1. Susan B. Anthony 5K Chip time: 53:05.9
2. HOT Pink 5K Chip time: 53:50.9
3. Body Fit Challenge starting statistics: 270 pounds, 45.4% body fat
4. #3 means that, theoretically, I can guesstimate a weight loss goal. Using our good friend "math" and using 20% body fat as a "goal", it's possible to come up with an estimate of how much weight I should lose to get to that point, and what I might weight once I do. Is it true, correct, or what I should be aiming for? I'm not sure. The results I got when I did the math indicated a weight that would still put my BMI at 29, well into the "overweight" category and almost to obese. How does THAT make sense?
5. I do plan on posting updates to my statistics as the 8 week Body Fit Challenge goes on. And, yes, ok, I'm kind of scared, but I'm also totally fucking excited about the transformation that's about to occur!
Showing posts with label scale check. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scale check. Show all posts
Monday, October 11, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Week Six & a Scale Check
Week Six of Podrunner Intervals looked like this:
Saturday: Oops!
Monday: 5.11km, 30:21 minutes, pace average 5:57 minutes per km.
Wednesday: 6km, 32:18 minutes, pace average 5:23 minutes per km.
Tuesday Morning Scale Check was like this: -5 pounds from last week: 270 pounds.
Yoga: Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon
This morning was the very last "interval" session of my Podrunner workouts. From here on out, it's warm up, running, cool down. As you can see, I'm already clearing 5K in distance, but that's with the warm up & cool down. Only 9 more Podrunner workouts until my very first 5K!
In other news, last week I was on my period, and it was a lazy week. I even skipped yoga most of the week. But I did my best to eat as clean as possible, and, hey, I seemed to have survived the scale check with good results.
This week my goal is to hit every planned yoga class. Three down with two to go, and my body feels just so much better when it's in "yoga pain". I even got compliments on my progress from the Monday night instructor, who seems genuinely excited about it. The afternoon & evening classes seem to be more significant butt-kickings than the morning classes. Which is a nice combo.
I also want to add something to my otherwise "rest day" Sunday. I'd prefer my rest day to be Friday, even though that seems counter intuitive. Most races will be on the weekend, though, so I think a Friday rest day makes the most sense. I'm thinking about hitting the gym for swimming Sunday mornings. Would it be weird to add a weights routine to one day a week and not any others?
Anywho! I just wanted to take a moment to catch up with y'all. Work has still be slamming, so I haven't had much time to write. It's a good time, don't get me wrong, but I've spent a lot of time recently asking "What day is it?" I swear the only reason I've known the answer to that is if I can figure out what workout I'm supposed to be doing that day. Even last night, on the way to yoga, I was all "What? It's only Tuesday?"
Yup.
Saturday: Oops!
Monday: 5.11km, 30:21 minutes, pace average 5:57 minutes per km.
Wednesday: 6km, 32:18 minutes, pace average 5:23 minutes per km.
Tuesday Morning Scale Check was like this: -5 pounds from last week: 270 pounds.
Yoga: Monday morning, Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon
This morning was the very last "interval" session of my Podrunner workouts. From here on out, it's warm up, running, cool down. As you can see, I'm already clearing 5K in distance, but that's with the warm up & cool down. Only 9 more Podrunner workouts until my very first 5K!
In other news, last week I was on my period, and it was a lazy week. I even skipped yoga most of the week. But I did my best to eat as clean as possible, and, hey, I seemed to have survived the scale check with good results.
This week my goal is to hit every planned yoga class. Three down with two to go, and my body feels just so much better when it's in "yoga pain". I even got compliments on my progress from the Monday night instructor, who seems genuinely excited about it. The afternoon & evening classes seem to be more significant butt-kickings than the morning classes. Which is a nice combo.
I also want to add something to my otherwise "rest day" Sunday. I'd prefer my rest day to be Friday, even though that seems counter intuitive. Most races will be on the weekend, though, so I think a Friday rest day makes the most sense. I'm thinking about hitting the gym for swimming Sunday mornings. Would it be weird to add a weights routine to one day a week and not any others?
Anywho! I just wanted to take a moment to catch up with y'all. Work has still be slamming, so I haven't had much time to write. It's a good time, don't get me wrong, but I've spent a lot of time recently asking "What day is it?" I swear the only reason I've known the answer to that is if I can figure out what workout I'm supposed to be doing that day. Even last night, on the way to yoga, I was all "What? It's only Tuesday?"
Yup.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
The Week, The Scale Check, The Running
Week Five of Podrunner Intervals looked like this:
Saturday: 3.74km, 29:46 minutes, pace average 7:58 minutes per km.
Monday: 3.93km, 29:45 minutes, pace average 7.35 minutes per km.
Wednesday: 5.12km, 28:42 minutes, pace average 5.12 minutes per km.
Tuesday Morning Scale Check was like this: -3 pounds from last week: 275 pounds.
Yoga: Tuesday morning.
