Zumba class was cancelled on Sunday due to the holiday weekend, and I was feeling somewhat lazy after cleaning the house before company came over on the 4th, so I didn't work out until Monday.
Monday, 7/4/11 - 10k plan, Day 17 - 3.67 miles in 50:00 (13:38 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walks @ 3.6, 40 min speed work/jog: 4.4, 4.8mph intervals - 10 min, 10, 5, 10, 5
Hello, under 14 minute miles! What is going on here?! I know the distance isn't there, but it gives me hope that I'll one day be able to do a Disney run and still have time to stop and take pictures!
Tuesday, 7/5/11 - 10k plan, Day 18 - cross-training on air resistance bike - 4.7 miles in 30:00
I've pretty much been skipping the cross-training days on the plan up until now, but I realize that I need to do other exercises lest my running muscles get overdeveloped and start pulling my kneecaps out of line and other lame injuries. (I worry about that one in particular because last week my right knee was cracking and feeling off track.)
I *HATE* our air resistance bike with a passion. It's ancient and ugly, but that doesn't really have anything to do with it. It doesn't matter how slow I pedal (and clearly this was quite slow), I get all sweaty and worn out. And my butt always hurts the next day, even though we installed one of those huge padded bike seats on it. I didn't really put much effort into this, I just pedaled at a very comfortable pace and read a book (paranormal romance novel, actually...one of my many guilty pleasures) rather than using the moving handles on the bike.
Wednesday, 7/6/11 - 10k plan, Day 19 - 3.62 miles in 50:00 (13:49 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walks @ 3.7, 40 min jog/incline work @ 4.5
I've been bumping my speed up by a tenth of a mile per hour each week recently. I may hang at 4.5mph for a while, I'm not really sure yet. I was supposed to do 6x100m at the end of this run but I spaced it.
Friday, 7/8/11 - 10k plan, Day 20 - 5.52 miles in 1:15:00 (13:35 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walks @ 3.7, 60 min jog/incline work @ 4.5, 4x100m @ 5.3
For anyone that may be keeping track - ok, who am I kidding, it's just me - I jogged 4.5 miles without stopping this evening! That's like...over 1/3 of a half marathon! :P It was not easy though...I was at our local casino today - I came home with more $$ than I arrived with, don't worry! I was using freebie credits to play - and ate at the buffet for a late lunch/early dinner and am now aware that I should never eat heavy on the day of a long run, regardless of how long I wait in between eating and exercise. I seriously pondered throwing up multiple times during my time on the treadmill. It didn't happen, but I have a feeling one day it's going to as my runs keep getting longer.
Speaking of marathons, I've been thinking about how unrealistic Disney is in my current financial situation (no job and all). BUT the first-ever Indianapolis Women's Half Marathon is coming up right here in Indy on Labor Day weekend! I know that's really soon, but I am seriously debating registering. The time limit is 4.5 hours, which is a 20+ min/mile pace...I do believe I could leisurely walk the entire thing and still finish in time as long as I didn't collapse or anything. I'd like to run some of it, but running the whole thing would not be realistic right now. What do ya think? Anyone interested in joining me? I can offer you a twin size bed or queen size air mattress here at my parental units' house for accommodations!
Friday, July 8, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Trigger foods
Pretzels and cream cheese.
I seem to be physically unable to have these two things in my house at the same time and not just open the bag of pretzels and the container of cream cheese and go to town with the dipping. It is absolutely delicious.
And I've eaten FAR too much of it the past two evenings. But now both things are gone (into my belly), so I can't do that anymore. I won't be buying those at the same time again. I knew better, but I was testing myself and clearly failed!
For the rest of the week I'm going to stick to 29 points a day (my current daily allowance in 34 but I believe I've used most of my weeklies at this point). And more water than my usual gallon per day. I was a couple pounds up when I checked this morning, gotta get it together!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Ruh roh
At this rate I'm not going to get to my 'ONEderland by August 6' goal. Lame.
Weigh in: Saturday, 7/2/11 - 206.2 - 0.8 lbs lost, 44 lbs total
To meet my goal I have to lose an average of 1.3 lbs a week. My average for the last 4 weeks is 0.8 a week. I'm glad I'm still losing consistently but I'm bummed it's slowing down! I know that's part of the process, but I still have so far to go, it's starting to feel like I'll be paying for my WW monthly pass for a looong time.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Obligatory workout log post
I logged 41 miles in the month of June! Over a mile a day on average...for someone who was essentially sedentary only a few months ago I think that's pretty good!
