day 288
bumped up mph to 10.5%, will do that for the next 6 weeks. also doing precor backwards for the next 6 weeks.
day 274
Time is just zoooooming by. I HATE not being able to be online as much as I'd like...*sigh*
day 270
2 words...
2
HAWT!
day 269
Running @ 4.5 is tough but I trudged through it. I really think it's mind over matter. I mean, I've run before @ that speed, so why on some days I'm scared to even attempt it, doesn't make any sense.
day 267
Bumped up mph to 4.5...going w/that speed for the rest of the month...
day 266
Started to do session 2 of C25k then said bump it and walked the rest of the workout.
day 261
Bonus points to the first person to notice something amiss in today's pudge pic...heh
day 260
No workout today. Really wanted to get to the gym, but, w/3 more days left to be here and a LOT more stuff to pack, I rather spend the whole day packing. That is a workout in and of itself ;)
day 259
Got to the gym late today. Not really late, I just like to be there as soon as it opens, I got there 30 mins later. It was packed for a Saturday and I got on a crummy precor before finding an empty Arc Trainer that was on it's last legs. That is way I like to get there as soon as it opens.
day 258
Whenever I have it in my mind to do a set workout, despite doing something, if I don't do it, I feel like I've done nothing.
day 257
Running went well today, still have to mentally pump myself up, got winded, but didn't really feel like quitting. I messed up doing the solid month in July of week 6, so I'm going to keep going and do it for the entire month of August, giving me 6 weeks of preparation before I start to run w/o walking.
day 256
Never mind what I said yesterday, it wasn't the camera cord, the software wasn't cueing up. Once I rebooted, it started working again.
day 255
My camera cord is busted, so pics will be down till I unpack the working one in a few more days...
day 254
Now today's workout felt more like normal [insert smug smirk smilie]
day 253
In the zone. I got so caught up in working out, I meant to do 45 min on treadmill and precor and ended up doing an hour on the treadmill. No complaints...
day 241
Man it felt good to sweat for physical extertion today...
day 240
Ok, my last day of sick. Back in the gym tomorrow. No idea what I'm actually up for till I hit the machines.
day 236
I'm not off to the best start for week 6. Not sure what's up, just can't get my head in the game. Could be b/c I'm dealing w/a bunch of life changing stuff offline. Whatever the case, I'm going to keep working through it and the first week I'm able to do it by the book, will be the official starting point.
day 235
I had every intention to get up and get busy this AM, but going to bed @ almost 2AM did me in. I ended up taking it as a rest day, slept in, then flew out of bed to go to Transformers.
day 234
Today wasn't a good day. On paper I guess it was ok, but I have so much on my mind, I just couldn't get into running. I wanted to quit during the first 10 min jaunt, but talked myself into goin'.
Then I was just going to walk the 2.5/8.5% for the duration, but after doing the walking interval, I got a 2nd wind so to speak and started running again. I lasted all of a minute. :(
I walked and after a min felt liek running again, I lasted another minute. I just didn't have the mental energy to keep myself going.
It ended up being 5 min W, 10 min R, 3 min W, 5 min R, 1 min W, 1 min R, 4 min W.
day 233
I've revised my weight lifting to to lower body one day, upper body the next. I'll do both, twice a week, M-Th. Doing it this way, is less time overall, but I can add a 3rd set and go even heavier w/the weights.
Total circuit took me 15 mins today and by the time I did the post lifting walk, my legs were feeling like jell-o. The extra jiggly flavor *snerk*
day 232
Hooray for week 6 of C25k. I so love running/walking intervals. Just when I feel like I can't go any further, I don't have to feel guilty for walking...heh...
For the next 3 weeks, I'm going forward only on the Precor. I really hate the forward/backward intervals. It forces me to watch the time. if the stupid machine beeped or slowed down, I'd do it. I like to close my eyes and listen to my audiobook, currenly listening to The Door to December by Dean Koontz.
Then 3 weeks from now, I'll go backwards. My glutes will love me for it :D
day 231
This is the third early AM StairMaster session where I felt like I was going to puke and had to cut it short. I couldn't make the 10 mins today, and that I cut down from my normal 20 mins. Not sure what's up, but I seem to be able to get it done in the PM w/no probs :knocks on wood:
day 226
I didn't try out the new sneaks today, I'll try them out over the weekend.
day 225
Got my new kicks today...YAY!!!!
GAWD I have such big feet...I got menz sneakz...BOO!!!!
day 224
I got to the sneaker store 30 mins later, looks like I wont be running tomorrow :(
day 223
In comparison to recent days, I took today relatively easy...heh...that's cuz I'm gearing up for something big startin' on Monday...
day 222
Never fails. No matter how reluctant I am or how much I drag my feet, I ALWAYS feel better after sweating for 40 odd minutes.
day 221
Today was a looooooooooooooong day. Had to take care of some car repaairs which blew my workout plan to pot.
day 218
Very weird workout day today. I attempted to run @ 6.0 and promptly learned my lesson. I am so not ready. Then I did 5.0. Nyet. So I settled on 4.5...other weird things happened...I even got to the point I was just going to stop after the walk, but I trudged on and now it's all a distant memory.
Ate Today
egg burrito, strips of bacon, 3 caribbean rolls, 3/4 Arizona Ice Tea - Whole Foods Hot Bar
day 216
Ok, I got my weight routine down. I do circuits. First set, I do 15 reps @ the weight I was doing for the last 3 weeks, so I increased reps by 3. The next circuit I do 12 reps @ 5-10lbs heavier. Today I could *barely* complete the bicep curls @ 12.5lbs. And leg extensions @ 15 reps, I conked out @ 11, and had to pause. Before I was conking out @ 5...lol...forget about the heavier weight, I took a pause @ the end of each rep. It'll be interesting to see how I improve over time. I'm going to stick to this routine for 5 more weeks, 6 in total.
Cardio wise, I realized the other day, the new program I'm doing on the precor, guides you to go forward and backward. Yowza! every 11 mins is switches direction. My overall miles were slower, but I worked up a sweat quicker than I did earlier. It takes some time to go backwards. It feels like I'm going forwards, but when I look in the mirror, I'm fine. Plus I so lack rhythm, if I think to hard, I have to pause to catch myself. Any random thought, I'm going frontwards again. I also forgot I was doing 8.5% incline...doh!
day 215
Nothing, and I mean nothing, clears up sinuses like a sweat soaked workout :D
day 214
Next week I'll get back into the habit of logging every morsel I eat. This week has been way too hectic.
day 213
Today's exercise increase was to add 5 mins to the StairMaster, man I can remember when 2 mins wiped me out, and decrease Arc Trainer by 5 mins, but go up to level 4. Which means the resistance is now 20/25 vs. 15/20. It was a SWEATactular workout today...lol
- fruit smoothie
- nuts (cashew, pistachio & almonds)
- swt potato w/honey, cc, raisins and wedge of avocado
day 212
The exercise change for today was doing the variety program on the precor. I realized that sweat is all in the resistance. It got as high as 13 on the crossramp, but the resistance stayed @ 1. I *barely* broke a good sweat and my heart rate stayed in the high 120's/low 130's for the entire 45 mins.
Matter of fact, I don't think I felt a sweat bead on my brow till the last 5 mins. Oh well. There are 2 levels of the variety program, I'll stick w/this one for the duration of the next 3 weeks.
- fruit smoothie
- can of chocolate covered cashews (Yes the ENTIRE can) :blush:
- 2 pieces of chicken wings
- pad thai w/shrimp
- 2 granola bars
day 211
This week, I bump up the notch in all my workouts. Today I went from 6.5% incline to 8.5%. For the rest of the week, I'll continue to note changes.
