Distance: 1.992 miles
Time: 32:30 min.
My run felt a little tiring tonight, but good. It was a treadmill run. I'm just glad I was working out because I got sick last night and threw up dinner. Not good. I skipped my elliptical workout and went to bed at 8. Luckily I woke up feeling much better. Just a little weak and tired. Strange.
I'm not proud of myself today. Well, I am, but that's not the reason for the title. I am proud of Husband. When I got on the treadmill, he worked out his arms on our Bowflex which I don't think we've touched since we bought it used over a year ago. It was great having him in the room with me. I love seeing him exercise!
Weigh-in tomorrow. Looking forward to the meeting.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Motivation
Distance: 2.19 miles
Time: 34:22 min.
Today was one of those days where I should have gotten my run out of the way early in the morning, because as the day stretched into the afternoon, I was less and less motivated to go out and run. However, at around two, I changed into my workout clothes and headed out.
It felt good to be out, but my run sort of sucked.
Figures since I had such a good run (in my opinion anyhow!) the day before.
I also did 10 minutes of abs and 10 minutes of arms.
Not much else to talk about. I am anxious to see how I did weight-wise this week. I'm going to fit my meeting in before going to the Christmas play on Wednesday night. At the very least I'll weigh in. But I'd like to stay for the meeting. They are fun.
Time: 34:22 min.
Today was one of those days where I should have gotten my run out of the way early in the morning, because as the day stretched into the afternoon, I was less and less motivated to go out and run. However, at around two, I changed into my workout clothes and headed out.
It felt good to be out, but my run sort of sucked.
Figures since I had such a good run (in my opinion anyhow!) the day before.
I also did 10 minutes of abs and 10 minutes of arms.
Not much else to talk about. I am anxious to see how I did weight-wise this week. I'm going to fit my meeting in before going to the Christmas play on Wednesday night. At the very least I'll weigh in. But I'd like to stay for the meeting. They are fun.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Two Runs
12/10
Distance: 1.864 miles
Time: 31 min.
12/11
Distance: 2.02 miles
Time: 31 min.
Avg. Pace: 15:20/mile
Friday's run was on the treadmill. I was determined to squeeze it in before we headed to a football game last night. I felt pretty tired last night trying to run. I also had not had much to eat all day. Just one of those days going from one crisis to the next.
Fast forward to this morning. I ran outside and felt great! I was able to get two of my run segments into the 9/min mile range! Wow! And only one of my nine run segments was in the 11/min mile. The rest were in the 10's. I just felt strong this morning.
I love that!
Workout is done for today. We have a lot to do today, so I must go.
Distance: 1.864 miles
Time: 31 min.
12/11
Distance: 2.02 miles
Time: 31 min.
Avg. Pace: 15:20/mile
Friday's run was on the treadmill. I was determined to squeeze it in before we headed to a football game last night. I felt pretty tired last night trying to run. I also had not had much to eat all day. Just one of those days going from one crisis to the next.
Fast forward to this morning. I ran outside and felt great! I was able to get two of my run segments into the 9/min mile range! Wow! And only one of my nine run segments was in the 11/min mile. The rest were in the 10's. I just felt strong this morning.
I love that!
Workout is done for today. We have a lot to do today, so I must go.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Lost!
I lost 4.2 pounds over the past week! Husband and I are back at Weight Watchers. I am loving their new overhauled plan. It makes so much more sense.
I managed to lose weight AND do the following things: eat at Wendy's not once, but twice - and one of those times I had a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger with cheese and mayo; eat at Olive Garden (soup, salad, one breadstick), eat a Mexican lunch delivered by wonderful moms at school, and eat all the fruit I wanted to eat.
One of the reasons I have always loved WW is for the fact that nothing is off limits. It teaches you to mindfully eat. Sometimes I get irritated that I have to "mindfully" eat, but then I have to realize I wouldn't be in this situation if I'd have paid attention to the food going in.
Anyhow, I was super excited to have such a big loss at my first weigh-in. Talk about great motivation!
I also didn't let excuses get in the way, and I exercised every day this week. Last night was 31 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes of arm weights.
