School craziness leads to difficulty holding the line on working out and eating. But I'm working on it! Slowly, but surely!
So I will for sure start the marathon in a few weeks. Will I finish? Nope! But that's ok. Look how far I've come and how well I've done. This is all that matters!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Illness Update
Well this lovely challenge that I'm on is even more of a challenge with what is most likely a sinus infection. It appears that this uber long illness was in fact quite the illness. I'm on tons of meds and my doc is now keeping me doped up. But I'm remaining healthy now and figure Friday should be a good day. I hit a massive milestone last week and lost a lot in the process. I don't expect this week to be quite as good as I've eaten at odd hours and lots of sodium, but I'm excited to see if I stayed under the milestone at the very least (which I'm confident I have). So that's that for the moment.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Total Life Changes
I have been sick for coming up on two weeks now (doctor appointment on Tuesday). What normally happens when I'm sick?
*Ice cream
*Pizza
*Eating out a whole lot
*No working out
*Sleep A LOT (even when I'm not actually tired)
Shall I go on??? Nah, I think you get the point.
What have I done?
*Eat better (although still overdoing on the Starbs, but I count it!!!)
*Worked out
*Didn't nap an inordinate amount
For instance, this morning. I was "supposed" to run 10 miles... yeah, right. I started hacking up crap at about half a mile in. Did I stop then? NOPE. Did four miles total. Hey, better than nothing! AND, I saw an ad for a 5K tonight yesterday. I was like, you know, I need something to do Friday night. Old Friday nights? Pizza. With Sprite. Maybe even some wings. Yup! All by myself! Tonight? Protein shake and a run. (Lunch will be my bigger meal with broccoli, a lil cheese for dairy, and some beans). Don't worry - I'll take it slow and take care of myself. But I'll be getting out there and doing it! That's what really counts.
Here I have been thinking I really haven't made all that many changes and that's why I haven't been particularly "successful". I don't know about y'all - but those changes right there sound pretty successful to me!
*Ice cream
*Pizza
*Eating out a whole lot
*No working out
*Sleep A LOT (even when I'm not actually tired)
Shall I go on??? Nah, I think you get the point.
What have I done?
*Eat better (although still overdoing on the Starbs, but I count it!!!)
*Worked out
*Didn't nap an inordinate amount
For instance, this morning. I was "supposed" to run 10 miles... yeah, right. I started hacking up crap at about half a mile in. Did I stop then? NOPE. Did four miles total. Hey, better than nothing! AND, I saw an ad for a 5K tonight yesterday. I was like, you know, I need something to do Friday night. Old Friday nights? Pizza. With Sprite. Maybe even some wings. Yup! All by myself! Tonight? Protein shake and a run. (Lunch will be my bigger meal with broccoli, a lil cheese for dairy, and some beans). Don't worry - I'll take it slow and take care of myself. But I'll be getting out there and doing it! That's what really counts.
Here I have been thinking I really haven't made all that many changes and that's why I haven't been particularly "successful". I don't know about y'all - but those changes right there sound pretty successful to me!
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
90 Day Challenge
Today is Day 1: September 28, 2011
Day 90: December 26, 2011
What is my goal? Funny you should ask. I have three.
Nutrition: To eat 5-8 servings of freggies a day
Fitness: Maintain 3 days a week of running and 4-5 days of strength training
Wellness: Take 20 minutes a night in bed to read
If you aren't a water drinker, drink it! I'm lucky, I can handle water like nobody's business. It's the goals above that I am TERRIBLE about and seriously need to get cracking on.
I have to check in at least three times a week here, to let you know how I am doing. One of those times a week I have to let you know how much weight I have lost and how many inches I have lost. For the week AND overall. I weigh in on Fridays generally, so look for that.
Here's to making this work and last!
Day 90: December 26, 2011
What is my goal? Funny you should ask. I have three.
Nutrition: To eat 5-8 servings of freggies a day
Fitness: Maintain 3 days a week of running and 4-5 days of strength training
Wellness: Take 20 minutes a night in bed to read
If you aren't a water drinker, drink it! I'm lucky, I can handle water like nobody's business. It's the goals above that I am TERRIBLE about and seriously need to get cracking on.
I have to check in at least three times a week here, to let you know how I am doing. One of those times a week I have to let you know how much weight I have lost and how many inches I have lost. For the week AND overall. I weigh in on Fridays generally, so look for that.
Here's to making this work and last!
Updates!
I have been uber remiss in updating about training - my bad!!! School started and teaching started and life is just crazy. I'm still training, but health problems still run rampant. The asthma remained difficult, including having to go on a steroid inhaler. I have weird chest pains still that aren't necessarily heart problems, just annoying and something else to be dealt with.
At this rate, I have yet to be faster, which means my chances of actually finishing are zilch. But I did what I set out to do - start training, stick with training, and get healthier. I'll finish one someday - in fact, I'm considering doing either Honolulu next year December or Walt Disney World the January after. It all depends on what job I have and when I can take a week in the location after the race (i.e. when can I get time off?). Don't worry - I won't be harrassing anybody for money again! This time I'll get myself to the race using my miles and pay for the hotel room using my points and and and, um, who knows. I definitely want to finish one now, but I want one that doesn't need to be done at a pace I currently can't handle.
