I have to admit it... I am just plain HUNGRY! I have been eating very well, haven't had any cheats, and I think I may be due for at least a small one. I realized yesterday that I haven't even had a diet coke in over a week, and that is a MAJOR feat for me. It's been all water, cran-water or protein shakes to drink. I am working very hard toward my goals.... evidenced by the fact that I'm so ridiculously sore right now that I can barely move. At least it's better today than it was yesterday. I am determined that this time I will get myself into shape and accomplish my goals.
My half marathon training plan starts today. I'm very excited about it. I think it's supposed to be abs tonight and then run tomorrow night, but I haven't looked at my workout calendar. I was supposed to do a 6 mile long run yesterday, but I was too sore to walk. Running was pretty much out of the question. UGH! First day of my training and I am already going to have to re-work my schedule.
My husband was playing around with the video camera one day last week, watching the tape that was in there by looking through the eyepiece, no sound or anything.... and he found where the kids were taping when I had just finished working out one night, probably a year and a half to two years ago. He paused the camera, and showed it to me. I was appaled. I couldn't believe the way I looked. Isn't it funny how we don't see ourselves the way we really are sometimes. I was totally disgusted that I had let myself get to that point. I told him that I want to get that image printed out somehow and keep it for motivation.
I totally love Fitday.com! I have been really trying to utilize it as a real tool to help me stay accountalbe for what I eat. As long as I tell myself I am actually going to enter everything that I eat and be truthful... and actually DO IT... It really keeps me accountable about what I eat and helps me to see how those calories really add up. I do great when I am actually entering everything... I mean, why the heck would I eat it if I know I have to put it in there and LOOK at it later on!
I have been keeping up with my workouts according to the workout calendar I made. Even when I don't feel like exercising, I make myself do it (Like last night)... But my half marathon training plan hasn't started yet. It's not until I am working toward a real goal that I tend to start slacking... go figure! My 16 week training plan begins Monday.
Here's a run-down of the last couple of days workouts:
Wednesday - Gym workout - 2 miles on the treadmill, (5.5 mph) and 18 minutes on the elliptical.
Thursday - 3 mile run on treadmill (between 5 and 5.5 mph)
Today will be an upper body circuit that I got from the FIRM's bulletin boards. I may hop on the treadmill for a mile or two, depending on how I feel.
So far today I am sitting at 574 calories eaten for breakfast, lunch and snack. I am proud to report that it was (mostly) good stuff. The only exception is the 2 butterfinger miniature bars.
Well, back to work now.... Have a great weekend (if anyone is reading).
I was able to keep my eating consistently clean all weekend, including passing up ice cream (mint chocolate chip, which happens to be my fave!) and Reese's peanut butter cup cookies! I was so incredibly proud of myself. And I had a great workout today
That's all for now.... It's late and I have to get up early.
I made hotel reservations today in Atlanta for the 29th of March! Now I am committed to go run my half marathon on the 30th! We will spend the night the 29th and I'll run on the 30th, then we'll head back home. I'm excited. I told my hubby today that he has to help keep me accountable during my training. I do great at the beginning of any training and then I start slacking off after a few weeks. I refuse to do that this time. I know that I can do it. I have to do it.
I seem to have a problem finishing what I start. It's a character flaw, but one I am working on. I know that WHEN I stick to this training and complete my first half marathon, I will feel an even greater sense of accomplishment than I would just finishing the race alone... because I will have overcome something deeper within myself, something I have struggled with for a very long time.
I worked out at the gym yesterday, the first time I've been there since July, I believe. It was a good workout.... treadmill, elliptical and a little ab work. My eating is getting back on track, too. I didn't have breakfast this morning because mornings are extremely hectic at my house. Just coffee. But I had a delicious salad (I just had a Napolean Dynamite flashback..."I caught you a delicious bass...) and water. I brought apples to work for snacks, and I have avoided the huge candy bowl on my desk like the plague. (The candy bowl is a long story... the candy is for the people who work in my bldg, and they would revolt if it disappeared)
I haven't been working out much lately, there's been sooo much going on in my life... personal life and at work. So, now I am in the process of beginning again. I have run on the treadmill 3 times in the last 4 days and I've done one weight workout (Saturday) , which I am finally recovering from. Tonight I am planning to go to the track with my hubby and run and then do an ab circuit.