- from Whole Foods: egg burrito, bacon, caribbean rolls, bolthouse chai protein drink
- 2 Caribbean rolls, carrots, celery
- Ethnic Gourmet's Eggplant Bhartha
- Fruit salad (pineappke, grapes, strawberries, melon, canteloupe & watermelon)
- 8oz carrot juice
- 88oz of water
day 210
I am so tired of resetting the machine in the middle of a workout. Second time this week...grrrrrr >:[
No crashing and burning today. Very long day though, ate @ around 11 then not again till 5, hence the "larger" breakfast/lunch fast food. So I made it, back sometime tomorrow w/a post-fast wrap up.
- from Arbys, turkey Reuben w/2 potato cakes, med lemonade & cherry turnover
- veggie platter (broc, carrots & celery w/ranch dressing)
- Amy's Kitchen cheese enchilada w/corn and black beans
- macadamia nuts
- prunes
- 54 oz of water
day 209
On a fluke today I caught a segment on CNN that you should work the larger muscles (back, thighs, quads), first. So I reversed my circuit. It felt weird to be going counter clockwise, but I actually felt more pumped doing my shoulders last vs. doing squats last. That'll be my new route.
I also added one more move, leg lifts. Same machine I use for inner/outer thigh.
2nd afternoon in a row I was STARVING after working out. Went a bit crazy @ the hot bar, I think I forgot something I ate. I pretty sure it was a veggie. Plus I bought the more tasty frozen dinners, like buffalo wings *sigh*...I'll be saving those for when I'm having an off day next week.
Of all my workouts during this challenge, I so DID NOT want to do anything today. Don't ask how I made it to the gym, I was in a robotic haze operating on autopilot. Naturally I felt better when I was done. Stupid endorphins.
- fruit smoothie
- swt potato w/cc & raisins & wedge of avocado
- hot bar from Whole Foods (3 teriyaki chicken drumlets, rice & red beans, cabbage, steamed broc, collard greens, mac & cheese)
- macadamia nuts & prunes (nothing and I mean NOTHING cleans you out w/the quickness like prunes. w/in an hour or two guaranteed)
- blueberry scone
- blueberry muffin
- 2 liters of water
day 208
Running to music if fun. Running not so much...
Wow, I can't believe how quickly my little experiment is coming to an end, though on day 1, I thought it'd take FOREVER. I'm thinking ahead to my next mini food challenge, I have a few ideas spinning in my head...I'd like to continue to build upon this one...but before I get ahead of myself, I'm going to keep focused on the final two days.
I have an annoying tendency to go for broke in the food dept the day before I need to weigh in. brickwall.gif I must resist all temptations to hit up Waffle House and/or IHOP between now and Saturday night. Plus, on Fridays I tend to get bored w/eating clean all week and want to order out. If there were ever a time I needed willpower, it'll be in the next 48 hours.
- fruit smoothie
- swt potato w/cc & raisins & wedge of avocado
- 2 granola bars and some macadamia nuts
- Amy's Kitchen Chili Dinner
- bunch o' grapes
- some more macadamia nuts
- 4oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 207
I'm such a nerd. I just HAD to redo the arc trainer to the point where it cut off yesterday just so I could get the caloric #'s. Granted today I bested yesterdays 26 mins/1.21 miles by doing 1.24 miles in 26 mins...heh
My fave lunch ever is a swt potato w/cc, so filling. Today I added cinnamon and a few squirts of honey. I also loved the veggie platter, I picked it up on Monday and almost forgot it. For $5/450 calories it's a good "value meal". Interesting to note I couldn't even finish the whole thing in one sitting. Compare that to eating an entire Number 3 from a fast food place, super sized w/a dessert or going to a buffet and making 3-4 rounds w/a plate piled high AND saving room for dessert. Ugh.
- fruit smoothie
- swt potato w/cc & raisins, veggie platter (celery, carrots, broccoli w/ranch dressing)
- prunes
- Ethnic Gourmet's Pad Thai w/Tofu
- Brownie
- 3 gloves of garlic
- 2.5 liters of water
day 206
I really hate when I reset the machine near the end of the workout. Happened w/the arc trainer. Tomorrow I have to do 26 mins on it, to get my caloric burn #.
- fruit smoothie
- banana w/natty pb
- bunch o 'grapes
- Ethnic Gourmets Palaak Paneer (some kind of creamed spinach w/cubes of cheese and long grain rice)
- 1 gingersnap and 1 white choco chip cookie
- 2.5 liters of water
day 205
I need to make a playlist *squee* for tomorrows 8 min runs *sobs*
Feels good to get the healthy stuff back in my system...unfortunately today's food SUCKED. Good food, I just got stuff I don't like. I made the worse smoothie. Freezer seems to have either been left open or power went out over the weekend. My frozen blackberries were nearly room temp. They were supposed to all week, but I didn't want to refreeze them so I dumped them all in. Worse move ever. Plus I didn't have a frozen banana, I used a room temp one. The smoothie was extremely thick, too much berries, and little slivers were cold, I put the soy milk in the freezer for 45 mins, but mostly warm...bleayuck.
Then, I though I had picked up my fave nuts, pistachio lovers, but I got pecan lovers. I HATE pecans. I even scrape them off pecan pie. So picked them all out and just ate the cashews and pistachios.
Other than that...lol...a good day.
- fruit smoothie
- nuts (cashews & pistachios)
- prunes
- Amy's dinner, enchilada w/corn and black beans
- 3 cloves garlic
- milk chocolate bar
- banana
- 4oz carrot juice
- 2 liters of water
day 204
The three 5 min running segments went suprisingly well.
My head is killing me, this has been a LONG weekend and I feel like I got zero rest...sigh...oh well. Still got the actual moving stress, the unpacking stress, the change of address stress and new commute stress to deal with in coming months. I guess I should enjoy looking for a house stress while it lasts.
On the food front, I slept most of the day and been laying low with a headache. I so look forward to tomorrow when I get back to my pure fruit and veggie routine & no more eating on the road.
I'm most proud that exercise didn't drop off @ all. I was able to leave early, while my mother slept in, and get my cardio done and 100% of my food choices, though they could've been better, were completely thought out and in many cases I showed extreme restraint.
- eggs, bacon, biscuit (from whole foods)
- hot bar from whole foods (lots of veggies, greens, okra, roasted onions etc, some mac & cheese, bbq chicken leg)
- ? muffin
- milk chocolate
- 3 gloves garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 2 liters of water
day 203
As predicted, yesterday was CRAZY!!! I barely had time to do 30 mins of cardio before I had to race to meet my mother and Realtor, no time to stop for breakfast, then we were on the road/in her office for the next 4 hours. She had some snacks in her car, hence the granola bar. Back @ the office, she offered some chips and snack mix. We were STARVING.
When we left, we got dinner @ a nearby Jamaican restaurant and being tired and having much to go over, we stayed in the rest of the night, so I just ate 1/2 the dinner for late lunch and the last 1/2 for an even later dinner. I didn't go back to my place so no garlic or carrot juice for me.
The carrot cake was definitely our hunger talking, so I had the bright idea to split it in 1/2 and ate my 1/2, a few bites @ a time. I happily gave my mother her share.
Today will be almost as crazy, I'm about to leave so we can go driving for a bit, but I should be back to my place early. Not sure if I'll get my food shopping done today or if I'll get excess fruits and veggies in. Since it's the two of us, we'll be able to stop and eat @ our leisure.
- choco chip granola bar (on road w/Realtor)
- 4 lays chips and some sort of snack mix (melba toast, pretzels etc) (@ Realtor's office)
- 1/2 oxtail dinner w/veggies, plantain and rice & peas
- 1/4 carrot cake
- 1/2 oxtail dinner w/veggies, plantain and rice & peas
- 1/4 carrot cake
- 1.5 liters of water
day 202
I kinda like the circuit thingy...been working up quite a sweat doing it.