This week's workouts:
This week's workouts:
Saturday, 6/25/11 - 10k plan, Day 13 - 3.2 miles in 45:00 (14:04 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walks @ 3.5, jog/speed work: 10 min @ 4.3, 8 min @ 4.7, 2 min @ 4.3, 8 min @ 4.7, 7 min @ 4.3
Getting faster...
Sunday, 6/26/11 - Zumba+Abs class, 1 hr
Again there weren't a lot of people in class, and there were 2 ladies who stood in the back of the room and talked the entire time until we did abs at the very end. What is up?
Tuesday, 6/28/11 - 10k plan, Day 14 - 3.49 miles in 50:00 (14:19 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walks @ 3.6, 40 min jog/incline intervals: 2.5 min incline @ 4.4, 5 min flat @ 4.3
Wednesday, 6/29/11 - 10k plan, Day 15 - 5.26 miles in 1:15:00 (14:15 pace) - 10 min walk @ 3.6, 50 min jog @ 4.4, 10 min walk @ 3.6, 4x100m strides @ 5.2
This was pretty heinous...the dreaded side stitch struck a few times. Also I noticed over the course of the week that my right knee has been popping and almost feels as if it's off track, if that makes any sort of sense. During this run it started aching, so I iced it immediately after I was done cooling down and stretching. It stopped hurting after that evening but is still popping. *frowny face*
Friday, 7/1/11 - 10k plan, Day 16 - 2.8 miles in 40:00 (14:17 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walks @ 3.6, 30 min jog @ 4.4
Believe it or not the treadmill started stuttering AGAIN just as I tried to start this one. Had to have my dad help tighten the belt on the motor like the repair guy showed us. Seriously, it's been less than a week since he was here. Temporary fixes that we have to take the damn thing apart to perform every time - that's just not gonna cut it. I may be giving up on it and running outside soon, in which case I will probably have to backtrack on my training and/or get a Garmin to help with pacing. The middle of summer in the Midwest is not what I would call ideal running conditions...boooo.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The touch, the feel of cotton...
...is NOT a good thing when running. I should know. That's pretty much all I own.
I sweat when I work out. A lot. Cotton gets sopping wet and sticks to your skin. It's not exactly pleasant.
I was bumming around the mall yesterday and talked to a lady from Dick's Sporting Goods about how I've started running, but their gigantic selection of clothing was really intimidating me and I had no idea what to look at first. She pointed out some things and we talked about sports bras. I tried on a few things, but left empty handed. Over $50 for a good sports bra? Seriously? That purchase will have to wait until I'm no longer in a transitional phase as far as my weight is concerned. Also aggravating is the fact that apparently, as a woman, you get either shorty-shorts, or capris. Can I get some mid-length please? Like just above the knee would be great. I have thighs, folks! They rub together! It's called chafing? It's not good! Chubby ladies wanna work out too!
So, I am in search of cheap tech workout clothes. Screw cotton. And where does one go when she's in search of anything cheap? Walmart, of course!
Okay, so now I sort of look like a cat burglar. It's not my fault all the had in the proper size in the very limited Danskin 'performance' material selection was black!
I just did today's run in this and I definitely did feel less distracted by my copious amounts of sweat. I always take a towel with me on the treadmill to mop myself off periodically, and I did again today, but I wasn't concerned about doing it quite so often. Also eliminated was the distraction of the bottom of my shirt flapping around since this is very stretchy, fitted (obviously...say hello to my rolls) nylon/spandex.
And for the record...I bought a size LARGE in both pants and top. No X's people!
I sweat when I work out. A lot. Cotton gets sopping wet and sticks to your skin. It's not exactly pleasant.
I was bumming around the mall yesterday and talked to a lady from Dick's Sporting Goods about how I've started running, but their gigantic selection of clothing was really intimidating me and I had no idea what to look at first. She pointed out some things and we talked about sports bras. I tried on a few things, but left empty handed. Over $50 for a good sports bra? Seriously? That purchase will have to wait until I'm no longer in a transitional phase as far as my weight is concerned. Also aggravating is the fact that apparently, as a woman, you get either shorty-shorts, or capris. Can I get some mid-length please? Like just above the knee would be great. I have thighs, folks! They rub together! It's called chafing? It's not good! Chubby ladies wanna work out too!
