And it' really bothering me since I had a popcorn kernel stuck in between my teeth. grr.
Well I didn't update yesterday because I took the day off. The night before was pretty horrible due to headaches and insomnia. I believe both were exercise induced; I had two pretty rigorous workouts that day.
So today I did my 3.5mi hill workout and will later do plyo, tomorrow will be my recovery run and sat will be my 8miler.
Yesterday and today my weigh-ins were the same: 150.6
SO CLOSE to dropping below that dreadful mark!! I'm just trying to keep on keeping on, and not cut too much food out of my diet. Also trying to keep in mind that not every week will be like last week!
Anyway, my new goal is to reach 140 by freedom's run. I would be able to run so much easier if I could delete ten pounds of body fat!! I think it's reasonably achievable. I mean, I'll be happy to be at or below 145, but being at or below 140 would just be so much better. It would also be my lowest adult weight!! But let's not get too ahead of ourselves here.
In other news, I am going to start doing some barefoot runs!! I walked home and back to the library barefoot today and it just felt so amazing. (other than a splinter and a few sharp rocks) So I'm going to prepare by walking as much as possible barefoot outside this week, and next Thursday I'll give it a go for my 2 miler. I figure that by then my feet will have some decent callouses and my calves will be more used to that form.
Speaking of my changing form, I ran all 3.5 miles in my new shoes, the correct way! WIN. and so far, no soreness. If they aren't sore tomorrow I am going to run in them again, but no matter what I am not using them for my long run on saturday. I want to be more focused on simply finishing than I am on form. Plus I don't want to overdo it, and I don't want to have to change shoes in the middle of a run.
I can see myself wanting to run barefoot tomorrow. we'll see how I feel. It might be good practice to run at least one easy day outside to get used to wind resistance and to hills. Maybe every thursday will be barefoot thursday. It would be really good for my form and for my muscles. Hm.. I'm going to do some research on this matter.
IN ANY CASE, 7.8 POUNDS GONE. WHADDUP.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Still Dropping
Today, my final weigh-in of week four was 141.2. That puts week 4's average at 152.8, a 1.5 drop from last week! This also happens to be the longest streak of consecutive drops, so I'm not exactly expecting it to continue! I just hope that by the end of this week I'm below 150 consistantly.. 150 is just the top weight that I never, evvver want to go over. Can't wait to see the other side of it - it's been over 2 years now!
Today's run was pretty good... hard though. Very tough. I'm extremely exhausted - sleeping has been difficult for me. I have a lot of issues falling and staying asleep, and when I am sleeping it's not very deep and involves a lot of tossing and turning. bleck. It was a hill workout, and I've decided that T's hill will be a steady progression for a mile, and then repeat it for the second mile. .75mi for both warm up and cool down. I wore my newton's for both the warm up and cool down.. they are ahhmazing. sqeee. I had zero energy for the hills this morning though. It took every ounce of self discipline to keep on keepin on. The second mile I alternated running for .2 and walking for .05, just to lower my heart rate. I don't feel hungry at all, but since i had a low BS and was working at an anerobic level... it just didn't mix well. I also will need a break soon from this crazy workout schedule.. that's what next week is for! I think that I'm just going to do 15 miles that week and not cut back on strength training. I'll do a 2-3-3-2-5 monday thru fri.
Aight. Back to the books for me.
Today's run was pretty good... hard though. Very tough. I'm extremely exhausted - sleeping has been difficult for me. I have a lot of issues falling and staying asleep, and when I am sleeping it's not very deep and involves a lot of tossing and turning. bleck. It was a hill workout, and I've decided that T's hill will be a steady progression for a mile, and then repeat it for the second mile. .75mi for both warm up and cool down. I wore my newton's for both the warm up and cool down.. they are ahhmazing. sqeee. I had zero energy for the hills this morning though. It took every ounce of self discipline to keep on keepin on. The second mile I alternated running for .2 and walking for .05, just to lower my heart rate. I don't feel hungry at all, but since i had a low BS and was working at an anerobic level... it just didn't mix well. I also will need a break soon from this crazy workout schedule.. that's what next week is for! I think that I'm just going to do 15 miles that week and not cut back on strength training. I'll do a 2-3-3-2-5 monday thru fri.
Aight. Back to the books for me.
Monday, July 25, 2011
"Grassroots"
So some exciting news.. Yesterday I participated in a "grassroots" commercial for Newton shoes! With like, 150 other runners and kids from my community. It was so deathy hot outside, it was 6 oclock and the heat index was still 100. We just ran a few blocks and did silly things like ran backwards, and at one point everyone took their shoes off and threw them into the air. It was awesome! I even got a free hat :)I was super nervous about it before hand, because I didn't know exactly what to expect. But I am so glad that I went!
In other good news... my weight loss is progressing quite nicely! I think it's because I am finally off of my period. Yesterday I weighed in at 152.6 and today I weighed in at 151.6. !!!! I know, right? I'm not expecting myself to be able to keep that off totally, just because that's too much weight to lose over a 3 day period. I'll honestly just be happy to stay below 154 for a bit before dropping more weight. :) So just one more day, and week 4 will be in the books. Here's what this week has looked like so far:
W 154
Th 154
F 153.6
S 153.2
S 152.6
M 151.6
T ?????
