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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Does my timer have a stutter?

Since, once again, it was pouring down rain all over the city, I went to the Y to get my run in. Instead of the treadmill though, I tried the indoor track. 13 laps = 1 mile. I don't whether it is because I've been eating more (not really counting calories) or because of the oxygen level or because I haven't run in a few days, but I KICKED THIS RUN'S ASS.

My average lap time was about 52 seconds so I knew I was running less than a 13 minute mile, but I had no idea HOW fast I was really going. (Let's keep in mind here that my notion of fast and every other runner's notion are completely different.) My first goal was 30 minutes. Then 3 miles. Then 3.1 because I wasn't exhausted. I ran 3.12 mile (40.5 laps) in 35 minutes and 10 seconds. I double and triple checked my lap times. I did the math. Everything checked out. I cut FIVE MINUTES off my 5K time. HOLY COW.

Last night I got some really depressing news so maybe I was running off my lack of sleep and anger and disappointment, but whatever it was, AWESOME. Overall, I ran a 11.5 minute mile, which is 5.2 mph. If only this could keep up once I get back to Denver...

Happy Sunday, ya'll! :)

Friday, December 2, 2011

Turkey Trot 2011 Results

Yes, I just posted but I checked the race website and the official results were up [x]. Final race time was 40 minutes and 27 seconds! 13:02 pace. 71/73 in my age division (ouch!) but 1231/1553 overall. It's only the second whole 5K I've ran, so I'd say getting faster is better--I shaved almost a whole minute off my Fit 4 Fire 5K time! :)

PLUS, I shaved almost 2.5 minutes off my last Turkey Trot time! Progress is progress, man.

One Positive Thing About the Midwest...

Oxygen.

Seriously, God bless oxygen. I have been kicking some serious ass on my runs. I have to make this entry quick since I need to shower and meet a friend for lunch, but since I haven't blogged on here in a while, I thought I would update.

I came home to Indiana before Thanksgiving and haven't really been tracking my calories, but I've been working out and running still. Who knows (and who cares) if I'm still losing or whatever. A little break from dieting never killed anyone...well, that may not be true. REGARDLESS, I did another 5K on Thanksgiving (Turkey Trot) in unofficially 40:30. Plus, I ran 3 miles on the treadmill at the YMCA at at 4.7 pace AND I just ran 2.09 miles around my neighborhood at a 12:30minute pace. GO ME!

I'm probably going to get my ass handed to me when I go back to Denver and can't breathe again, but for now, I'm thriving! :)

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Hello 180s, it's been too long

I haven't weighed in since the week before my boyfriend came, which was three weeks ago. Basically, I was on my period and bloated, and then I wasn't really logging foods since Robbie was here. But for the last week, I've been kicked back into gear.

Today's weight=188 lbs
I about fell off the damn scale. I got on yesterday and it said 190. THAT made me excited. Then, the first time I got on the scale this morning, it read 189.2. THAT made me more excited. When I get on the second time to confirm, it was 188 lbs. Three more times confirms. HOLY FUCKING GOD, I'm back in the 180s.

This also means I've crossed two goals off my list: reaching 190 lbs and being under 190 by New Years. BOOM BITCHES. Early. The hard part really comes when I have to maintain this eating style while I'm home for a month and a half. Ugh.

Weight=188 lbs;BMI = 26.97 (Overweight); Body Fat=26.51% (Acceptable).

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Groundhog Day

I could seriously go for a "Groundhog Day" scenario right about now. If I could just repeat this weekend over and over and over again, I would be a happy woman. I'll try to keep my complaining to a minimum, but this happens every time. It's so hard to get back to real life after my boyfriend leaves. It's so nice to have him around and spend time with him, and then BAM, he's gone and I'm left wandering around my apartment all lonely and mopey like. UGH.

This sucks and there's too much snow on the ground and I have no motivation to start any of the work that I have to finish within the next three weeks. Pardon my language, but FUCK.

All right, public commiseration over. Recent exercise (despite not counting calories while Robbie was here): 90 minute hike up Mt. Falcon, 20 minute run around Wash Park, and today I trekked through the snow for a 2 mile run on the treadmill at 5mph. Neat.

Probably not going to weigh in tomorrow since the past five days were a wreck. Meh.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Say Goodbye to Outside Runs

This morning it was a gorgeous and sunny 56 degrees when I went for my run. Ran a different loop, west of campus, trying to avoid stoplights and people. While it was more hilly than I usually do, I liked it better than the loop around campus. Took me 31 minutes and 36 seconds to run 2.37 miles, which equals a 13:20 pace. Consistency is my middle name.

This could be the last time I enjoy running outside, since it is supposed to be in the 30s and snowing by Wednesday. Goodbye, Fall. Hello, Winter.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Last day of Pushup Challenge

Today is day 30 of my 100 pushup/day challenge. Remember a few posts ago when I pondered trying to do 50 pushups in a row on my last day? Well, at the gym this morning I went for it and BAM, 50 straight! (albeit on my knees, it still counts!)

I don't think there has been too much change in the appearance of my arms (sad face), but I definitely got stronger. I'll take measurements tomorrow or something to see, but it's doubtful. Just wanted to post my 50 pushups victory. Only 36 more to go today until it's DONE.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Quick Update

Supposed to weigh in this morning, but my scale battery was on the fritz. Hoping to buy a new one and weigh in tomorrow or something. I made a new goal: 190 lbs by Oct 27 (7 days from today) when Robbie comes. Not looking so good, but we'll see. One can hope anyways.

Also, ran 2.25 miles yesterday on the treadmill. Wasn't exactly easy or relaxing, but I did it.

That's it. Busy day. Just ate a Honey Grain bagel with Pumpkin Cream Cheese. OOPS.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Results Are In

The title says it all: the results from the Fit 4 Fire 5K race are in. Official time was 41:19 minutes. Avg pace was exactly 13:20 minutes/mile. Damn. 21/29 in age division. 118/155 total.

Overall, I'm happy with the results. I shaved some off my total time and ran the whole thing. [x] There are also some pretty sweet pictures they snuck of me while I was running. A lot less attractive than the one Kirsten snapped at the finish line...

9AM: Start of the race...

9:41 AM: Approaching the finish line...
9:41AM again: Dead sprint towards the finish line...
I'm such an unattractive runner. LORD. Oh well.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

This is What I've Been Training For

I RAN AN ENTIRE 5K WITHOUT STOPPING! Hallelujah. It wasn't easy, but it wasn't awful. I was prepared to run the path in Wash Park, but the road was a little steeper and a little harder than the dirt path. Regardless, I wasn't last. I sprinted across the finish line to have a time around 41:30 minutes (unofficially). And it felt goooooood. I was just reminiscing about the first 5K I did back in October of last year and how AWFUL I felt during/after. I think I only ran about half of it, and finished thinking I was going to die. Oh how far I've come!

Anyways, enough patting myself on the back. Time to shower, eat and get back to this paper writing! :) happy Sunday!

Oh, and GO PACKERS!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Thursday Weigh In

Since I didn't weigh myself last week, I'm assuming this is a accumulation of weight loss from the last two weeks. This morning the scale said 191.8lbs. Down 2 lbs. Total of 16 lbs since starting MFP, which is 4 ounces from being halfway to my goal. Woot!

Weight=191.8 lbs; Body Fat=26.51% (Acceptable); BMI=27.52 (Overweight)

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Run, Run, Runaway Run

Maybe someday I will find someone to run, run, runawaaay. Maybe someday, maybe someday. (Yes, I just quoted a Hanson song.)

Well, today was my last run before my 5K on Sunday. I was going to run inside on the treadmill and do some "speed" training, but it was so nice outside that I couldn't help myself. I just did the loop around campus, which is about 2.11 miles. Last time, I ran this loop in 27:21 minutes; today I finished the loop in 26:48 minutes. My pace was 12.7 minute/mile. Granted I ran the loop the opposite direction than last time, but honestly, I think this direction was harder.

Regardless, it felt good to run, and I'm still confident that as long as I keep my slow pace during the race, I'll run the whole thing no problem. :)

Sunday, October 9, 2011

I'M GOING TO PUMP *clap* YOU UP!

If anyone knows what my title is from, we will be friends forever. I picture it EVERY TIME I talk about pumping iron. Hah. I thought since I was over the halfway point of my 100 pushups challenge, I would briefly update my progress.

I haven't measured or taken any pictures since I started, BUT I've noticed a stamina difference. First, let's clarify that I'm only doing knee pushups...not real ones. When I first started the challenge, I had to break them up into 5 sets of 20, and the last set was usually a struggle to finish. Then I was doing 4 sets of 25. Then I missed a few days and was doing over 150 a day. (Oops) But for the past two days, I've done 3 sets of 30 and then a last set of 10. BOOM.

You know what would be awesome? Being able to do 50 in a row. I'm thinking maybe on my last day, I'll try that and see what happens. And who knows, maybe after these 30 days I'll be able to do a real pushup...? All right, that might be unrealistic. Ha.

GO PACKERS!

Friday, October 7, 2011

FALL IS HERE!

As you may have noticed, I didn't make a post yesterday about my Thursday weigh-in. These past few days have been HOT MESSES. I had my first huge media law exam, so we studied and drank wine/ate pizza the night before. Then, something messed up my back that night so I didn't sleep well, and I couldn't exercise. Then we went out AFTER the exam to celebrate surviving. Basically, I haven't exercised in two days AND I've been over on my calories for the past three days. Everyone wave with me as the wagon drives away. *waves*

But this morning, I knew it was time to step it back up. Got up at 7am and went for a run in the brisk, chilly 42 degree air at Wash Park. It was a little TOO cold at first, but once I got going, it was perfect. Unfortunately they are doing a lot of construction on the park's paths, so I had no idea how far I had actually run until I came home and mapped it.Turns out I ran 3.36 miles instead of the 3.1 I was aiming for, but that gives me hope in the 5K I'm running at Wash Park in a week. It took me 45 minutes and 30 seconds, which is a pretty slow pace of 13:50/mile. Now I KNOW I can run the whole 5K, no problem, but now it's the matter of keeping my own pace--I always have the issue of speeding up when others are running around me to keep up. BAD IDEA. We'll see.

And today I promise to be UNDER CALORIES! Well.....at least until tonight when I drink wine. Oops. :)

Sunday, October 2, 2011

So I'm Feeling a Little Cocky

Maybe I should say confident. After my completion of a 5k in the gym this weekend, I decided to sign up for a real 5K in two weeks: Fit for Fire 5K in Wash Park on October 16th. It will be my 4th 5K, but I'm hoping that it's the first one that I run all the way through.