This has been a CRAZY week. :\
If I don't get my grocery shopping done @ the start of the week, I'm playing catch up all week long. Plus lots of meetings left me scrambling for a steady meal. Today I waited way too long for lunch and gave in to hunger. But...and it's a big BUT...I did much better than the past.
In the past, I'd go to Piccadilly's and eat the entre, @ least 2 refills and have desert. Clean my entire plate and roll myself away from the table.
Today, I just ate the entre and potatoes it came with and saved my two veggie sides for tomorrow. I could barely finish it, so even if I wanted to inhale the entire meal, I couldn't. I did give in and eat the brownie...BUT...I couldn't eat it right after lunch I just munched on pieces of it through the evening.
This weekend will be hectic too, mom is in town and we are house hunting. The last time she came, I did fresh fruit and protein shake for breakfast, had nuts for snacking in the car, and ate frozen dinners @ the hotel vs. eating out.
I'm not too worried about food, I'm more worried about getting my workouts in. She wants to leave early in the morning and I HATE going to the gym in the afternoon. I will do my best to get them done. Maybe not in it's usual entirety but @ least my bare minimum.
- fruit smoothie
- smothered porkchop w/new potatoes (see above)
- brownie (see below)
- prunes (to flush out the brownies... lol)
- 3 gloves of garlic
- 4oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 201
Man I can't WAIT for this week to be OVER!!!
On the brighter side, this was my final day of week 4 of C25k...or wait...is that even worse news? :\
- fruit smoothie
- tuna salad on ww w/lettuce and tomato, peach yogurt
- prunes
- spinach dip w/corn chips
- 3 gloves of garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 200
Officially crossed the 1/2 way point of this challenge. And today has been the WORST so far. In the last 24 hours I've been sucker punched w/3 of the most stressful things: job, money & housing.
So later today, not hungry enough for real food, feel snacky and a bit sorry for myself, I just chalked it up to a bad day. Tomorrow will be better. This too shall pass and I need to start making plans...
- fruit & veggie smoothie
- 2 cans, yes TWO, of chocolate covered cashews
- fritos and spinach dip
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 4oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 199
- leftovers from yesterdays cookout
- fruit & veggie smoothie
- prunes
- vegetable korma from Amy's Kitchen
- raw broccoli
- tsp organic apricot spread
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 198
Survived Memorial Day...Huzzah!
Ok, right off the bat, let me just say I knew today would be a bust. Not an excuse or nothing, but really, was I going to walk w/smoothie ingredients or insist that I be served roasted veggies @ cookout? Plus I took my godson to the movies early in the AM so when we got back, I was STARVING...didn't buy any concession stand food and avoided doing drive thru to get a quick food fix.
Instead, I opted to do moderation. I had ONE serving, of a 2-3 things vs. cramming my plate sky high w/everything. Also, I didn't immediately have seconds and my aunt had to force me to take a plate home. I used the smallest Tupperware and put a single serving of one thing I liked the most (macaroni pie), a burger and corn on the cob. Or like the cake, rather than eat the slice, I ate 1/2 of the slice. That splurge came after I got in from the movie. I'd already eaten, but was still operating on "I'm STARVING" mode...after the cake, I felt fine.
Considering the spread she served, I did good. True enough not much got into my system when it came to veggies, but I kinda saw that happening. I made sure to have my fruit for breakfast, drink lots of water and got my workout done first thing in the AM.
This is the first cookout I haven't gone home feeling greasy and/or bloated.
- bowl of pineapple chunks
- oxtail & potato salad, 1/2 slice of German choc cake
- fritos & tortilla chips w/spinach dip
- blueberry muffin
- hamburger w/bun, 1/2 ear corn on cob, scoop of potato salad, scoop of macroni pie*
(*this was also my take-home food, so I *may* have it for lunch tomorrow as I really hate to throw out food and it tastes too darn good.)
- fritos & tortilla chips w/spinach dip
- 3 liters water
day 197
I'm feeling more and more like a runner the last few weeks of c25k. This is the final week of week 4 and I think I'm ready to move on. Next week starts 8 min and the extended 20 min jaunt. I'll worry myself sick about that one later.
It's really hard to stick to a routine on the weekend, my time is more free flowing and I'm out a lot, so most eating is on the run. Then I nap mid day, and end up having a very late lunch. Meh, one more day of unstructured decadence which'll involve a cookout, then I'm back to how I ate last week.
I did notice, I'm not eating till stuffed, it's almost unheard of for me to drink 1/2 of an Arizona ice tea, but I saved 1/2 my breakfast for later and didn't feel like drinking all the juice (calories) for no real reason. Sometimes progress is made in unplanned areas
- egg burrito, bacon & Caribbean roll (from whole foods) 1/2 Arizona ice tea
- kept snacking on other biscuit and bacon
- couple of prunes
- Amy's enchilada dinner (black beans & corn) other 1/2 of Arizona ice tea
- roll w/organic apricot spread 4 oz OJ
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 oz carrot juice
- 1.5 liters of water
day 196
Yahoo, I made the week!! Today wasn't too bad. If I eat out, I try to hit up only whole foods or the farmers market, so the tortilla from the egg burrito was WW and the bacon was good stuff. 3 days left of the 10 day detox tea. I haven't decided if I'm going to do the maintenance phase.
- egg burrito & bacon (from whole foods) bolthouse protein shake
- buffet from farmers market (mostly sauted veggies, beans, crab salad & fried oyster) w/OJ
- buttered roll w/organic apricot spread
- prunes
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4oz carrot juice
- 1.5 liters of water
day 195
Cat woke me up AGAIN @ 3 AM...I wish I had paws to strangle her with. Which made me drag today. I didn't quite feel like working out, much less for 45 mins so color me surprised I did 60 :D
A gassing we will go...have mercy...gas is coming fast and furiously. Luckily it's just me and my kitty here. Her nasty behind likes to sit and purr with me while passing the stinkiest gas. Man, if someone lit a match and tossed it in the room...KABOOM! lol
- chocolate peanut butter smoothie (my experiment @ making this did NOT work)
- sunflower seeds
- chicken pad thai
- prunes
- banana & organic apricot spread
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 194
Pressed for time today, I ixnayed the post C25k walk and settled for doing 14 mins on the StairMaster when I got another break and made my 45 mins for the day.
Today was hectic, lots of meetings, I had to get lunch out. I went to Piccadilly's and was going for the veggie plate when the smells got to me...I figured I'd get fish. They were out. It was Tilapia and smothered in some sort of brown gravy...but it had shrimp. I asked the guy if it was baked, he said it was. I said I'd wait. While waiting, I changed my mind and got the veggie plate. Pinto beans, corn and green beans. VERY VERY tasty. I think I can do the veggie plate thing more often, plus it's WAY cheaper. Lunch sometimes costs me 9 bucks, I buy sweet tea too...but the veggie plate (no drink) was $4.50.
Right now the frozen dinners are still sitting well in the freezer. I may either make that my end of week meal. Fridays I like to have pizza, perhaps I can fool my taste buds. To break up the monotony, tomorrow I'm thinking of having a "reeses pieces" (sugar free cocoa powder and natural PB) smoothie *treat*. Decisions decisions...
- fruit & veggie smoothie
- pinto beans, green beans, corn
- prunes & sunflower seeds
- lots more sunflower seeds
- asian pear
- raw broccoli, celery, zucchini & squash
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 3 liters of water
day 193
Ok, I take it back. I'm doing circuit training after all. I did some reading last night and turns out, if I keep a brisk pace, I also make it an aerobic workout. Which I inadvertently did the other day. To do so, take no more than 30 seconds between machines and no more than 90 secs between circuits.
To make it more doable for myself, I stuck w/one set of weights, rather than do the BFL approach of more weight less reps as you go on and I also did just 2 circuits for now. In about 2 weeks, I'll increase it to 3.