The average for this week is currently 153.1, and I would kind of like to keep the average about 153.3 or less, to make it one full pound lost from last week's average. Also, I am officailly half way done!!! I have to keep reminding myself that it will get harder the longer I am dieting, and that the key is lifestyle changes. I'm feeling really great right now though! Man o man. So I want to lose 6.6 more pounds and school starts in four weeks... this means that I am half way through both with weight loss and the school countdown. I really doubt that I'll be able to keep up and lose 6.6 in a matter of 4 weeks. I'll setting for four pounds :) I just want it to start making a difference in my clothing. I guess things have been tigher on me that I've realized, because nothing is baggy yet. My "love handles" are visibly shrinking though, my face looks thinner, and I think my chest is a tad smaller!
Okay so about running. I simply ADORE my new shoes. Honestly, they are amazing. Wearing these old Nikes SUCKS. However, I have to take my time and get used to them, since it forces me to land on my forefoot instead of my heel. This is much better for my knees, but not so much for my calves, which are very sore today! People have warned me to take it very slow with them, and to use my old sneakers to keep up with my training. Even right now I'm worried about those shoes up in my gym locker.. hope I remembered to lock it?! Those things were super expensive - 150! Defintely more money than I've ever spent on shoes in my entire life. I'm hoping it's a good investment though - they should last twice as long as ordinary sneakers, and the upper is supposed to break down before the bottom.
So later today will be plyo, and I still haven't decided whether I am going to do that at home or at the gym. We'll see how I feel later. I didn't bring lunch so I will be getting home earlier than usual. Oh, also I have to remember to do an ab workout - I keep neglecting that muscle group.
In other good news... my weight loss is progressing quite nicely! I think it's because I am finally off of my period. Yesterday I weighed in at 152.6 and today I weighed in at 151.6. !!!! I know, right? I'm not expecting myself to be able to keep that off totally, just because that's too much weight to lose over a 3 day period. I'll honestly just be happy to stay below 154 for a bit before dropping more weight. :) So just one more day, and week 4 will be in the books. Here's what this week has looked like so far:
W 154
Th 154
F 153.6
S 153.2
S 152.6
M 151.6
T ?????
The average for this week is currently 153.1, and I would kind of like to keep the average about 153.3 or less, to make it one full pound lost from last week's average. Also, I am officailly half way done!!! I have to keep reminding myself that it will get harder the longer I am dieting, and that the key is lifestyle changes. I'm feeling really great right now though! Man o man. So I want to lose 6.6 more pounds and school starts in four weeks... this means that I am half way through both with weight loss and the school countdown. I really doubt that I'll be able to keep up and lose 6.6 in a matter of 4 weeks. I'll setting for four pounds :) I just want it to start making a difference in my clothing. I guess things have been tigher on me that I've realized, because nothing is baggy yet. My "love handles" are visibly shrinking though, my face looks thinner, and I think my chest is a tad smaller!
Okay so about running. I simply ADORE my new shoes. Honestly, they are amazing. Wearing these old Nikes SUCKS. However, I have to take my time and get used to them, since it forces me to land on my forefoot instead of my heel. This is much better for my knees, but not so much for my calves, which are very sore today! People have warned me to take it very slow with them, and to use my old sneakers to keep up with my training. Even right now I'm worried about those shoes up in my gym locker.. hope I remembered to lock it?! Those things were super expensive - 150! Defintely more money than I've ever spent on shoes in my entire life. I'm hoping it's a good investment though - they should last twice as long as ordinary sneakers, and the upper is supposed to break down before the bottom.
So later today will be plyo, and I still haven't decided whether I am going to do that at home or at the gym. We'll see how I feel later. I didn't bring lunch so I will be getting home earlier than usual. Oh, also I have to remember to do an ab workout - I keep neglecting that muscle group.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
new shooos!
Also, I weighed in at 153!!! Yay! I'm finally moving in the right direction! I will feel 100% better when I get below 150. Soo close! honestly just 3.2 pouns and I'll feel great. Tho' at the moment I'm just happy to be below 154. :)
In other good news, I FINALLY got a pair of newtons! Yikes! It's kind of scary.. I'm going to have to completely revamp my running form. It's just a difference, I had no idea until I actually tried them on. It's like having a rocking chair on the bottom of your midfoot. But I love them :)
Also, runners are the nicest people of all, I have decided. Some random older gentlement who had clearly just finished running upwards of fify miles put my grocery cart away for me when I had finished loading the car. How sweet is that?
ALSO, I might be in a commercial tomorrow! We will see if I am feeling brave enough ;) It would be in my new shoes for the company. I think lots of people will be there,but I'm still concerned about my form.. and since I'll be on video tape.. But i'm going to suck up and do it, because I know that I'll regret it otherwise!
I'm trying really hard today to watch what I'm eating so that I don't bounce to high up tomorrow. We're having dinner at our pastor's house which will definitely make it tough. But. I've been really good so far. My snack will be a serving of pretzels and nothing else, and after dinner I can have popcorn and nothing else. NO DESSERTS!
In other good news, I FINALLY got a pair of newtons! Yikes! It's kind of scary.. I'm going to have to completely revamp my running form. It's just a difference, I had no idea until I actually tried them on. It's like having a rocking chair on the bottom of your midfoot. But I love them :)
Also, runners are the nicest people of all, I have decided. Some random older gentlement who had clearly just finished running upwards of fify miles put my grocery cart away for me when I had finished loading the car. How sweet is that?
ALSO, I might be in a commercial tomorrow! We will see if I am feeling brave enough ;) It would be in my new shoes for the company. I think lots of people will be there,but I'm still concerned about my form.. and since I'll be on video tape.. But i'm going to suck up and do it, because I know that I'll regret it otherwise!
I'm trying really hard today to watch what I'm eating so that I don't bounce to high up tomorrow. We're having dinner at our pastor's house which will definitely make it tough. But. I've been really good so far. My snack will be a serving of pretzels and nothing else, and after dinner I can have popcorn and nothing else. NO DESSERTS!
Friday, July 22, 2011
FINALLY
I weighed in at 153.6... thank god.. i was getting really sick of seeing it at 154 day after day! Now to just keep the scale below that!! Honestly even if I don't get any lower than 153.6 all week I'll just be glad to finally be below 154! I think part of the reason was that I took it really easy yesterday and I've always found that on my days off I tend to burn through way more calories than heavy workout days. Dunno why. Maybe because my body finally has time to make all that muscle? Because after my 2 miler I literally lay on the couch eating for 8 hours. I didn't really eat dinner, so that definitely helped.
Today was my long run day, and it was pretty awesome! I did 7 miles, at a 9:1 run walk ratio. It put me at a 14 m/m which is a LOT slower than I want to run the half. I think next week I'll do the same ratio, but up my speed running to 11:30 instead of 12:15. I really do like the walking breaks, it helps break up the monotony of treadmill running. Also, yesterday Joshua and I drove the course and it is WAY more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Miles and miles of hills. Some miles of just uphill or flat with no downhill. ;alskdfjlsdjfsdf. I'm really going to need to up the intensity of my hill training!
Right now my goal time for the race is to get in under 3 hours. We'll see!! If I do manage to lose all this weight it will make this race a lot easier! Just gotta keep at it and keep eating over 1000 calories a day. None of this 500 calorie limit business that I take on when I get impatient!
I'm having a bit of a bigger breakfast because I was pretty darn hungry. Somewhere between 250-300 calories. Lunch will be a salad, an egg sandwich and popcorn (300). Snack will be kashi, pretzels and oatmeal (300). Dinner will be a flatbread pizza and salad (300) and dessert will be popcorn and pretzels (150) for a total of 1350-1500. I AM going to make it through an entire day of sticking to my meals plans. Just watch!! NO peanut butter and NO frosting and NO cupcakes. Oh, and NO eating before the time!!
Okay. That aught to do.
Today was my long run day, and it was pretty awesome! I did 7 miles, at a 9:1 run walk ratio. It put me at a 14 m/m which is a LOT slower than I want to run the half. I think next week I'll do the same ratio, but up my speed running to 11:30 instead of 12:15. I really do like the walking breaks, it helps break up the monotony of treadmill running. Also, yesterday Joshua and I drove the course and it is WAY more difficult than I thought it was going to be. Miles and miles of hills. Some miles of just uphill or flat with no downhill. ;alskdfjlsdjfsdf. I'm really going to need to up the intensity of my hill training!
Right now my goal time for the race is to get in under 3 hours. We'll see!! If I do manage to lose all this weight it will make this race a lot easier! Just gotta keep at it and keep eating over 1000 calories a day. None of this 500 calorie limit business that I take on when I get impatient!
I'm having a bit of a bigger breakfast because I was pretty darn hungry. Somewhere between 250-300 calories. Lunch will be a salad, an egg sandwich and popcorn (300). Snack will be kashi, pretzels and oatmeal (300). Dinner will be a flatbread pizza and salad (300) and dessert will be popcorn and pretzels (150) for a total of 1350-1500. I AM going to make it through an entire day of sticking to my meals plans. Just watch!! NO peanut butter and NO frosting and NO cupcakes. Oh, and NO eating before the time!!
Okay. That aught to do.
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Tired
I am exhausted. utterly wiped. It's from all of these workouts on top of getting <8hrs of sleep a night, when my body requires 9 to be fully functional. bleck.
I weighed in at 154 AGAIN this morning, so that's a no-go on being under that all week. But, maybe that will be my week's highest. One can hope. I've really got to reign in my post-dinner eating. That's where my biggest problem lies. Yesterday I bought those 100 calories wraps, so for lunches I will have a veggie wrap with a smidge of dressing, a peice of fruit, and 1/2 serving of pretzels(350). Breakfast is still kashi(150). Snack will be ONLY at three (no more cheating!) and will be an egg sanwich with 75%reduced fat cheese, soymilk, and popcorn (350). Dinner will still be whatever Joshua is having (<500) and snack will be popcorn BEFORE nine o'clock. No cheating on this either. If I follow this I will be eating <1500 which really should be the maximum number of calories I eat if I really want to lose weight. I have pudding in the fridge, low cal, which I can snack on INSTEAD of frosting if I have a sweet tooth. It's incredibly rich and the entire contanier has only 230 calories in it.
Today's run was ok, not as great as yesterday's but still really good. I was pretty wiped, as I mentioned, so I did the 4:1 run walk ratio, and kept the incline at 4% for that middle 1.5mi. My legs are tiiired. I'm also doing the p90x leg routine today, but I am not going to push it at all. I'm going to be super careful with my lunges, not dipping far down and not using weights. I am starting to see a small difference in my body. I can't feel it in my clothing yet, but I can see less of a muffin top (FINALLY). Just can't wait to drop a cup size.
Okay so tomorrow's plan is to run an easy 2 miler without walking breaks, and for my second workout to walk two miles on the treadmill. Friday will my a 7-er, followed by an upperbody and ab workout. I think I should be just fine doing the 7 miles as long as I take my time and allow myself plenty of walking breaks. I'm going to aim for a 6:1 run walk ration, writing down on a peice of paper at what minute to stop and walk so I don't have to do math in my head. for example, walk until it's been a minute, from minutes walk 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, and so on.
man I am exhausted.
I weighed in at 154 AGAIN this morning, so that's a no-go on being under that all week. But, maybe that will be my week's highest. One can hope. I've really got to reign in my post-dinner eating. That's where my biggest problem lies. Yesterday I bought those 100 calories wraps, so for lunches I will have a veggie wrap with a smidge of dressing, a peice of fruit, and 1/2 serving of pretzels(350). Breakfast is still kashi(150). Snack will be ONLY at three (no more cheating!) and will be an egg sanwich with 75%reduced fat cheese, soymilk, and popcorn (350). Dinner will still be whatever Joshua is having (<500) and snack will be popcorn BEFORE nine o'clock. No cheating on this either. If I follow this I will be eating <1500 which really should be the maximum number of calories I eat if I really want to lose weight. I have pudding in the fridge, low cal, which I can snack on INSTEAD of frosting if I have a sweet tooth. It's incredibly rich and the entire contanier has only 230 calories in it.
Today's run was ok, not as great as yesterday's but still really good. I was pretty wiped, as I mentioned, so I did the 4:1 run walk ratio, and kept the incline at 4% for that middle 1.5mi. My legs are tiiired. I'm also doing the p90x leg routine today, but I am not going to push it at all. I'm going to be super careful with my lunges, not dipping far down and not using weights. I am starting to see a small difference in my body. I can't feel it in my clothing yet, but I can see less of a muffin top (FINALLY). Just can't wait to drop a cup size.
Okay so tomorrow's plan is to run an easy 2 miler without walking breaks, and for my second workout to walk two miles on the treadmill. Friday will my a 7-er, followed by an upperbody and ab workout. I think I should be just fine doing the 7 miles as long as I take my time and allow myself plenty of walking breaks. I'm going to aim for a 6:1 run walk ration, writing down on a peice of paper at what minute to stop and walk so I don't have to do math in my head. for example, walk until it's been a minute, from minutes walk 6-7, 13-14, 20-21, and so on.
man I am exhausted.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
End of Third Week
Okay to catch up on the weekend. Friday's long run was great! I did a run walk ratio of 4:1 until the last half mile, so it took me a while to do it all. BUT it definitely helped me mentally deal with running again. I'm going to continue taking walk breaks as my mind needs them, but I think I'm quickly getting used to it again :) I had no soreness or tiredness after my run, which is a good sign, since I'll need to run 2.5 times that distance in a few short weeks!! I didn't work out on Saturday, but I didn't eat much at all which helped to offset that. I had fruit salad (probably way too much, but it was soo tasty), a cold cut sandwich without much of the bread, a cupcake, a bowl of soup, a breadstick and a few servings of salad (good ol' olive garden!). Sunday (my birthday!) I ate decently, wasn't even tempted by the desserts at the picnic. I played a lot of soccer so I got some running in (can I call that a speed workout??!) which was a lot of fun even tho I am absolutely horrendous at soccer.
Yesterday I weighed in at 154 AGAIN, I can't seem to break past that. I thought I ate pretty well, but wasn't really paying too much attention, which is probably why I weigh more today than I would have liked. My run was great, a two miler without any mental walking breaks, around the track.
This morning's weigh-in marked the end of week three. it was 154.6 (Boo) which put me at an average of 154.3, a .9 lb loss from week 2's average. I need to intensify this weight loss thing!! Part of this not-losing-weight problem is that i eat very late into the night. This needs to end. I can only allow myself 1 post dinner snack of 150 calories, and i need to be strict about it!!
Also, I need to cut back on the number of pretzels I eat every day. 2 servings, 200 calories total should be more than enough for a day. I can break that down into 4 servings to have 4 different times. I think popcorn and 1/2 serving of pretzels is a perfect post dinner snack. 150 calories and very satisfying.
My goal is to have week four ALWAYS be under 154.0.. So i'll have to really cut back today. No more eating icing and cupcakes... a major downfall of mine! SO many hidden calories and totally not worth it when i can make delish lower cal cookies :)So here's what I'm going to try to do today, and we'll see how the scale responds. Breakfast will be at 9 o'clock as usual and will be a serving of cereal, 140 calories. Lunch will be at noon and will be popcorn, 1/2 serving of pretzels and an apple at around 300 calories. Snack will be at three and will be an egg sandwich on a english muffin with a yogurt, 300 calories. Dinner will be at 6 and will be whatever Joshua wants to have for dinner (Grilled chicken??) and snack will be whenever at the 150 calories. this will be 890 calories plus dinner which will be under 500 calories, putting my day at a max of 1390.
At least I had a great workout this morning! i think I would feel very discouraged if I hadn't. It was a three miler with 1.5 miles of hills. I started at a 2.5% incline which was CAKE, so I upped it to 4% which was still not much of a push. Since hills at antietam are brutal, I think I will replace my Wednesday speed workouts with additional hills. I can do a bit of speed stuff at the end of every work out. PLus, I realy don't care how long it takes me to finish FR, as long as I can finish it running!! I think tomorrow I'll set teh incline at 6%. I warmed up with a .75 and finished with a .75 which made only a mile and a half of hills, but it worked out well. I took a few walking breaks during my hill time, but I'm ok with that for now. We will see how my legs are acting tomorrow! I can't wait until I can impliment that P90X workout back into my routine, but I think I will give it one more week. I don't want to aggravate that muscle torn up by all those lunges! However, I can already notice a real difference from doing plyometrics. My legs feel SO much stronger now!
Well that's all I got for now. over and out!
Yesterday I weighed in at 154 AGAIN, I can't seem to break past that. I thought I ate pretty well, but wasn't really paying too much attention, which is probably why I weigh more today than I would have liked. My run was great, a two miler without any mental walking breaks, around the track.
This morning's weigh-in marked the end of week three. it was 154.6 (Boo) which put me at an average of 154.3, a .9 lb loss from week 2's average. I need to intensify this weight loss thing!! Part of this not-losing-weight problem is that i eat very late into the night. This needs to end. I can only allow myself 1 post dinner snack of 150 calories, and i need to be strict about it!!
Also, I need to cut back on the number of pretzels I eat every day. 2 servings, 200 calories total should be more than enough for a day. I can break that down into 4 servings to have 4 different times. I think popcorn and 1/2 serving of pretzels is a perfect post dinner snack. 150 calories and very satisfying.
My goal is to have week four ALWAYS be under 154.0.. So i'll have to really cut back today. No more eating icing and cupcakes... a major downfall of mine! SO many hidden calories and totally not worth it when i can make delish lower cal cookies :)So here's what I'm going to try to do today, and we'll see how the scale responds. Breakfast will be at 9 o'clock as usual and will be a serving of cereal, 140 calories. Lunch will be at noon and will be popcorn, 1/2 serving of pretzels and an apple at around 300 calories. Snack will be at three and will be an egg sandwich on a english muffin with a yogurt, 300 calories. Dinner will be at 6 and will be whatever Joshua wants to have for dinner (Grilled chicken??) and snack will be whenever at the 150 calories. this will be 890 calories plus dinner which will be under 500 calories, putting my day at a max of 1390.
At least I had a great workout this morning! i think I would feel very discouraged if I hadn't. It was a three miler with 1.5 miles of hills. I started at a 2.5% incline which was CAKE, so I upped it to 4% which was still not much of a push. Since hills at antietam are brutal, I think I will replace my Wednesday speed workouts with additional hills. I can do a bit of speed stuff at the end of every work out. PLus, I realy don't care how long it takes me to finish FR, as long as I can finish it running!! I think tomorrow I'll set teh incline at 6%. I warmed up with a .75 and finished with a .75 which made only a mile and a half of hills, but it worked out well. I took a few walking breaks during my hill time, but I'm ok with that for now. We will see how my legs are acting tomorrow! I can't wait until I can impliment that P90X workout back into my routine, but I think I will give it one more week. I don't want to aggravate that muscle torn up by all those lunges! However, I can already notice a real difference from doing plyometrics. My legs feel SO much stronger now!
Well that's all I got for now. over and out!
Friday, July 15, 2011
Friday, thank god
Once again I am freezing in the library.. and once again I am super tired. I haven't worked out yet, since today is my long run I'm forgoing the double workout, and waiting until eleven to run so my food will have some time to start digesting. I'll be having a bar at nine (170 calories, lots of simple sugars to digest quickly).
I'm definitely nervous about running my five miler, just because it will be my first real run and I'll get a better picture of how much muscle I've lost. From my most recent test runs I've gathered that my respiratory system and cardio system have definitly weakend.. today I'll be able to get a good measure of how far behind I am.
Hopefully my weight loss continues in order to offset any lack of training by the time Oct 1st comes along!
So I'm debating what to do with my birthday money. I'm leaning towards getting a pair of newtons, or other flat footwear. yesterday I ran a few steps barefoot outside and it felt aaamazing. I'm not brave enough to run alongside 45 barefoot just yet.. and hopefully I'll never be that brave. I really like the look of newtons, but I think it would be really fun to try a totally flat sneaker like a vibram five finger or something like that. However it might be pretty foolish to jump right into that without knowing how my body will respond. I'm having enough trouble getting back into it as is!
Anyway. This morning I weighed in at the exact same as yesterday morning. To me this means it's a "real" weight. Not just dehydration. In my illogical mind I wait for the second day at the same number for it to really count. I don't think I'll be at 153 in time for my birthday, but that's more than alright with me. As long as I can get down to 145 by the time school starts :)
I can't wait for people to start noticing. Last time I got really insecure about it, since it happened so fast and was such a stark change. I never wanted to talk about it to anyone besides Joshua and my parents, but I still LOVED that everyone made such a big deal about it. It also was different then - I had stopped "dieting" and was just restricting food by habit. I doubt I'll get there again since I don't have a wedding and major life change to initiate that type of behavior!
Well I'm going to kill time until I can eat breakfast by researching sneakers.
I'm definitely nervous about running my five miler, just because it will be my first real run and I'll get a better picture of how much muscle I've lost. From my most recent test runs I've gathered that my respiratory system and cardio system have definitly weakend.. today I'll be able to get a good measure of how far behind I am.
Hopefully my weight loss continues in order to offset any lack of training by the time Oct 1st comes along!
So I'm debating what to do with my birthday money. I'm leaning towards getting a pair of newtons, or other flat footwear. yesterday I ran a few steps barefoot outside and it felt aaamazing. I'm not brave enough to run alongside 45 barefoot just yet.. and hopefully I'll never be that brave. I really like the look of newtons, but I think it would be really fun to try a totally flat sneaker like a vibram five finger or something like that. However it might be pretty foolish to jump right into that without knowing how my body will respond. I'm having enough trouble getting back into it as is!
Anyway. This morning I weighed in at the exact same as yesterday morning. To me this means it's a "real" weight. Not just dehydration. In my illogical mind I wait for the second day at the same number for it to really count. I don't think I'll be at 153 in time for my birthday, but that's more than alright with me. As long as I can get down to 145 by the time school starts :)
I can't wait for people to start noticing. Last time I got really insecure about it, since it happened so fast and was such a stark change. I never wanted to talk about it to anyone besides Joshua and my parents, but I still LOVED that everyone made such a big deal about it. It also was different then - I had stopped "dieting" and was just restricting food by habit. I doubt I'll get there again since I don't have a wedding and major life change to initiate that type of behavior!
Well I'm going to kill time until I can eat breakfast by researching sneakers.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Mamma's Melody
So after my last entry I studied genetics for a while, then hiked it up to the gym again for round two. Since I'm going to be doing a "long" run tomorrow, and since my knee's been bothering me, I wanted to take it as easy as possible while still burning calories. So I walked on a treadmill and studied genetics for a half hour, then walked home and had lunch. Popcorn, pretzels, two cookies. !!!! What is it about dieting that always makes me want junk?? I know that I'll still lose weight since I'm restricting calories, but still. I guess part of it is that we don't have any fruit in the house, or good yogurt, and PB my good ol standby is just so very high in calories. hmf. I'm going to need to work on this.
After about two and a half hours of being a general bum (and watching The Prestige), I decided to walk back into town to buy myself an early birthday smoothie, a momma's melody from mellow moods, as my three o'clock meal. This means that my total mileage for today has been a minimum of seven miles. nine miles if I walk back home instead of waiting for Joshua. :) Three miles at the gym, six walking around town and home. Not too shabby! Can't wait to see if I have any major weight loss! The best birthday gift would be a drop to 150, but dropping four pounds in two days would be a bit much. It would only be water weight anyhow. And what's the point of being dehydrated when you're a runner? So... I guess I'll hope for a one pound drop between saturday (when I'm celebrating) and now.
I was reading this blog yesterday about a morbidly obese woman who dropped fifty pounds without anybody noticing. Jeeze. I'm happy with my four. Not that anyone but me and my belt (which is at that uncomfortable spot where one hole makes it too big and one makes it too small) have noticed.
Alright. Enough's enough.
Plan for tomorrow is as follows: sleep in until eight. Walk to library. Have breakfast, study medsurg, run five miles at eleven. DRINK GATORADE. diluted in half of course. calorie free of course. Follow with peanutbutter, banana, popcorn and soymilk.
Walk home around two, have a light snack, clean the house, make pizza, etc etc etc.
Saturday we'll be going to Susan's to celebrate my birthday by hanging out at the pool and going to see the final installment of Harry Potter. I'm definitly nervous about Saturday food-wise. I hate going to other people's houses when I'm trying to lose weight. Whenever people besides Joshua or my parents cook for me I feel like I need to eat a "normal" amount so that I don't come off as being rude. I think what I'll probably do is skip my nine and noon meals, have about 300 calories around eleven, and then not eat until dinner. That way I can have a normal dinner and the obligatory slice of birthday cake guilt-free. Maybe I'll be able to make it to the gym in the AM to burn off a few calories before hand.
I can't wait to get to the point in this diet where the weight just falls off and I don't even need to put thought into it; when it just becomes second nature. They say it takes twenty one days to form a habit. Today is day 16. This is the most consistent I've been about weight loss since we got married. And it's definitely off to the best start - eating 1200-1700 calories a day instead of the 500 like I used to whenever I wanted to drop a few pounds. I may not have a healthier attitude toward food, but at least I'm eating it without crying. Baby steps.
Yay! Joshua just called. He's getting out of work THREE HOURS earlier than he did yesterday. BEAM! This is also 35 minutes later than he is scheduled for:)
Now the great debate. Do I sit here and talk about losing weight, or go walk home and actually do it?
I think I just answered my own question.
After about two and a half hours of being a general bum (and watching The Prestige), I decided to walk back into town to buy myself an early birthday smoothie, a momma's melody from mellow moods, as my three o'clock meal. This means that my total mileage for today has been a minimum of seven miles. nine miles if I walk back home instead of waiting for Joshua. :) Three miles at the gym, six walking around town and home. Not too shabby! Can't wait to see if I have any major weight loss! The best birthday gift would be a drop to 150, but dropping four pounds in two days would be a bit much. It would only be water weight anyhow. And what's the point of being dehydrated when you're a runner? So... I guess I'll hope for a one pound drop between saturday (when I'm celebrating) and now.
I was reading this blog yesterday about a morbidly obese woman who dropped fifty pounds without anybody noticing. Jeeze. I'm happy with my four. Not that anyone but me and my belt (which is at that uncomfortable spot where one hole makes it too big and one makes it too small) have noticed.
Alright. Enough's enough.
Plan for tomorrow is as follows: sleep in until eight. Walk to library. Have breakfast, study medsurg, run five miles at eleven. DRINK GATORADE. diluted in half of course. calorie free of course. Follow with peanutbutter, banana, popcorn and soymilk.
Walk home around two, have a light snack, clean the house, make pizza, etc etc etc.
Saturday we'll be going to Susan's to celebrate my birthday by hanging out at the pool and going to see the final installment of Harry Potter. I'm definitly nervous about Saturday food-wise. I hate going to other people's houses when I'm trying to lose weight. Whenever people besides Joshua or my parents cook for me I feel like I need to eat a "normal" amount so that I don't come off as being rude. I think what I'll probably do is skip my nine and noon meals, have about 300 calories around eleven, and then not eat until dinner. That way I can have a normal dinner and the obligatory slice of birthday cake guilt-free. Maybe I'll be able to make it to the gym in the AM to burn off a few calories before hand.
I can't wait to get to the point in this diet where the weight just falls off and I don't even need to put thought into it; when it just becomes second nature. They say it takes twenty one days to form a habit. Today is day 16. This is the most consistent I've been about weight loss since we got married. And it's definitely off to the best start - eating 1200-1700 calories a day instead of the 500 like I used to whenever I wanted to drop a few pounds. I may not have a healthier attitude toward food, but at least I'm eating it without crying. Baby steps.
Yay! Joshua just called. He's getting out of work THREE HOURS earlier than he did yesterday. BEAM! This is also 35 minutes later than he is scheduled for:)
Now the great debate. Do I sit here and talk about losing weight, or go walk home and actually do it?
I think I just answered my own question.
The Good, the Bad, and the Chilly
The good: I'm down to 154.0, more than a 4lb drop from where I was a little over two weeks ago.
The bad: I fumbled on my running this morning. I am totally low on energy, which is probably related to getting less than 7 hours of sleep every night. I do better when I get 9+. which SUCKS since i loathe sleeping. I wish I could be one of those people who only need five or six. Sleeping is juch such a time waster.
Oh, and I'm cold here in the library.
Well.. focusing on the positives. I dropped about .6 from yesterday which was surprising since I about ate my body weight in junk food yesterday. If I keep up with this two lb a week drop I'll be 145 by the time school starts. !!!! But in order to keep up with that type of loss I'll have to cut about 1000 calories a day. Half from food and half from exercise.
The bad: I fumbled on my running this morning. I am totally low on energy, which is probably related to getting less than 7 hours of sleep every night. I do better when I get 9+. which SUCKS since i loathe sleeping. I wish I could be one of those people who only need five or six. Sleeping is juch such a time waster.
Oh, and I'm cold here in the library.
Well.. focusing on the positives. I dropped about .6 from yesterday which was surprising since I about ate my body weight in junk food yesterday. If I keep up with this two lb a week drop I'll be 145 by the time school starts. !!!! But in order to keep up with that type of loss I'll have to cut about 1000 calories a day. Half from food and half from exercise.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Training begins again!
Back to blogging! It's always a great motivator in the begining of a training plan, but I never seem to update the weeks leading up to a race, so let's see if I can be consistant this time!
Okay well first off, here is my training plan:
Week 1: 1.5mi, 2.5mi, 2.5mi, 1.5mi, 5mi = 13 miles/week
Week 2: 1.5, 3, 3, 1.5, 7 = 16 miles/week
Week 3: 2, 3, 3, 2, 8 = 18 miles/week
week 4: 2, 2, 2, 2, 5 = 13 miles/week
Week 5: 2, 3, 3, 2, 9 = 19 miles/week
Week 6: 2, 4, 3, 2, 10 = 21 miles/week
Week 7: 2, 4, 3, 2, 11 = 22 miles/week
Week 8: 2, 3, 3, 2, 6 = 16 miles/week
Week 9: 2, 4, 3, 2, 12 = 23 miles/week
Week 10: 2, 4, 3, 2, 13 = 24 miles/week
Week 11: 2, 2, 2, 2, 6 = 14 miles/week
Week 12: 4, 3, 2, 1, RACE = 23.1 miles/week
I took about a month and a half off from serious running for a much needed mental break, so we'll see how fast I can up my mileage this time! It's supposed to be easier every time, and since I've been running (mostly) consistently for 2 and 1/2 years now, I don't think it should be too terribly bad. It's mostly going to be a mental struggle.
Lately I've been working out twice a day, M-F. Weight lifting or plyometrics in the morning, followed by running in the afternoon. It's been going great so far! I study in the library in between workouts and after running, so I think that I'll be able to update on a regular basis.
I'm also being pretty deligent about losing weight. I weigh in every morning, and occasionally in the evenings just for fun. It's been two full weeks, and I've lost three pounds. I want to lose at least ten more, but losing fifteen pounds would put me at my lowest weight in highschool. A weight that I only maintained for about a month, but I digress. My point is that I'll probably update about that on here too, to stay committed! I have a nice line graph taped up to a kitchen cabinet that I use to track my weight loss trends, and it's has a nice downward slope! The other thing that has helped is that I bought a new scale, a digital one with a .2 lb counter, which is 1000x easier to read than my old one, and much more accurate. The food plan that I've been following is this: small equal meals at 9, 12, 3, 6, and sometime after dinner. I don't count calories, I just use good judgement and avoid junky foods.
Here is what I've done this week for working out:
Monday - plyo (about a 50 minute power workout that absolutely KICKS my butt)
ran 2mi
Tuesday - ran 2.5 mi
plyo
Today - upper body strength training
will run 2.5 miles two hours from now
alright, that's more than enough for now.
Okay well first off, here is my training plan:
Week 1: 1.5mi, 2.5mi, 2.5mi, 1.5mi, 5mi = 13 miles/week
Week 2: 1.5, 3, 3, 1.5, 7 = 16 miles/week
Week 3: 2, 3, 3, 2, 8 = 18 miles/week
week 4: 2, 2, 2, 2, 5 = 13 miles/week
Week 5: 2, 3, 3, 2, 9 = 19 miles/week
Week 6: 2, 4, 3, 2, 10 = 21 miles/week
Week 7: 2, 4, 3, 2, 11 = 22 miles/week
Week 8: 2, 3, 3, 2, 6 = 16 miles/week
Week 9: 2, 4, 3, 2, 12 = 23 miles/week
Week 10: 2, 4, 3, 2, 13 = 24 miles/week
Week 11: 2, 2, 2, 2, 6 = 14 miles/week
Week 12: 4, 3, 2, 1, RACE = 23.1 miles/week
I took about a month and a half off from serious running for a much needed mental break, so we'll see how fast I can up my mileage this time! It's supposed to be easier every time, and since I've been running (mostly) consistently for 2 and 1/2 years now, I don't think it should be too terribly bad. It's mostly going to be a mental struggle.
Lately I've been working out twice a day, M-F. Weight lifting or plyometrics in the morning, followed by running in the afternoon. It's been going great so far! I study in the library in between workouts and after running, so I think that I'll be able to update on a regular basis.
I'm also being pretty deligent about losing weight. I weigh in every morning, and occasionally in the evenings just for fun. It's been two full weeks, and I've lost three pounds. I want to lose at least ten more, but losing fifteen pounds would put me at my lowest weight in highschool. A weight that I only maintained for about a month, but I digress. My point is that I'll probably update about that on here too, to stay committed! I have a nice line graph taped up to a kitchen cabinet that I use to track my weight loss trends, and it's has a nice downward slope! The other thing that has helped is that I bought a new scale, a digital one with a .2 lb counter, which is 1000x easier to read than my old one, and much more accurate. The food plan that I've been following is this: small equal meals at 9, 12, 3, 6, and sometime after dinner. I don't count calories, I just use good judgement and avoid junky foods.
Here is what I've done this week for working out:
Monday - plyo (about a 50 minute power workout that absolutely KICKS my butt)
ran 2mi
Tuesday - ran 2.5 mi
plyo
Today - upper body strength training
will run 2.5 miles two hours from now
alright, that's more than enough for now.
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