W1D2/3: I ran at 5.0 and 5.2 for my runs today - that is almost a full mile/hr faster than the first time. I will admit that by the end of my 20mins of intervals I am ready to quit, and my heart rate is up there, but the good thing is that it quickly comes back down, so my cardio system is really getting in shape. But the down side to that ... it means I have to work harder to get the heart rate up. ugggggg.
I think I am almost ready to try W2 now. I know I can do the first week, so it might be time to push on to W2. I peeked ahead, and W3 is looking really hard! It has a 3 min run in it. yea, not so sure about that!!
Well, doing good. Time to keep it up and keep going.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Pushing
Well I did it! I jumped right in and did W1D1 on the C25K program. (Anyone feel like that is too much alphabet soup?) Wednesday I met Trish up at at the gym and we did an awesome workout together. We both felt strong and really good about our run. No problems making it through the official workout.
So yesterday I decided to push myself a bit harder; I cranked up the speed of my running segment by .5mph. And I did it too! It was harder - I definitely pushed myself! But I did it. I have two more times to do the first week's workout, then I'm on to week two where I alternate running for 90 seconds and walking for 2 minutes. I really do not think that will be too hard. Pushing, yes, but doable.
Today I go off to work on the eliptical for awhile. Taking a break from the treadmill, I think. Maybe, we'll see. Technically I am only supposed to train for the 5k 3 times a week and take a break one day between. But that doesn't mean I should stop working out, I should just do different things.
Haven't weighed myself today, but I am getting close to the 25lb mark! wow - that is a lot of weight. I can finally see it now, too. Makes it all feel good. OK, off to the gym now.
So yesterday I decided to push myself a bit harder; I cranked up the speed of my running segment by .5mph. And I did it too! It was harder - I definitely pushed myself! But I did it. I have two more times to do the first week's workout, then I'm on to week two where I alternate running for 90 seconds and walking for 2 minutes. I really do not think that will be too hard. Pushing, yes, but doable.
Today I go off to work on the eliptical for awhile. Taking a break from the treadmill, I think. Maybe, we'll see. Technically I am only supposed to train for the 5k 3 times a week and take a break one day between. But that doesn't mean I should stop working out, I should just do different things.
Haven't weighed myself today, but I am getting close to the 25lb mark! wow - that is a lot of weight. I can finally see it now, too. Makes it all feel good. OK, off to the gym now.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Week Zero of My Training Program
So how do you get a week zero, you ask? By not quite being ready to jump into week one, that's how!
This week I decided to ease into the C25K training. The first week of the program you are officially supposed to walk 5 mins, then alternate running for 60 seconds and walking for 90secs until you have 20 mins of walk/run in. I had difficulties doing that on the treadmill at first, so I alternated the workout to give me a week 0! I think most of my difficulties came from the learning curve on the treadmill, because after the third time on the treadmill I was fine and really could have pushed harder.
So, here is a summary of my Week 0:
W0D1: Tried to do the regular W1 workout, but failed miserably as I kept wandering all over the treadmill! Ended up walking for 5 min, jogging for 1 min, walking for an unknown time, jogging for 30ish seconds, walking for unknown time, jogging for maybe a minute, then just walking and playing with the treadmill.
W0D2: Walked about 2.5 miles with Trish. I think I jogged for two 60 second sets, but mostly walked. Umm, and talked a lot!
W0D3: Walked 3.5ish miles in somewhere between 45-50 mins. No jogging was even tried ... ended up with painful feet!!!
Edit: apparently I did try to jog - I just read Sat's entry. Must not have tried hard though, cause I don't remember ... either that or I was in such a food coma I lost memory :)
W0D4: Bought new shoes and tried them -- ahhhh! Walked 2.5ish miles in about 45 mins. (I think) did not try to run, but man I should have because I felt hardly even "stressed" by that walk.
W0D5: Feeling much more confident on the treadmill now! Shoes are comfy. walked 10 mins, (took that long to get my ipod set, and then I had to do my 5 minute warm-up!) then did 20 minutes of alternating: jog 60 seconds walk 2 mins. I was listening to the raido on my ipod, and it was easier to use whole numbers for my walking/running start time than it was to use 30 sec intervals. I was going to use the pod-runner podcasts, but I was listening to an interesting story on NPR and just wanted to finish it. It did help time go by quite quickly!!
