Its been two weeks to the day since I have written AT ALL...
I felt really good going in to my new fitness plan and I thought that, by taking advantage of the best two weeks of the month for me, it would give me time to get my momentum up enough so that it would carry me through my two weeks of pms hell. I thought wrong.
My eating did not suffer much. I traveled which lead me to have a cookie...a piece of cake and I ate out... once...which are things I might have done anyway. For a two week period that doesn't seem so bad I guess.
But what did suffer was my workouts. It has also been two weeks since I worked out ( I am not counting my walks with the dogs).
I did weigh in yesterday morning at 152...meaning i gained .6 lbs or so.
I am not really sure what did it. I am assuming it was a little bit of everything: traveling, water weight, no exercise and of course the sweets. But it is best that I do not spend too much time on the weight I have gained. It will only discourage me and make me want to give up.
Instead, I went to the gym today. I told myself I would revert back to my last level of Chi Running in order to complete my work out and feel good about the time I spent in the gym - to give myself a little encouragement.
This was my work out:
10 min warm up - fast pace walking
42 min run/walk - 5 min run with 1.5 min walk (repeated 6 times)
5 min cool down
15 min stretching
upper body weights - bench press, arm curls, overhead press, bench dips
I barely made it to my Chir run/walk goal which just reinforced that two weeks of not using it...definately means losing it. Its good I didnt let it go longer. I felt good about my work out over all. I am exhausted and sore already!
One thing I did notice today when running was my heart rate. It concerns me but hopefully I have no reason to be concerned. During my running intervals I was careful not to go too fast yet my heart rate at the end of my intervals was at 175+ ... I must to some research on where my heart rate should be when I consider myself to only putting in medium to medium-hard effort.
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Friday, December 24, 2010
"CHUBBY"
Merriam-Webster defines Chubby as: "Plump"
I have to admit this definition actually made me feel better. I think it’s because it left out the word "fat"...
Me and My Fitness:
Some ancient graphs show that I should weigh anywhere from 105 to 115. And I assume that this is possible ... IF I had no muscle mass what so ever!
I teeter between 150 and 155 lbs.
I am 5'2"
I am 34 years old.
105-115 sounds grossly underweight for me. I don’t want to be skin and bones. Matter of fact, I would rather have a little extra than none at all.
My weakness? COOKIES.
When am I at my weakest? During PMS.
Yes, folks. I am using this excuse.
You see, my hormones rage so out of control, sometimes I think I have some sort of rare disease that no one cares to know about other than myself...
I have tried it all. Herbs, exercise, weight loss, dairy free, more fruit, more veggies, no meat, birth control, anti depressants, ice, heat, extra sleep, and magic potions.
Why is this so important that I am sharing it with you? Because it plays a huge roll in my failed attempts to stabilize my diet and my exercise for more than 20 consecutive days. Like people must do in running to break through to the next level, I have to ignore what my brain is telling me during these two weeks and push through it with out allowing my hormones to throw me off track...
Running:
I have been running now for a little over a year. I think it is now a lifelong habit - although at times I worry I will just stop one day due to my lack of improvement and the discouragement this causes.
I like to see improvement when I run. And for the first 6 months I saw A LOT of improvement. Then I got my first injury :( It was really tough. I am still careful of pushing myself to far in fear of re-injury.
My Weight:
Most of all, the excess weight I have had since I was 6 years old, has affected my fitness today more than I ever thought it would. My joints have been weekend and abused. My heart has been strained. My tendons and posture have been tortured.
I didn’t realize this back in 1998 when I was 200 lbs (75 lbs overweight). But I had finally decided to do something about my weight. I signed up for a college course in swimming. I cut out most fat from my diet. I allowed myself 20 grams of fat a day. It worked. I lost 70 lbs and got down to 125 lbs in about a year. I was going to the gym and I was feeling great. But I never REALLY challenged myself physically. Not until my running stopped improving and not until I had my first injury 6 months ago.
Conclusion:
This is my first blog. I currently weight 152.8 (as of this morning). My goal is to lose 20 lbs but in a lot healthier way this time. I would like to lose 1 lb per week. This puts my goal date at May 1st, 2011.
Follow along to see how I do. I will try and post my progress every day - weighing in only once a week - Saturday mornings.
I have to admit this definition actually made me feel better. I think it’s because it left out the word "fat"...
Me and My Fitness:
Some ancient graphs show that I should weigh anywhere from 105 to 115. And I assume that this is possible ... IF I had no muscle mass what so ever!
I teeter between 150 and 155 lbs.
I am 5'2"
I am 34 years old.
105-115 sounds grossly underweight for me. I don’t want to be skin and bones. Matter of fact, I would rather have a little extra than none at all.
My weakness? COOKIES.
When am I at my weakest? During PMS.
Yes, folks. I am using this excuse.
You see, my hormones rage so out of control, sometimes I think I have some sort of rare disease that no one cares to know about other than myself...
I have tried it all. Herbs, exercise, weight loss, dairy free, more fruit, more veggies, no meat, birth control, anti depressants, ice, heat, extra sleep, and magic potions.
Why is this so important that I am sharing it with you? Because it plays a huge roll in my failed attempts to stabilize my diet and my exercise for more than 20 consecutive days. Like people must do in running to break through to the next level, I have to ignore what my brain is telling me during these two weeks and push through it with out allowing my hormones to throw me off track...
Running:
I have been running now for a little over a year. I think it is now a lifelong habit - although at times I worry I will just stop one day due to my lack of improvement and the discouragement this causes.
I like to see improvement when I run. And for the first 6 months I saw A LOT of improvement. Then I got my first injury :( It was really tough. I am still careful of pushing myself to far in fear of re-injury.
My Weight:
Most of all, the excess weight I have had since I was 6 years old, has affected my fitness today more than I ever thought it would. My joints have been weekend and abused. My heart has been strained. My tendons and posture have been tortured.
I didn’t realize this back in 1998 when I was 200 lbs (75 lbs overweight). But I had finally decided to do something about my weight. I signed up for a college course in swimming. I cut out most fat from my diet. I allowed myself 20 grams of fat a day. It worked. I lost 70 lbs and got down to 125 lbs in about a year. I was going to the gym and I was feeling great. But I never REALLY challenged myself physically. Not until my running stopped improving and not until I had my first injury 6 months ago.
Conclusion:
This is my first blog. I currently weight 152.8 (as of this morning). My goal is to lose 20 lbs but in a lot healthier way this time. I would like to lose 1 lb per week. This puts my goal date at May 1st, 2011.
Follow along to see how I do. I will try and post my progress every day - weighing in only once a week - Saturday mornings.
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