Besides being tired, I'm feeling pretty good this morning!
I managed to lose weight AND do the following things: eat at Wendy's not once, but twice - and one of those times I had a Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger with cheese and mayo; eat at Olive Garden (soup, salad, one breadstick), eat a Mexican lunch delivered by wonderful moms at school, and eat all the fruit I wanted to eat.
One of the reasons I have always loved WW is for the fact that nothing is off limits. It teaches you to mindfully eat. Sometimes I get irritated that I have to "mindfully" eat, but then I have to realize I wouldn't be in this situation if I'd have paid attention to the food going in.
Anyhow, I was super excited to have such a big loss at my first weigh-in. Talk about great motivation!
I also didn't let excuses get in the way, and I exercised every day this week. Last night was 31 minutes on the elliptical and 10 minutes of arm weights.
Besides being tired, I'm feeling pretty good this morning!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Inside vs. Outside
Distance: 1.863
Time: 31 min.
Running segment pace: 5.1 mph
I ran on the treadmill tonight. I must have been tired because I felt like it was such an effort the entire time. The exercise felt good, but it was just an effort.
That got me thinking about a trend I have noticed. When I run outside, I tend to average about 11:30 miles. However, I can set the treadmill to run 12 minutes miles, and I feel like I am dying! Why is that? I have two theories.
1. The treadmill is boring. Mine isn't even set up near my tv. I have my music and my Christmas decorations to gaze upon while I huff and puff. The boredom must make my effort feel exaggerated.
2. When I'm outside, my 11:30 pace is an average. Therefore, I can slow down or speed up according to what my body is able to do. On the treadmill, I just run at that one pace. My body isn't really used to doing that.
Those are the thoughts I had tonight as I logged my mile point eight.
Not even going to attempt to upload a photo tonight. Don't have it in me.
Time: 31 min.
Running segment pace: 5.1 mph
I ran on the treadmill tonight. I must have been tired because I felt like it was such an effort the entire time. The exercise felt good, but it was just an effort.
That got me thinking about a trend I have noticed. When I run outside, I tend to average about 11:30 miles. However, I can set the treadmill to run 12 minutes miles, and I feel like I am dying! Why is that? I have two theories.
1. The treadmill is boring. Mine isn't even set up near my tv. I have my music and my Christmas decorations to gaze upon while I huff and puff. The boredom must make my effort feel exaggerated.
2. When I'm outside, my 11:30 pace is an average. Therefore, I can slow down or speed up according to what my body is able to do. On the treadmill, I just run at that one pace. My body isn't really used to doing that.
Those are the thoughts I had tonight as I logged my mile point eight.
Not even going to attempt to upload a photo tonight. Don't have it in me.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Monday
Elliptical 30 minutes
Sometimes I hate having to name blog posts. I don't want to sound too cliche or corny, but I also want to convey the "feeling" for the day! Well, today's feeling was "Monday."
It was just a long day. Getting back into the working/teaching groove can sometimes be challenging.
My class led a prayer service this morning for the founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Blessed Carmen Salles. Since our school is a Sisters of the Immaculate Conception school, this is a pretty important day. It was a beautiful prayer service.
Then it was a 1/2 day followed by a two hour staff meeting. As soon as the meeting was done, however, I grabbed Child #1 and zipped home to get his homework done. He cooperated with me because I told him if he messed around, we'd go get his brother, and then he'd have to do his homework amidst the chaos that is Hudson.
While Evan finished his homework, I cleaned the kitchen from yesterday and started some laundry. We picked up the Little Child and headed home to make dinner.
Baths, dinner, snuggle time. Then I had to spend an hour working on time cards for payroll. Ugh.
I so badly wanted to say forget working out. But once I use excuses for one night, I can justify them any other night. Even though it was after 8 p.m, I got my workout clothes on and got on the elliptical for 30 minutes.
I'm just about ready for bed, but popcorn sounds like a good snack first! Either that or a hot bath. I'm cold.
I was going to post a gross sweaty picture of me, but I couldn't get it to download to my computer. Stupid thing. The computer, not the phone.
Maybe another day.
