This week is a great week to "start fresh." I was so pumped every time I "started over" because I was ready, mentally and emotionally, but something got in the way every time!! After our trip 'o family, I was ready, but a week later, we were traveling again. As soon as we got home from that and I was ready to start again, we were trying to spend as much family time together as we could and when Ben wasn't at home with us, I was trying to run errands to pick up things he needed or get things done around the house.
Like I said, this week is going to be a great starting over week. I will have someone at the house all week to watch Connor so he doesn't have to go to childcare, I will need a good excuse to concentrate on things other than my life, the weather is great this week, I am throwing out most of the junk in the house with the trash tomorrow....it's going to be good.
I have learned recently that as I run, I am just trying to finish my run. I haven't had the feeling of getting close to being finished but running that extra .25-.5 miles, just because, in a really long time. Until today! I was going to the gym, while Ben had Connor, for a 3-mile interval training. I had decided to start easy with 4x1's. Felt great!! Best I have felt running in so long! I ended up, the last mile, running 1/4 mile, walking 1/4, etc.
This week is going to be great! I just need the confidence again that I really can do this!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
High as a Kite
Okay, I am not REALLY high as a kite...at least not what you're thinking. My reference is in part a little nod to my new favorite show, Weeds....thank you Netflix for offering the best Showtime shows on instant play through my XBox!! However, high as a kite is literally how I felt when I left the gym. I was on an adrenaline high from how fabulous I felt today. I have a love/hate relationship with cardio, but I ADORE strength training. If I could get amazing results by only lifting weights...it's all I would ever do. But you can't so there you go.
I did a 30 minute double circuit on the machines, focusing mainly on my upper body and then finished up with 20 minutes on the elliptical. I felt really good after 20 minutes and could have continued, but it was a time thing with my childcare hours, so I left.
Diet is getting there....slowly but surely. I am horrible about thinking that if I worked out today I can afford to eat some crap food here and there....NOT TRUE. But oh so good :) Other than that, this heat has been killer. I have been fine in the morning but by late afternoon am dealing with a headache daily. I am trying to keep hydrated but I think this heat is more than I can handle. I will be more than ready for it to break and give myself and my air conditioner a little reprieve.
I did a 30 minute double circuit on the machines, focusing mainly on my upper body and then finished up with 20 minutes on the elliptical. I felt really good after 20 minutes and could have continued, but it was a time thing with my childcare hours, so I left.
Diet is getting there....slowly but surely. I am horrible about thinking that if I worked out today I can afford to eat some crap food here and there....NOT TRUE. But oh so good :) Other than that, this heat has been killer. I have been fine in the morning but by late afternoon am dealing with a headache daily. I am trying to keep hydrated but I think this heat is more than I can handle. I will be more than ready for it to break and give myself and my air conditioner a little reprieve.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Blazing fire
That title means nothing but my core body temperature right now. Holy moly.....it is too hot to do anything!! The day started out GREAT!! Actually better than expected. I went to the gym this morning for my additional day of running. Mondays are now intervals. I plan on doing 3 miles, however, if my running starts to improve, I am hoping to make it 4 miles of intervals. but we will get cross that bridge when we get there.
Back to this morning....3 miles of intervals. I struggle with intervals. I have a hard time knowing if I should pace my intervals on distance or time and then how much to do of each. This morning, I did timed intervals and I went back to my standard 5x1. At least that was my starting point. I decided to do round robins of 10 minutes. I did 5 minutes of a light jog, 1 minute of a power walk, 2 minutes of a sprint and then 2 minutes of a brisk walk, repeat, repeat, repeat. I'm not going to lie...after 2 of the sprints, I was whipped, had a hard time catching my breath and continuing on...I was whipped. BUT- because of a very good friend who jumped on the treadmill next to me and her phenomenal motivation, I finished all 3 miles. This was the first time I have finished the entire workout I was supposed to do in a really long time.
The problems started after that....between the unbearable heat and the amount of sweating I did, I got so dehydrated. I forgot to drink A GLASS of water from the time I left the gym until 2:00pm. this afternoon but couldn't figure out why I had a headache and I was so tired....hmmmmmmm. Earth to Tiffany.....DRINK YOUR WATER!!! Anyway, it messed me up the remainder of the day because I felt like rundown poop. Huge lesson learned.