Okay so the gas thing has a pattern, a good one (watch me jinx myself), all morning I'm fine then I get extra gassy around 4-5pm. I can't tell if it's due to the beans I had for lunch (does it happen that quickly) and it happened Monday evening too, but I didn't have beans for lunch that day.
Or is it kicking in from the day before, like is this gas from the food I ate a day earlier. I wonder b/c it smells SORRY FOR THE TMI...garlicy and I do the cloves of garlic around 10pm the night before.
Gas aside, I'm doing good.
Found out I was making the detox tea too strong. Stupid instructions pointed to the wrong place on the cap. Tomorrow I reduce the dose anyway so I'll just stick w/what I was already using. I went to Whole Foods to get some powdered wheat grass, I'll be adding that to my smoothies next week and resisted, well pretty much forgot, the tempting cream cheese frosting ginger muffin I got addicted to last week.
I was already in the parking lot when I remembered I was scared I'd be tempted by it. Could be I just totally forgot b/c I spent the entire time walking the vitamin, skin care aisle and made a beeline to the register before I spent anymore money.
- fruit & veggie smoothie
- bowl of kidney beans, swt potato w/lf cc, raisins, pineapple
- zoic protein shake prunes & sunflower seeds
- raw broccoli, celery, zucchini & squash
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 3 liters of water
day 192
Tried a crazy experiment today. Reading that Fergie does the treadmill @ the highest incline @ 2.5mph, I decided to give it a go. the highest I could get was 12.5% and the longest I could go was 12.5 seconds...lol...but I happily settled on 2.5mph/6.5%.
- fruit & veggie smoothie
- bowl of kidney beans, swt potato w/lf cc, raisins, pineapple
- prunes, cashews & sunflower seeds
- raw broccoli, celery, zucchini & squash
- cashews & sunflower seeds
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 3 liters of water
day 191
Today I decided to give circuit training a go. I hated it. I rather do all reps in one sitting and be down w/the machine. I busted a move trying to find my minimum weight, it's been a few weeks since I did a true weight lifting routine and I think I may have gotten a bit stronger.
On Wednesday, I'll settle into a more stable routine and use that for the next 3 weeks.
Woke up starving today, smoothie tied me over till lunchtime and I've been noshing every since. Every few hours just a few handfuls of eats. Also stocked up on my food for the rest of the week so I feel good to go. I bought some veggie/organic frozen dinners, by Amy and Ethnic Gourmet. They don't quite fit into my overall plan for the next 3 weeks, but if push comes to shove and I feel like caving in, I can opt for that vs. getting in the car. After I had my salad and cashew/prune snack, I didn't feel as hungry as I did when I bought them.
While I'm doing this, I'm drinking a detox tea drink, it lasts 10 days and adds to my overall water intake. I'm also doing 3 weeks of Colonix, then I take a month off before my final month.
Boy-o-boy...talk about GAS!!! lol
- fruit & veggie smoothie
- bowl of kidney beans
- protein shake made w/almond milk
- cashews
- leftover salad w/spicy ranch
- prunes and more cashews
- raw broccoli, celery, zucchini & squash
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 3 liters of water
day 190
Due to an unforeseen scheduling glitch, I ended up doing c25k back to back. It's still crazy hard to run, especially the last 5 mins, but I can bear it a bit better. Two more weeks of week 4's routine before I "graduate" to week 5. Yippee! NOT!
All in all a good day, aside from the spicy ranch and some saba noodles that made it's way into my dinner, I think I did good.
I didn't get extra hungry till dinner and I knew I was hungry b/c despite how much water I drank, my tummy grumbled. Looking forward to tomorrow when I have a fruit smoothie for breakfast and a veggie smoothie for lunch.
- Fruit bowl (pineapples, strawberries, blueberries, melon & canteloupe)
- Bolthouse Green Smoothie
- Salad w/spicy ranch
- Sauted, steamed and baked veggies from the farmers market w/3 diff't spoonfuls of bean salads (lentil, chickpea and 4 bean) and a baked swt potato
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 8oz carrot juice
- 2.5 liters of water
day 189
Starting this Sunday, the 20th, and for the next 21 days, I'm going on a fruit and veggie fast where 85% or more of what I eat will be fresh fruit and veggies. Anything else I eat will be unprocessed whole food (grains, beans etc). The only caveat will be my smoothies, where I'll eat small amounts of soy milk, wheat germ and kefir or plain yogurt. Since I'll be starting up weight training I'll also have some cottage cheese and protein powder w/almond milk once a day.
Towards the latter part of the day, I'll solely eat veggies raw, cooked and/or juiced and beans.
During a random healthy screening today, I found out I have high blood pressure -- 148/74 & depending on which healthy weight chart you follow, I'm also anywhere 40-70lbs overweight -- I'm 5'5"/200lbs :(
Doing this fast is not only timely but will have a great impact on my overall health and wellness.
Starting Sunday, I'll post a daily summary of what I ate.
day 185
@ the risk of completely jinxing myself, I'm starting to feel less winded doing week 4 of c25k. It's still laborious, but I can suck it up and just keep going. For the most part :\
day 181
Sometimes, doing the StairMaster, makes me want to puke. Today was one of those days, cut it down to 10 mins.
day 178
It's like 10 hours later and I swear I'm still sweating from this AM's workout. That or, it's just hot out.
day 177
Ok ok ok, I SURVIVED both 5 min runs. Not thrived. Not loved. Sorta hated, but I made it.
day 176
I really hate when I forget my iPod. I almost wasted 30 mins and a gazillion gallons o' gas just to go back and get it. Instead I walked for 30 mins instead of 45...pffft!
day 171
In order for me to get over my mental block, when it comes to running, I have to do c25k more often than 3x a week/every other day. It's always been my game plan to do each week for 3 weeks, but from her on out, in addition to doing each week for a solid month, I'm doing it M-F or @ least 5 days a week.
That said, today was a smidge better than yesterday. For 1, I didn't feel like hurling or like I was going to pass out when I got the the 20 min mark. I also kept my speed up and made 4 entire minutes of the last 5 min run. Not too shabby.
day 170
Being a big girl, I finally moved up to week 4 of c25k. Week 4 has two 5 min runs. I felt like hurling...
The last 5 min run, I only made 3 mins...will do better next time. Oh and I held onto the handrails for the latter part of the workout. I'm a wuss.
day 165
3% incline...yea...that's the good stuff...
day 164
Oh for the day when doing the StairMaster doesn't make me wanna hurl...
day 156
That heavy winded feeling from last week went away, so I was *barely* able to do my 60 mins. I did want to quit the StairMaster after minute, uh, one, But I closed my eyes and hung in there. I almost felt a bit dizzy, but not enough to sit on the bike. I also noticed I started feeling sore w/in the last 5 mins or so.
