Late Gym Yesterday, None Today

The girls had no school yesterday, and then Annika had her art class, so I was not able to get the the gym until after dinner. But I went - and did a hard workout on the elliptical.

Today I am not able to go due to other obligations. Work in classroom, Roofer here to fix missing shingles, (should be called ka-ching-gals, like the sound the cash register makes!!) and then the girls have their parent-teacher conferences tonight. Maybe I could go around 8pm. groan

Back from the Gym

I ran again today. 2.50 miles exactly - in 35 mins ... maybe a few seconds less I can't remember if I cut it off or not. Nope, I did not ... just remembered the treadmill counting down and turning off. The big news is I ran 2 sets of 3 mins! I also ran 2 or 3 of my 2 min sets at 5.5mph - up .3mph from normal. I felt a bit stronger last time; I felt too "spent" early on today. I want to push myself some, to go farther/longer each week, but I just felt tired today. Ehh, tomorrow I will not be able to work out. The girls have the day off of school and then Annika has Art Class and Lauren has Play Practice. Unless Bill comes home while Lauren is at play practice, I am stuck at home w/the kids all day.

Skipping the Gym Today

It is Halloween today, and I had to "work" at the Sub's Halloween party all afternoon, so I decided to skip working out today. Which means NO CANDY for me! I did manage to skip all the doughnuts at the party. Yea me! I was hungry too.

Funny story for the day: I love to weigh myself 1st thing in the morning, then go to the bathroom and see how much I lost. hehe. Well, today it was 4lbs! yea, my scale is not so reliable/consistent.

Day 2 of the Resumed Regime

Went to the gym again today. I ran on the treadmill today (using my replacement ipod - Blue Velvet - since I lost poor Purple Pal a month or so ago.) and I did pretty good. I ran for a total of 37 mins: Walked at my usual 3.5 for 5 mins as a warm-up, then ran at 5.2 for 3 mins (I could have gone longer; I was completely amazed that I was not very tired!) and walked for 1.5 mins, then ran for 2.5 mins, walked for 2, ran 2 etc. until the last 7ish minutes when I changed things up and ran at 6.5 for a minute, walked for 2 minutes, ran @6.5 for another minute, then walked the last 5 minutes on a 4.0 incline at 3.8.

I know I know, a lot of detail here ... but I feel the need to be accountable for my workout right now. As I'm inclined to blow them off! In total I ran 2.75ish miles today. Well, walked/ran combo. And all my 2 minute runs were fairly easy. I guess next week I'll have to up my run times to 2.5 mins, or 3 mins. Hmmmmmm

Grope, Grasp, Fumbling

I need to find that motivation I had last year. I was so strongly motivated to stay on tract with both my diet and exercise. I know I can run now. (I don't love it, but I love that I can do it) I just need to find that something and grab on to it again.

Grope

Grasp

Grapple

Flounder.

Line Drying Challenge

Remember my old friend, Crunch Chicken? Well she is hosting a month long Line Drying your laundry challenge! Since I'm all about line drying, (see this old post) but actually (said with a sheepish grin) have succumbed to the convenience of my new drier lately, I decided to jump on it - starting now!

My new washer will make drying faster, which is good since it the season of cool weather, rain and clouds here in MI now. Well, today is beautiful = smile! But not for long.

OK, I'm now off to hang up some laundry and then go for a run in the sunshine! Gotta enjoy it while it lasts; I do love fall.

Free Gym Trial

So, I have a free one-week membership to Snap Fitness. It is a total no-frills gym, but it is close to me and it has a month-to-month option if I want to join something until Trish re-joins the gym and we can once again meet up. (Trish, I miss you!!)

I am going to the gym at different times to see how the "crowd" is. HA! There are hardly any people in the gym. I have not gone at 7ish, which was when Powerhouse got busy, so I have yet to see a real busy time, but so far I have been either the only one there, or one of 2 people there.

My free week is up Wednesday. I'm going to try Anytime Fitness next. They are even closer to me than Snap Fitness. They are also a bigger gym and offer 24 hr access. I like that part. However they do not have a month-to-month option. Trish would have to sign up for this gym (there is one in Brighton) for us to meet up yet again. Or I'd have to find a new workout partner. hmmmmm