I ran today at the gym and felt great. Training calendar had me running 6. I wanted to hit 6, possibly 6.5 but I stopped at 5. I really do have a good excuse, not that it matters. My hip was starting to get sore and my ankle hurt and since Connor was in childcare, I stopped after 5 and ran to Target to get what I needed to make a few ice packs...mostly ace bandages and alcohol.
PS- Dad John has an excellent "recipe" for ice packs that they use in the rehab clinic at Fort Hamilton Hospital. In a gallon freezer bag put 1c. rubbing alcohol and 2 c. water. Seal and stick inside another gallon freezer bag the opposite way (so the zipper tabs are on opposite sides- prevents leaking). Freeze those and then they will make an amazing ice pack that stays cold for 30 minutes.
I feel really good today...too bad the Icy Hot I bought to hold me off until the bags freeze is burning my skin!!!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
I'm a slacker....
I would love to say I am only a slacker when it comes to updating my blog...but after this non-productive, poor eating weekend, I guess I'm a slacker on the workout front too.
Let's recap: Wednesday I rocked out 7 miles.
Thursday was Bible Study, so no workout there. But it was weigh in day.
Starting weight: 125.5
Weigh-in: 125
Percentage of weight loss: .99% OUCH!!!! I didn't even lose 1% of my body weight this week!
Friday, I went to the gym for a long workout. Running didn't go so well and I only put up a little more than 2 miles. But I got my ab and leg workout in, so it wasn't a complete loss.
Saturday, forget it!
Sunday, forget it!
So here we are, Monday. After I saw the numbers I put up this week, I knew I needed to get my act in gear. While I know I am in a competition with Jo, I really feel like I am going to happy whoever wins as long as we both keep on this and continue to lose weight. I really like this journey with my sister. I need to keep workking hard because I want Ben to come home and be completely jaw-dropped at how I look. I am blessed to have a husband who doesn't care what I look like and is over-the-top supportive of my efforts, but knowing that he won't see me once on this weight loss journey and I get the excitement of a "big reveal" is cool. It is really funny to see the wives come out in full-force the second the guys leave. Everyone wants to look A-MAZING when these guys come home!!
So I ran 4 miles this morning. I didn't feel like I had to convince myself of going further either. I felt sooooo good. I was cruisin' along, sweating my tail off and rocking it out. It took less than 1 hour too, so that was positive for me.
Meals for this week are pretty standard:
Running mornings on M and F is yogurt with granola and a banana sushi wrap before I run
Running morning on W is yogurt with granola and a scrambled egg white and a banana sushi
T and R mornings is Special K cereal and a Special K protein water for a mid-morning snack
Lunches are grilled chicken salads (I prepped EVERYTHING on Friday, so it take 4 seconds to put it all together now)
Dinner on M: fish and sweet potato
Dinner on T: chicken nuggets with veggie
Dinner on W: spaghetti with veggie
Dinner on R: frozen meal
Dinner on F: fish and a veggie
Afternoon snacks are either apple with a string cheese or yogurt w/granola.
Let's recap: Wednesday I rocked out 7 miles.
Thursday was Bible Study, so no workout there. But it was weigh in day.
Starting weight: 125.5
Weigh-in: 125
Percentage of weight loss: .99% OUCH!!!! I didn't even lose 1% of my body weight this week!
Friday, I went to the gym for a long workout. Running didn't go so well and I only put up a little more than 2 miles. But I got my ab and leg workout in, so it wasn't a complete loss.
Saturday, forget it!
Sunday, forget it!
So here we are, Monday. After I saw the numbers I put up this week, I knew I needed to get my act in gear. While I know I am in a competition with Jo, I really feel like I am going to happy whoever wins as long as we both keep on this and continue to lose weight. I really like this journey with my sister. I need to keep workking hard because I want Ben to come home and be completely jaw-dropped at how I look. I am blessed to have a husband who doesn't care what I look like and is over-the-top supportive of my efforts, but knowing that he won't see me once on this weight loss journey and I get the excitement of a "big reveal" is cool. It is really funny to see the wives come out in full-force the second the guys leave. Everyone wants to look A-MAZING when these guys come home!!
So I ran 4 miles this morning. I didn't feel like I had to convince myself of going further either. I felt sooooo good. I was cruisin' along, sweating my tail off and rocking it out. It took less than 1 hour too, so that was positive for me.
Meals for this week are pretty standard:
Running mornings on M and F is yogurt with granola and a banana sushi wrap before I run
Running morning on W is yogurt with granola and a scrambled egg white and a banana sushi
T and R mornings is Special K cereal and a Special K protein water for a mid-morning snack
Lunches are grilled chicken salads (I prepped EVERYTHING on Friday, so it take 4 seconds to put it all together now)
Dinner on M: fish and sweet potato
Dinner on T: chicken nuggets with veggie
Dinner on W: spaghetti with veggie
Dinner on R: frozen meal
Dinner on F: fish and a veggie
Afternoon snacks are either apple with a string cheese or yogurt w/granola.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Bumblebee
The quote of the day is "Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it flies anyway."