Gah, since I made it, guess I'm stuck w/doing @ least 15 mins...can't wimp out and drop down to 5 mins anymore.
day 155
Dammit today! I think I set the treadmill for 15 mins vs 45 mins, the stupid backlight was out. So midway thru my c25k run/walk, it stopped. Which totally threw me for a loop and I immediately set it for 45 mins, vs. trying to figure out how much time I truly had left. Pesky fitness gawds got me to do 60 mins today w/their tricksy ways.
day 152
All caught up. FINALLY got around to making pics on this blog and stats on the main blog current.
day 151
Why does it feel like I'm starting all the way back @ zero? I almost quit after 10 mins and to think, I was going for 30-40 mins today :(
day 150
Damn near fell out running today. Bah!
day 138
Run felt good today.
day 135
I felt like a runner today.
day 134
I feel like I need some serious vacay time. Tired, burnt out & bored. Yup, that's me :(
day 132
So far, I much rather run 3 mins @ 4.0 vs. 4.5. I'm so not looking forward to 2 4.5 runs next week. *scowls*
day 130
3 min runs are Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaard and screw u for laughing @ me >:[
day 128
Did not think I'd survive running 3 minutes today...yet...I did :D
day 126
Man, I spent the ENTIRE day sleeping. It's been a long exhausting week. I'm feeling rested and will use tomorrow to catch up on housework.
day 125
YAY! I completed week 2 of C25K, next week I run 3 mins :D
day 124
This has got to be the longest week. EVAH!
day 123
Callie was spayed today. I think I rather in heat Callie vs. post surgery Callie :(
day 122
Either me, my growling tummy, my full bladder or my kitten alarm woke me up almost a 1/2 hour before the alarm. >:[
day 121
I have a cat in heat. I got NO sleep last night.
day 117
Soreness subsided considerably. Enough to do weights this PM, I also took it easy on the intensity of the Precor. Once again I reset the machine. This time the StairMaster. I dunno, this is becoming a self fulfilling prophecy :rolls eyes:
I also realized today I was using the hip rotary machine wrong. Well not wrong. Just less right...lol...I had to set the angle a bit higher and I got a much better resistance for the inner thigh. Sometimes it pays to watch others work the machine.
day 116
Totally overslept this AM, which was fine and due to an unexpected PM appt, I didn't do my lower body workout today. Also fine. Truth be told I am crazy sore, so the extra day off will do my inner thigh muscles some good...lol
Though, what was NOT fine, was hitting the reset button when I was finished w/C25K and about to do my walk...>:[
day 115
2nd AM in the row I've woken up w/a growling tummy. @ one point, I looked towards the end of the bed, where the cat lay, to find out what on earth she was doing...till I realized that sound was coming from me...:blush:
day 114
Back @ the home gym today...bah humbug...
day 112
Worked out @ a waaaay better L.A. Fitness today...only thing I didn't see was the Arc Trainer, but man the space. The entire first floor was weight machines and upstairs was all the cardio. Plus I wasn't jammed up to the person next to me...*sigh*...I miss Gold's Gym.
day 111
Yikes! For over 2 months the links to the pudge pics pictures were broken. My bad :blush: I found it out by mistake last night and got it all sorted. One day I need to go over this section w/a fine tooth comb.
day 110
Soreness is definetely kicking in. And it's official. My inner thigh muscles are stronger than my outer thigh muscles...lol...I found that bit of trivia out the hard way *winces*
day 109
I felt the soreness in my outer thighs today and my calves were YELLING @ me. The run just about did me in today. Riddle me this...how is it that a 60 sec run feels farrrr longer than a 60 sec walk? :\
day 108
Yikes, forgot to update the pudge pic blog. Um...let set...cardio ='s gooooood...weight's ='s badddddddd
:(
day 107
Today was my first day doing the body for life routine...YOWZA!! My arms were barking @ me. Yep...I'm loving it already...lol
I didn't take my notes, so I just winged the # of weights, tomorrow I'll do legs and try out each level and Wednesday have better notes to use for a starting point.
day 106
When I resume posting my day ins, my official weeekly weigh in days will move to Fridays. That'll give enough time for the workouts and *cough* fiber to kick in and reverse any weekend debauchery. :blush:
An ABSOLUTELY beautiful day today. I took Callie for a walk to get some fresh air, then I put her down on the ground, w/her leash of course, and it rained overnight, so now she's muddy...lol...she needs to practice those fastidious cleaning skills any ole way. Lazy cat =^.^=
day 105
Got a mini workout on before I got my shopping on today lol
day 104
Enough bitchin' & moanin...fer now ;)...I am gonna stick w/it. I am gonna lose the weight I want to loss...I am not stopping.
day 103
[Note]: I posted the below when I was already raging against the gain. Since going to the gym, my endorphin soaked brain doesn't quite feel the same, but I'll let it stand to remind me of what frustration felt like. Also for @ least the next 2 1/2 weeks, I'm taking a break from recording my daily weigh-ins.
So one of the things I have to factor in is, fluctuations. I s'pose I could attribute inexplicable gains to that, but, why do my upward fluctuations then take another week or two to go down?
That makes me think the upward flucs are really and truly gains while the downward losses are actually the flucs. My body is quite out of whack I tell ya.
day 102
[Note]: I posted the below when I was already raging against the gain. Since going to the gym, my endorphin soaked brain doesn't quite feel the same, but I'll let it stand to remind me of what frustration felt like. Also for @ least the next 2 1/2 weeks, I'm taking a break from recording my daily weigh-ins.
I'm going to keep weighing in, some days are better than others, but it's something I've got to do till the bitter end.
My exercise wont change, but I will change my eating. Mon-Fri, b/c it's easier to stay on a strict schedule, I'm going to eat between 1500 & 1800 calories a day. On the weekend, I'm going to do one day @ 1200 calories, and the next day 1800 max. During the week I'm goint to eat 4-5 times a day, on the weekend, I'll stick to 3 meals and maybe on snack. Again, b/c it's easier to be on a schedule and on weekend, I'm eating out and less frequently. I may also change my official weigh in day to be Friday.
Mainly b/c I feel Sundays weigh in is unfarily influenced by Saturday and after a few days of eating back on a schedule, my weight balances out a bit more.
day 101
[Note]: I posted the below when I was already raging against the gain. Since going to the gym, my endorphin soaked brain doesn't quite feel the same, but I'll let it stand to remind me of what frustration felt like. Also for @ least the next 2 1/2 weeks, I'm taking a break from recording my daily weigh-ins.
I think above all what I'm feeling is bitter. Like, I'm doing the hard work and I'm not getting my "reward" via the scale. I mean if I'm going to gain weight, isn't it a bit cruel for it to happen when I work out an hour a day? I can accept if I'm eating nothing but Mickey Dees and sitting on my big ole butt, but I am working so hard. Trying so much and all I do is give myself one day, one meal actually, to just not count and is that what's doing me in?
That then makes me feel like I have to eat 100% clean 24/7 365 and I just can't do that. It's too overwhelming. Why isn't 90% enough? *sigh*
And maybe this is the price I'm paying. For all the years of utter neglect and poor eating, no exercise, no fruits, no veggies, no water. I just can't slip up anymore.
day 100
193.8 :gain:
This has to be the worst day and I had the worse 3 day weekend. I can NOT believe in 100 days, especially after spending the last 50 working my tush off, I've lost 4lbs. I am seriously @ my wits end and spent the entire weekend in bed, depressed.
I also rebelled. Big time, which I'm sure I'll be paying for in the next week and will do nothing but further sink me into a depressed state of mind.
It's just so much. It's everything and it's nothing.
In the last 24 hours I've gone from various extremes. From no more daily weigh ins to no more weigh ins period. To just eating whatever to eating 1200 calories no matter how miserable it makes me. To working out one hour a day no rest days to working out 2, 3 hours a day till I lose all this weight
I am in a complete free fall of thoughts and can't say for sure what, if any, changes I'll be making in the next few days.
I'm just tired. Tired of it all. Tired of the blog. Tired of the weight. Tired of trying. Tired of how much work this is. Tired of how long it's taking. Tired of trying to see the bright side of it. Tired of caring.
Maybe that's it. I should just 100% totally and completely forget about weight and just focus on working out. I don't know. No decisions just yet. This sucks.
day 99
191.6 :gain: of .8lbs from last week.