The first one was in October 2010 in Erie, CO. It was rough since I had JUST moved to CO and was still adjusting the to lack of oxygen and I had JUST started running and there were fires that made the air all ashy (okay, that last one might just be an excuse...). I have no idea how much I actually ended up running but I had my friend with me so she definitely pushed me farther than I would have pushed myself. Official time: 39:13 (technically it was only 2.8 miles) for a avg pace of 14:01/mile. I finished 387/490.

The second one was the Turkey Trot back home in Indiana on Thanksgiving morning. I ran it with another friend, though we were both kind of not super into running at the time. It was cold and rainy and not so fun. Regardless, I tried to run as much as I could; I ran the last half mile faster than normal since my dad doubled back through the course to catch up with me. Suddenly, I had the urge to impress. Official time: 42:57 for a avg pace of 13:50/mile. Better. 765/796. Wow.

The third one was "That Dam Run" which ran through Cherry Creek and over the dam. I ran the 5K while my friend ran the half-marathon. I was definitely more prepared for this one (March 2011), but it was the first one I ran alone. I ran the first mile straight, then broke the rest up into walking/running intervals. Official time: 42:44 for avg pace of 13:47/mile. Better. 401/441. I swear I must be the last "runner" to finish and the rest are walkers.

For this next one, I don't care about my time. I just want to run the whole thing. Even if I'm shuffling the last half mile, as long as I'm not walking, I'll be happy. My plan is to keep my current schedule: run Wednesdays and Sundays, hoping to run another 5K on the treadmill next weekend....

Pray for me. Ha.

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Run a 5K straight: Check

FINALLY. After a year of training myself to not only run, but run in elevation after living at 500 ft above sea level for 22 years, I RAN AN ENTIRE 5K WITHOUT STOPPING. Granted, it was on a treadmille and it was at a very slow pace, but DAMNIT I DID IT. I ran into a friend at the gym yesterday who is doing Race for the Cure tomorrow, and she ran 3.2 miles on the treadmill to "whip herself back into shape." That was it. I knew I was capable of running 3.1 miles so I set out to do it.

Walk 1 minute (0.05 miles) at 3mph
Jog 41:40 minutes (3.1 miles) at 4.5 mph
Walk 7:20 minutes (0.37 miles) at 3mph

Now it's time to shower, make dinner, and relax for a bit before hitting the books again. Ugh.

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Wednesday Weigh-In

Originally, I wasn't even going to weigh myself this week; it is the week before my period and usually I gain, or at the least, don't lose anything, but I was feeling lucky this morning. Ha. Stepped on the scale and had lost 0.4 lbs. Now, I'm happy that it's a loss, don't get me wrong, but for the past two weeks, I've lost less than 2 lbs combined when I have my settings at 1.5lbs/wk. What gives? I honestly think I lose better when I have cheat days, like MAJOR cheat days, where I'm so far over my calories that I don't even count. I've been so good these past few weeks, even on weekends, that I think that has screwed up my loss. This whole weight loss thing is such bullshit.

Anyways...

Weight= 193.8 lbs; BMI= 27.8 (Overweight); Body Fat= 26.65% (Acceptable)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

"It's too hot outside to run"

That was what the guy who smokes outside my apartment said to me when I got back from my run this morning. I laughed, and we talked about how I'd rather run when it's warm than when there is snow on the ground. And to be honest, it was only 75 when I left; I don't really consider that "too hot" by any standards.

I ran a loop around campus which was 2.11 miles, according to mapmyrun.com. I had to stop at a few red lights, and had to pause for a bit right before I hit 2 miles to catch my breath (it was uphill, KILLER!), but for the most part, I ran the whole thing. There was a lot of dodging and weaving through people, which broke up my pace a bit, but still managed an average speed of 12.96 minute mile, which is somewhere between 4.5 (13:30 min/mile) and 5 (12 min/mile). I'll take it!

27:21 total running time. Then a 5 minute-ish cool down walk. Good start to the day!
Cheers!

Friday, September 23, 2011

This Post might be TMI, so BEWARE

I love how my period starts bearing its nasty claws almost TWO WEEKS before I actually start! Since I'm on birth control, it's easy to know when to expect early symptoms: about the end of the second row of pills, when they change from white to pink. That's when I get bloated, my stomach is sensitive to certain foods, I start getting cramps and running becomes a game of chance when it comes to being able to finish a run before I have to shit like a mad bull (pardon the expression).

So, here I am, the Friday before the week before the Wednesday that I start my period, and already, I'm dragging. Blah.

I say all of this because I decided to do my weekend run this morning, and it didn't go very well. I only did 1.5 miles at 4.5 mph. I did a total of 30 minutes, including my 5 minute warm up and 5 minute cool down. Plus, I was struggling towards the end. I blame my approaching friend Flo AND the fact that I did the stair machine last night--Sweet Jesus, that was a workout! I might try to work in stairs once a week now because that burns a LARGE amount of calories in a shorter amount of time. Plus, I feel the burn FOR SURE.

Anyways, this weekend needs to be super productive so time to make my smoothie, shower and GET MOVING. Cheers!

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Another Weigh-In

Something very strange was happening with my stomach/gut last night and this morning, so I'm not sure how accurate this weigh-in is, but I still lost so I'll take it! The official weight this morning was 194.2lbs, which is only a 0.6lb loss from last week BUT....that marks the 40 lbs total loss since I started this journey in last June! FORTY POUNDS. (I did a whole picture post on MFP of my progress if you want to see that.)

But for this blog, I want to take a second to really think about how much 40 lbs is. When I was born, I weight 8 lbs and 6 oz. I LOST MORE THAN FOUR BABY MEs. I use a 10lb kettlebell in my workouts. I LOST FOUR OF THOSE. My boyfriend's cat is about the size of a 20 lb turkey. I LOST TWO OF STRETCH! I know these sound silly, but sometimes when you have a long weight loss journey, 40 lbs can get lost in the thoughts of "but I still look fat" and "I still have so much more to lose" or "how come when SHE loses 40 lbs, she looks like a f*&$ing model." Forty pounds is a lot. BE PROUD OF YOURSELF, ME!

Anyways, enough of that. I am proud, even though I do know I have so much more to go. And going off of that, I am starting the 100 push-up challenge today. I vow to do 100 pushups everyday for 30 days! I took some starting pictures of my arms in hopes that they will be BALLER AWESOME when I finish this! Ha.

Weight=194.2lbs; BMI= 27.86 (Overweight); Body Fat=26.65% (Acceptable)

Time to get moving for the day. Cheers!

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

100 PushUps Challenge

I looked into the 100 PushUp Challenge based on someone's post on MFP. But after taking the initial test and realizing that I can barely do ONE normal pushup, I decided I didn't really care to be able to do 100 "good form" pushups in a row.

Luckily, someone I follow on Tumblr also put up a 100 PushUp Challenge, but in this case, you just complete 100 pushups everyday. So throughout the day, you can break up the pushups into sets of whatever. 4 sets of 25. 5 sets of 20. 10 sets of 10. Whatever. And I can do my "girl" pushups. My arms are abysmal and I feel like they never get any smaller so this should do something...right?

Wish me luck! I plan to start after my weigh-in on Thursday (mostly because I plan to take measurements then so it will be a good start to show progress.

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Let me see you run it, run it

Another weekly update on my running adventures...

I had a film at the Estes Park Film Festival on Friday so we drove up there in the afternoon; obviously, I had to have a celebratory beer...and popcorn...and chocolate. Oops. Oh well, I'll count that as my weekend cheat day since the rest of this weekend will be crazy busy and I probably won't go out anymore.

That all being said, I set my alarm for 8:30am and went to run at the gym this morning. I thought I would switch it up a bit since realizing that at 4.5 mph, it would take me almost as long to run a 5K as it would for me to walk it. So today, I ran the first mile at 5mph and then lowered to 4.5mph for the second mile. I was definitely a lot more winded after this run and was tired and ready to stop. Overall, I went about 2.50 miles in 35 minutes and 30 seconds.

So much work to do already and it's only the second week of school! I'm still trying to decide if I want to go to the Awards ceremony at Estes Park tomorrow... I have to get up and shoot for my Experimental class. Finished my thesis footage logging. Prepare for my lectures this week. ACK! What am I doing on the computer?!

*runs away*

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Weigh In Day

Well, this was was actually the first week in a long time where I didn't step on the scale ONCE between weigh-ins. That made me very nervous since I had no idea what to expect this morning--and I'll tell you, I DEFINITELY wasn't expecting what I did see.

This morning official weight was 194.8lbs.... Pardon me while I get back up in to my chair. I didn't (and almost still don't) believe it. 2.8 lbs loss in a week? I'm thinking last week's weight might still have been affected my PMS or something because I ate all my calories everyday (and even more so on the weekend).

Regardless, I stepped on the scale twice and it didn't change so I'll take it as real.

With that note, I officially made my first goal, well second goal but first having to do with weight, for this school year: under 195 by Estes Park Film Festival: CHECK. I'm so FUCKING PUMPED. It gives me hope that I will be under 190 by Thanksgiving, haha. But that also means I need to put the computer down and do my workout before it gets too late--class at noon, office hours, TA class AND a baseball game today. Whew!

Weight=194.8lbs, BMI=27.95 (Overweight), BF=26.65% (Acceptable)

Cheers!

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Getting There

Yesterday was a disaster in a bag as far as exercise and eating goes. I had my TA orientation so we went to Spanky's for lunch, where I had a veggie burger and a chocolate milkshake. (Hey, when the department pays, you splurge.) Then we had the department picnic at 4:30 where I ate some delicious brownies and a cheese sandwich with some potato chips.... THEN went to the bar with friends and split a quesadilla and had a beer. WOWZER. Plus, I didn't have any time to exercise so the only workout I got in was walking to and from Spanky's and the Parking Office. Booooooo.

Therefore, I knew today had to be awesome to make up for it. Got up at 9am (UHM, HOW DID I SLEEP THAT LATE!?) and got to the gym about 9:45 after putting around. I ran for 37 minutes at 4.5 mph, which was 2.75 miles. Plus the five minute warm up and cool down, it was a total of 3.25 miles AKA more than a 5K. At this pace, I would probably run a whole 5K in between 40 and 45 minutes. That's dismal, but HEY--I would be running it all.

