Lots of catching up to do...
I have maintained my p90x workouts since my last post. Dave and I are seeing huge strength gains and big changes in our bodies. He is looking awesome and is down to 196 pounds. He's been 196 pounds before, but he's never looked like this before. I got down as low as 122 before we left for Mexico. My arms are ripped and I feel really good about the way I look. I gained 5lbs in Mexico and have had a rough time getting back on track since coming home, due to going out or eating with my in-laws. I am also injured everywhere - dealing with tendinitis everywhere... left ankle and achilles, right ACL & MCL, and right elbow. My shoulders are also beginning to hurt. Its my fault - I always push too hard and now I'm hurting because of it... pretty bad, too. So I sat down last week and formulated a plan for the next month.
I'm gradually going to increase my calories/day. I had been eating around 1200 (net) and then was beginning to bump it up just before Mexico and lost 4 pounds pretty quickly. I haven't been super great or disciplined since we came back so I'm going to do this gradually. I think I need to eat between 1200-1700 cal/day (net, meaning that number + my exercise cal) but I don't want to go crazy and increase 500/day right away. Also, I need to take a pretty significant break from p90x (although that scares me because I'm seeing such great results) and give my body a break. I definitely think I'm overtrained right now. We only have 1 more week of it so I'm going to finish that out and then back off. So here is my plan:
April 1-8
* Finish last week of p90x
* 1400 cal/day (eat)
April 8-15
* Yoga 3x/week + pushups
* Run 3x/week
* 1500 cal/day (eat)
April 16-22
* Yoga 3x/week + pushups
* Run 3x/week
* 1600 cal/day (eat)
April 23-29
* Yoga 3x/week + pushups
* Run 3x/week
* 1700 cal/day (eat)
Yesterday I weighed 127 I think.
I will reevaluate after the month is done and see how my elbow/shoulders & knees feel.
Also, on just a general health front: Tomorrow I am having an echocardiogram to ensure that my heart is functioning properly. I talked to my doctor about my high heart rate and when he listened carefully he heard a murmur. I had an EKG done immediately and other than a resting heart rate in the 50's (awesome), there was no concern (and no concern about that because he knows I run). So he just wants to check it out and make sure the murmur is nothing to worry about... and he wants me to be reassured that my high heart rate is okay, although he agrees with my decision to back my pace down so I can run at a sustainable heart rate.
On Thursday I will be having a consultation with a hand surgeon to discuss whether or not I should have carpal tunnel surgery on my right hand. I had an EMG done a couple of weeks ago (excruciating) and the results showed a mild case of CTS in my right hand. I'm thinking that we may go the route of surgery just to deal with the issue before it gets worse and truthfully, after 7-10 years of it, I'm just sick of dealing with it and working around it all the time. So we'll see. I'm not excited about it, but recognize that I should try to take care of it before my nerve gets permanently damaged. However, I have not spoken to the surgeon yet so maybe he will prefer to go the route of occupational therapy instead.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Monday, November 14, 2011
Monday November 14, 2011
Catchup since last Wednesday
Thursday - KenPoX
I switched out the normally scheduled yoga and did KenpoX instead. I love Kenpo. Its fun and it goes super quick.
Friday - Back & Legs
I enjoy back & legs, but I feel like I lost some strength during the recovery week because I wasn't able to do as many pullups as previous times. I so rarely feel like my legs get a really decent workout, and this workout does it.
Saturday - stairs
I did not run on Friday because I knew I was doing the stairs the next day.
The Tieri's came for the weekend and I brought Jason to the stairs on Saturday morning. It was awesome - I love the stairs! Its such an awesome workout and its really different. I want to incorporate it in some more, just not sure how. This was the first time I've done the stairs with someone and it was fun to talk while we did it. And it was fun to kick his butt on the last set of running :)
Today - Monday - P90x Shoulders/Triceps/Shoulders
Ugh, this is so hard! There are so many slow and weird pushups in this workout, my arms are still really, really tired and it has been almost 6 hours since I did the workout. I also ran for 30:00 / 2.75 miles right afterward. My heart rate was around 174 at a pace of 5.5 or 10:54/mile. I'm not thrilled with slowing down my pace so much, but I had to remind myself that I was running in order to condition my cardiovascular system, not as a training or distance thing.
Ate a lot of garbage food this weekend - pizza, candy, chicken wings, cake. My weight WAS down to 126.6 on Saturday, but this morning was back up to 128.0, which is actually not too bad given how much junk I ate. I'm kind of thinking about counting calories instead of doing weight watchers points. Jason said that it works really well for him. I don't know why it is so different for me and why I hate the calories vs. doing the points. Maybe I could do it without having to enter everything into the computer - I could keep a running total on paper, like I do with points. Maybe that would work.