37.7% Body Fat
31.9 BMI
I moved the location of the scale and I got a backup scale. The backup scale has me @ 193. Earlier I weighed in higher and when I went to the bathroom and weighed again, they both came down proportionately. I'm going to double weigh in this week to see if they'll stay the same # apart, and to test my current scale to see if it's being flakey or not.
day 98
190.4 :gain:
Man. I woke up EXHAUSTED today. The fact that the cat or someone slamming a door woke me up @ 3AM prolly had something to do w/it. Oh, and that the cat BARFED again...*sigh*...I don't think I fell back asleep till 7 and didn't finally wake up till 9 and that I had to force myself so I could go to Whole Foods and get ready to take my godson to Chuck E. Cheese. It's not even noon and I can't wait for this day to be over *sigh*. So I missed my AM workout, I wouldn't have had the clarity to drive to the gym anyway and would've been beat when I got back. I'll still try to fit the weights in later this PM.
day 97
190 :loss:
Weighing in this AM put me in a foul mood and technically it shouldn't as I'm down from yesterday, but I guess...I dunno...I was hoping for more. It's getting easier and easier to take the daily weigh ins w/a grain of salt, but I still have my bad mornings every once in a blue moon.
Plus it doesn't help that my current scale is being flaky. @ one point I saw 191.2, then I saw 183.4. >:[
I think this weekend I need to get an analog scale. I can zero them out better and be done w/the stupid random fluctuations. The only prob is the needle is too small to read when it's on a dash and not a number. I swear if it's not one thing...
Had a pretty good workout today, thougth when weigh ins put me in a foul mood I don't wanna workout. But I did. And I feel better that it's done and there is nothing to do this afternoon. YaY!
day 96
190.6 :same:
W/o even trying, I beat my Precor miles from Tuesday by .02. Kewl. :D
day 95
190.6 :same:
I'm a survivor! Another C25K run @ 1% incline for the duration...AND...no holding on...today @ 4.5mph even *smirk*
day 94
190.6 :gain:
Over the weekend, for my 90 min power session, I'm gonna go for the Precor w/the arms. I ususally head for the Arc Trainer w/the arms, but realized, I do that @ least twice a week anyway, why bother.
Speaking of Precor, I did it today in the gym, haven't done it in a while. I'm a creature of habit, after 2 sessions on the Arc Trainer, that just became my routine. I'm geeked to see how many extra miles I logged and fear I'll now become hooked into doing this for the sake of my 1000 mile challenge.
day 93
190.2 :loss:
Couple of cool things today.
I did 1% incline for the entire Couch to 5K walk. Last week I made it as far as 1/2 way and had to cut it down. It was tough, but I held strong and made it to the end.
I'm also not getting as winded and can walk at a brisker speed, while my heart rate stays fairly low. Which means I don't have the irritating drop in speed. For both walks I stayed @ the same mph.
There is another weight machine I've been avoiding. I asked for a demo and it's really cool. It works the inner and outer thigh and it works bot the quads and hammies independently. I'm going to resist the urge to add it in, I'm liking what I'm already doing, but when I do my next 6 week challenge, I'm going to add it in.
day 92
190.8 :loss: of 1.8lbs from last week.
37.4% Body Fat
31.7 BMI
day 91
191.4 :gain:
Just some random thoughts.
Found out today what I've been calling StairMaster, is actually called StairMaster. Point taken.
I got to the gym super early, like 1 min before it opened and wondered why so many people were still sitting in their cars :blush: good thing I didn't try to open the door. Instead I stalled getting something out my gym bag.
Despite being early, I still missed the Arc Trainer w/arm action. I would've been irked and started plotting to just keep my bag w/me so I can race to the machine first, but what the hell. I have access to it during the week. Doing it armless once in a while is fine by me.
I did a wicked cool cardio pgm on the treadmil today and by wicked cool I mean it was HELL!
You set your heart rate range and max mph, in my case 145-160, 3.5 and thed it does the rest. @ 1 point it jacked up the incline to 8, I had to hold on, not sure how high it was going to go :O
After that, it didn't go as high and except for that one hand grab, I kept my arms to my sides. Not bad.
Oh, and I'm rocking level 3 on the StairMaster, I mean StairMaster. I can do the whole thing w/o stopping and pretty much keep my heart rate in the 150-160 zone. This week it only kissed 170 in the last 30 seconds.
day 90
190.2 :loss:
All week I've been having trouble sleeping. Which is odd as I ceased the early evening siestas. *sigh* Trouble is, I'm super sleepy around 7-8 and by the time I'm ready to hunker down, 10, I get a 2nd wind.
I know it'll sort itself in another week or so. Wed nite was the worse b/c I finally caved, and went to bed before 10, slept like a log...till 11:45!!! >:[
I ended up being up till almost 2AM and luckily had not early AM workout to make or I'd have flunked.
I wrote this earlier in the day and on my main blog, went into more details about the lack of sleep.
day 89
190.6 :loss:
Despite the fact the the first few Ciara tunes I jammed to today were slow jams, I still managed to tie my mileage from Tuesday. Which solves the biggest mathematical equation of our day.
Ciara ='s Beyonce
Though deep in my heart Beyonce > Ciara ;)
day 88
192.4 :same:
Gah!!! I've been up late w/a kitten who keeps throwing up after eating...*gag*...I so did not sign up for this. She did the same thing after breakfast, I scrapped what was in her bowl and gave her something else, she hasn't touched that yet, but is drinking water. When I come home later if there is more...*gag*...barf, I'm taking her to the vet.
Much later: No barf *whew*, but we'll see how she does after she eats the same dinner tonight.
As far as the workouts, I'm going to do each week of Couch to 5K for 3 weeks. And I'm going to vary it, like now I'm running 90 secs. One day I'll do it @ 4.5, the next session I'll do it @ 4.0. When the runs become longer than 8 mins str8, I'm going to drop it down to about 3.5.
day 87
192.4 :loss:
Welp, I still woke up a bit hungry this AM and I had cottage cheese as my last meal. Not as starving as the last few weeks, a bit more bearable.
Someone was in the bathroom so this weigh in was post-bathroom relief :blush:
Ha! I bested my previous arc training time by .02 miles. For that I thank Beyonce's latest CD ;)
day 86
193.2 :gain:
Woke up RAVENOUS this AM. I'm thinking it has something to do w/the last thing I eat @ night, refined carbs. Tonight starts my improved diet and my final meal will be protein. Let's see how that pans out tomorrow AM.
Today I am starting the Couch to 5k running program. I've completed it w/mixed results before, mainly b/c I was impatient and wanted to run now and fast.
This go round, I'm taking my time and doing each week twice. The fact that I've been running 5-7 mins a day for a few weeks will help me in the early weeks. I just have to figure out what speed I can maintain for the long haul.
day 85
192.6 :gain: of .6lbs from last week.
38.1% Body Fat
32 BMI
I'm not gon' cry...
day 84
192.4 :loss:
You know the gym is crowded when even the brutal StairMasters AND StairMasters are taken. :O Yikes!
The people @ this gym do. not. play. I'm going to have to revamp my weekend sessions from 4 machines @ 22 mins each, to 2 machines @ 30 mins, 1 machine @ 20 and the StairMaster @ 10. Oh and next time, LEVEL 3 on the StairMaster, LEVEL 3!
I nearly keeled over w/level 5 today. :\
day 83
192.6 :gain:
I used today's workout to vent out some anger. I used the frustration and suffocation I was feeling to go faster and harder on the arc trainer. I'm still in a foul mood so I'm not sure if it helped, but I did work up a good sweat.
day 82
192.2 :loss:
I set my heart rate for 135 and after the first 15 mins of 3.5/3.6 the rest of the walk was @ 3.4mph. I broke a sweat way earlier than yesterday and due to the faster pace, had fewer inclines overall.
135 is about 75% of my target heart rate a smidge under cardio zone, but still w/in my recommended target range. So I'll stick w/it again tomorrow.
day 81
193.2 :loss:
I set the heart rate for 130 today and barely broke a sweat for the entire walk. Plus I hardly got winded. Could I have gotten conditioned overnight? Hrmmm...tomorrow I'll set it a few beats higher.
day 80
193.6 :gain:
First off, I must pat myself on the back for my first milestone of the year, 30 days of @ least 30 mins physical activity! Huzzah! Huzzah!