Love it and it really struck a cord with me. We are the bumblebee's. When our brains are shut off and not telling us what we can and can't do, we are pretty impressive people, able to accomplish a ton. I have had non-bumblebee moments, and a lot of them lately. Actually, pretty much my entire running career (that exists for all of 9 months). My non-bumblee moments are those times when looking back, you probably could have kept going but your brain psyched you out into believing you HAD to stop, for whatever reason. If my goal is 6 miles, I would stop at 5 or 5.5, if my goal was 3, I felt like I was spent at 2 miles. I feel like over the past few months, I psych myself out. The knowledge that you are more than 1/2 to your daily goal mileage is amazing and then when you see the end in sight, your brain shuts down and puts you into survival mode, as if you can't physically move one more foot or you're going to fall over. I proved my brain wrong this morning. I was supposed to run 6 miles at a 14:15 mpm pace. I knew the treadmill would shut off after an hour so I was going to stop and reset after 3 miles. I got to 3 and felt great, had the extra time on the treadmill so I ran on for another mile. I stopped after 4 miles, reset and started again immediately, knowing I only had 2 miles to go. I ran the next 1.5, walked to catch my breath for a 1/10 of a mile and then finished my 6 total. The last .5 miles, I got to thinking, I wonder if I can keep going....can I? I know I can finish my 6 so anything extra is a bonus and I can realistically stop whenever I want. Now, the 7th mile was tough. I ended up walking .2 of it...but I did run the other .8 and was pretty darn proud of myself for doing an extra mile AND channeling my inner bumblebee to do more than what was expected of my today.
Diet has been really good as well. I had a bowl of Special K cereal and a banana for breakfast and after my run had a Special protein water. Lunch was a Lean Cuisine meal and then for an afternoon snack I had fat-free yogurt with a couple Tbsp. of homemade granola. Pretty good and still feeling pretty satisfied at 4:30pm. Dinner is going to be another frozen meal because I have to take Connor to the doctor in a few minutes and I know we won't be home in time for me to make anything. It may be a resort to a drive-through...we'll see.
Love it and it really struck a cord with me. We are the bumblebee's. When our brains are shut off and not telling us what we can and can't do, we are pretty impressive people, able to accomplish a ton. I have had non-bumblebee moments, and a lot of them lately. Actually, pretty much my entire running career (that exists for all of 9 months). My non-bumblee moments are those times when looking back, you probably could have kept going but your brain psyched you out into believing you HAD to stop, for whatever reason. If my goal is 6 miles, I would stop at 5 or 5.5, if my goal was 3, I felt like I was spent at 2 miles. I feel like over the past few months, I psych myself out. The knowledge that you are more than 1/2 to your daily goal mileage is amazing and then when you see the end in sight, your brain shuts down and puts you into survival mode, as if you can't physically move one more foot or you're going to fall over. I proved my brain wrong this morning. I was supposed to run 6 miles at a 14:15 mpm pace. I knew the treadmill would shut off after an hour so I was going to stop and reset after 3 miles. I got to 3 and felt great, had the extra time on the treadmill so I ran on for another mile. I stopped after 4 miles, reset and started again immediately, knowing I only had 2 miles to go. I ran the next 1.5, walked to catch my breath for a 1/10 of a mile and then finished my 6 total. The last .5 miles, I got to thinking, I wonder if I can keep going....can I? I know I can finish my 6 so anything extra is a bonus and I can realistically stop whenever I want. Now, the 7th mile was tough. I ended up walking .2 of it...but I did run the other .8 and was pretty darn proud of myself for doing an extra mile AND channeling my inner bumblebee to do more than what was expected of my today.
Diet has been really good as well. I had a bowl of Special K cereal and a banana for breakfast and after my run had a Special protein water. Lunch was a Lean Cuisine meal and then for an afternoon snack I had fat-free yogurt with a couple Tbsp. of homemade granola. Pretty good and still feeling pretty satisfied at 4:30pm. Dinner is going to be another frozen meal because I have to take Connor to the doctor in a few minutes and I know we won't be home in time for me to make anything. It may be a resort to a drive-through...we'll see.
Monday, September 21, 2009
This sucks
I feel soooo defeated. This weekend wasn't the weekend I was hoping to have after the kick-off to Biggest Loser. I went to the gym today and only did 2 miles. I can use a bazillion excuses, but I only did 2 miles and I wanted to be closer to the 3-3.5 mile mark. I did all my ab's...but none of my upper body strength training. How am I going to run 6 miles on Wednesday (let alone a 13K in October), if I bail out after 2??
The diet was better but not great today. I had a wrap this morning with a little yogurt. Note to self: I have to find something other than the wrap. The tortilla makes me gag! Am over it! I may switch to an egg white omelet with veggies instead, but we'll see. As soon as I got home from working out, I had a special K protein water. Lunch was a grilled chicken salad....topped off with a handful of mini-Reese cups (thank goodness those are gone now!!). Had a cheese stick as a snack and a leftover hamburger and veggies for dinner. Followed off with waffles just now and Tostidos. Oink, I know...but I was starving all of a sudden!!
The diet was better but not great today. I had a wrap this morning with a little yogurt. Note to self: I have to find something other than the wrap. The tortilla makes me gag! Am over it! I may switch to an egg white omelet with veggies instead, but we'll see. As soon as I got home from working out, I had a special K protein water. Lunch was a grilled chicken salad....topped off with a handful of mini-Reese cups (thank goodness those are gone now!!). Had a cheese stick as a snack and a leftover hamburger and veggies for dinner. Followed off with waffles just now and Tostidos. Oink, I know...but I was starving all of a sudden!!
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