So, I am in search of cheap tech workout clothes. Screw cotton. And where does one go when she's in search of anything cheap? Walmart, of course!
Okay, so now I sort of look like a cat burglar. It's not my fault all the had in the proper size in the very limited Danskin 'performance' material selection was black!
I just did today's run in this and I definitely did feel less distracted by my copious amounts of sweat. I always take a towel with me on the treadmill to mop myself off periodically, and I did again today, but I wasn't concerned about doing it quite so often. Also eliminated was the distraction of the bottom of my shirt flapping around since this is very stretchy, fitted (obviously...say hello to my rolls) nylon/spandex.
And for the record...I bought a size LARGE in both pants and top. No X's people!
Saturday, June 25, 2011
It's Saturday...
...and you know what that means!
Weigh in: Saturday, 6/25/11 - 207.0 - 1.8 lbs lost, 43.2 total
Not too shabby! I earned 41 activity points in the last week and used 9 of them. (I don't generally use my weekly points, I have my tracker set to take from AP's first.)
Definitely stayed on track again, but I did miss one workout.
I've lost another point off my daily allowance. That's a good thing and a bad thing all at the same time. It means I'm lighter, making progress...but it also means less food! Back in January, I started with 41 points, now I have 34. 29 is the minimum.
The treadmill is fixed (for the time being...and the repair guy didn't charge us for it!) so I'll be jogging later. And Zumba tomorrow!
I started a Facebook page for the blog, you can 'like' it using the box in the upper right corner here. :)
Weigh in: Saturday, 6/25/11 - 207.0 - 1.8 lbs lost, 43.2 total
Not too shabby! I earned 41 activity points in the last week and used 9 of them. (I don't generally use my weekly points, I have my tracker set to take from AP's first.)
Definitely stayed on track again, but I did miss one workout.
I've lost another point off my daily allowance. That's a good thing and a bad thing all at the same time. It means I'm lighter, making progress...but it also means less food! Back in January, I started with 41 points, now I have 34. 29 is the minimum.
The treadmill is fixed (for the time being...and the repair guy didn't charge us for it!) so I'll be jogging later. And Zumba tomorrow!
I started a Facebook page for the blog, you can 'like' it using the box in the upper right corner here. :)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Why is everything breaking?!
The cable was out from Monday morning to Thursday afternoon. My tv (old school tv, not flatscreen) has gone wonky in one corner, and the color is all off. And, the worst...the treadmill is broken again! The belt seems to run smoothly, but once someone gets on it, it's all you can do to stay on and not be thrown when it jerks randomly. Repair guy is coming tomorrow. We already did this back in March for the exact same problem! Replaced parts and everything. I need my treadmill!
Okay, done whining. Workouts for this past week:
Saturday, 6/18/11 - 10k plan, Day 11 - 3.14 miles in 45:00 (14:19 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walk @ 3.5, tempo jog - 10 min @ 4.3, 15 min @ 4.5, 10 min @ 4.3
15 minutes at 4.5! Still slow, but I'm getting faster!! And another 5k distance in under 45 minutes.
Sunday, 6/19/11 - Zumba+Abs class, 1 hr
There were only 5 people in class. Only reason I can come up with: it was raining and no one wanted to leave their house and get their butts to the gym. Ah well, it was fun anyway! The ab workout was killer though...I really cannot do planks to save my life.
Tuesday, 6/21/11 - 10k plan, Day 12 - 4.78 miles in 1:10:00 (14:38 pace) - 10 min walk @ 3.5, 45 min run @ 4.3, 10 min walk @ 3.5, 4x100m strides @ 5.1
45 minutes! My longest one yet. And I jogged in between my strides rather than walking. Progress!
Rather than drinking water, I tried some G2 since this was a "long" run. I didn't have any nausea issues, so maybe that helped.
It was Tuesday that I noticed the treadmill was really starting to jerk. I noticed it before, but tightened the belt and it got a bit better so I wasn't terribly concerned. But I told my dad about it, and went to show him the issue and practically got thrown off the thing. So no more treadmill this week...