After yesterday's 3.6mph walk, which left me with some sore shins & calves, today I settled in and let the machine do what it does to keep my heart rate @ 128 for the duration. Starting off @ 3.6, it dropped back to 3.2 for the entire hour. Which shaved .38 miles off my walk. I also wasn't dripping w/sweat or too winded.
What I'll do tomorrow is bump up the heart rate to 130 and see what that gets me.
Oh, and as for the today's "gain"...no comment.
day 79
192.2 :gain:
Stoopid treadmill. I am trying to walk as fast as I can @ a set heart rate, so when I push it to 3.6, the pesky thing slows me down b/c I'm getting out of the fat burning zone :rolls eyes:
Tomorrow I'm going to let it do what it does and see how many milli-miles it shaves off my total walk.
day 78
192 :gain: of 1.4lbs from last week.
37.8% Body Fat
32 BMI
I may go down in history as the only person who was physically active 30 days in a row and ended the month heavier than I started. *groan*
day 77
194.4 :gain:
I'm feelin' a world of better the last two days than the last week. Like a huge cloud has lifted off my shoulder. This was to be week 1 of my 6 week bootcamp, but things didn't go according to plan. I'll keep the schedule and proceed w/next week being number 2. When I reach the final week, if I feel like tacking on another week to make it an even 6, I will. Otherwise, I'll just kick off another challenge. Knowing me, I'm going for the latter ;)
day 76
193 :gain:
Yep. PMS blues are over. I didn't feel like busting into a fit of tears @ the :gain: sign.
Sometimes I really hate the fat burning setting of the treadmill. Yesterday I purposely wanted to walk @ 3.6mph so I can log some serious mileage, but b/c my pesky heart rate dared to go above the 125 range and into the *gasp* 130 range, the damn machine slowed down.
Still, when I do it manual, the steady walk gets boring, the little inclines here and there mix things up a bit. Oh well, I'll do the same thing b/c even if it slowed me down, I still got in .24 more miles than Tuesday. :D
day 75
192 :loss: @ this point, it's all mental games, but I have to get it out. Last night I compared yesterday pic, to one from 3 weeks ago. It looked exactly the same. Add to the fact that in a moment of pain pill delerium, I got on the scale in the evening and it said 194, all levels of dejection sunk in. I felt/feel like giving up. This is too hard. What if I walk 1000 miles this year, only to remain 194lbs. Dammit I feel stuck @ this weight. Didn't I also feel stuck @ 160's? and unstuck myself into the 170s? then unstuck myself into the 180's before flying too and now being stuck in the 190s? Geezus.
I always say I hate the word and concept of diet and restriction, but last night I thought, if I can do it just for a few months and return to my way of eating, it could be worth it. Nothing radical, I did really well doing phase 1 of south beach. Then I moved, things took an emotional tumble in my life and everything got screwed up.
But what if this time, this time, I do it for 2 weeks, and by my way of eating, I do eat lots of carbs, but not junk food, cereal, pasta frozen dinners and high gly fruits, so if I just do phase 1...dammit, now I'm rambling b/c I plotted this all out yesterday afternoon and aside from trading fiber one for eggs and cheese and my lean cuisine for a sbd frozen dinner, everything else is the same, so what's the real point?!?!
Then logic tells me, less calories is less calories is less calories. Alls I need to do is be strict. Count my calories, if I eat a handful of peanuts, I stop @ one and not 2 b/c I did a vigorous workout and can handle it. I need to be consistent more days than not, @ least monday thru friday and if anything, b/c weekends tend to be hectic, keep it simple and make @ least one meal a salad.
I can do this, I know I can, I've come to close before, the year is too young and I may still very well be PMSing and feeling sorry for myself.
I wrote all the above late last night and funny thing, before even weighing in this AM, I already felt different than I have the last few mornings. Like no matter what the scale said, I had a mission to get my miles in today. I was going to delete all that I wrote, but nah. I'll let it stand. The emotional rant and feeligns of frustration are things I need to give a voice to.
day 74
193 :same: Frustrating thoughts still remain. I hate that the # sets my mood this early in the morning. Weighed in in earlier than normal it "said" 192.8 and I felt a teeny bit chipper, then @ my real weigh in time it's the same as yesterday and a black cloud is hovering over my head w/thoughts of skipping workouts lingering.
Logically I know I haven't eating 7700 extra calories in the last week, that'd be 1100 extra calories. PER. DAY.
I also know TTOTM has a lot to do w/both my flaky mood and what I'm seeing on the scale. In order to get a handle for the future, I need to have an idea of the trends, so I gotta do this right now, painful as it is.
What pisses me off too is the grand work out plan I had for this week has been shot since I barely have energy to get out of bed, so for now I just do the walks b/c I can @ least hold on and not think too much.
What else is on my mind? Food. This last week makes me want to do a better job of tracking. Rather than cook, I've been feeling snacky all week. First I barely have an appetite and if I do eat, I rather eat a few plums and some peanuts or some crackers & water.
What also sucks is, when it comes to weight loss, I think it takes 2 weeks for the damage to be undone and the new system to kick in. TTOTM aside, this weeks weigh in is a reflection of the last 7 days so how I eat this week won't show up till next week, and this has been my snacky week...*sigh*...I'll get a grip on this. By the end of the year, this week will be a blip in the grand scheme of things, the goal right now is just to hold on & keep doing what I need to do.
Of course nearing day 90 trending 4lbs more than day 60 doesn't help, especially knowing my exercise in the last month has been MUCH more than day 30 to day 60 and as of today I weigh more than both those days. Doing mainly cardio, I haven't packed on that much muscle, plus my body fat and BMI are propotionately up as well.
I totally understand why people give up.
day 73
193 :gain: It's getting rougher to deal w/these daily weigh-ins. Gonna keep on keeping on. Bumped up the intensity of the walk by .2mph. Supposedly exercise helps w/cramps. Yea right :\
day 72
191.8 :gain: I have spent the first 1/2 of today downright delirious w/cramps and the last 1/2 hopped up on pain pills. If this is any indication of what childbirth has in store, I'll opt out. *ugh* :(
day 71
190.6 :gain: of 1.2lbs from last week.
37.9% Body Fat
31.7 BMI
Considering all last week I was trending 2, sometimes 3 :O lbs :gain: from the week before, I'll take this weigh in ;)
I spent the first few weeks of this year just getting reacquainted w/all things fitness, the next few weeks I'm going to reintroduce even healthier habits and push the bar a bit physically.
day 70
190.4* :loss: *weighed in much later in the day than usual. I"m a first thing in the AM kinda gal, but I was away from my scale, so color me suprised.
I'd like to do more than walking in place on weekends, but the last few have been hectic. It's not a bad way to end the week as I don't go full out 7 days str8, it gives me a low to moderate workout, but maybe the next few weekends I can walk outdoors instead. We'll see.
day 69
192.2 :gain:
Welp. It's official. I'm on the way up. However, a big change this week is that I started lifting weights. From what I read in the last year or so is weighing in after lifting, the scale will register higher b/c the body, repairing it's muscles, is sucking it all up. I will try, really really try, to keep that in mind b/c I'm tellin' ya, it's tough doing the daily weigh-ins this week.
But I gotta take the good w/the bad and so long as I know I haven't consumed 10,500 excess calories in the last 7 days, and I've been active @ least 30 minutes a day for the last 7 days, in some days, Monday, Tuesday & Thursday for an hour, then I'm gonna keep on keeping on.