I'm on my period this week so I have just felt like I'm dragging. Add to that how hungry I've felt, starting towards the end of last week, and how tired my legs felt and I've just felt... Blah! My daughter is in Horse Camp this week and is wiped out by the end of the day. Heck, so am I! It's been easy to decide to skip afternoon & evening yoga, but I'm hoping to stick to it for Thursday night and get back on track. Skipping yoga sucks when I go back!
But! I am so thrilled about doing day three of week five today, which meant I actually ran for 20 minutes in a row! It was so hard, and I was sure I wasn't going to make it the whole time, and I had to cheer myself on, like, the whole time but I totally did it and it was so awesome!
Next week is more intervals and then finally moving into running 20 minutes or more each time.
I think life might smooth out a little bit for me by next week, so I hope to get back to more regular posting. And hopefully even add something besides yoga and podrunner. We'll see!
Saturday: 3.74km, 29:46 minutes, pace average 7:58 minutes per km.
Monday: 3.93km, 29:45 minutes, pace average 7.35 minutes per km.
Wednesday: 5.12km, 28:42 minutes, pace average 5.12 minutes per km.
Tuesday Morning Scale Check was like this: -3 pounds from last week: 275 pounds.
Yoga: Tuesday morning.
I'm on my period this week so I have just felt like I'm dragging. Add to that how hungry I've felt, starting towards the end of last week, and how tired my legs felt and I've just felt... Blah! My daughter is in Horse Camp this week and is wiped out by the end of the day. Heck, so am I! It's been easy to decide to skip afternoon & evening yoga, but I'm hoping to stick to it for Thursday night and get back on track. Skipping yoga sucks when I go back!
But! I am so thrilled about doing day three of week five today, which meant I actually ran for 20 minutes in a row! It was so hard, and I was sure I wasn't going to make it the whole time, and I had to cheer myself on, like, the whole time but I totally did it and it was so awesome!
Next week is more intervals and then finally moving into running 20 minutes or more each time.
I think life might smooth out a little bit for me by next week, so I hope to get back to more regular posting. And hopefully even add something besides yoga and podrunner. We'll see!
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
The Weekend Report & Weigh In
This weekend was bad, bad, bad really awful for eating. So bad. I'm trying not to beat myself up too much because what's done is done and I can't take it back (or give it back) now. But I so knew better and I really should have listened to myself. And SweetPea and I need to really learn how to not "celebrate" with food.
Tuesday Weigh In: 278, up 2 pounds from last week. YUCK.
Today SweetPea gets her first weigh in in a month. I can't wait to see how much she's lost. You can really see the difference in her, so I expect it will be a significant loss.
I did not make it to Friday night yoga. I started Week Four of Podrunner Intervals on Sunday and did Day Two this morning. I did Monday night yoga last night and Tuesday morning yoga today. I plan to do at least one more yoga session today.
Hopefully I can keep everything in line this week and have a better weigh in next week.
Tuesday Weigh In: 278, up 2 pounds from last week. YUCK.
Today SweetPea gets her first weigh in in a month. I can't wait to see how much she's lost. You can really see the difference in her, so I expect it will be a significant loss.
I did not make it to Friday night yoga. I started Week Four of Podrunner Intervals on Sunday and did Day Two this morning. I did Monday night yoga last night and Tuesday morning yoga today. I plan to do at least one more yoga session today.
Hopefully I can keep everything in line this week and have a better weigh in next week.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Good morning, Tuesday!
Yesterday: Podrunner Intervals, Week Three, Day One looks like this: 3.30km, 26:12 minutes, pace average 7:57 minutes per km.
Today: Tuesday Morning Yoga, (hopefully) Tuesday Afternoon Yoga
Weigh in: 276, down two pounds since last week.
Which is not surprising, because I did slack off. I only got to yoga once and I wasn't as strict on the eating as I should have been. I can think of a couple of glaring examples.
I'm grateful there was still a loss, even if I'd rather it was four pounds and not just two. Two is better than none and far superior to a gain.
I've had tons of things working in my mind to write about, but little time to get down to writing. Hopefully I'll have a couple of meaty posts for you soon.
This week is for week three of intervals & back to yoga, hopefully four times.
Next week I'm off a couple of days, and I'm already imagining the fun workout classes I can take with my free time.
Does this mean I've finally turned to The Dark Side?
Heh.
Today: Tuesday Morning Yoga, (hopefully) Tuesday Afternoon Yoga
Weigh in: 276, down two pounds since last week.
Which is not surprising, because I did slack off. I only got to yoga once and I wasn't as strict on the eating as I should have been. I can think of a couple of glaring examples.
I'm grateful there was still a loss, even if I'd rather it was four pounds and not just two. Two is better than none and far superior to a gain.
I've had tons of things working in my mind to write about, but little time to get down to writing. Hopefully I'll have a couple of meaty posts for you soon.
This week is for week three of intervals & back to yoga, hopefully four times.
Next week I'm off a couple of days, and I'm already imagining the fun workout classes I can take with my free time.
