Not only did I do today, it was EASY. It would've been even easier if my whole body didn't hurt (thanks Jillian Michaels!). It was so easy I decided to test myself!
I skipped the cooldown and kept running. I ran for a total of 14 and a half minutes! My pace was 15 mins/mile! I'm so proud of myself, and I know now that this program will not defeat me! I will prevail!
I will conquer the 20 minute jog this Friday. And I never thought I'd be this confident about it -- hell, I wasn't until I completed a 15 minute jog today.
And I'm here to tell you that YOU CAN DO IT TOO.
You just have to make up your mind to do it.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Diving back in...
...and praying I don't burn out!
Yesterday I did W5D1 of the C25K program, hopefully for the LAST time! I've commited myself to pushing past my mental block and just DO Day 2 tomorrow. Rain or shine. Hot or cold. Exhausted or not.
Why would I be exhausted you ask? Well. I have decided to get super-dooper serious about the weight loss thing again, just in time for the holiday season.
This is probably the worst time of the year to attempt weight loss but I like a challenge! If my will-power can survive Thanksgiving, it can survive anything.
I started up a weight loss journal yesterday and I'm looking forward to tracking my workouts, my pitfalls (fingers crossed that there are a minimal amount of these!), and progress.
I put my ultimate goal for myself at the top of the first page: "I aim to lose atleast thirty pounds before my 21st birthday. I want to look great for my trip to California in March and Saqra's Showcase in April. I want to reach my goal weight of 150 pounds before my trip to Las Vegas in July for the Wiggles of the West competition. More than I want my body back, I want my health back!"
Under my goal I wrote out 8 Mini-Goals to strive for each day. I want to change my habits and mold for myself a healthier lifestyle.
Four Exercise Mini-Goals:
#1: Get moving! Do cardio, even a small amount, everyday. (Atleast 15 mins, preferably 30).
#2: Finish C25K program, one day at a time, and continue jogging.
#3: Strentgh training! 5 times per week. Choose from magazine workouts or Exercise TV.
#4: Stretch regularly and don't skip it! No injuries on this journey, okay?
Four Nutrition Mini-Goals:
#1: Cut out soda - limit to less than 32 ounces per week. (This allows for two glasses on Saturday Date Night plus the odd drink.) Choose the diet option, or, even better, get water.
#2: Cut out fast food. Avoid even going there if possible. If not, choose two small items.
#3: Limit refined sugars, high fructose corn syrup, anything with ridiculously high sodium etc. Stick with whole foods whenever possible, more naked fruits and vegetables, 100% whole grains, and lean meats.
#4: Create a calorie defecit - aim to burn what you consume each day. This is the one and only way to healthfully lose fat.
I'm striving to get this under control. I know nothing will change until I work for it, and I'm ready to work for it. Since I started this blog back in January I've actually gained weight, creeping upwards toward 200 pounds and that scares me. I don't want to weigh as much as I did at the end of my pregnany over a year ago - I want to feel good and look good and settle back down into my healthy weight.
No quick fixes. The sweat and sore muscles will become my best friend, as will Jillian Michaels on Exercise TV.
(Regarding Jillian Michaels -- OH. MY. GOD. Her 30 Day Shred Level One kicked my butt today! My arms and hands are shaking as I type this and I'm not sure if I can stand yet!)
I also did a slow-paced arms workout from an issue of Cosmo. I love having a lot of options to choose from - I don't want to get bored doing one thing over and over, but I will continue doing the 30 Day Shred... I think I have a girl-crush on that woman! :D
Anyway, more tomorrow after I run 8 minutes twice. Ack! It's tough but I can do it!!!!
Yesterday I did W5D1 of the C25K program, hopefully for the LAST time! I've commited myself to pushing past my mental block and just DO Day 2 tomorrow. Rain or shine. Hot or cold. Exhausted or not.
Why would I be exhausted you ask? Well. I have decided to get super-dooper serious about the weight loss thing again, just in time for the holiday season.
This is probably the worst time of the year to attempt weight loss but I like a challenge! If my will-power can survive Thanksgiving, it can survive anything.
I started up a weight loss journal yesterday and I'm looking forward to tracking my workouts, my pitfalls (fingers crossed that there are a minimal amount of these!), and progress.