Back to this morning....3 miles of intervals. I struggle with intervals. I have a hard time knowing if I should pace my intervals on distance or time and then how much to do of each. This morning, I did timed intervals and I went back to my standard 5x1. At least that was my starting point. I decided to do round robins of 10 minutes. I did 5 minutes of a light jog, 1 minute of a power walk, 2 minutes of a sprint and then 2 minutes of a brisk walk, repeat, repeat, repeat. I'm not going to lie...after 2 of the sprints, I was whipped, had a hard time catching my breath and continuing on...I was whipped. BUT- because of a very good friend who jumped on the treadmill next to me and her phenomenal motivation, I finished all 3 miles. This was the first time I have finished the entire workout I was supposed to do in a really long time.
The problems started after that....between the unbearable heat and the amount of sweating I did, I got so dehydrated. I forgot to drink A GLASS of water from the time I left the gym until 2:00pm. this afternoon but couldn't figure out why I had a headache and I was so tired....hmmmmmmm. Earth to Tiffany.....DRINK YOUR WATER!!! Anyway, it messed me up the remainder of the day because I felt like rundown poop. Huge lesson learned.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Welcome Home
I am back for good and praise the Lord. No travelling for a few months and I couldn't be more excited to be a "home body" for some time. Needless to say, I did ZERO at Ft. Benning. For one, it was (I swear) hotter in Columbus than it is in Savannah....if that is possible. It is so unbelievably hot there that going outside was miserable, sleeping was miserable, taking a shower was miserable because you were sweating before you actually got dressed. For two, there was not an easy access to any gym or any time where I could have gone and someone could have watched Connor.
However, I am back and ready to go. I hate saying "I started a new diet this week...." I did NOT start a NEW diet, but when I went grocery shopping and menu planning I followed (fairly strictly) Weight Watchers and have promised myself to take it one week at a time. That goes for diet and for exercise....I need to do this week and give it 100% of my efforts. I only need to make it through the week....7 days; and then I will focus on the next 7 days and then the next 7 and so on. My workouts this week are the same way. I know this is a crazy busy week for me because we are trying to get back online and the house in order from our travelling and I have some meetings and other obligations I need to see to....but this is a priority to me and with the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror only WEEKS away.....I need to get on this! Wish me luck...I just need it for 7 days :)
However, I am back and ready to go. I hate saying "I started a new diet this week...." I did NOT start a NEW diet, but when I went grocery shopping and menu planning I followed (fairly strictly) Weight Watchers and have promised myself to take it one week at a time. That goes for diet and for exercise....I need to do this week and give it 100% of my efforts. I only need to make it through the week....7 days; and then I will focus on the next 7 days and then the next 7 and so on. My workouts this week are the same way. I know this is a crazy busy week for me because we are trying to get back online and the house in order from our travelling and I have some meetings and other obligations I need to see to....but this is a priority to me and with the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror only WEEKS away.....I need to get on this! Wish me luck...I just need it for 7 days :)
Saturday, August 1, 2009
"It's a New Day, It's a New World...and I'm Feeling Good"
Thanks to Michael Buble...I have the best title for my blog this week. I feel good!! I have dropped 2.5 of the 6 or 7 pounds I put on while in Ohio and I worked out every day except one.
To catch you up, I couldn't work out on Thursday because of really bad timing and a lot of stuff going on. But, it's nothing that a drink and some ice cream couldn't fix :)
On Friday, I ran 3 miles in 36 minutes and felt so good it was crazy. Now, I almost fell off the treadmill backwards from passing out....but I did it.
This coming week is discouraging because we are going to be out of town until Thursday and on Friday we are crazy busy...again. I am going to try really hard to make it to the gym while we are at Ft. Benning...but with everything going on while we are there, there are no promises.
On a really good up note, I am signing up for a 10K in September. This means, I have a race in September, October, November, December and the Big Daddy in January! Really looking forward to buckling down in my training and kicking some treadmill ass!
To catch you up, I couldn't work out on Thursday because of really bad timing and a lot of stuff going on. But, it's nothing that a drink and some ice cream couldn't fix :)
On Friday, I ran 3 miles in 36 minutes and felt so good it was crazy. Now, I almost fell off the treadmill backwards from passing out....but I did it.
This coming week is discouraging because we are going to be out of town until Thursday and on Friday we are crazy busy...again. I am going to try really hard to make it to the gym while we are at Ft. Benning...but with everything going on while we are there, there are no promises.
On a really good up note, I am signing up for a 10K in September. This means, I have a race in September, October, November, December and the Big Daddy in January! Really looking forward to buckling down in my training and kicking some treadmill ass!
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