Wednesday, 6/22/11 - 3.2 miles in ~44:40 (13:57 pace) - lots of alternating walking and jogging
Went to the local park which has a running/biking path of 1.6 miles. I did 2 loops. This should have been 30 minutes straight of jogging on my 10k plan, but I really failed to pace myself and just couldn't keep it up. I ended up alternating walking and jogging each time a new song started on my mp3 player after the first 10 minutes of jogging. Whenever I decide to regularly run outdoors, I'm definitely going to have to get a Garmin or something of that nature that can tell me my pace. On this run, my pace was faster than ever, even though I walked half the time, so I was definitely jogging way too fast. Not maintainable at all for me.
Funny story...I used G2 during my park run. Seemingly unrelated: I'm a mouth-breather when I work out. Yucky dry mouth + bright blue sports drink = blue teeth. I didn't realize this until I was in the car to head home. I smiled at almost everyone I passed on the running path. Whoops.
No workout yesterday or today because the repair guy was supposed to come today for the treadmill and I figured I'd be able to use it by now, but then he rescheduled.
Lastly for today, here's my dinner from last night:
Okay, done whining. Workouts for this past week:
Saturday, 6/18/11 - 10k plan, Day 11 - 3.14 miles in 45:00 (14:19 pace) - 5 min warmup/cooldown walk @ 3.5, tempo jog - 10 min @ 4.3, 15 min @ 4.5, 10 min @ 4.3
15 minutes at 4.5! Still slow, but I'm getting faster!! And another 5k distance in under 45 minutes.
Sunday, 6/19/11 - Zumba+Abs class, 1 hr
There were only 5 people in class. Only reason I can come up with: it was raining and no one wanted to leave their house and get their butts to the gym. Ah well, it was fun anyway! The ab workout was killer though...I really cannot do planks to save my life.
Tuesday, 6/21/11 - 10k plan, Day 12 - 4.78 miles in 1:10:00 (14:38 pace) - 10 min walk @ 3.5, 45 min run @ 4.3, 10 min walk @ 3.5, 4x100m strides @ 5.1
45 minutes! My longest one yet. And I jogged in between my strides rather than walking. Progress!
Rather than drinking water, I tried some G2 since this was a "long" run. I didn't have any nausea issues, so maybe that helped.
It was Tuesday that I noticed the treadmill was really starting to jerk. I noticed it before, but tightened the belt and it got a bit better so I wasn't terribly concerned. But I told my dad about it, and went to show him the issue and practically got thrown off the thing. So no more treadmill this week...
Wednesday, 6/22/11 - 3.2 miles in ~44:40 (13:57 pace) - lots of alternating walking and jogging
Went to the local park which has a running/biking path of 1.6 miles. I did 2 loops. This should have been 30 minutes straight of jogging on my 10k plan, but I really failed to pace myself and just couldn't keep it up. I ended up alternating walking and jogging each time a new song started on my mp3 player after the first 10 minutes of jogging. Whenever I decide to regularly run outdoors, I'm definitely going to have to get a Garmin or something of that nature that can tell me my pace. On this run, my pace was faster than ever, even though I walked half the time, so I was definitely jogging way too fast. Not maintainable at all for me.
Funny story...I used G2 during my park run. Seemingly unrelated: I'm a mouth-breather when I work out. Yucky dry mouth + bright blue sports drink = blue teeth. I didn't realize this until I was in the car to head home. I smiled at almost everyone I passed on the running path. Whoops.
No workout yesterday or today because the repair guy was supposed to come today for the treadmill and I figured I'd be able to use it by now, but then he rescheduled.
Lastly for today, here's my dinner from last night:
- Nature's Own Whole Grain sandwich thin - 2pp
- Boca Spicy Chik'n Patty - 4pp
- blue cheese dressing, 1 tsp - 1pp
- extra hot sauce, red onion, pickle - 0pp
- Ore Ida Sweet Potato Fries, 1 serving - 4pp
- grapes, 1/2 cup - 0pp
- Fanta Zero - 0pp
Weight Watchers PointsPlus total for dinner: 11
Yes I eat on a tv tray. Don't judge me.
The big pink thing is my Bubba Keg. 34 oz, filled with water. I also frequently use a purple Nalgene bottle. I drink a gallon or more a day usually.
I'm going to try to keep posting meals and recipes from time to time, hopefully the ideas will be helpful to someone! :)
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