Tomorrow is an evening run and CLX Lean 3. Then I'm "off" until the race on Sunday.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Day 81, CLX/Insanity
Tomorrow is an evening run and CLX Lean 3. Then I'm "off" until the race on Sunday.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Day 80, CLX/Insanity
I had to get through some cobwebs to get to my blog - it's been almost a week since I last blogged (again). There is actually a good bit going on with me fitness wise. I'm on day 80 of CLX/Insanity hybrid! Yea me!! We worked out early today (made me feel like I was missing something tonight). The workout was Lean 2 and it was all about the shoulders. I'm actually really enjoying the Lean series. There are a lot of tough moves. Last week I was moaning and groaning about them, but seriously, I was moaning and groaning about everything after that Warrior Dash last weekend. I feel 100 times better this week. I ran on Sunday with Tabitha and it was a great run. I ran again yesterday, and despite the heat, it was another really good run. I think I need to take 3-4 days off after a race to help recover (or at least a race at the Warrior Dash caliber).
With CLX Lean I'm not able to lift as heavy. I've been leaving my 12's in the car and even broke out the 5's again. It really has nothing to do with not being strong enough to use the 12's - it's got everything to do with the fact that it's all balance moves. We're back to doing two moves at one time (just like during the Burn phase). I also just realized that this isn't a 90 day hybrid - it's actually 95 days. We have two more weeks to go. I'm really hoping to have good results with this phase. I enjoy this program, but I'm not getting the results I was with P90X which is why I was telling the girls that my next program is going to be all cardio. I want to drop 20-25 pounds. We will more then likely start up again with the weights in mid-September (and it will probably be CLX again since I won't be able to get to the gym and the center's don't have pull-up assist machines).
Now, what cardio should I do? TurboFire? Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred? Hip Hop Abs? Brazil Butt Lift?? So many great choices!
Sunday is my next race and it's a trail race! I'm really looking forward to it. It's the North Face Endurance Challenge Goretex 5K in Sterling, VA. Tabitha is going to run it with me. It looks like a lot of fun.
One other fitness thing going on with me is the facebook page I like to follow, "I See Fit People" is doing another challenge. This time it's a jump rope challenge - 7000 jumps in one week. Seriously, I should've known better. Day 2 (yesterday) my knee started hurting while jumping. Same pain and spot that it hurt with Insanity (the entire reason I went from 3 times a week to 2). Not good (especially with the race coming up on Sunday). I took today off from jumping rope. I'm going to attempt it again tomorrow, but I'm not going to try and do 1000, I'm going to shoot for 500. My goal is no longer 7000, but 3500. I've got 1500 done, so I'm almost halfway there. Some is better then none.
I told my good friend Jenn today that I was going to cut it in half because of my knee and do you know what she said to me?! "It's kinda nice knowing that even fit people like you can hurt." That's right - she called me "fit people!!!!!!!" HA! I love it!! I told her I could just hug her (and I seriously would have if she didn't live in CT), she made my entire day. To think someone thinks of me as being fit...such a strange concept to me. I'm pretty sure, no, I KNOW I can get used to it! It reminds me of what happened at the Vitamin Shoppe a few weeks ago. I went in to get a tub of Dymatize Elite Protein Powder and while I was standing in line to check-out the girl in front of me turned around and asked what I was buying, so I showed her. She said, "Well, I need to get that next time because you be looking fit!" HA!! That type of stuff just makes my day. Bring on the compliments!
Weight wise things are okay. I asked Chris where the scale was and he said I need to find it - hmph! I don't want to know that badly. June doesn't technically start until Friday anyway. According to the numbers I should weigh the exact same. Clothes are fitting better though, so that's always good.
I'll update goals another night! Off to snuggle with my hubby now. :)
With CLX Lean I'm not able to lift as heavy. I've been leaving my 12's in the car and even broke out the 5's again. It really has nothing to do with not being strong enough to use the 12's - it's got everything to do with the fact that it's all balance moves. We're back to doing two moves at one time (just like during the Burn phase). I also just realized that this isn't a 90 day hybrid - it's actually 95 days. We have two more weeks to go. I'm really hoping to have good results with this phase. I enjoy this program, but I'm not getting the results I was with P90X which is why I was telling the girls that my next program is going to be all cardio. I want to drop 20-25 pounds. We will more then likely start up again with the weights in mid-September (and it will probably be CLX again since I won't be able to get to the gym and the center's don't have pull-up assist machines).