I put my ultimate goal for myself at the top of the first page: "I aim to lose atleast thirty pounds before my 21st birthday. I want to look great for my trip to California in March and Saqra's Showcase in April. I want to reach my goal weight of 150 pounds before my trip to Las Vegas in July for the Wiggles of the West competition. More than I want my body back, I want my health back!"
Under my goal I wrote out 8 Mini-Goals to strive for each day. I want to change my habits and mold for myself a healthier lifestyle.
Four Exercise Mini-Goals:
#1: Get moving! Do cardio, even a small amount, everyday. (Atleast 15 mins, preferably 30).
#2: Finish C25K program, one day at a time, and continue jogging.
#3: Strentgh training! 5 times per week. Choose from magazine workouts or Exercise TV.
#4: Stretch regularly and don't skip it! No injuries on this journey, okay?
Four Nutrition Mini-Goals:
#1: Cut out soda - limit to less than 32 ounces per week. (This allows for two glasses on Saturday Date Night plus the odd drink.) Choose the diet option, or, even better, get water.
#2: Cut out fast food. Avoid even going there if possible. If not, choose two small items.
#3: Limit refined sugars, high fructose corn syrup, anything with ridiculously high sodium etc. Stick with whole foods whenever possible, more naked fruits and vegetables, 100% whole grains, and lean meats.
#4: Create a calorie defecit - aim to burn what you consume each day. This is the one and only way to healthfully lose fat.
I'm striving to get this under control. I know nothing will change until I work for it, and I'm ready to work for it. Since I started this blog back in January I've actually gained weight, creeping upwards toward 200 pounds and that scares me. I don't want to weigh as much as I did at the end of my pregnany over a year ago - I want to feel good and look good and settle back down into my healthy weight.
No quick fixes. The sweat and sore muscles will become my best friend, as will Jillian Michaels on Exercise TV.
(Regarding Jillian Michaels -- OH. MY. GOD. Her 30 Day Shred Level One kicked my butt today! My arms and hands are shaking as I type this and I'm not sure if I can stand yet!)
I also did a slow-paced arms workout from an issue of Cosmo. I love having a lot of options to choose from - I don't want to get bored doing one thing over and over, but I will continue doing the 30 Day Shred... I think I have a girl-crush on that woman! :D
Anyway, more tomorrow after I run 8 minutes twice. Ack! It's tough but I can do it!!!!
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Don't we all wish for quick fixes???
I know it took more than a year for me to gain this weight... and another year to maintain what I gained.
I know it'll take real dedication and a lot of time to get back to where I want to be, but instead of getting to work, getting off my butt, moving more, choosing better meals, keeping track of calories and making sure I end each day in a deficit, I fantasize about there being a way to just magically take care of it.
Like pills, and creams, and medical procedures, two hours of cardio and nothing but carrot sticks and diet pepsi for three weeks.
Get to my goal weight fast and go back to maintenance only. No more worries, just satisfaction.
Yeah, I wish.
I'll be jumping back into C25K on Monday, week 5 day 1 again on Monday (I feel I need one more day to master it!), day 2 on Wednesday and (EEK!) day 3 on Friday.
I have, for the past three or four weeks, been avoiding the Mini-Mart on the way to the studio, which cuts out atleast four sodas per week.
But I have been drinking tea nearly everyday and I put so much sugar in it I don't even want to think of the calorie count!
No wonder the scale at the studio has me at 190. :(
I should see if Korin will let me check my weight on her Wii Fit. It's been atleast two months since I weighed myself over there... At the same time, however, do I really want to know exactly what kind of damage I've done to myself?
When I think of losing the weight, I get excited and jumpy. I think of fitting back into my old jeans, running more easily due to less body mass, looking better in pictures, having more energy to chase my 14 month old around...etc.
But I need something I will stick to. Winter is fast approaching so I'd like to complete C25K before major rain, hail and sleet hit daily. I have a treadmill available to use but I'm wary about using it... I like doing strength exercises but have trouble commiting myself to doing them regularly. I'd love to join a gym, but don't want the financial burden right now, nor am I sure I would use it enough for the money to not go to waste.
I know I'm held back a lot due to caring for Jamison. He's an energy drainer, he now only takes one nap per day and it's getting colder out so that means less time running around outside. I could continue to travel to the studio even on days I don't have to in order to get specific workouts in but I don't know.