Anyways, I need to eat breakfast since it's past 11am. Another day volunteering at the DocuWest Film Fest. Plus, I NEED to grocery shop and do laundry and do homework (WHO ASSIGNS WORK FOR THE FIRST DAY OF CLASS? bitches.) UGH.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

First Thursday Weigh In!

Finally--FUCKING FINALLY. After two weeks of WANTING to weigh in on Thursdays, I finally wasn't PMSing or retaining water from a pigout the night before.

I should say that I changed my goals from losing 1lb a week to 1.5lbs a week, so my calorie intake decreased by almost 300 calories a day. Yikes! Anyways, I think it was the boost my metabolism needed because I've been working out for at least a half hour a day and lost 1.2 lbs since last week! Total weight loss while on MFP is now 10.2lbs! HOLLER. My next goal, if you recall from my goals post a while back, is to be 195 by September 16th, which is my Film Festival in Estes Park. I'm not sure if that's going to happen since that would be another 2.5 lbs in one week. NOT GONNA HAPPEN. Oh well, I'll be close and I know that hopefully I'll hit my goal by Thanksgiving of 190. (And then gain it all back when I go home for the holidays...UGH.)

Anyways, weight = 197.6lbs. BMI = 28.35 (Overweight). BF% = 26.76% (Acceptable).

Monday, September 5, 2011

Labor Day

Well, I already broke my schedule that I set for myself this weekend. HA! It was so nice outside today that I decided going to the gym would have been a sin. I went to Vet Park and decided to see if I could run 30 minutes WITHOUT the help of a treadmill. It was significantly harder, but I pushed through. Each loop at Vet's is 0.44 miles so I completed 5 loops in 30 minutes which was ~2.2 miles. Excellent. Now my plans are to eat lunch and hopefully plan a picnic dinner with my friends at Wash Park. Happy Labor Day ya'll!

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Like A Machine

So I think when I don't run all the time, I have better runs. I know this isn't a new revelation, but I'm just proving it to myself again and again. Last Sunday I ran for 30 minutes straight, which was a first, so this weekend I decided to try it again. I didn't run at all during the week, just workout DVDs and elliptical and stationary bike rides. Today, I went to the gym (even though I should have run outside--gorgeous day with a 70 degree HIGH. what!). Anyways...I ran for 33:30 straight at 4.5 mph which was 2.5 miles. And it felt good. I was getting a little winded, very little, by the end, but I probably could have kept going. I'm amazed at this progress. I really do prefer slow and longer over fast and shorter....wow, that sounded so sexual. Anyways, I think this will be my regular routine for a while: workout normally during the week and do a long (ish) run on weekends. I never thought I would be able to run 3 miles straight, but I'm starting to think it's possible, at least on the treadmill. Also, my ToM starts next week and I saw a MAJOR blow up in weight this week as a result. I was at 202 lbs for FOUR DAYS IN A ROW. I knew I was bad this weekend, but NO WAY I gained 4 lbs. I started to get nervous since it stayed for so long, but then it slowly dropped: 200.6 lbs Thurs and 199.6 lbs Friday. I really want to get away from Sunday weigh-ins, but since I couldn't weigh in this Thursday, I might WI tomorrow just to see where I stand. Then WI again on Thursday and record it....if it moves. Haha. Anyways, I'm proud of myself today...which is good since I've been really down about my appearance lately. My nasty ass stomach crease and kangaroo pooch are SO ANNOYING. I work so hard and there they are, staring at me in the mirror every time I turn around like "BUT YOU STILL FAT BITCH!" Grrr.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

30 Minute Thunder

THAT'S RIGHT BITCHES. I ran for thirty minutes straight and probably could have kept going! Granted, it was at a snail's pace (4.5 mph) but that's still the longest I have ran constantly EVER. My breath was steady and my legs weren't in pain. It was the BEST RUN YET! Honestly, I prefer running slower and going farther than trying to up the speed and only making it a mile. I FELT LIKE A BOSS when someone got on the treadmill next to me--I was like "Yeah, check out my time. I've been running that long. Impressed? You should be."

On a less positive note, I didn't log my weight this morning. After this weekend's alcohol indulgence and overeating both days, the number wasn't pretty. BUT that gives me reason to start my weigh-ins on days other than Sundays now. I'm thinking Thursdays.

Cheers!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Different kinds of hangovers...

I've decided to share what I've learned about hangovers thus far in my short life. I never really drank to get drunk in college....well, except for second semester senior year. I was pretty much drunk everyday, but pleasantly drunk. But that's not the point. I never really had a hangover in college, maybe one good one, but I had no reason to think about them.

Well, now I've gotten used to waking up Saturday or Sunday morning with a slight hangover (I blame the elevation). And it never stopped me from working out that morning. I live by the Lady Gaga philosophy: work out no matter if I'm too tired, too hungover, to lazy, etc... Well, normally it's a beer hangover. This morning, I learned wine hangovers are a little different.

Last night was rough, to say the least, so when I woke up with a little hangover, I wasn't surprised. I drank some water, ate some breakfast and lazed around for a few hours. I decided I needed to work off the cupcakes from last night and went to the gym. BAD. IDEA. Apparently, exercise makes a wine hangover worse. Because now I feel like shit and grocery shopping was the biggest feat I've done in a while. UGH. I bought a Gatorade and am hoping to kick this in the butt. BUT DAMN. Lesson learned: beer hangovers can be worked out. Wine hangovers cannot. They are best handled by laying around until it decides to leave. I can only assume hard liquor hangovers are closer to the latter.

If only I wasn't so dedicated to work out in the mornings...or drink so much at night. Haha.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Autumn Goals

I know, I know, two blog posts in one day? Get a life, Keri. But I wanted to create a list of goals I have for the Fall. I had a few for the summer and didn't quite make those.
Goal #1: Run 100 miles. Ended up changing it to 50 miles and I think I'll hit that by September no problem. Perhaps if I counted all my exercise, like walking and biking, I would have hit 100 but I just traveled too much for it to even come close.

Goal #2: Under 200 lbs by June 23rd (DeLost family vacation). I was close, but again, no cigar. I think when I left for the vacation, I was around 202 lbs. But I really wanted to be UNDER 200. It took me another month to get under 200 lbs. All this vacationing needs to stop. Haha. Good thing I've got a whole quarter to stay put before I head home again.

Goal #3: Finish 30 Day Shred. THIS I COMPLETED! :)

So not horrible, but I could have done better. So I'm making a list of goals for the Fall Quarter. I'm trying to make them smaller so they are more achievable this time around. I might add some later and some might me amended later, but for now, here we are:

Goal #1: 195 lbs by September 16th (my first film festival)

Goal #2: 190 lbs by end of Fall Quarter, Nov 20th-ish (you like how I'm giving myself two months to lose 5lbs? haha.)

Goal #3: Need to buy new pants before I go home

Goal #4: NOT GAIN IT ALL BACK WHILE I'M AT HOME. I want to be lookin' good when I head to Williamsburg with Robs & his family for New Years. :)

Long Overdue Post

So I'm back. I've been working my tail off this week to lose the water weight and get back into things after several weeks of vacations and friends. I never did a final weigh in/measurement after 30DS so I'm counting today's as just that.

SW: 204.2 lbs
Waist: 40in
Hip: 37.5in
Bust: 41in
Calf: 17in
Arm: 14in
Thigh: 28in
Here's the last chunk of my 30DS excel sheet...


In total, I lost 5.4 lbs & 5.25 inches. Not great, but not bad. The best thing is that I can feel a difference in my strength and SEE a difference in my calves. I wish my arms would have gotten smaller (I'm sick of the Pete & Pete flab. See previous blog posts for explanation), but overall, I completed 30DS without dying. Go me. *If you want to see progress pictures from start and finish of 30DS, go to my MFP blog @ http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/knoll630

As for my current situation, I started SIWW on Monday and started another spread sheet for that, just to keep track of what days I do it and what days I run and what days I shouldn't run, etc... Here is that sheet:


I really like this new workout. It's more strength mixed with cardio so I'm hoping to see some differences with this regime than I did 30DS. I felt so behind last time that perhaps I wasn't burning as much as I could have. But for now, let's celebrate that I did lose weight & inches and that I have officially reached ONE-derland and plan to stay there for a long while! :)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Speed (?) Training

So I wasn't feeling super pumped to workout so I decided to do a short workout today. It's technically speed training, but I laugh because my "speed training" is most people's normal running pace. I ran 1 mile at a 5.5 mph pace, which is just under 11 minutes per mile.

It was hard, but not impossible. I had to push the last 0.15 miles but I did it! Who would have thought? I remember when my goal was just to be able to jog a mile straight. My legs feel better, but there's still a burning on my inner thighs, which I'll admit I like to feel since that's where the jiggly fat needs to burn from. Haha.

I'm really hoping all this working out pays off on Sunday's weigh in.

Four Day Weekend

Well, my internship boss just emailed me and told me not to come in anymore this week. Basically, I've researched four cities only to have them get rejected by the network. So until they get their shit together and decide on the final two cities, I really have nothing to do. I don't know what I'm going to do with all this free time...

That being said, I thought I'd blog about my past few exercise days. After that super run on Tuesday, I decided to take yesterday a little easy. I didn't do SIWW, instead waiting until after work to go to the gym and walk on the treadmill. I did half a mile at 3mph at 10 incline, then half a mile at 3mph at 7 incline, then half a mile at 3mph at 3 incline, and then another five minutes at 3mph at 0 incline as a cool down. Then I did some serious stretching on my legs.

Luckily, it must have paid off because I felt good enough to do SIWW this morning. And now that I don't have to go to work today, I think I'm going to go get quarters and do laundry. Maybe vacuum. Then hopefully bike or run or something later to get my extra cardio in.

Robs asked me to spend New Year's with him in Williamsburg, so I'm really trying to buckle down this school year and lose another 10 lbs before then. For anyone else, 10 lbs in like four months would be easy but I seem to be building muscle faster than I can burn fat so it's a slow process--but I have some sick calf muscles! Maybe I'll post a picture later. Haha.

Anyways, time to get a move on.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

My Legs Feel Like Jell-O

I worked out WAAAAAY too much today. I did SIWW this morning and definitely felt the effects from yesterday's workout in the squats. I did better, as in I did more of the workout than yesterday, but I felt it. My legs were already sore when I agreed to go with Kirsten on a hike after work.

We got all ready to go, but they cancelled it due to weather. Instead, we went to Wash Park and ran...for an hour and a half. FUCK ME. Of course, she ran laps around me, but I did run/walk intervals (running for almost 40 minutes total at random paces depending on whether Kirsten was pushing me or not). I FEEL SO TIRED RIGHT NOW.