Now, what cardio should I do? TurboFire? Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred? Hip Hop Abs? Brazil Butt Lift?? So many great choices!
Sunday is my next race and it's a trail race! I'm really looking forward to it. It's the North Face Endurance Challenge Goretex 5K in Sterling, VA. Tabitha is going to run it with me. It looks like a lot of fun.
I told my good friend Jenn today that I was going to cut it in half because of my knee and do you know what she said to me?! "It's kinda nice knowing that even fit people like you can hurt." That's right - she called me "fit people!!!!!!!" HA! I love it!! I told her I could just hug her (and I seriously would have if she didn't live in CT), she made my entire day. To think someone thinks of me as being fit...such a strange concept to me. I'm pretty sure, no, I KNOW I can get used to it! It reminds me of what happened at the Vitamin Shoppe a few weeks ago. I went in to get a tub of Dymatize Elite Protein Powder and while I was standing in line to check-out the girl in front of me turned around and asked what I was buying, so I showed her. She said, "Well, I need to get that next time because you be looking fit!" HA!! That type of stuff just makes my day. Bring on the compliments!
Weight wise things are okay. I asked Chris where the scale was and he said I need to find it - hmph! I don't want to know that badly. June doesn't technically start until Friday anyway. According to the numbers I should weigh the exact same. Clothes are fitting better though, so that's always good.
I'll update goals another night! Off to snuggle with my hubby now. :)
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Bad Days
Exercise wise that Warrior Dash did a number on me. My shins are covered in bruises and my workouts seriously suffered from the after-effects. We "ran" on Tuesday but it was just rough. I decided I should take a mini-break so no workouts today and no running tomorrow. I'll try CLX Lean 3 Friday night, but I won't run again until Sunday. Saturday is a "rest" day as well although I might do the Chalene Recharge first thing in the morning - it's a great stretch.
Sigh.
Monday, May 21, 2012
May Goals, 3 weeks in
We are almost done with May already. I'm starting to get really curious about what my scale is going to say. If the past 3 days have anything to do with it - it's going to be really bad. Friday was my Grandma's funeral and I didn't eat nearly enough - coffee for breakfast, a very late lunch (veggies, a piece of a chicken salad pinwheel, and a piece of cake), and a grilled chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-a on the drive home. That's all I had all day. I was starving on Saturday and then Sunday was the Warrior Dash so we were gone all day - I really should've prepared a snack for after the run.
Anyway, here is how my goals for May are going so far:
1) Weight goal - to lose 4 lbs.
I will know how this one is going in another week or so...
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
I didn't log for 3 days - Fri, Sat, or Sun. I'm logging today though and will probably do great until Friday again.
Mon - 1984
Tues - 2160
Wed - 2205
Thurs - 1990
Fri, Sat, Sun - ???
I said last week I was going to aim for 2000 a day since I wasn't anywhere close to 1800. I average out at 2085 so I came pretty close to goal. I'll aim for 2000 again this week.
3) Coffee.
I didn't try 2 Tbsp last week. I have to try and remember to try 2 tomorrow. When I went from 4 to 3, I wrote a giant 3 on top of all my creamer bottles. Time to change it to 2 to help me remember.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
Okay, I only ran 8.6 miles this week. Almost made it to 9. I didn't run as much because of the Warrior Dash on Sunday. I'll be doing a lot more miles this week. I have a goal of 40 miles this month. I'm at 23.3 miles.
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now).
I didn't do all my workouts this week, again because of the Warrior Dash. I didn't want to overdue anything, and it was Recovery week, so technically I didn't miss much. I did however do 2000 lunges this week! YEAH!!!
Mon - 300
Tues - 565
Wed - 485
Thurs - 450
Fri - 150
Sat - 50
There was another challenge this morning to do 100 squats, so of course I had to do it. Right now my legs feel like jell-o!! 2000 lunges, Warrior Dash, and 100 squats - OUCH! Tonight starts CLX Lean phase. It should be interesting!
Anyway, here is how my goals for May are going so far:
1) Weight goal - to lose 4 lbs.
