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!

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.

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.

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. :)

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!

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!

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?

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!

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!

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.

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...

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. :)

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!

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!

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.