So that's that. It's only a few weeks away! This week is a 23 mile run... this could get interesting!
I'm starting a 90 challenge today. More deets on that soon!
At this rate, I have yet to be faster, which means my chances of actually finishing are zilch. But I did what I set out to do - start training, stick with training, and get healthier. I'll finish one someday - in fact, I'm considering doing either Honolulu next year December or Walt Disney World the January after. It all depends on what job I have and when I can take a week in the location after the race (i.e. when can I get time off?). Don't worry - I won't be harrassing anybody for money again! This time I'll get myself to the race using my miles and pay for the hotel room using my points and and and, um, who knows. I definitely want to finish one now, but I want one that doesn't need to be done at a pace I currently can't handle.
So that's that. It's only a few weeks away! This week is a 23 mile run... this could get interesting!
I'm starting a 90 challenge today. More deets on that soon!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Quickie Run
I haven't run in a few days, still needing to do my last weekend's training run tomorrow. I expected it to not go very well, but I was pleasantly surprised! I forgot my inhaler, so that made things not so fun, but all good now!
I started out strong, but of course, due to lack of proper breathing, didn't finish quite as strong. I enjoyed it though. I never have experienced that "runner's high", but with this run, I am confident I'll be able to keep up maintenance runs twice a week and longer runs on Saturday for a good long time beyond the marathon.
Regardless of whether I can finish the marathon or not (i.e. time limit), the bulk of this whole process was to stick to something for my physical health. It was time to create some healthy habits and I think it's all finally starting to sink in.
I finally started strength training yesterday (again). Another program to stick to! It's a 12 week program and while I won't be following it religiously, it will still be good. The first phase of the program calls for no cardio, in order to train up muscle endurance. Clearly I can't follow that particular rule. But once my mother leaves town and I have to get into some sort of routine with teaching and the like, I might also be following a modified version of the eating plan as well.
I'll keep you updated!
I started out strong, but of course, due to lack of proper breathing, didn't finish quite as strong. I enjoyed it though. I never have experienced that "runner's high", but with this run, I am confident I'll be able to keep up maintenance runs twice a week and longer runs on Saturday for a good long time beyond the marathon.
Regardless of whether I can finish the marathon or not (i.e. time limit), the bulk of this whole process was to stick to something for my physical health. It was time to create some healthy habits and I think it's all finally starting to sink in.
I finally started strength training yesterday (again). Another program to stick to! It's a 12 week program and while I won't be following it religiously, it will still be good. The first phase of the program calls for no cardio, in order to train up muscle endurance. Clearly I can't follow that particular rule. But once my mother leaves town and I have to get into some sort of routine with teaching and the like, I might also be following a modified version of the eating plan as well.
I'll keep you updated!
Friday, August 19, 2011
Lots O' Updates
Whew it has been a while! I got lucky and picked up some shifts at work, plus a short-term nanny job. All in all, craziness! But I have been keeping up with my training.
I'm still slow... the closer we get, the scarier it is becoming. Oy. Maybe I should have done Honolulu ;). Dad said to look on the bright side, "well, even if you can't finish, at least you'll be picked up by a bus with Marines on it. Maybe they'll be cute and can intro you to their officers." Uhhh... thanks dad???
On the day of mile 12, the realization was made that I might have asthma... which was confirmed later that week. Since I have discovered that the prescribed inhaler does not last longer that two hours. Considering I kind of need to breathe past two hours until I can re-puff at four hours... I'll be calling my doc to find out what to do about this particular situation. I never need an inhaler otherwise, and anything less than two hours, the inhaler works great. But that was quite the find! I had childhood asthma, so I'm surprised it took me as long as it did to figure out why my breathing wasn't regulating as well as it should have. But! Entirely dealable.
This coming week shall be interesting. I'm working Monday-Thursday in the mornings and I have my mom here all week. This week is KEY in getting in my runs as Saturday is 18 miles. Yup. You heard me right. 18 miles. HOLY SMOKES. Even I can't believe it.
But I am still trucking on!
I'm still slow... the closer we get, the scarier it is becoming. Oy. Maybe I should have done Honolulu ;). Dad said to look on the bright side, "well, even if you can't finish, at least you'll be picked up by a bus with Marines on it. Maybe they'll be cute and can intro you to their officers." Uhhh... thanks dad???
On the day of mile 12, the realization was made that I might have asthma... which was confirmed later that week. Since I have discovered that the prescribed inhaler does not last longer that two hours. Considering I kind of need to breathe past two hours until I can re-puff at four hours... I'll be calling my doc to find out what to do about this particular situation. I never need an inhaler otherwise, and anything less than two hours, the inhaler works great. But that was quite the find! I had childhood asthma, so I'm surprised it took me as long as it did to figure out why my breathing wasn't regulating as well as it should have. But! Entirely dealable.
This coming week shall be interesting. I'm working Monday-Thursday in the mornings and I have my mom here all week. This week is KEY in getting in my runs as Saturday is 18 miles. Yup. You heard me right. 18 miles. HOLY SMOKES. Even I can't believe it.
But I am still trucking on!
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