Brief exercise note, 5 minutes Fitness Test, 1.78 miles, 28.9/low.
day 68
191 :gain:
Woke up in a foul mood today. Well it was an okay mood till the weigh in. *sigh* Didn't bother me as long as it usually does, but I wonder if it'll ever get to the point where I'm over the daily fluctuation. Prolly not.
I was more irked to find it's up almost 2lbs from last week. It made me want to get back in bed and pull the covers over my head. I did for a few minutes and then got on w/my day. Did my work out and even managed to last 10 whole minutes, a Renee Record, on the StairMaster!
day 67
190.8 :loss:
Yesterday, I got over my phobia of the weight machines and did a circuit. Since I was getting a feel for both the machine and what I can do, I set it @ the lowest settings, most cases 15lbs, but no more than 30. I did shoulders, chest, abs, triceps, biceps, quads, hamstrings, squats and ended w/back extenstions. Only once did the staff have to come over and show me the right way to use the tricep machine.
The whole thing 2 sets, 12 reps, took 30 minutes and I was already pretty sweaty from doing cardio, so the sweat just kept on dripping.
My biceps are weaker than I thought and my back is stronger than I thought. I'll do the circuit 3x a week and if I do my cardio in the AM, will do 3 sets, otherwise, I'll stick w/2.
day 66
191 :gain:
I'm trying really hard not to make this about weight, but mornings like this, when compared to yesterday, does cause one to have a quick intake of breath and some inner fretting.
But, when I compare it to a week ago today, and see it's a .2lb diff upwards, all is not lost. If you weigh in daily, try to only compare it weekly. Your heart'll thank you :)
day 65
189.4 :gain:
I had a heart stopping moment today. After leaving Kroger, I had to go to Publix to get some cut veggies. I got the checkout, felt my pocket. No wallet!
I ran out the store, to my car (where I parked FARRRR away) and found it wedged between the seat and the door. I felt great.
And even more fantastic to find, a sprint like that woulda wiped me out, today, I just breathed heavy :)
day 64
189.4 :loss: of 1lb from last week.
37.5% Body Fat
31.6 BMI
To date, this was my least looking forward to 30 mins day. First time since the new year, Bad Renee, contemplated just phoning it in, pretending I walked, or cobbling together all the walking I did earlier today into 30 minutes. If it wasn't for Prison Break, man oh man, not sure I woulda made it.
day 63
188.2 :loss:
10,000 organic steps today! WOOT! Consider how hard that was w/o going to the gym or going for a walk around my neighborhood. PLUS! I was @ the car repair shop from 8 am till 11 pm and I still got 10000 steps by 5:15 PM.
I just made the most of my day. As soon as the car was ready, I went to the pet store, parked in the farthest spot. Then the beauty supply store, parked in the farthest spot. Then the farmer's market, parked in the farthest spot. Sensing a pattern yet? *smirk*
Then got takeout to bring home. Took Callie to the park while I ate outdoors and she smelled...um...dirt. Then ran some more errands, staying in the car. Finally ending up @ Target and the pet store again. 6000 steps. The last 4000 came via walking in place for 30 minutes while watching Prison Break.
A good day indeed! :D
day 62
189.4 :same:
I want to sample all the cardio machines before I get too attached to any one just yet. So far I'm loving the Arc Trainer first, then the Precor. I've also avoided the bikes, the mileage doesn't count towards my 1000 mile goal. But today, I relented. There are 3 more machines to try next week: stationary bike, another stepper and another contraption.
Oh and next week, I'm going to start w/the weights. I asked about the best way to do the machines, I'm a free weights kinda gal. And took some time while it was quiet to walk around each machine. I'm going to start doing 1 rep/20lbs of every machine then adjust from there. There is also a really cool all inclusive pulley workout, down the road fer shure!
day 61
189.4 :same:
Last time I tried the StairMaster, I made it all of 2 minutes :( I also set it to Level 10.
Today, figuring shurely I'll make it 30 minutes if I set it to Level 1, that was too slow. I ended up @ Level 3 and lasted 7 minutes. Not bad.
Though for that low level and short time, my legs still felt like jelly long after I was done. :\
day 60
189.4 :loss:
Made the most annoying gym mistake EVER today. I pulled the cord and reset the treadmill. *sigh* Luckily, the run was over and I was just doing my 5 minute cool down walk.
Oh and I forgot to mention this, yesterday I came my closest 10,000 organic steps. I ended the day around 9200, I've been averaging 8,000.
What did the trick was I had to run out to the car and the Farmer was there. Niiiiiice :)
day 59
190.8 :loss:
Bested yesterday's miles by .05 mile, heh.
I started running yesterday, 5 minutes. I started @ 3.5 mph then cranked it up to 4.0. That lasted all of 30 seconds...lol
Today I did the entire 5 minutes @ 4.0. It was rough around the 1/2 way mark, 2 minutes, 30 seconds. But I made it.
day 58
191.2 :gain:
Today, @ the same time @ the same level I got in .19 more miles than Friday!! I dig the Arc Trainer. Both my booty cheeks were sore all weekend from it. I listen to audiobooks, only when I work out though. It's another *trick* I employ to make me look forward to working out. So this go round I'm listening to The Cell by Stephen King. What's really cool is, the remaining chapters are aprox 30 minutes and I have enough to last till next Friday.
day 57
190.4 :loss: of 2.6lbs from last week.
37.7% Body Fat
31.7 BMI
Today was a split 30 min session. Mainly b/c I was lugging around an extra 5lbs w/me on my outdoor walk. In the form of a cat. *sigh* I didn't think she'd make it a 1/2 hour outdoors, so I did a 10 min brisk walk and then came in and did the last 20 minutes marching in place.
Another cool thing today, I managed to walk 5,000 organic steps! Tacking on another 2,700 walking in place.
day 56
191.2 :loss:
Well that was interesting. I was doubtful how I was gonna make todays 30 min session. Too tired to get to the gym, it's been a loooooooong week, and not thinking ahead enough to take my gym clothes w/me so when I did go out, I could go to the gym I'd be close too, I guessed I'd just march in place when I got home.
As boring as I thought it was, once i passed the 10 minute mark, I felt myself getting warm. I put on my heart rate monitor and managed to get my heart rate up to the 130's. Not bad.
I mostly marched in place. Sometimes I mixed it up by flailing my arms or I'd jog a bit or high step or low step. I even danced about when I got to minute 29. I do feel sorry for my kitty. I managed to scare the bejeebus out of her and she refused to come near me. Instead she stood from a distance and softly mewed. lol
day 55
192.2 :gain:
By far the toughest cardio machine I've faced all year ;) I hated this machine, I went @ level 2, which put me @ a 20 incline something or the other. It felt like I was both climbing a hill and running. W/in 7 minutes I was sweating and towards the end, my heart rate climbed to the 170's. I was covered in sweat when I was done.
I loved this machine!
day 54
191.6 :loss:
Today I took my trusty heart rate monitor. Averaged 148 bpm. Some wise guy set the incline @ 10 and not knowing how to adjust the machine, I just went w/it.
day 53
192.2 :loss:
Today's activity was almost 1/2 barefoot. I lost one of my socks lugging my clothes into the gym. Luckily when I suited up and walked back outside, I found them!
day 52
192.4 :loss:
Did another barefoot workout on the outdated machine.
day 51
194.2 :gain:
This year, my yearlong goal is to do 30 minutes of physical activity every day of the year. It doesn't have to be a full on workout, I just need to move for @ least 30 minutes each day.
To start the year off, I did 30 minutes on the treadmill. Going forward, each day I'll note what the 30 minute activity was and anything interesting that occured during it.
day 50
193 :gain: of 1lb from last week.
38% Body Fat
32.1 BMI
It's safe to say the wild fluctuations, pre/post/during fasting, in the last week have settled down.
day 49
193.2 :loss:
day 48
194 :gain:
day 47
193.8 :gain: