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.
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