Does this mean I've finally turned to The Dark Side?
Heh.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
June 22, 2010
Tuesday Scale Check: 278 - down another four pounds since last Tuesday for a total of 10 pounds! Exciting! Yeah, ok, I'm a little disappointed it didn't go down more since Saturday morning. I think that might be the real reason why I shouldn't do midweek scale checks. But I do feel like I'm on the right track and all that's left is to just keep moving forward. Yay for that!
I ended up skipping Monday night yoga in favor of having dinner with SweetPea instead of a split dinner. Since the Monkeys are at their dad's house, I would have had to make us dinner and then left mine to go to yoga. It just sounds less appealing when it's just the two of us, and the Ahi was already defrosted, so it really needed to be cooked that night.
I did go to Tuesday morning yoga, and I am leaving work early with the intention of going to Tuesday night yoga.
When we went to Pride on Saturday, I picked these up:
Loads of fitness activities. Hiking, a running club, a new 5K to add to my calendar and discounted passes for fitness downtown. I'm excited! I'll probably be using these in the coming months, and I'll let you know how it goes.
Here was my shopping cart Sunday:
We mostly had stuff for dinners & lunches, but I wanted to make sure I had plenty of fresh fruit for snackings. They had cantaloupe for $0.79 each! The whole melon for less than a buck! I bought two! Now I just need to get it cut up. Yum, yum!
Here's my snack bowl today:
Does one's tummy ever get used to smaller portions & lots of produce? My stomach in the afternoon just growls & growls and it doesn't matter how much fruit I throw at it. I'm trying to think of it as more whining/craving than actual hunger, but man is it annoying!
I ended up skipping Monday night yoga in favor of having dinner with SweetPea instead of a split dinner. Since the Monkeys are at their dad's house, I would have had to make us dinner and then left mine to go to yoga. It just sounds less appealing when it's just the two of us, and the Ahi was already defrosted, so it really needed to be cooked that night.
I did go to Tuesday morning yoga, and I am leaving work early with the intention of going to Tuesday night yoga.
When we went to Pride on Saturday, I picked these up:
Loads of fitness activities. Hiking, a running club, a new 5K to add to my calendar and discounted passes for fitness downtown. I'm excited! I'll probably be using these in the coming months, and I'll let you know how it goes. Here was my shopping cart Sunday:
We mostly had stuff for dinners & lunches, but I wanted to make sure I had plenty of fresh fruit for snackings. They had cantaloupe for $0.79 each! The whole melon for less than a buck! I bought two! Now I just need to get it cut up. Yum, yum!Here's my snack bowl today:
Does one's tummy ever get used to smaller portions & lots of produce? My stomach in the afternoon just growls & growls and it doesn't matter how much fruit I throw at it. I'm trying to think of it as more whining/craving than actual hunger, but man is it annoying!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
June 15, 2010
Tuesday Morning Scale Check: 282 pounds, -2 pounds from last week
Last week was a total diet FAIL, which I blame entirely on starting my period. Heh. I've also come to the realization that I have to start tracking my periods for no reason other than being prepared to the zOMGMUNCHIES! that seem to strike the first couple of days. And the tired.
Last night was yoga and back to the regular Monday night instructor. Which is fine, I like her classes. She complimented me on how well I did. Twice. Yes, the fat girl can do yoga, too. Really.
This morning, yoga again.
I'm taking a shortened lunch so that I can leave early and hit evening yoga. Not that I'm obsessed or anything. I've also received an invitation to try the "xbike" half hour class tomorrow at the gym by work. I'm not sure if I'll be able to go, but I'm definitely considering!
Last week was a total diet FAIL, which I blame entirely on starting my period. Heh. I've also come to the realization that I have to start tracking my periods for no reason other than being prepared to the zOMGMUNCHIES! that seem to strike the first couple of days. And the tired.
Last night was yoga and back to the regular Monday night instructor. Which is fine, I like her classes. She complimented me on how well I did. Twice. Yes, the fat girl can do yoga, too. Really.
This morning, yoga again.
I'm taking a shortened lunch so that I can leave early and hit evening yoga. Not that I'm obsessed or anything. I've also received an invitation to try the "xbike" half hour class tomorrow at the gym by work. I'm not sure if I'll be able to go, but I'm definitely considering!
Tuesday, June 08, 2010
June 8, 2010
Today's workout: mixed levels yoga (55 minutes)
Weight: 284 pounds.
That's it. Four pounds down over a whole week. I'm trying really hard not to be discouraged, because it IS progress, but I still feel like it could have been more.
In other news, the Tuesday & Thursday morning yoga instructor that I like so much is subbing for the Monday night instructor this week & next. Score!
Weight: 284 pounds.
That's it. Four pounds down over a whole week. I'm trying really hard not to be discouraged, because it IS progress, but I still feel like it could have been more.
In other news, the Tuesday & Thursday morning yoga instructor that I like so much is subbing for the Monday night instructor this week & next. Score!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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