I'm guestimating that I ran a total of 3ish miles since I did the outer loop once, probably close to a mile in the inner loop, and then half of the outer loop. My pedometer said 2.65 miles and it's usually lower but I logged it anyway since I didn't have a better guess.

Oh well, time to eat something and let my body rest.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Oh yeah, I did finished 30DS...

Yes, I did finished 30DS last week. No, I didn't take final weight measurements or anything since Maria was here and I wasn't exactly keeping to my calories very well. I started Shred It With Weights (SIWW???) today and am waiting to weigh in and measure until Sunday. I'm hoping I can at least get close to 199 again.

I'm really disappointed with my results from 30DS. Everyone else seemed to have AMAZING results and I barely lost an inch, total, from my entire body. FUCK THAT BULL SHIT. At this point, I have no idea how many calories to eat everyday and what to do for exercise. WHY IS THIS SO HARD. Sometimes I just want to stop eating...but then I realize I would be a major bitch all the time. Haha.

Anyways, I don't think SIWW burns as many calories as 30DS since it's mostly weight training with little cardio, so I'm going to go for a quick run before dinner.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

"Run, Run, With Her Top Down Baby She Flies"

I'm starting to get creative with my running blog titles. Haha. Lyrics from a Lady Gaga song, of course. I went on another run this evening right before it got dark.



My pace slowed again. Last time must have been an anomaly--maybe I thought I was being chased by something. I ran about 1.68 miles in 22 minutes (and 9 seconds) and then walked for 10 minutes after to cool down. That makes about a 13 minute mile.

I'm hoping all of this extra exercise will really help get my weight back down. So far, it's dropped from 210 to 202 so maybe all of it will come off! I can dream, can't I? Also, I'm really disappointed in my results from 30DS. I don't think something major is going to happen in the next 5 days so I guess it doesn't drastically change everyone. :( BUT I did order JM's Shred It With Weights so I have something to start when I finish 30DS.

Time for yogurt and granola! :)

Friday, August 5, 2011

I'm Going to Get Back to Under 200 If It Kills Me!

Well, like I said, that week and a half in Evansville really pushed me back into the 200s again. While I know most of it, hopefully a lot of it, is going to go away quickly after I start eating normal food again, I just don't want to fight those 203/204/202 numbers again.

So I'm stepping it up. I went to the gym tonight. I walked the "cardio" program for 24 minutes, which was between 3 and 5 incline at speeds between 3.0mph and 3.5mph. Then, when I accidentally stopped the program before it was over, I decided to run for a bit. I started at 5mph for about 0.5 mile, then reduced to 4.5 for like three minutes, then back to 4.7 mph for two minutes and then back to 4.5 mph to finish the mile in 13 minutes.

I burned another 300+ calories so I'm going to probably eat my yogurt again with granola tonight and call it a day. My latest plan is to eat 1700 net calories a day and see what that does for me. For some reason, I feel like I'm not eating enough each day. Maybe I'm burning more calories than MFP says OR, I found these two other websites that suggest eating over 2000 calories a day to lose weight...which could also mean I'm not eating enough...which is why I'm upping the net cals again.

WHY IS THIS SO HARD!?!? Ugh.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Boredom Runs

Since I ate dinner, and second dinner, before the clock even reached 6pm, I figured tonight was a good night to go out for a run. Plus, it was cloudy and cool out so I might as well take advantage of that. My plan was to just jog lightly for as long as I could and then stop. Well, I ended up running for a little over 20 minutes (about 20 minutes, 30 seconds) in sporadic loops around my apartment. Here's the course:



Basically, I ran up to Asbury St. then over to High St., up the hill to Buchtel then over to my alley where I started outside my apartment. Then I did two loops of the alley-Asbury-York-Jewell which I think is about a third of a mile. I wasn't trying to break any records and stopped when I was tired. Like I said, it ended up being over 20 minutes and a little under 1.75 miles. When I sat down to calculate my pace, I think my face exploded: UNDER A 12 MINUTE MILE.... WHAT!!!! I still don't believe it. All of my treadmill training must have paid off. Regardless, I feel great about that run. :)

And now I get to eat some yogurt and granola. NOM NOM NOM.

30 Day Shred: L3D3

HELLO AGAIN!! I am alive. I've just been in Evansville for the past week and a half filming my thesis project. Unfortunately, I didn't get a lot of exercise in while I was there, though I managed to complete Level 2 and move into Level 3. Exercising in hotel rooms is a bitch.

Level 3 is waaaaay better than Level 2 was. Less planks. Another unfortunate thing is that I ate like SHIT while I was home--I feel like I gained 10 lbs. And according to the scale, I DID! Now, I'm not freaking out yet since I know that I am probably retaining LOTS of weight due to the sodium intake and the heat/humidity. I'll keep track of it as I get back on my diet plan and hopefully most of it will go away quickly. HOPEFULLY.

I also didn't take my measurements or weigh in while I was home so I don't have a Level 2 progress sheet to post. But I need to move since I'm going into High Noon an hour early--they have a big meeting at 1 and I need to make lots and lots and lots of copies. Woot.

Monday, July 25, 2011

30 Day Shred: L2D6

I just did 30DS in a hotel room, on the floor with a towel and two bottles of shampoo as weights. I think that counts as serious dedication right? I even biked last night before the "fitness room" closed. (I put that in quotes because it was a SMALL room with a bike, an elliptical and a broken treadmill. I think some people have better/more equipment than that in their house. Plus, the television only played one channel so I watched replays of the Tour d'France...)

It was a lot easier with NOT 8 lb weights and I still broke into quite a sweat. Though planks are just killers. You try holding up 200 lbs for a minute and see how you do! Didn't take any breaks, and even though this time I started the last set of planks on time, I finished early. Damn!

But I need to shower and pack back up so I can hit the road again (and not miss continental breakfast!). Cheers!

Sunday, July 24, 2011

30 Day Shred: L2D5

Just a quick blog: halfway through Level 2. Woot woot! Now to finished breakfast, finish packing and start my 10 hour car drive to Missouri. UGH.

Saturday, July 23, 2011

30 Day Shred: L2D4

Did most of the workout without a break up until circuit 3. And even then, I just took longer to get in plank position than they did so that cut off some of the time; I didn't actually STOP and TAKE A BREAK at any point. My knees are KILLING me though--I think it's a combination of hiking down two mountains last weekend, doing squats and running this week, AND kneeling to paint yesterday. Poor fat knobs.

Oh and the scale is doing it again. I stepped on it this morning and of course I'm bouncing back and forth around 200 now. Oh well, at least I HIT the 190s. Hah.

Today is a day of packing, cleaning and laundry. Though I'm about to shower and walk to Bruegger's Bagels for breakfast since I don't have any milk. And I don't want to buy any since I'm leaving tomorrow. TOMORROW--SHIT.

Friday, July 22, 2011

30 Day Shred: L2D3

I decided Autry needed his own post, so that's why I'm posting twice today. That news really put a damper on my day, and I feel like this entry would have been a lot peppier if I did it right when I got back from internship today.

Regardless, I got up at 7:30am to do 30DS. Still kicked my ass, though I think I only took two breaks (mostly during the planks). PLUS, I weighed in this morning and am officially UNDER 200 lbs: 199.8 lbs. :D BIG. FUCKING. ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I did a lot of moving around today since I went to the Disaster House shoot. I was painting, planting and sweeping. I was there from 9:30am until 5pm so I figured I burned a lot of calories doing that so I'm not concerned with a second cardio workout tonight. I'm pooped and just want to sit down and watch "Say Yes to the Dress." I did log 4 hours of "light cleaning" on MFP, and even though I'm sure I burned waaay more than that, I just count the rest as bonus burn. :)

Anyways, just wanted to log this information. I have a lot to do tomorrow too to get ready for SUNDAY--when I leave. YAY!

RIP Autry 07.22.11



Even though you were annoying and I was allergic to you, I loved having your spunky little ass around, and my house won't be the same without you. It sucks that I'll be home in five days, but I'm glad you're in a better place and out of your misery. Have fun hanging out with Squiggles in pet heaven. :)

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Run It

I FINALLY RAN AGAIN! I think spacing out my runs more sporadically like this actually helps my quality of run. Tonight, I ran 1 mile @ 5mph, 0.75 mile @ 4.5mph, and then walked 0.25 mile. Total 2 miles in 27 minutes. BAM! And the only reasons I didn't finished the second mile running was that I had a cramp (too soon after eating I suspect) and my shoulder hurt...I blame Jillian Michaels for that. Too many planks.

Anyways, time to eat eat eat to get my net cals back to 1200. :) Cheers!

30 Day Shred: L2D2

Did it still kill me? YES. Did I still stop 4 or 5 times to catch my breath/let my arms rest? YES. Did I power through until the end? YES. DAMN YOU LEVEL TWO! I'm thinking fat people get screwed over by planks--we have more to hold up damnit. I can't sit in a plank for a minute AND try to twist my abs. Fuck.

As far as the weight, the scale is being its normal self again. I thought this morning I would be under 200 lbs, but alas, I weighed 200.4 lbs. I'm thinking it was the glass of water I chugged when I woke up. Oh well, as long as I'm under before I leave on Sunday, I'll be happy. :)

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

30 Day Shred: L2D1

Oops, I just realized I forgot to blog this morning. I was running a little behind so it's probably best anyways. Today was the first day of Level 2 and we all know how much I've been dreading it. (Can you imagine how much I'm going to hate Level 3?? I shudder.) It was pretty exhausting, but I survived. It was easier than the last time I did it though, that I remember. So hopefully, I'll make good progress with these next 10 days.

In other news, I weighed in this morning. Drumroll please...
Do you see that?? Weight was 200 lbs exactly. That hiking this weekend reeeally pushed my loss over that hurdle. HUZZAH! I might even weight tomorrow in hopes of being UNDER 200 lbs. Even though I still have like 30 lbs to lose (maybe, at most...), being in "ONE-derland" as MFP calls it is going to be AMAZING. :)

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D10

LAST DAY OF LEVEL 1! Woot. Tomorrow I'll weight in and measure to see what has changed since I started. I'm not expecting miracles, I'm just hoping that I've lost those stingy last couple pounds that were floating around 204.

Also, I'm terrified to start Level 2 tomorrow. It's such a bitch.

Monday, July 18, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D9

Well, I took the weekend off from 30DS, but I hiked two mountains while I was there so I think that made up for it. Haha. It was so much fun (see Tumblr for more details) and even though I thought I was going to die while I was hiking, the view from the tops was totally worth it. :)

I'm back into the swing of things though; I did L1D9 this morning and am drinking my strawberry/blueberry/banana smoothie now. I did step on the scale this morning just to see aaaaand...it's looking promising! I'm not looking forward to starting Level 2--the memories from last time still haunt my shoulders/arms. Oh well...

Everyone have a good week!

Friday, July 15, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D8

I can't believe I'm up right now... I went and saw the midnight premiere of Harry Potter last night, so I didn't get to bed until at least 3am. But surprisingly, I'm pretty awake and when my alarm went off, I drank my water and got up. WHOA. And thus I have completed day 8 of Level 1.

I also realized that if I DON'T do both 30DS workouts this weekend (or either of them), I'll still be getting exercise because I know we'll be hiking and such. I'll just be two days behind, but I don't think it will be THAT big of a loss?

Speaking of loss, I may have hopped on the scale this morning just to see: 202.2 lbs. Now I'm not holding my breath--this weekend may mess that up or it may just change on its own cause my body is really, really REALLY fighting against the 190s. We'll see.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D7

Not a lot of time to write, but I wanted to log it anyways. HARRY POTTER TONIGHT!! And I think i may have found a way to do the last two days of Level 1 while in Crested Butte this weekend. WIN!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D6

NO BREAKS. I even may have upped the power on the jump ropes. But still, those anterior raises. DAYUM. It takes all I have to raise those 8 lb weights up to my eye level that I KNOW I'm not doing the leg exercise correctly. Oh well, my legs get enough exercise with the squats and running; I need to work on the arms anyways.

We'll see if I end up doing anymore exercise tonight, as long as it doesn't monsoon like it did last night. Ugh.

I'm also thinking I'll weigh in before I go to Crested Butte just to see what has changed, even though I'll probably blow it. It seems like anytime I'm not diligent, I gain six lbs. EFF.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

I need to think of a new title for my running posts...

Haha. But really, I do. I'm not really "5K training" at all anymore. More so just running when I can and trying to improve my speed and distance without a deadline. It's better that way because most of the plans I follow seem to work out well for the first half and then they increase too quickly for me to keep up. Then I get discouraged and quit. So now I'm just doing it my way. *cue Sinatra*

Anyways, I kind of like this two workouts a day thing. Keeps me moving and busy. Plus, since it's raining most nights, it's nice to not see the gloomy sky while I'm at the gym. Tonight, I did the treadmill: 1.25 miles @ 5mph, 0.5 mile @ 4.5 mph, and then 0.25 @ 3mph. I'm pretty proud of that run! I ran over a mile at a faster speed AND THEN KEPT GOING. I am so awesome sometimes. :)

Total = 2 miles in 27 minutes

30 Day Shred: L1D5

So I biked last night, and though I could feel a little soreness in my legs during the jumping jacks and such, it didn't affect me too badly. I'm still struggling with the anterior raises and I'm starting to realize that I might have to get smaller weights. UUUGGGHHH. Can someone donate a pair, please?

I'm also starting to wonder how this weekend is going to work--they will be the last two days of Level 1 and I'll be down in Crested Butte with friends. Hmm.

Last thought of the day: my legs are still slightly sore and I can only hope they get unsore before I weigh in or else they're going to screw up EVERYTHING. Everything. *dramatic*

Calorie Limits are All Relative

What do you do when you only have 126 calories left in the day and you want to make sure you don't go over but its your TOM and you are hungry like mad? Go to the gym at 830pm and bike for 40 minutes so that you can come home and eat organic strawberry yogurt and granola. Mmmmm. Tummy happy now. :)

Monday, July 11, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D4

Feel a little less sore today. I even did the whole workout without stopping for a break. Those anterior raises are still rough and I know I'm not doing them correctly, but it's really hard to work on leg form when it takes ALL I HAVE to get those 8 lb weights up to my eyes.

I'm about to try out my new blender for breakfast. I found a few good recipes from MFP and a running website that I want to try out. I bought all the ingredients yesterday. Also, when I was washing the blender, I accidentally cut my finger with the blades. Ow.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D3

This weekend has been absolutely INSANE. Yesterday was the longest day in the history of the world. Got up at 6:30am to do 30DS, then proceeded to hike around a trail for 45 minutes filming at Lair O' the Bear, hike/climb up Clear Creek Canyon to film people rock climbing, go grocery shopping, and then film/host my picnic at my friend's house. WHEW. All I can say is THANK YOU JESUS that it stopped raining just in time for the picnic. I think it turned out well.

Then this morning I was so sore that I didn't do 30DS. Instead, I drove to Best Buy to buy a new 2TB external hard drive and then walked around downtown filming Denver b-roll. It could have been a simple task, but I got lost a little...so I ended up walking around for 30-45 minutes. HAH. But I got lots of b-roll, including the big blue peeping bear. ;)

THEN got home before it monsooned again. Went to Safeway. Then forced myself to workout by saying that I wouldn't cook dinner until I did 30DS. So I did it. Level 1, Day 3. Still had to stop during the first set of jumping jacks, but I think it's cause I was so exhausted from this weekend.

Time to shower and cook dinner! YUM!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D2

Today is a big day for me. I'm up at 6:45am so that I can do 30DS, eat breakfast, got up to Morrison to film Kirsten trail jog, go to Clear Creek Canyon to film her and Chris climb, come back and buy ingredients for my picnic, film Kirsten cooking, and then go to Emily's to set up for my picnic and FILM THAT TOO. OH MY GOD.

I'm so stressed out. I have to worry about mics and batteries and cords and getting the right shots and getting releases signed and AHHHHHHH. Remind why I'm doing this again...

Friday, July 8, 2011

30 Day Shred: L1D1

So today started my ambitious 30 workout regime. I restarted 30DS from Level 1, Day 1 and it was sad to see how much I regressed. I had to stop once to catch my breath during cardio and I wasn't as into my punching squats BUT I did do the unmodified butt kicks and my anterior raises were almost always to my eye level. You win some, you lose some.

I also made a neat Excel sheet to keep track of my runs/workouts with a weigh-in/measurement column after each Level completion.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

5K Training: Day 74

At this point, I'm not even really doing "5K training" so I'm thinking about changing my blog titles from here on out...maybe. I came up with a new workout regime that I'm hoping will work out well. Everyone seemed to be getting GREAT results from 30DS that I just wasn't seeing, so I'm going to start over and do the workouts everyday like you're supposed to, instead of just XT-ing. I'm also going to keep running every other day. That sounds really ambitious...but damnit, I'm going to try!

Anyways, I didn't feel too awesome this morning so I went to the gym after dinner. I ran 1.25 miles @ 5mph, walked 0.25 mile @ 3mph, ran 0.5 mile @ 5mph, and then walked 0.44 mile @ 3mph = 2.19 miles in 30 minutes.

Tomorrow starts the double workouts. Wish me luck!

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

5K Training: Day 73

I don't know what I'm doing anymore. Haha. I'm not really following my running plan as of late; the whole vacation thing really threw me off. I guess I feel accomplished for being able to jog 2 miles at 4.5 mph, but now I'm trying to up my speed as opposed to distance. Finally can say that I am "running" now since I'm going 5 mph. It's kind of frustrating when people say "only 5 mph." DO YOU KNOW HOW FAST THAT IS TO ME? Damn.

Anyways, here's what I did:
1 mile @ 5mph
0.25 mile @ 3mph
0.5 mile @ 5mph
0.59 mile @ 3mph = 2.09 mile/30 minutes

10 lbs:
15 bicep curls
15 right tricep bench extensions
15 left tricep bench extensions
10 anterior raises
15 bicep curls
15 right tricep bench extensions
15 left tricep bench extensions

50 crunches
25 reverse crunches
25 right knee oblique crunches
25 left knee oblique crunches

Monday, July 4, 2011

5K Training: Day 71

Even though my initial plan was to NOT workout today in order to get back on my original running schedule, my eating habits today were less than moderate (too much vacation time taught my appetite bad manners) so I decided to go to the gym and run. It felt nice to actually ENJOY my run as opposed to thinking I was running through the eighth level of Hell...

Anyways, here's what I did:
1 mile @ 5mph
0.5 mile @ 3mph
0.5 mile @ 5mph
0.09 mile @ 3mph == 30 minutes cardio

(10 lbs for all)
15 bicep curls
15 tricep bench extensions, right
20 tricep bench extensions, left
20 bicep curls
20 tricep extensions, right
15 tricep extensions, left
10 anterior raises

50 crunches
25 reverse crunches
15 oblique crunches to right knee
15 oblique crunches to left knee

I was feeling ambitious. We'll see how I feel tomorrow morning. Right now, it's time to shower and get ready for fireworks round 2. Let's hope Black Hawk's show is better than Denver's. Last night was a pansy display. HAPPY FOURTH YA'LL!

5K Training: Day 70/71

Technically since it is midnight, it's day 71 but whatever. Just got back from my Kiawah vacation, and as much as I tried to run, the heat/humidity combo got me. Nine months away from the Midwest/South and my humidity tolerance is cupoot. The longest distance I ran straight was the first day in North Carolina (probably when I most hydrated the entire week as well) and that was only just over a mile. Then we ran in Kiawah between houses for about .75 miles. Then we ran this morning in Ohio for a total of just over a mile with breaks in between. So for the 1.5 that I was gone, I only ran about 3 miles. BLEH.

Plus, I ate crappy and didn't drink NEARLY enough water. I don't even think I'm going to weigh tomorrow--I'll just give it a week to let things settle again...

Thursday, June 23, 2011

5K Training: Day 60

Ran another 2 miles this morning on the treadmill (27 minutes @ 4.5 mph). It wasn't as easy as Tuesday's run, but I did it none-the-less. Even though I won't be blogging here, I'm hoping to at least get a few runs in while I'm in South Carolina--no air & dry vs. humid but plenty of oxygen. We'll see how that turns out. Haha.

Official weight this morning was 203 lbs. We'll survey the damage when I return next week. Until then...Cheers!

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

5K Training: Day 59

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 13

Those planks are still killing me. You'd think with all the arm work that I've been doing with this video, my arms would be shrinking--but they ain't. And now my weight is fucking around 204/205. AAGGGHH.

Oh well, tomorrow I'm off to South Carolina for a week and I'll probably blow my diet anyways. Hah.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

5K Training: Day 58

Goal: Run 25-30 minutes.

Went to the gym and busted out 2.25 miles in 30 minutes. GO ME! For some reason, today felt GREAT so when I got to the 2 mile point (about 27 minutes), I wasn't exhausted and thought "might as well try for 30 minutes." I AM SO PUMPED. I am getting closer and closer to that 5K. I wonder if maybe the faster intervals this weekend with Kirsten helped me in this run. Might try that out for my longer runs since I'm obviously falling behind in distance on those. Just run/walk intervals totaling up to the long distance. Hmm... It's an idea.

Oh, and only TWO MORE DAYS until I leave for South Carolina. Not going to make my "under 200" goal, but I'm still kickin' ass.

Monday, June 20, 2011

5K Training: Day 57

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 12

Day 2 of Level 2. Not AS horrible as Day 1, but still couldn't go the whole way without a break. It's the last five minutes that kill. It's all in plank position, and I just can't hold up 200 lbs while twisting my legs and shit. Everything else I can suffer through, at least in the beginner efforts.

My legs. My arms. My shoulders. My back. OWWIE. I don't think I'm going to make my goal of under 200 lbs by June 23rd but I'll be close. If I had until the end of June, I'd totes be there though. :)

Sunday, June 19, 2011

5K Training: Day 56

Goal: Run 1.5 miles

Despite being quite hungover and tired after last night, I still got up and went for a run with Kirsten at Wash Park. Beautiful day. We did run/walk intervals which was nice because she definitely pushed me to run faster than my normal speed. We did one outside loop around the park, which is approx 2.6 miles.



I only timed the parts we ran, but I'm assuming in total, it took about 40 minutes. We ran for 26 minutes (7 min/7 min/5 min/7 min) which according to my pathetic pedometer, was 1.9 miles and in reality was probably closer to 2 miles. I don't know. All I know is that I need a shower and some lunch before I head back to the park to "work on my thesis" and lay in the grass. :]

Oh & P.S. clocked my official weight yesterday morning at 202.4lbs. WOOT!

Friday, June 17, 2011

5K Training: Day 54

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 11

aka first day of Level 2. HOLY DROPLETS OF SWEAT BATMAN. The first half wasn't too bad. Didn't need a break. I was feeling pretty cocky. Then the second half and I think I took three breaks. Everything is a plank. My arms/shoulders/back couldn't handle it. UGH.

Like I said on MFP, it will be easy to see progress throughout these next 10 workouts. Whew.

And not to jinx anything, but when I weighed myself this morning, there was moooooooovement. :D I'll wait until tomorrow to log anything official since I drank last night so some of it could be dehydration.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

5K Training: Day 53

Ran at the gym again. 4.5 mph. Two miles in a little less than 27 minutes (about 26:50). WOO! And I didn't feel like COMPLETE death when I finished--I mean, just like, half death. I even ran THROUGH the 2 mile mark instead of completely just giving out at soon as the ticker switched. Haha. That's an improvement, right?

Oh, and I'm finally FINALLY FIIINNAAALLLYYY almost back to the weight I was before I left for the wedding. Three weeks later. But that means the scale is moving even though the Shark just bit this morning. Thank you.

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

5K Training: Day 52

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 10

OH SHIT. Last day of Level 1. I'm a little, and by a little I mean A WHOLE LOT, concerned, about moving to Level 2. I've heard people say its a huge leap in challenge level. Merrrrr.

On other depressing news, I'm still not losing weight like I was before, although now I'm stuck at 206.6 instead of 207.4--better? UGH.

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

5K Training: Day 51

25 minutes on the treadmill at 4.5 mph ~ 1.87 miles

I'm impressed with this run since I was out last night until 12:30am and consumed 1 tequila shot, 1 margarita, 1 glass of white wine and 1 glad of red wine. I didn't feel too great when I woke up at 7:30, but I drank a glass of water, laid in bed another 1/2 hour, and then went to the gym. Go me.

And I guess I definitely upped my calorie intake yesterday. Haha. Let's see if that moves the scale any!

Monday, June 13, 2011

5K Training: Day 50

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 9

I'm seriously starting to get pissed off at the fact that I am still sitting at 207.4 lbs after three weeks of eating within my calorie limit each day, working out six days a week and trying to cut back on salt/dairy/soda/EVERY FOOD IN THE GODDAMN WORLD. I don't know what to do.

I guess I could try eating more calories each day but that just scares me. I thought my mini-goal of under 200 lbs by the end of June was a wimp goal since I only needed to lose 4 lbs in four weeks but FUCK ME ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AT THIS RATE.

UGH. Shark week.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

5K Training: Day 49

Seven weeks complete. And even though I'm a little behind schedule, I think I'm doing okay. I feel like I am pushing myself hard, but not too hard, it that makes sense.

Went to the gym and ran for 25 minutes at 4.5mph which was approximately 1.85 miles. Then walked for five minutes to add another 0.27 miles. It started rough because my legs were a little stiff from yesterday's hike, but by the end, it felt normal--tired and out of breath, pushing to make it to 25 minutes. Hah.

Still no movement on the scale (UGHHHHHHH) but I'm blaming this weeks's stagnant number on the fact that it's almost Shark Week and my body is probably bloated. Hopefully. I REALLY JUST WANT TO BE OUT OF THE 200s! (I say that as I'm about to go eat brunch with my girlfriends. Oops.)

Time to shower!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

5K Training: Day 48

I know, I know: It's my day of rest, but I went on a hike today! Thank goodness we went early because it was gorgeous--but now it's dark and raining.

~4.5 miles in 1.5 hours. MFP = 900+ calories while DB says 800+. I can't imagine it's really that many but I'll pretend like it is for now! :)

Can't wait to go hiking more!

Friday, June 10, 2011

5K Training: Day 47

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 8

Legs were a little sore from yesterday's run when I started doing the workout, but I pushed through. I have a bad feeling that Level 2 is going to KILL me. I also need to figure out what's going on with my diet. I have been barely going over 1200 net calories everyday and I'm still fluctuating between 207 and 205 lbs. It's so frustrating.

But on a good note, I haven't had a "cheat day" (like my Sundays used to be) in a couple weeks. :) NSV?

Thursday, June 9, 2011

5K Training: Day 46

Well, after Tuesday's disaster run (and after effects), today went much better. Though, as soon as I walked into the gym, I asked where the restroom was, just in case. Haha. Then I set the treadmill to 4.5 mph (about a 13 minute and 20 second pace) and went.

And went and went and went. 2 MILES BABY. I am so unbelievably impressed with myself right now, even though it took me 27 minutes. (It was slightly demoralizing when I saw a girl WALKING 4.4mph as I was stretching...but screw her!) Now I know it's not going to be easy to do it again (I remember the first time I ran a whole mile...), but now I KNOW I can so that will help push me along. Only one more mile to conquer before I have reached my 5K goal. YAY!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

5K Training: Day 45

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 7

I actually did the WHOLE workout without stopping for a breath AT ALL. FUCK YEAH. No time to type. I need to shower and get ready to go intern. Woot!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

5K Training: Day 44

Today has already started out awful. I don't think you'd believe me, or even want to hear about, what has happened in the two hours I've been awake. UGH. I was supposed to run 25-30 minutes, but unfortunately I only got to about 18 minutes before disaster hit.

1.32 miles in 18 minutes. Back to my old, slow pace. I have my internship today, so let's hope that things get better, WAAAY better from here on out.

Monday, June 6, 2011

5K Training: Day 43

Jillian Micheals 30DS, Day 6. Still kicking my ass, but I guess it's never supposed to be easy. I'm just hoping to be able to do the whole workout without stopping for a break. (Don't worry, Jillian, my break is no longer than five seconds.) Only four more workouts until I move up to Level 2. Eek!

Also, I weighed myself this morning and I'm back to normal range. It said 205.4 (I think) which is only 0.6 lbs over what it was when I left for the wedding. It took a while to work off that water weight or whatever you want to call it. Though it's nice to have the MFP community to help me through it because if I would have come back from the weekend to see a 10 lbs gain, I would have flipped a shit and pigged out in frustration thinking it really was a weight gain instead of a temporary one. :)

One last thing, my friend wants me to sign up for a 4 mile run on July 17th. I was just starting to think I could do a 3 miler, but 4 miles freaks me out. I may need to crank up the training soon...

Sunday, June 5, 2011

5K Training: Day 42


I was supposed to run 1 mile today, but since I missed last week's 2 mile Sunday run, I thought I would try to go farther than 1 mile. I had hoped to run 2 miles, buuuuut that didn't happen. Oh well.

1.58 miles around Wash Park in 20 minutes and 34 seconds. That is straight up a 13 minute mile I was cruising at. WHAT. No wonder I couldn't push myself to to 2 miles; I was booking it (in my standards anyways). Oh well, it was nice to switch up the paths and get outside in the warm weather. :)

Friday, June 3, 2011

5K Training: Day 40

Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 5

Not much to say today. It's getting really hot outside and not having air conditioning makes it quite miserable to work out in my apartment. Crank up the "air cooler" and call it a "hot" workout.

& I'm still trying to get off those "water weight" pounds from the weekend. I still don't believe that I could have gained weight, so it has to go away sometime. At least it's at a more manageable amount now--from 10 lbs to 4 lbs.

Cheers!

Thursday, June 2, 2011

5K Training: Day 39

Ran 24 minutes and 14 seconds today. Still only 4 loops around the park (1.76 miles). And even though it was gorgeous outside, it was not a very good run. In the middle of the second lap, my legs just felt tired and unmotivated. Regardless, I pushed on and completed my time.

And now there's a giant ass moth living in my car. Luckily, I don't have to do much driving in these next few days so I'm hoping the heat and suffocation will kill it. PLEASE.

Oh, and my film screening is tonight! YAY.

PS-Notice the new ticker on the top of the page? Yep. New summer goal: 100 miles by September. Only 98 more to go!

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

5K Training: Day 38

I'm sorry, is it REALLY June already? Holy crap. After my film screening tomorrow night, I am officially done with my first year of graduate school! Woot woot. Although, I'll be filming my thesis all summer...but that's besides the point.

Anyways, Jillian Michaels 30DS, Day 4. She keeps telling me that I should be feeling a major change in endurance by day 5/6/7 but I'm still dying after each exercise and I still can't make my anterior raises go past my shoulders. Grrr. Perhaps it's because I'm not doing it everyday, only as cross-training. Oh well.

I'm also struggling with this water weight that's sticking around after this weekend. Apparently I'm like 8 lbs over what I was on Friday--which can't possible be right. I think I might try Jillian's 7 day cleanse drink to get rid of it.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

5K Training: Day 37

4 loops at Vet Park (1.76 mi) in 24 minutes and 10 seconds. I wanted to run the full 25 minutes, but as I was coming around the last part of the loop, I didn't think I was going to make it under 25 so I "sprinted." Alas, I "sprinted" too fast and clocked in around 24 minutes. Oh well.

I'm a little worried I may have blown my weight loss this weekend. I didn't think I ate TOO bad. I ate pretty healthy, and when I did eat junk, it was in moderation, but when I hopped on the scale yesterday, it was waaaaaaay more than what I weighed on Friday. :/ And now, of course, I have Grandma's cookies and four giant muffins in my fridge. UGH.

Monday, May 30, 2011

5K Training: Day 36

Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred, Day 3

So I didn't end up running on Sunday at all since I had to get up early and drive back to Akron to catch my flight. Honestly, I danced my little heart out on Saturday night so I call it even exercise-wise. Plus, I think I wasn't ready for 2 miles just yet. I'll just try to run the whole 25 minutes on Tuesday and Thursday this week, which will get me 1.75 miles. Then, depending how it goes/what I'm feeling, perhaps I'll try the 2 mile run on Sunday instead of the 1 mile.

We'll see.

Friday, May 27, 2011

5K Training: Day 33

XT: Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, Day 2

WHEW. Arms. Who needs arms? Not me!

I woke up at 6AM this morning for some stupid reason, but I decided to weigh myself before I left today. 104.8 lbs. Another 1.2 lbs gone --> 3 lbs lost total in less than two weeks. HEY YEAH.

But not a lot of time for typing. I need to shower and pack and gooooooo. I might blog again on Sunday, depending on when I get back and whether or not I got my run in.

Cheers for now!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Aussie Football

Or Footy as they called it when I arrived. Remember how I told you about that woman, Tracey, who came up to me after my run on Sunday? Well, I went to one of their informal practices today, and it was pretty fun. I originally thought it was like Rugby, but it's not. They didn't really explain the rules too much, just showed me how to handball and kick. I'm not great at either of those things, but I'm not bad either. Plus, they were all impressed with my ball-catching skills. ;)

They seem like great people, and they were all really helpful and kind. I might go back again for their next practice. Unfortunately, I can't go Sunday because I'll be our of town, but Tracey put me on the email list so I'll find one I can attend.

Plus, it was gorgeous outside and it was great to be in the park with everyone else. Colorado is so active. Hah.

5K Training: Day 32

Run 20-25 minutes.

Finally it was nice enough to go run outside ( I think I do better when I'm running outside than stuck on a treadmill) so I went to Vet Park. I did four laps, which is about 1.76 miles in 24 minutes and 19 seconds. Definitely not fast, but "YAY ME!!" for running almost 2 miles and almost 25 minutes. :]

Then I walked one lap (0.44 miles) in 8 minutes to cool down.

DB = 350 total cals (302 for run/48 for walk), Pedometer says 189 for the run, MFP = 351 total (310 for run/41 for walk).

My arms are LEAD WEIGHTS today after Jillian's workout. I'm not sure if I'll be able to weigh in this weekend since I'll be gone for the wedding. PLUS, I don't know how my workout will work out (no pun intended) since I'll be traveling on Sunday. We'll see.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

5K Training: Day 31

XT--Or as I'm now referring to it, 30 Day Shred: Day 1

WHEW! Jillian, you kill me. You kept yelling "No breaks!" at me, but I had to take a few. I think a big problem was that my weights are 8lbs and yours looked to be about 5lbs, maybe.

Unfortunately, it's only a 20 minute workout. DB = 159, MFP = 249 but I'm not sure how to log this stuff. All I know is that I'm POOPED. My arms feel like jello.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

5K Training: Day 30

30 days already?? Hot dog. Well, once again Denver is pretending it's Seattle and the weather is terrible. I looked like a goofball walking over to the gym in my running capris, rainbow rain-boots and a big white DePauw sweatshirt with the hood up. What a G.

Today was supposed to be a 20-25 minute run. It was still a struggle to get to 20 minutes so I'm not sure when I should push myself to hit 25. Maybe next week...

20 minutes, 4.5 mph (treadmill = 170, DB = 252, pedometer = 160, MFP = 258)
10 minutes, 3.0/3.5 mph

3 sets of 10 push-ups. Every time I do push-ups, I distinctly remember that scene from "Pete & Pete" (am I dating myself here?) where young Pete watches his elderly neighbor woman water her plants and her arm fat jiggles in slow motion. THAT CANT BE ME!

Monday, May 23, 2011

5K Training: Day 29

Needless to say since the new Gaga album came out last night--I jammed to that while I worked out today. LOVE IT.

45 minutes on stationary bike (bike = 220, DB = 612, MFP = 491)

2 sets of 15 tricep extensions (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 dumbbell rows (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 dumbbell curls (10 lbs)

2 sets of 15 kettlebell swings (8kg)
2 sets of 30 catwalk pins

2 sets of 30 crunches
100 oblique crunches

Sunday, May 22, 2011

5K Training: Day 28

YAY TODAY I GOT TO RUN OUTSIDE! It finally wasn't rainy or cold or gross, so I drove to Vet Park and ran my mile there. 2.5 loops/13:09 minutes & then I walked another 1.5 loops/13 minutes to get close to a half hour workout. And several good things resulted from that:

1. Hot rugby dudes playing in the middle of the circle I run. I may have shaved 30 seconds off my mile time. Motivation!

2. As I was stretching, this woman came over to me and asked if I had ever played field sports before; now while I DID play powderpuff in highschool, it was only two games so I don't really count. Apparently she plays on a woman's football league and had seen me running while they were practicing and wanted to know if I wanted to join their team! WHAT. I felt like a college recruiter had just offered me a scholarship aka I FELT BOSS. I gave her my email and am seriously thinking about doing it--it would probably be lots of fun!

Plus, as you can see from my little MFP bug, I lost 1.8 lbs this week. :] I officially cancelled my WW acct today, so it ends June 17th. Oh, and it's the last week of classes HALLELUJAH!

Friday, May 20, 2011

5K Training: Day 26

XT day: 44 minutes on stationary bike (DailyBurn = 254; actual bike = 218; MFP = 484)

2 sets of 15 dumbbell curls (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 tricep extensions (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 dumbbell rows (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 bench press (2 10 lbs)

2 sets of 30 crunches
100 oblique crunches

2 sets of 30 catwalk pins
2 sets of 15 kettlebell swings (8kg)

I was sweating like a hog today in the gym; I even had that dark ring around the neck. Whew! A good workout before my day off tomorrow. I think I'm going to log 300 calories for the cardio--roughly below average for the three.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

5K Training: Day 25

Today was an UGLY running day. Again, I was inside because of the rain/cold weather. Really, Colorado--what ARE you doing here? But I don't blame the treadmill for this one. I blame Mother Nature's monthly gift. It was awful. I was feeling ambitious again so I started running 5 mph. I only made it to about 8 minutes before I HAD to reduce down to 4.3 mph. Then I finished out the 15 minute run. Then I walked for four minutes (3.3 mph) and then ran another five minutes at 4.5 mph. And then walked another five minutes for a total of 30 minutes of cardio.

That was just BAD. Let's hope Sunday's run is better than that. Oh, and then I did 3 sets of 10 push-ups. PUSH-UPS ARE THE DEVIL. :)

Also, here are the calorie totals for this workout supplied by several sources:
Pedometer: 172 calories
Treadmill: 228 calories
DailyBurn: 254 calories
MyFitnessPal: 251 calories

That's not too bad. Usually the spread is a couple hundred calories. I'll just stick to logging the MFP one then. Cheers!

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Look How Far I've Come...

And how far I still have to go.

Since I'm pretty sure I'm going to be cancelling my Weight Watchers plan in the next week, I wanted to have a picture of the progress I made along the way. I lost 26 lbs in 11 months, which is not very good. Granted, there were several times when I was off the diet for weeks at a time, and taking that into consideration, I averaged about 0.5 lb a week.

But now I'm ready to take thing seriously. I turned down McDonald's fries today--I never thought that was possible. Usually, it's like "well, just one!" but I didn't. Go me.

5K Training: Day 24

30 minutes on stationary bike

2 sets of 15 dumbbell curls (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 dumbbell rows, each arm (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 tricep extensions (10 lbs)
2 sets of 15 bench press (10 lbs)

2 sets of 30 catwalk pins
2 sets of 15 kettlebell swings (4kg)

2 sets of 30 crunches
1 set of 100 oblique crunches

I'm still struggling with which amount of calories is burned. The machine says one thing, i.e. 189 calories, but when I plug it into MyFitnessPal, it says 330 calories. That's a big difference! Usually, I just add a little more to the machine's total. I'd rather allow myself less than more.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

5K Training: Day 23

OH LAWDY. Two friends from college came to visit me last night, so this morning before they left, we went and had breakfast at Subway. I've never been much of a morning eater, so my breakfasts normally consist of a cup of cereal and Silk. I thought I was going to implode after eating that Egg White & Cheese Flatbread (though it was REALLY good).

After they left, I wallowed on the couch for an hour before I decided I could complete my run without vomiting all over the gym. And being the glutton for punishment that I am, I decided today was a good day to amp up my speed to 5 mph. HAH.

Regardless, I completed the 15 minute run, going a little over 1.25 miles. Then I did 25 push-ups for the hell of it. I think I felt bad for eating that big of a breakfast.

Also, after one day of being on MyFitnessPal, I think I already like it better than WW. Their database is bigger, I can track whatever nutritional values I deem necessary, and I don't have to worry about stupid points and flex points and activity points--ITS JUST FOOD. I'll probably give it til the end of the week and then decide if I want to cancel.

Monday, May 16, 2011

5K Training: Day 22

XT day:
30 minutes on stationary bike, level 5
2 x 15 reps dumbbell curls (10 lbs)
2 x 15 reps dumbbell rows (10 lbs)
2 x 15 reps tricep overhead extensions (10 lbs)
2 x 15 reps bench press (10 lbs)
2 x 20 reps of catwalk pins
2 x 15 reps kettleball swings (8 kg!)
2 x 25 reps crunches
50 reps of cross-body (oblique) crunches

I have a feeling my legs are going to HATE me tomorrow. But they're fat so they deserve to be in pain. SEPARATE THUNDER THIGHS! :) I also made a MyFitnessPal acct, because once again, I'm looking for a way to NOT have to pay for WeightWatchers every month. Bitch is poor! We'll see how it goes.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

5K Training: Day 21

THREE WEEKS COMPLETE. Hot damn. I never thought I would be running more than a mile at a time. I remember when I first started running--it was a struggle for me to run for 5 minutes. And now I run for 20 minutes, probably feeling better than I did when I finished 5 huffing and puffing.