Thursday - KenPoX
I switched out the normally scheduled yoga and did KenpoX instead. I love Kenpo. Its fun and it goes super quick.
Friday - Back & Legs
I enjoy back & legs, but I feel like I lost some strength during the recovery week because I wasn't able to do as many pullups as previous times. I so rarely feel like my legs get a really decent workout, and this workout does it.
Saturday - stairs
I did not run on Friday because I knew I was doing the stairs the next day.
The Tieri's came for the weekend and I brought Jason to the stairs on Saturday morning. It was awesome - I love the stairs! Its such an awesome workout and its really different. I want to incorporate it in some more, just not sure how. This was the first time I've done the stairs with someone and it was fun to talk while we did it. And it was fun to kick his butt on the last set of running :)
Today - Monday - P90x Shoulders/Triceps/Shoulders
Ugh, this is so hard! There are so many slow and weird pushups in this workout, my arms are still really, really tired and it has been almost 6 hours since I did the workout. I also ran for 30:00 / 2.75 miles right afterward. My heart rate was around 174 at a pace of 5.5 or 10:54/mile. I'm not thrilled with slowing down my pace so much, but I had to remind myself that I was running in order to condition my cardiovascular system, not as a training or distance thing.
Ate a lot of garbage food this weekend - pizza, candy, chicken wings, cake. My weight WAS down to 126.6 on Saturday, but this morning was back up to 128.0, which is actually not too bad given how much junk I ate. I'm kind of thinking about counting calories instead of doing weight watchers points. Jason said that it works really well for him. I don't know why it is so different for me and why I hate the calories vs. doing the points. Maybe I could do it without having to enter everything into the computer - I could keep a running total on paper, like I do with points. Maybe that would work.
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday November 9, 2011
Workout: P90x Back & Biceps / Run 2 miles
Back & Biceps... I hate biceps. I really, really hate doing bicep exercises. I'm not sure why, I just hate them. I love back exercises, so I guess this makes for a good workout for me. It was fine... I struggle the first time through any of these videos, so next week it will be better.
After finishing, I went downstairs and ran 2 miles. I did't have time to do more than that because I had to get the girls on the bus, but 2 miles was enough today - my back was especially tired from the P90x workout and I could feel that while I was running. I backed my speed down to 10:30/mile and my heart rate was at 180 bpm instead of mid 180's. So maybe I need to just back my speed way down until I can run comfortably and then gradually increase it. Ugh - that sounds pretty hellish. I think I'm going to ask for a heart rate monitor for christmas.
Back & Biceps... I hate biceps. I really, really hate doing bicep exercises. I'm not sure why, I just hate them. I love back exercises, so I guess this makes for a good workout for me. It was fine... I struggle the first time through any of these videos, so next week it will be better.
After finishing, I went downstairs and ran 2 miles. I did't have time to do more than that because I had to get the girls on the bus, but 2 miles was enough today - my back was especially tired from the P90x workout and I could feel that while I was running. I backed my speed down to 10:30/mile and my heart rate was at 180 bpm instead of mid 180's. So maybe I need to just back my speed way down until I can run comfortably and then gradually increase it. Ugh - that sounds pretty hellish. I think I'm going to ask for a heart rate monitor for christmas.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Friday November 4, 2011
Catchup for the last 3 days...
Wednesday
Workout: P90x KenpoX
Did this workout in the morning with Dave and it will never, ever happen again! I've already told him this:) He is so out of sync with Tony and the crew and I could see it out of the corner of my eye and I.can't.stand.it!!! He comes by his rhythm naturally. He is, after all, his mother and father's son. I love him, but I cannot do this workout with him ever again, unless he get super awesome at it in the next 2 months! We had a good laugh over this last night.
Thursday
Workout: run 3 miles at a 10:00/mile pace
Was supposed to do YogaX, but the alarms never went off. I wasn't planning to do Yoga anyway - I had already decided to try to run again. Since I didn't wake up early enough, I ran at 5pm. It wasn't a whole lot better than Monday. My heart rate was still mid-180's. I gutted it out to 15:00 solid minutes of running before taking a 2:00 walking break. It really becomes much more of a mental battle... running at that high of a heart rate is like a normal person sprinting as fast as they can for 15 straight minutes. Its impossible to sustain, but mentally I battle through it. It hurts... nothing really HURTS - like my lungs aren't burning, my legs feel totally fine, nothing hurts, it is just really, really painful to try to sustain running at that high of a heart rate. I need to keep adding the running so I can condition myself back to a more comfortable place. Still frustrated about this, but I want to be able to run, so I'm going to have to have a couple of days/week of 2-a-days. We'll see how that works out.