Ugh. A quick fix would be SO nice! Three wishes from a magical genie, a prayer circle to shrink my ass, eat all I want, lay around the house and still lose thirty pounds. POOF! Size 9 again!
:( Wishful thinking.
I know it'll take real dedication and a lot of time to get back to where I want to be, but instead of getting to work, getting off my butt, moving more, choosing better meals, keeping track of calories and making sure I end each day in a deficit, I fantasize about there being a way to just magically take care of it.
Like pills, and creams, and medical procedures, two hours of cardio and nothing but carrot sticks and diet pepsi for three weeks.
Get to my goal weight fast and go back to maintenance only. No more worries, just satisfaction.
Yeah, I wish.
I'll be jumping back into C25K on Monday, week 5 day 1 again on Monday (I feel I need one more day to master it!), day 2 on Wednesday and (EEK!) day 3 on Friday.
I have, for the past three or four weeks, been avoiding the Mini-Mart on the way to the studio, which cuts out atleast four sodas per week.
But I have been drinking tea nearly everyday and I put so much sugar in it I don't even want to think of the calorie count!
No wonder the scale at the studio has me at 190. :(
I should see if Korin will let me check my weight on her Wii Fit. It's been atleast two months since I weighed myself over there... At the same time, however, do I really want to know exactly what kind of damage I've done to myself?
When I think of losing the weight, I get excited and jumpy. I think of fitting back into my old jeans, running more easily due to less body mass, looking better in pictures, having more energy to chase my 14 month old around...etc.
But I need something I will stick to. Winter is fast approaching so I'd like to complete C25K before major rain, hail and sleet hit daily. I have a treadmill available to use but I'm wary about using it... I like doing strength exercises but have trouble commiting myself to doing them regularly. I'd love to join a gym, but don't want the financial burden right now, nor am I sure I would use it enough for the money to not go to waste.
I know I'm held back a lot due to caring for Jamison. He's an energy drainer, he now only takes one nap per day and it's getting colder out so that means less time running around outside. I could continue to travel to the studio even on days I don't have to in order to get specific workouts in but I don't know.
Ugh. A quick fix would be SO nice! Three wishes from a magical genie, a prayer circle to shrink my ass, eat all I want, lay around the house and still lose thirty pounds. POOF! Size 9 again!
:( Wishful thinking.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
C25K W5D1, Times Two.
On October 20, I ran Week 5 Day 1 of the Couch to 5k program. And the next day, my knee hurt so bad I couldn't walk without pain. I couldn't lower myself to the floor, walk down stairs (going up stairs was fine, oddly enough), nor kneel on my knee without a sharp stabbing pain going through the joint and up to my hip. If I put too much weight on that leg and tried to bend it it felt as though my knee cap was going to explode and my knee was going to split apart. I iced it all that weekend... avoided using it... I did the bare minimum at bellydance troupe that Sunday and I skipped nearly two weeks worth of running intervals.
Ugh.
Today, however, I decided my knee is well enough that I could get back out there. I redid Week 5 Day 1 today and I felt so great! It was rougher than the first time I did it, but not nearly as bad as I thought getting back out there was going to be.
I'm looking forward to Day 2, and even Day 3 of this week! Though, my days have been thrown off because I don't usually do Tuesdays, but I felt I couldn't wait another day to get back out there and run my heart out.
Unfortunately, when I got back home that pain in my knee started back up. Is it the new shoes? is it running for longer stretches at a time? Both? Why is it only my left knee? Is it weaker?
I'm icing my knee now just to head off any swelling and I'll look up any information I can about what I can do to prevent another injury keeping me from running.
More later.
Ugh.
Today, however, I decided my knee is well enough that I could get back out there. I redid Week 5 Day 1 today and I felt so great! It was rougher than the first time I did it, but not nearly as bad as I thought getting back out there was going to be.
I'm looking forward to Day 2, and even Day 3 of this week! Though, my days have been thrown off because I don't usually do Tuesdays, but I felt I couldn't wait another day to get back out there and run my heart out.
Unfortunately, when I got back home that pain in my knee started back up. Is it the new shoes? is it running for longer stretches at a time? Both? Why is it only my left knee? Is it weaker?
I'm icing my knee now just to head off any swelling and I'll look up any information I can about what I can do to prevent another injury keeping me from running.
More later.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)