the day. I would guess that my actual weight is around 124. I would still like to lose some more (maybe 5-10), but not badly enough to work too hard at it. I'm pretty comfortable here. I think as the mileage increases I will lose a little more. I'm not too concerned.
Last week was so crazy with the afternoon schedule, I need to get back into a good eating routine this week. I also sampled a few too many of my valentine's treats over the weekend while I was making them:) Today I will concentrate on vegetables first before anything else.
Friday, February 12, 2010
February 12, 2010
Weight: 124.6
Workout: 20:00 cross + weight training
Friday always feels so easy. Almost too easy sometimes. I welcome it because Thursday is horrific, but when I'm back in the locker room I always feel a little let down.
I did 20 minutes on the eliptical - very easy going pace. Then leg press, shoulders, chest, biceps, abductors and adductors. I was early enough this morning that I got everything in. I should throw abs in at some point, but I hate them more than I hate circuits.
The girls got some candy in the mail yesterday from Nana. While I don't crave sugar or candy, the last 12 hours have proved to be difficult. Actually, the last 2 hours have proved to be incredibly difficult. I want nothing more than to have a miniature dark chocolate hershey's bar with my coffee. I'm resisting, but barely.
Yesterday was a bit rough because I was gone all afternoon and did not have lunch. Same with Wednesday. And it will be the same today. When I finally ate something yesterday evening I had some GI distress... not sure why this continues to be an issue as of the last 6-9 months. Tums and I are now BFFs.
Workout: 20:00 cross + weight training
Friday always feels so easy. Almost too easy sometimes. I welcome it because Thursday is horrific, but when I'm back in the locker room I always feel a little let down.
I did 20 minutes on the eliptical - very easy going pace. Then leg press, shoulders, chest, biceps, abductors and adductors. I was early enough this morning that I got everything in. I should throw abs in at some point, but I hate them more than I hate circuits.
The girls got some candy in the mail yesterday from Nana. While I don't crave sugar or candy, the last 12 hours have proved to be difficult. Actually, the last 2 hours have proved to be incredibly difficult. I want nothing more than to have a miniature dark chocolate hershey's bar with my coffee. I'm resisting, but barely.
Yesterday was a bit rough because I was gone all afternoon and did not have lunch. Same with Wednesday. And it will be the same today. When I finally ate something yesterday evening I had some GI distress... not sure why this continues to be an issue as of the last 6-9 months. Tums and I are now BFFs.
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