Tomorrow I meet Trish (we are both feeling the need to re-motivate and reinvigorate our workouts - in a slump!) up there and I think I shall jump into week one officially.
This week I decided to ease into the C25K training. The first week of the program you are officially supposed to walk 5 mins, then alternate running for 60 seconds and walking for 90secs until you have 20 mins of walk/run in. I had difficulties doing that on the treadmill at first, so I alternated the workout to give me a week 0! I think most of my difficulties came from the learning curve on the treadmill, because after the third time on the treadmill I was fine and really could have pushed harder.
So, here is a summary of my Week 0:
W0D1: Tried to do the regular W1 workout, but failed miserably as I kept wandering all over the treadmill! Ended up walking for 5 min, jogging for 1 min, walking for an unknown time, jogging for 30ish seconds, walking for unknown time, jogging for maybe a minute, then just walking and playing with the treadmill.
W0D2: Walked about 2.5 miles with Trish. I think I jogged for two 60 second sets, but mostly walked. Umm, and talked a lot!
W0D3: Walked 3.5ish miles in somewhere between 45-50 mins. No jogging was even tried ... ended up with painful feet!!!
Edit: apparently I did try to jog - I just read Sat's entry. Must not have tried hard though, cause I don't remember ... either that or I was in such a food coma I lost memory :)
W0D4: Bought new shoes and tried them -- ahhhh! Walked 2.5ish miles in about 45 mins. (I think) did not try to run, but man I should have because I felt hardly even "stressed" by that walk.
W0D5: Feeling much more confident on the treadmill now! Shoes are comfy. walked 10 mins, (took that long to get my ipod set, and then I had to do my 5 minute warm-up!) then did 20 minutes of alternating: jog 60 seconds walk 2 mins. I was listening to the raido on my ipod, and it was easier to use whole numbers for my walking/running start time than it was to use 30 sec intervals. I was going to use the pod-runner podcasts, but I was listening to an interesting story on NPR and just wanted to finish it. It did help time go by quite quickly!!
Tomorrow I meet Trish (we are both feeling the need to re-motivate and reinvigorate our workouts - in a slump!) up there and I think I shall jump into week one officially.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Indulgent Weekend
Saturday we were supposed to go to my brother's house for a family celebration of all the January birthdays. Unfortunately his wife got sick; really sick. So it was canceled. But my mother decided that the girls needed to spend the night at their house (they had an absolute ball, btw!) and Bill and I were to have a night out.
So off to the gym I went and walked 3.5 miles. I jogged a few times in there but did not do the interval thingy all the way through. I was on the tread mill for 50 minutes. When I got off my feet hurt so bad. Turns out that my shoes have this bar like thing running under them between my arch and heal. Today I am still in minor pain from it. But it took about 2 hours for me to be able to walk on my feet after the work out. It did not hurt at first, but after I drove home and got out of the car I could hardly stand up. Not good. Today I purchased new shoes. Here is hoping they are better!!
Anyway, I got home, showered and changed, and Bill and I went to a movie and out to dinner. I decided I would have a little bit of popcorn, but not much. I am not a big popcorn fan so this was easy to say No to. But we then went to Blue Fin ... a Japanese Steak House. I ate. and ate. I would be willing to say that the food was not that bad calorie wise, if you only eat a small portion. I ate: 3 spicy tuna sushi roll pieces, 3 grilled shrimp appetizers, grilled veggies, a huge helping of noodles, almost all the fried rice, and about 2/3 of the steak. burp. It was not my intention to eat so much, but I guess I was not really paying attention and it was so damn good.
Today it is now 9:30 and I should go downstairs and work out. But my feet hurt. So I am taking a day off. It has been 2 weeks since I have taken a day off. I feel a bit guilty! Especially since I was planning on working really hard and being extra good this week. Oh well. The best laid plans.
I want to get serious about doing this C25K program on the treadmill. I think it will take me a few weeks to get up to speed on the first week. I will have to push myself harder than I have been too. I hate running, have I mentioned that before? Not sure why I decided to do this, but I know it will be good for my body, so .....
Well, I keep ya posted on my running progress. Tomorrow back to normal workout schedule!