I will know how this one is going in another week or so...
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
I didn't log for 3 days - Fri, Sat, or Sun. I'm logging today though and will probably do great until Friday again.
Mon - 1984
Tues - 2160
Wed - 2205
Thurs - 1990
Fri, Sat, Sun - ???
I said last week I was going to aim for 2000 a day since I wasn't anywhere close to 1800. I average out at 2085 so I came pretty close to goal. I'll aim for 2000 again this week.
3) Coffee.
I didn't try 2 Tbsp last week. I have to try and remember to try 2 tomorrow. When I went from 4 to 3, I wrote a giant 3 on top of all my creamer bottles. Time to change it to 2 to help me remember.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
Okay, I only ran 8.6 miles this week. Almost made it to 9. I didn't run as much because of the Warrior Dash on Sunday. I'll be doing a lot more miles this week. I have a goal of 40 miles this month. I'm at 23.3 miles.
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now).
I didn't do all my workouts this week, again because of the Warrior Dash. I didn't want to overdue anything, and it was Recovery week, so technically I didn't miss much. I did however do 2000 lunges this week! YEAH!!!
Mon - 300
Tues - 565
Wed - 485
Thurs - 450
Fri - 150
Sat - 50
Weekend Warrior
My hubby and kiddos came along for some support. Here we are heading to the race.
Our nice clean feet...
Let the race begin!!!
Stephanie's husband came along as well and took many of our photos. He
got a media pass and was able to get some shots of us on the actual obstacles.
But I finished it!! Here's Steph and Me walking out of the pit to get our medals.
Getting hosed off at the end.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Day 65, CLX/Insanity
Recovery Week. Tonight it was Insanity Core Cardio and Balance. Nothing new there - 35 minutes of boredom. Seriously, the moves couldn't be any slower or dull. Maybe I feel that way because we have to do the workout 2 more times this week - UGH! It was SO humid in the basketball court tonight too - sweat was just pouring off of all of us; wonder if it helped us burn more calories (same concept as the Hatha Yoga where you workout in sauna temps). Kids did a tad better since they had more room to run; Denver is definitely a Mamma's boy.
As far as the 2000 lunge challenge goes I completed 565 lunges today! I told myself no coffee until I do 100 lunges this morning, and then I did another 100 before allowing myself an afternoon coffee. Whatever works right?! I discovered that a "lap" around my house is 25 lunges. Works out pretty nice. I've got 1135 more lunges to do this week. Right now I'm feeling it in my butt. My legs are still good to go. I had to do some extra stretches before getting out of bed this morning - LOL!
I also managed to get a run in today!! I was washing up breakfast dishes when it stopped raining and the sun came out, so I (literally) threw the kids in the jogging stroller and took off. It was a great run! I stayed close to the house in case it started raining again, which turns out I didn't need to worry it since it didn't rain again the rest of the day. I do hear it rumbling now, but they said it was supposed to rain all day. Glad it cleared up and I was able to get out.
Tomorrow evening we are meeting up to run, then do CLX recharge, extreme ab burner, and then we're going to make our skirts for the Warrior Dash! I can't wait. It'll be a fun evening!
As far as the 2000 lunge challenge goes I completed 565 lunges today! I told myself no coffee until I do 100 lunges this morning, and then I did another 100 before allowing myself an afternoon coffee. Whatever works right?! I discovered that a "lap" around my house is 25 lunges. Works out pretty nice. I've got 1135 more lunges to do this week. Right now I'm feeling it in my butt. My legs are still good to go. I had to do some extra stretches before getting out of bed this morning - LOL!
I also managed to get a run in today!! I was washing up breakfast dishes when it stopped raining and the sun came out, so I (literally) threw the kids in the jogging stroller and took off. It was a great run! I stayed close to the house in case it started raining again, which turns out I didn't need to worry it since it didn't rain again the rest of the day. I do hear it rumbling now, but they said it was supposed to rain all day. Glad it cleared up and I was able to get out.
Tomorrow evening we are meeting up to run, then do CLX recharge, extreme ab burner, and then we're going to make our skirts for the Warrior Dash! I can't wait. It'll be a fun evening!
