I wasn't able to make it to the gym for 10 days! Thats ridiculous.. Fortunately I'm better now, and two of those days I went on some very long walks...
My eating was pretty bad when I was ill.. too many bad choices.. but it looks like I haven't gained much.. Probably just didn't loose either.
I got back to the gym on Monday feeling sluggish and lazy.. Think I lost some muscle.. On the other hand I just need to get back in the swing of things. I still ran for a total of over 13 minutes out of 20 so thats good.. As long as I run over half I'm okay with that.. At that rate I can burn a fair amount of calories.
I also rode the bike but it was really tedious and I have alot of trouble with my feet falling asleep, so even though I can get an intense workout from it, by the time 15 minutes is up I'm about to quit just because my feet are so asleep... But I have been pushing on to 20.
Now I'm up to 40 minutes of cardio.. I think thats a good amount, and it is pretty intense, I'm burning around 170-180 calories per 20 minutes... Hopefully I can bump that number up soon.
Today was better... I beat my record and did Seated Leg Presses 240 lbs X 15! It was hard but I did it! I was thinking maybe I'd start to see my shins bowing because of the stress hahaha...
I was also able to increase some of the other weights without dying so thats good.
Running was pretty off today, but I think its because I did some pretty heavy leg weights before hand...
Then, the sauna and hot tub. In fact, spent the whole evening hanging out at the gym. Hard work, then nice relaxation.
Weeks goals:
1) Get my eating back on track
2) Increase speed in running
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
SICK
I never get sick! But I've been sick this entire week.. sniveling, exhausted and feverish...
I've got my rest in but I'm beginning to wonder when its going to end.... I've missed a week of workouts.. Hopefully I can make it to the weigh in anyways... Just to remind myself where I'm at and where I need to go!
Apologies for the non-blogging for the people trying to keep up with me!
I've got my rest in but I'm beginning to wonder when its going to end.... I've missed a week of workouts.. Hopefully I can make it to the weigh in anyways... Just to remind myself where I'm at and where I need to go!
Apologies for the non-blogging for the people trying to keep up with me!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Week 6?
After a tired week (I think from eating to little) I've had a few days of very productive workouts:
Each time I try to take on a new challenge to try to avoid a boring rut.
Tuesday I challenged myself to warm up for two minutes and run for 18 straight at 5mph! I was dying but I did it! This is great progress..
Wednesday I made myself not run and walked at a steep incline at 4mph, Incline of 6 for 5 minutes 8 for 5minutes 10 for five minutes and 12 for five minutes for a total of 20 minutes. It was pretty difficult.
Thursday (today) I decided to try the running test to determine my fitness level: The goal is to see how much ground you can cover in 12 minutes. I went at a speed of 6mph and 5.5 when I got really tired but picked it up to 6.5 to finish strong. I covered a distance of 1.17 miles... This puts me in the 'fair' category apparently which I can't argue with because the category before that is 'poor' and thats what I must have been before.
So this is pretty exciting, my legs are getting pretty ripped, I notice the difference, as well as the overall smoothness of my body as opposed to ripply jiggly fat. Its encouraging but there is still so far to go!!!
I am also working 20 minutes on the bike every workout as well as assorted weights.
Today I beat my record and burned 185 on the treadmill and 180 on the bike for a total of 365.. at this rate if I eat right I should begin to melt away!!
Each time I try to take on a new challenge to try to avoid a boring rut.
Tuesday I challenged myself to warm up for two minutes and run for 18 straight at 5mph! I was dying but I did it! This is great progress..
Wednesday I made myself not run and walked at a steep incline at 4mph, Incline of 6 for 5 minutes 8 for 5minutes 10 for five minutes and 12 for five minutes for a total of 20 minutes. It was pretty difficult.
Thursday (today) I decided to try the running test to determine my fitness level: The goal is to see how much ground you can cover in 12 minutes. I went at a speed of 6mph and 5.5 when I got really tired but picked it up to 6.5 to finish strong. I covered a distance of 1.17 miles... This puts me in the 'fair' category apparently which I can't argue with because the category before that is 'poor' and thats what I must have been before.
So this is pretty exciting, my legs are getting pretty ripped, I notice the difference, as well as the overall smoothness of my body as opposed to ripply jiggly fat. Its encouraging but there is still so far to go!!!