So off to the gym I went and walked 3.5 miles. I jogged a few times in there but did not do the interval thingy all the way through. I was on the tread mill for 50 minutes. When I got off my feet hurt so bad. Turns out that my shoes have this bar like thing running under them between my arch and heal. Today I am still in minor pain from it. But it took about 2 hours for me to be able to walk on my feet after the work out. It did not hurt at first, but after I drove home and got out of the car I could hardly stand up. Not good. Today I purchased new shoes. Here is hoping they are better!!
Anyway, I got home, showered and changed, and Bill and I went to a movie and out to dinner. I decided I would have a little bit of popcorn, but not much. I am not a big popcorn fan so this was easy to say No to. But we then went to Blue Fin ... a Japanese Steak House. I ate. and ate. I would be willing to say that the food was not that bad calorie wise, if you only eat a small portion. I ate: 3 spicy tuna sushi roll pieces, 3 grilled shrimp appetizers, grilled veggies, a huge helping of noodles, almost all the fried rice, and about 2/3 of the steak. burp. It was not my intention to eat so much, but I guess I was not really paying attention and it was so damn good.
Today it is now 9:30 and I should go downstairs and work out. But my feet hurt. So I am taking a day off. It has been 2 weeks since I have taken a day off. I feel a bit guilty! Especially since I was planning on working really hard and being extra good this week. Oh well. The best laid plans.
I want to get serious about doing this C25K program on the treadmill. I think it will take me a few weeks to get up to speed on the first week. I will have to push myself harder than I have been too. I hate running, have I mentioned that before? Not sure why I decided to do this, but I know it will be good for my body, so .....
Well, I keep ya posted on my running progress. Tomorrow back to normal workout schedule!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Milestones
I have been working out virtually every day since Dec. 26th. I think I missed 3 days in there. Some days were definitely light on the effort meter, others were quite heavy. But all in all I have been dedicated. This is only the second time in my life that I have been so consistent in working out on my own. The other time I was going to have surgery, and decided I did not want to weigh in over 200lbs for surgery, so my but got moving! And it kept moving for two or three months!
I did join the gym w/Trish. (well, I have a free week and then I will join) We met up last night, and while it was not the hardest of workouts, it was a decent effort while I got used to the equipment and facility. I found out just how weak my upper body really is. Ug - and I used to be so very strong. Oh well, we can change that too.
Anyway - my milestone today: I have lost 20 lbs since Dec. 26th. I have a few too many of those 20lb milestones to go still, but YEA! One is gone. The gym is in my daily reach, and soon I'll be running a 5K race. (Har har har!)
I think next week I will seriously get down to training for my 5K run. And I just might add an extra week here or there to help me get into shape. Oh god that sounds like such a long distance to run .... since I've never ever run more than one mile w/out stopping. and one has always been pushing it!
I did join the gym w/Trish. (well, I have a free week and then I will join) We met up last night, and while it was not the hardest of workouts, it was a decent effort while I got used to the equipment and facility. I found out just how weak my upper body really is. Ug - and I used to be so very strong. Oh well, we can change that too.
Anyway - my milestone today: I have lost 20 lbs since Dec. 26th. I have a few too many of those 20lb milestones to go still, but YEA! One is gone. The gym is in my daily reach, and soon I'll be running a 5K race. (Har har har!)
I think next week I will seriously get down to training for my 5K run. And I just might add an extra week here or there to help me get into shape. Oh god that sounds like such a long distance to run .... since I've never ever run more than one mile w/out stopping. and one has always been pushing it!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Dare I Say This...??
My friend Trish and I both are feeling the pounds of time and need to get into shape. We have been encouraging each other for a few weeks now, and today I think we may have committed to a HUGE step in that direction!
I committed to training for a 5K run! (not actually run it, because I am not a runner, have no endurance at all) And Trish just may be along for the ride with me! Yea Trish!
Today I downloaded these Runner Interval Podcasts that really will help motivate me towards that end. The idea is you take 9 weeks to ease yourself into 5K shape. You run for 60 secs, walk for 90, run for 60 ..... each week you increase the running times. I did the first week's workout today ... in the house. It was really not that hard at all. In fact, I've been working out harder than that all month. I'd love to try it on a track or outside where my stride would be more normal. (But I'd have to wear shoes -ouch!)