Sometimes I hate having to name blog posts. I don't want to sound too cliche or corny, but I also want to convey the "feeling" for the day! Well, today's feeling was "Monday."
It was just a long day. Getting back into the working/teaching groove can sometimes be challenging.
My class led a prayer service this morning for the founder of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Blessed Carmen Salles. Since our school is a Sisters of the Immaculate Conception school, this is a pretty important day. It was a beautiful prayer service.
Then it was a 1/2 day followed by a two hour staff meeting. As soon as the meeting was done, however, I grabbed Child #1 and zipped home to get his homework done. He cooperated with me because I told him if he messed around, we'd go get his brother, and then he'd have to do his homework amidst the chaos that is Hudson.
While Evan finished his homework, I cleaned the kitchen from yesterday and started some laundry. We picked up the Little Child and headed home to make dinner.
Baths, dinner, snuggle time. Then I had to spend an hour working on time cards for payroll. Ugh.
I so badly wanted to say forget working out. But once I use excuses for one night, I can justify them any other night. Even though it was after 8 p.m, I got my workout clothes on and got on the elliptical for 30 minutes.
I'm just about ready for bed, but popcorn sounds like a good snack first! Either that or a hot bath. I'm cold.
I was going to post a gross sweaty picture of me, but I couldn't get it to download to my computer. Stupid thing. The computer, not the phone.
Maybe another day.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Exertion?
Distance: 1.97 miles
Time: 30 min.
Avg. Pace: 15:14/mile (includes walk breaks)
You know that Rate of Perceived Exertion? I think it's crap. And the reason I think it's crap is because whenever I run, I exert myself for 30 seconds and think that is about all I can do.
I tried this method earlier today. I want Sunday to be my "long" run day. Rather than following any prescribed times, I decided to just run until I felt tired. The first "run" lasted two minutes. Then it went downhill from there. I just don't trust my body to be able to keep going according to how I feel. I feel tired. I feel like I want to stop. I feel like crap...just like the whole exertion thing.
After about two rounds of running and walking, I realized that plan was not for me. So I decided alternating between running a 1/10 of a mile and walking half that distance. I was definitely getting more and more tired by the end of this pattern, but I kept going, because I told myself, "I can do anything for 1/10 of a mile."
I ended up running for 12 minutes and walking 18. Doesn't sound like much. However, it's up from running 9 and walking 22. I must remember this is a process.
One last note for today. It started raining, so I jumped on the treadmill. Less than five minutes into my run, the kids were making me furious getting into things, playing the piano, bugging me, etc. I jumped off the treadmill and told Husband I would rather deal with rain than with those two crazy boys for the next 30 minutes. I run/exercise to de-stress, not get more agitated than before! Sure enough, I came back feeling much better, and luckily the weather held out pretty well. Only minor sprinkles.
Time: 30 min.
Avg. Pace: 15:14/mile (includes walk breaks)
You know that Rate of Perceived Exertion? I think it's crap. And the reason I think it's crap is because whenever I run, I exert myself for 30 seconds and think that is about all I can do.
I tried this method earlier today. I want Sunday to be my "long" run day. Rather than following any prescribed times, I decided to just run until I felt tired. The first "run" lasted two minutes. Then it went downhill from there. I just don't trust my body to be able to keep going according to how I feel. I feel tired. I feel like I want to stop. I feel like crap...just like the whole exertion thing.
After about two rounds of running and walking, I realized that plan was not for me. So I decided alternating between running a 1/10 of a mile and walking half that distance. I was definitely getting more and more tired by the end of this pattern, but I kept going, because I told myself, "I can do anything for 1/10 of a mile."
I ended up running for 12 minutes and walking 18. Doesn't sound like much. However, it's up from running 9 and walking 22. I must remember this is a process.
One last note for today. It started raining, so I jumped on the treadmill. Less than five minutes into my run, the kids were making me furious getting into things, playing the piano, bugging me, etc. I jumped off the treadmill and told Husband I would rather deal with rain than with those two crazy boys for the next 30 minutes. I run/exercise to de-stress, not get more agitated than before! Sure enough, I came back feeling much better, and luckily the weather held out pretty well. Only minor sprinkles.
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