I am also working 20 minutes on the bike every workout as well as assorted weights.
Today I beat my record and burned 185 on the treadmill and 180 on the bike for a total of 365.. at this rate if I eat right I should begin to melt away!!
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Week 5 Weigh In!
ALMOST 4 LBS!!!!
I was nervous going in but it looks like I didn't have a reason for that. I had to blink twice at the scale, as last weigh in only showed 1.5 lbs...
My workout endurance is increasing and with that the amount of calories burned yay!
I'm at a bit of an exhausted plateau. I need to dig even deeper into endurance as things have gotten boring and hard, and my energy levels are down. But with these results in front of me I think I can push myself to keep going.. Imagine.. 4+4+4+4+4 = 20 lbs! And theres not too many weeks left of this competition so I've got to make the middle push to make the most of it!
I was nervous going in but it looks like I didn't have a reason for that. I had to blink twice at the scale, as last weigh in only showed 1.5 lbs...
My workout endurance is increasing and with that the amount of calories burned yay!
I'm at a bit of an exhausted plateau. I need to dig even deeper into endurance as things have gotten boring and hard, and my energy levels are down. But with these results in front of me I think I can push myself to keep going.. Imagine.. 4+4+4+4+4 = 20 lbs! And theres not too many weeks left of this competition so I've got to make the middle push to make the most of it!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Week 5 Wednesday
What a BAD DAY at the Gym! I'm still a bit sore from the previous two workouts and really really tired. I've been eating what I thought was alot better too. All in all its a bit discouraging. Possibly I was not eating enough on those days with the workout level being that high, so today I had an energy crash, went to the gym.. Eeked out 20 minutes on the Treadmill...
2mins @ 4mph
8mins @ 5mph
And the rest at 4mph... with a 3% incline.
After that I was pooped and left early. Total calories burned 140.
Not so great considering the subway cookies I ate, those guys have 220 calories each! ( I didn't realize until after they were down the hatch)
Time for sleep, hopefully my body can pull itself together and start behaving like someone fit, not fat.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Week 5 Monday and Tuesday
Having been out of town from Friday to Sunday I missed one workout... I was slightly worried but I was able to have a really good rest in case I was overworking myself without knowing it, and Monday I was able to go and run my heart out.
So I went my hardest and beat some times and calorie amounts.
20 minutes on the Treadmill, 180 calories!
5 min @5mph
2 min @4mph
5 min@6mph
2min@5mph
5min@5mph
1min@4mph
So in total I ran for 15 minutes! I'm stoked for this.. And I went about 6.7 laps which is almost two miles (or something)
After that I did the bike (140 calories) and various weights.
I need to (still) work on my eating! But I *think* I can feel my pants getting loose, and my LUV handles are slowly dissapearing. I can also see quite a bit of muscle peeking under all my layers of blubber.
My 1 month gym pass is expiring in two days! I have been going 5-6 times a week so its made good use of it. I think I'm going to get the next one at 3 months.. see how far I can get, and then it will be spring/summer and I can enjoy the outdoors.
I cannot believe the second weigh in is coming up already! I can see that I've gained quite a large amount of muscle, so I have this feeling the scale isn't going to budge much for me. All the same, curiosity always kills me and I'm dedicated to knowing where I'm at.
So I went my hardest and beat some times and calorie amounts.
20 minutes on the Treadmill, 180 calories!
5 min @5mph
2 min @4mph
5 min@6mph
2min@5mph
5min@5mph
1min@4mph
So in total I ran for 15 minutes! I'm stoked for this.. And I went about 6.7 laps which is almost two miles (or something)
After that I did the bike (140 calories) and various weights.
I need to (still) work on my eating! But I *think* I can feel my pants getting loose, and my LUV handles are slowly dissapearing. I can also see quite a bit of muscle peeking under all my layers of blubber.
My 1 month gym pass is expiring in two days! I have been going 5-6 times a week so its made good use of it. I think I'm going to get the next one at 3 months.. see how far I can get, and then it will be spring/summer and I can enjoy the outdoors.
I cannot believe the second weigh in is coming up already! I can see that I've gained quite a large amount of muscle, so I have this feeling the scale isn't going to budge much for me. All the same, curiosity always kills me and I'm dedicated to knowing where I'm at.
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