I still haven't run that half marathon I was planning on, but I WILL do it before the middle of 2008! As soon as I can get back outside to run like I used to, I will start my half marathon training again and build up my mileage. I can't wait!!
Hope to get back to regular postings now. Maybe in the next few days I can post my December workout schedule. I actually have internet at home now, so it should be a little easier to post regularly.
Just thought I would post my upcoming workout schedule to keep myself accountable.
Yesterday was a 9 mile long run
Today (23 July) - Gym workout
24 July - Easy Run - 4 miles
25 July - Gym workout or FIRM video
26 July - 5 mile Tempo Run
27 July - Easy Run - 4 miles; FIRM video
28 July - Rest day
29 July - Long Run - 8 miles
30 July - Gym Workout / FIRM video
31 July - Easy Run - 5 miles
1 August - Gym Workout / FIRM video
2 August - Speedwork - 5 miles
3 August - Easy Run - 4 miles
4 August - Rest Day
5 August - Long Run - 8 miles
6 August - Gym Workout / FIRM video
7 August - Easy Run - 5 miles
8 August - Gym Workout / FIRM video
9 August - Tempo Run - 5 miles
10 August - Easy Run - 4 miles
11 August - 5K race
12 August - Long Run - 9 miles
13 August - Gym Workout / FIRM video
14 August - Easy Run - 5 miles
15 August - Gym Workout / FIRM video
16 August - Easy Run - 4 miles; FIRM video
17 August - Easy Run - 4 miles
18 August - Rest
19 August - Easy Run - 5 miles
20 August - Gym Workout / FIRM video. I start back to school on this day as well.... so it should get interesting keeping up with workouts after this date
Late last week, my 14 year old daughter decided to bake.... she decided that she wanted chocolate cake, found a recipe, searched the cabinets for ingredients, and baked her first cake that wasn't from a box! I was concerned..... I was concerned about whether or not I would gain back the weight that I had lost because we would have a decadent dessert in the house....
The cake is gone now. My husband and two youngest children finished it off last night. I am more than overjoyed to report that I did not eat a single piece of that chocolate cake.
My daughter wanted me to... just to let her know how it tasted... but she, instead, relied on the reports of her father and her siblings. I am so proud of myself! I didn't think I could do it. I have never done it before... but I did!
I have been keeping up with my workouts and doing everything in my power to eat right... and I am finally breaking through that plateau that I had reached. My weight this morning was 123!! I know that it fluctuates, but as of right now, I am only 8 pounds from my goal weight!!!!!!
Well, as anyone who reads my blog can tell (which is apparently noone lately.. lol) I have been slack about posting my workout and half marathon training schedule. I thought I would go ahead and put the next few days of workouts down and update for July soon....
Today - 4 mile easy run
Saturday - June 30 - Rest day, but will probably do a 2.5 mile run, since I didn't finish my run last night.
Sunday - July 1 - 9 mile long run
Monday - July 2 - Gym workout, including 30 min elliptical, and whatever else strikes my fancy at the time
I want to be like my husband.... I am so jealous of his metabolism. I fight and fight to lose a pound, have to really work my fanny off.... He ran 3.5 miles on the treadmill last night and this morning, he was 3 lbs lighter.
Not that he wants to be... for him it's not such a great thing. He is actually trying to GAIN weight. He wants to run for the cardiovascular benefits, but he is having trouble with the whole 'weight loss' issue. OH, to have THAT as a problem....
I'm finding that in the training that I am doing for this half marathon, I am despising speedwork the most. I did speedwork last night and I thought I was dying for a little while there. I couldn't even finish it. Next time, though, it will be a different story. I WILL finish it. I just keep thinking about the benefits that I will reap from it in my 5K races. One day I plan to break 25 minutes.
Now I am committed to go run my half marathon on the 30th! We will spend the night the 29th and I'll run on the 30th, then we'll head back home. I'm excited. 
I told my hubby today that he has to help keep me accountable during my training. I do great at the beginning of any training and then I start slacking off after a few weeks. I refuse to do that this time. I know that I can do it. I have to do it. 
It's a character flaw, but one I am working on. I know that WHEN I stick to this training and complete my first half marathon, I will feel an even greater sense of accomplishment than I would just finishing the race alone... because I will have overcome something deeper within myself, something I have struggled with for a very long time.