Friday -
Workout: Core Synergistics
This was much better than the other day when I did it the first time. I knew what the exercises were and I knew how to do them. I performed them better, but it wasn't as if it was easier. This is just a tough, tough workout. Can't say I'm sad to see it omitted from the rotation next week!
Weight on Friday: 127.4
Again, happy with a 1lb loss from last week. This is just how it goes - I certainly wish it were 4lbs/week, but thats just not going to happen:) My clothes feel better and thats most important. I still believe I'm retaining a significant amount of water because I'm having so much trouble with my hands during the night. Waking up several times a night with a completely numb right hand.
Wednesday
Workout: P90x KenpoX
Did this workout in the morning with Dave and it will never, ever happen again! I've already told him this:) He is so out of sync with Tony and the crew and I could see it out of the corner of my eye and I.can't.stand.it!!! He comes by his rhythm naturally. He is, after all, his mother and father's son. I love him, but I cannot do this workout with him ever again, unless he get super awesome at it in the next 2 months! We had a good laugh over this last night.
Thursday
Workout: run 3 miles at a 10:00/mile pace
Was supposed to do YogaX, but the alarms never went off. I wasn't planning to do Yoga anyway - I had already decided to try to run again. Since I didn't wake up early enough, I ran at 5pm. It wasn't a whole lot better than Monday. My heart rate was still mid-180's. I gutted it out to 15:00 solid minutes of running before taking a 2:00 walking break. It really becomes much more of a mental battle... running at that high of a heart rate is like a normal person sprinting as fast as they can for 15 straight minutes. Its impossible to sustain, but mentally I battle through it. It hurts... nothing really HURTS - like my lungs aren't burning, my legs feel totally fine, nothing hurts, it is just really, really painful to try to sustain running at that high of a heart rate. I need to keep adding the running so I can condition myself back to a more comfortable place. Still frustrated about this, but I want to be able to run, so I'm going to have to have a couple of days/week of 2-a-days. We'll see how that works out.
Friday -
Workout: Core Synergistics
This was much better than the other day when I did it the first time. I knew what the exercises were and I knew how to do them. I performed them better, but it wasn't as if it was easier. This is just a tough, tough workout. Can't say I'm sad to see it omitted from the rotation next week!
Weight on Friday: 127.4
Again, happy with a 1lb loss from last week. This is just how it goes - I certainly wish it were 4lbs/week, but thats just not going to happen:) My clothes feel better and thats most important. I still believe I'm retaining a significant amount of water because I'm having so much trouble with my hands during the night. Waking up several times a night with a completely numb right hand.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Thursday December 30, 2010
Workout: 6.0 miles total
intervals - 3 mile run, 3x3:00 RP, 1 mile cool down
Pace: average 9:48
Incline: 2%
Time: 59:45
Weight: 128.8
Was not looking forward to this run. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid it all morning. Just wasn't excited about running 3 miles and THEN killing myself with the intervals. Would much prefer to just go straight to intervals. But I did it and it was fine. I got interrupted a million times during the 3 mile run, so instead of taking 30:00, I think it probably took 35-40 to finally get that section completed (running time was 30 minutes - held myself to a 10:00 pace).
I did the 3:00 RP at 8:57 and the 5:00 in between at 5.8 for 1 1/2 minutes and 6.0 for the rest. One mile cool down was at 9:30 pace because I wanted to enjoy that mile.
Heart rate was again consistently 180. One full minute after finishing, it was 138, so I'm recovering fairly well, which is a good fitness indicator. Still troubling that it is so high while I'm running, but it always has been. 174 during the 3 mile run and 180 when I was totally finished. Not quite max heart rate, but pretty close. Would rather be running at 160-165, but not sure how to get there.
intervals - 3 mile run, 3x3:00 RP, 1 mile cool down
Pace: average 9:48
Incline: 2%
Time: 59:45
Weight: 128.8
Was not looking forward to this run. In fact, I did everything I could to avoid it all morning. Just wasn't excited about running 3 miles and THEN killing myself with the intervals. Would much prefer to just go straight to intervals. But I did it and it was fine. I got interrupted a million times during the 3 mile run, so instead of taking 30:00, I think it probably took 35-40 to finally get that section completed (running time was 30 minutes - held myself to a 10:00 pace).
I did the 3:00 RP at 8:57 and the 5:00 in between at 5.8 for 1 1/2 minutes and 6.0 for the rest. One mile cool down was at 9:30 pace because I wanted to enjoy that mile.
Heart rate was again consistently 180. One full minute after finishing, it was 138, so I'm recovering fairly well, which is a good fitness indicator. Still troubling that it is so high while I'm running, but it always has been. 174 during the 3 mile run and 180 when I was totally finished. Not quite max heart rate, but pretty close. Would rather be running at 160-165, but not sure how to get there.
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