Anyway - I'll keep you posted on how this goes. The podcasts (love my ipod!!) really help keep you going without using a stop watch, which I tried this fall and found cumbersome so I stopped.
Eeekkkkkk
I committed to training for a 5K run! (not actually run it, because I am not a runner, have no endurance at all) And Trish just may be along for the ride with me! Yea Trish!
Today I downloaded these Runner Interval Podcasts that really will help motivate me towards that end. The idea is you take 9 weeks to ease yourself into 5K shape. You run for 60 secs, walk for 90, run for 60 ..... each week you increase the running times. I did the first week's workout today ... in the house. It was really not that hard at all. In fact, I've been working out harder than that all month. I'd love to try it on a track or outside where my stride would be more normal. (But I'd have to wear shoes -ouch!)
Anyway - I'll keep you posted on how this goes. The podcasts (love my ipod!!) really help keep you going without using a stop watch, which I tried this fall and found cumbersome so I stopped.
Eeekkkkkk
Thursday, January 21, 2010
It Has Been Awhile!
I've been behind in all my blogging as of late. Oh well; I only do this because it is fun, and also to help keep far away family and friends up to date on what is going on in our lives. They can holler if they feel a need for an update!
So what is new in my personal life? I have made the commitment to get into shape and loose this excess weight! It is going to be a long road, I know. But I feel committed to the process and hope that at least 60lbs will come off! That is a whole glob (literally and figuratively!) of weight to loose!
My friend Trish & I are cheering each other on. I am seriously thinking of joining the gym with her. That way we could meet up a few times a week and work out together. Great excuse to see each other, and better way to help a friend be healthy!
In November I enrolled in a Power Yoga class, and while it kicks my butt, it is fun-ish. But I need more than one day of working out per week. We got a Wii in Sept., and for Christmas we got the Wii Fit Plus. It is fun, and if you are creative you can get a decent cardio work out in on that. But after 3 weeks I am getting a bit bored with just that.
Bill and I also talked about investing in a treadmill. Not sure about the final outcome of that conversation, as it was very brief. But living in the land of rain and snow it would make working out easier in foul weather.
Today I did a workout I developed last fall - but did not stick to for more than 10 days! It is an interval training ... walk for 5 mins to warm up, then run stairs for one minute, walk laps (around house) till recover (usually 3-4 mins) then do stairs for another minute, walk till recover ... etc. until I have 20 mins of elevated heart beat. I can use my wonderful ipod as a stopwatch, and now I know my splits, so I can see over time how my recovery time is improving! whoo hoo!
Weight loss wise, I have actually lost 13lbs since Dec. 26th. The Wii board consistently weighs me in at 20lbs more than my bathroom scale. sucks! I'll just have to work at getting that 20 pounds off of me. And then some ............
So what is new in my personal life? I have made the commitment to get into shape and loose this excess weight! It is going to be a long road, I know. But I feel committed to the process and hope that at least 60lbs will come off! That is a whole glob (literally and figuratively!) of weight to loose!
My friend Trish & I are cheering each other on. I am seriously thinking of joining the gym with her. That way we could meet up a few times a week and work out together. Great excuse to see each other, and better way to help a friend be healthy!
In November I enrolled in a Power Yoga class, and while it kicks my butt, it is fun-ish. But I need more than one day of working out per week. We got a Wii in Sept., and for Christmas we got the Wii Fit Plus. It is fun, and if you are creative you can get a decent cardio work out in on that. But after 3 weeks I am getting a bit bored with just that.
Bill and I also talked about investing in a treadmill. Not sure about the final outcome of that conversation, as it was very brief. But living in the land of rain and snow it would make working out easier in foul weather.
Today I did a workout I developed last fall - but did not stick to for more than 10 days! It is an interval training ... walk for 5 mins to warm up, then run stairs for one minute, walk laps (around house) till recover (usually 3-4 mins) then do stairs for another minute, walk till recover ... etc. until I have 20 mins of elevated heart beat. I can use my wonderful ipod as a stopwatch, and now I know my splits, so I can see over time how my recovery time is improving! whoo hoo!
Weight loss wise, I have actually lost 13lbs since Dec. 26th. The Wii board consistently weighs me in at 20lbs more than my bathroom scale. sucks! I'll just have to work at getting that 20 pounds off of me. And then some ............
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