Today was the long run: 1.5 miles. Considering Wednesday when I ran for 20 minutes, I ran 1.48 miles, I figured it would take me about the same. I upped the speed just a little bit, to 4.5 mph, and finished 1.5 miles in almost 20 minutes exactly. Unfortunately, I was stuck inside on the treadmill again since its been raining for three days straight, but it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Plus, I got a few stray glances from a ginger. HEYO.

I need to figure out what I'm going to do when Arock & Drew are here on Tuesday morning: should I run the full 20 minutes or do sprints? Either way, I'm probably going to have to get up early to do them. Bleh.

Friday, May 13, 2011

5K Training: Day 19

Another XT or walk day. I decided to switch it up a bit by biking for 30 minutes instead of walking. I took it real easy though. Then I did the usual but I added 30 reps of bench pressing 10 lbs. I thought I did too much tricep work on Wednesday, so I took out the tricep extensions on the bench and replaced with bench pressing.

I'm also starting to get pissed off at my weight loss. I don't eat fast food hardly ever (maybe once a month), I work out at varying levels 6 days a week, and I stick to my daily point allowances almost every day...yet I haven't lost weight in months. I was okay with it at first, chalking it up to different reasons everytime; but now I've been following some people's weight loss blogs, and they are losing TONS of weight by simply not eating fast food and working out 3 times a week. HOW IS THAT FAIR!?

Eff.

Thursday, May 12, 2011

5K Training: Day 18

Well, the weather didn't improve, so I was seriously dreading today's run. When I used to run inside during the Winter, I got bored after like five minutes, which meant that 20 was going to be a bitch. Luckily, there was something on the television that caught my interest (making legislature to keep people in the Peace Corps from getting raped and then blamed for it). Also, I noticed when you're not about to die from lack of breath, it's easier to keep yourself entertained while running inside. Just another plus of training.

Anyways, I ran for 20 minutes (4.4/4.3mph) on the treadmill, which told me it was ~1.48 miles. Oddly enough, my pedometer almost agrees: 1.47 miles. Either way, this is the longest I've run and I feel BALLER to have completed a mile and a half without feeling like death at the end. Even though I do run pretty flipping slow... I was doing the math in my head; when I run 3 miles, it's going to take me 40 minutes. UGH.

But that's a worry for a later date. :)

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

5K Training: Day 17

Today is a gross day. It went from being 80s and sunny, to 40s and rainy. Thank goodness today is one of the days where I go to the gym. Tomorrow isn't supposed to be much better, but hopefully it will clear up so I don't have to run on the treadmill...

Anyways, I walked one mile (~17 minutes and 15 seconds) at 3.5mph and 1 incline. Then I did lots of arms because I noticed I have old woman flab and I'm not okay with that. Tank top weather is soon approaching and I would like my arms NOT to jiggle when I move. I did 30 curls, 30 extensions, 30 rows, and 30 extensions in the row position (okay, so I don't know what they're called....). Then 30 kettleball swings, 50 crunches, and 50 cross-body crunches. There was a man next to me doing kettleball swings at the same time, only his kettleball could have crushed mine to pieces. Oh well.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

5K Training: Day 16

Well I survived. It's amazing how much of a process running actually is. You have to build up the muscle in your legs so that you can run farther distances, but you also have to build up your lungs to allow you to BREATHE while you run farther. But it's not just a give and take between those two things; it's also a mental process of telling yourself that you CAN run that far. Seriously, it's a lot of work to push yourself while running.

Today I ran for 18 minutes and 2 seconds. I had been running a fairly consistent time of 6 minutes per loop, so as I approached the end of the third loop I realized I was not going to make it under 18 minutes. Therefore, I broke out in a dead sprint and just barely went over. It was close.

Pedometer says 1.28 miles. 3 loops times 0.44 miles = 1.32 miles. Either way, it's the farthest I've run continuously. Woot!

Monday, May 9, 2011

5K Training: Day 15

Ah, the start of Week 3.

Walked for 20 minutes (1 incline, 3.5 mph)
30 reps of tricep
30 reps of curls
50 crunches
50 cross-body crunches
30 reps of 4kg kettleball swings

My legs STILL hurt from the kettleball swings on Friday, so i figured I should just keep going at this point. Tomorrow marks the first time I try to run more than 15 minutes. WISH ME LUCK.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

5K Training: Day 14

WHEW. I can't believe how wonderfully amazing it is outside right now. When I checked the weather at 9:30, it was already 70+ degrees and sunny. Although I'll admit, it was a little deceiving, haha. As you know, today was the "mile" run so I mapped a loop that took me down to Asbury and then back up to Buchtel (~1.02 according to MapMyRun). I would say after running up the hill to Buchtel, I noticed that the wind had stopped and I was sweating bullets. So while it was nice to start, after a while 75 degrees can be a little HOT to run in. Oh well, I'm not complaining. I'd rather be hot that freezing cold, right?

Anyways, my "mile" took me 13 minutes and 47 seconds. Again, I'm not sure who to believe, the website or my watch. Pedometer marked it as 0.99 mile. DAMN THE INCONSISTENCY.

Oh, & I still didn't lose or gain any weight. This is getting ridiculous. I think my scale is faulty--but it also could be my sore legs. I think when muscles are sore, they are heavier. I also think I just made that up, but it sounds logical to me.

Friday, May 6, 2011

5K Training: Day 12

25 minutes of walking (3.5 mph/1 incline).
30 reps of dumbbell curls
30 reps of tricep extensions
50 crunches
50 cross-body crunches
AND I SPICED THINGS UP A BIT: 50 reps of kettle ball swings using the 4kg. Probably wasn't a very good idea since I can already feel the inside of the thighs getting sore, but tomorrow is my rest day so they can recuperate then.

TODAY IS BOOT SHOPPING DAY! In a few hours, I will officially own a pair of cowboy boots & be a Colorado-an. :]

Thursday, May 5, 2011

5K Training: Day 11

This is starting to get really repetitive because nothing new is happening with my runs. YET. After this week, I'm sure there will be a lot more complaining because next week I push past 15 minutes AND the long weekend run is 1.5 miles. YEAH-FREAKING-RIGHT. Let's hope I feel more confident after running 20 minutes, or if I can...

Anyways, ran another 15 minutes at Veteran's Park. I've started to doubt my pedometer's trustworthiness again. Usually, it's about 0.07 miles off so I just add that to the total at the end of my run, which is what I've been doing for my Vet Park runs; the watch would say 1.06, so I would make it 1.13 but now I'm wondering if the watch's distance was accurate. One loop is 0.44 miles. I run about 2.5 loops, which WOULD make it about 1.06. TRACKING DISTANCE IS SO CONFUSING. Ugh.

Anyways, I take back all my estimated distances from my previous runs and substitute 1.06/1.07 miles in their place. Damn.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

5K Training: Day 10

WALKING DAY: 30 minutes on the treadmill (1 incline/3.5 mph) and then 50 crunches, 50 cross-crunches, 30 reps of tricep extensions, and 30 reps of dumbbell curls. I forewent the legs today since I got to walk a little longer than normal.

Last night, I talked to Kirsten (the one who just ran the marathon) about how to process with the timed runs coming up next week and what's the best way to jump five minutes. Her advice was basically not to stick so strictly to this training plan like it was for a grade; if I felt like shit one day, only run 17 minutes. If I get to 17 minutes one day and feel great, keep going. She also suggested that some of my run days could be used to speed train instead of distance, like if I just felt like walking to the gym and running instead of going to the park. In that sense, I would run for a short amount of time, like a minute, a lot faster than I normally run, then walk for a few minutes, then do it again. Run five sets of fast minutes or something, which could be useful.

May the 4th be with you. (hah, Star Wars humor....)

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

5K Training: Day 9

Now we're into week 2 where the daily run goals are just 15 minutes, which is pretty easy considering that's what I ran all last week. Ha. Again, Veteran's Park, 2.5 loops for about 1.13 miles. Today was a beautiful day for a run. It was 60 degrees and sunny, with a nice cool breeze. Uh, Colorado, you're amazing.

I was thinking about what I'll do next week with my runs since they are supposed to be 15-20 minutes. I'm not sure I can just up my running time by 5 minutes, so I might run like 16 minutes on Tues and then 18 minutes on Thursday, so then the week AFTER that (God, I'm thinking way too far ahead...) I should be able to run 20 minutes, theoretically. Anyways, just thinking aloud I suppose. If you have suggestions, lemme know!

Monday, May 2, 2011

5K Training: Day 8

Well first of all, congratulations for Kirsten for completing her first marathon in four hours. I love watching the finish line for races, not because it motivates me to run, but because these people have accomplished something amazing, and I enjoy being part of the crowd that cheers them through the end.

As for me, I'm accomplishing less amazing things. Today was a walk/XT day, and since I was running a little behind this morning, I only walked for a mile (17:08 minutes, 3.5/3.6 mph/1 incline) on the treadmill of death. The belt kept getting stuck so it would slow down, then speed up. Eff that. Then I did my normal curls/extensions (30 reps), 50 crunches, 50 cross-crunches, and dumbbell squats (2 sets of 15).

I was a little peeved when I didn't lose any weight last week, but I'm blaming my new training schedule--more working out than usual so my muscles might be big and sore. Hopefully next week will be back to normal.

Sunday, May 1, 2011

5K Training: Day 7

Since yesterday was my rest day, today is technically day 7. The goal today was to run a mile, which was pretty simple except for the fact that we're heading up to Fort Collins today to watch Kirsten run here marathon. Basically, I got up at 6:40am, didn't eat breakfast or drink coffee, ran a mile up and down University, came back and minimally stretched my legs, hopped in the shower, and here I am with 8 minutes to spare until Emily & Heather show up. WHEW. I'm still sweating; I'm not sure if that's still from the run or the hot shower or the rush.

Anyways, today's mile took me 13:02 to complete, which is a little faster than normal for me, but I did have to sprint through some crosswalks with a few seconds left. Regardless, I'm ready to go cheer her on & eat bagels. Mmm. (How lame do I sound running 1 mile at 7am while she started running 26.2 at 6:15am?? BUCK UP NOLL.)

"Run, Bitch, Run."