Monday, May 14, 2012
Day 64, CLX/Insanity
Day 1 of Recovery Week! We did CLX Recharge and Ab Burner tonight. The workout was about 30 minutes total. Recharge is really just a Yoga-type stretching DVD, so it's nothing strenuous (glad I did those 300 lunges earlier today). Chris is gone for the week, so I took the kiddos to the gym with me tonight. Katelynn was being a little terror and throwing baskets at Denver who was also standing at the door screaming because he wanted his Mommy. Thankfully it was a short workout. We'll be using the basketball court tomorrow and Thursday and going to Tabitha's house on Wednesday in hopes of avoiding anymore meltdowns by my sweet little angels. ;)
Tomorrow is the "easy" Insanity day - Core Cardio and Balance. We do the routine 3 times this week. I'm so glad we are almost done with Insanity.
So it's going to be a weird week workout wise for me. It's Recovery week so no crazy workouts, and then it's supposed to rain through Wednesday (with Chris being gone I can't run with the kids), Friday is my Grandma's funeral, and the Warrior Dash is on Sunday. Looks like I might only get one run in this week. All the rain suits my mood though. I'm going to have to be on point with my eating to keep from packing on the pounds.
So it's going to be a weird week workout wise for me. It's Recovery week so no crazy workouts, and then it's supposed to rain through Wednesday (with Chris being gone I can't run with the kids), Friday is my Grandma's funeral, and the Warrior Dash is on Sunday. Looks like I might only get one run in this week. All the rain suits my mood though. I'm going to have to be on point with my eating to keep from packing on the pounds.
May Goals, 2 weeks in
2 weeks into May already, and so far so good with my No Weigh May attempt. Here are my goals and how I'm doing with them:
1) Weight goal - to lose 4 lbs.
According to the numbers for calories consumed I probably maintained last week. I didn't even feel tempted to look at the scale this week which is kind of a nice change from constantly obsessing over it. Of course that could have everything to do with knowing that I didn't eat well and I don't really want to know how I did - UGH!
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
I tracked every day last week, and the proof is when I logged on to myfitnesspal it said, "Gillenator has logged in for 10 days in a row!" (YES, my log in name is Gillenator...it does have a nice ring doesn't it?! Look me up if you're on there). I have to do some digging around, it would be nice if it had a summary of how many calories you ate every day. I'm sure it's on there somewhere. My goal is to eat 1800 calories a day, so I went back through each day to see what I did. WARNING: it's not pretty, but I suddenly feel more motivated to do better. I should've thought to write them down like this before...
Sun - 2418
Sat - 2005
Fri - 2090
Thurs - 1574 (I bet I didn't log everything)
Wed - 2315
Tues - 2299
Mon - 1969
Um, yea, so I'm not even close to goal most days, SO this week my goal is 2000. Maybe I it'll be easier for me if I make it a number that I can achieve; then I can go from there.
3) Coffee.
I'm getting used to 3 Tbsp, so tomorrow I'm going to try 2 and see how it goes. I'm not sure I'll drink it black or not, but the fewer Tbsp I add, the healthier it should get for me.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
Okay, I only ran 8 miles this week. We started running with the jogging strollers again since Chris went off of leave. Apparently we are about a half mile slower when we push them, and it affected my mileage for the week. On a good note my blister is all but healed and my new running shoes are AWESOME!!
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now).
I did all 5 CLX/Insanity workouts last week - YEA ME! I also did all 3 ab routines - another YEA ME!! However, I did not stick with my do one pull-up a day challenge. Apparently I'm going to have to tape that one to my forehead to remember to try them. It's not like I don't walk past the pull-up bar several times a day (it's hanging on our bedroom door).
This morning when I logged onto Facebook I came across I See Fit People's challenge for the week - do 2000 lunges. Yes, you read that right 2-0-0-0!!
Of course I signed up for it! That means I have to do 286 a day for 7 days. I knocked out 300 in 50 count increments this morning. Denver chased me in circles around the house and Katelynn was trying to count with me and almost messed me up a few times. They are so cute!!
1) Weight goal - to lose 4 lbs.
According to the numbers for calories consumed I probably maintained last week. I didn't even feel tempted to look at the scale this week which is kind of a nice change from constantly obsessing over it. Of course that could have everything to do with knowing that I didn't eat well and I don't really want to know how I did - UGH!
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
I tracked every day last week, and the proof is when I logged on to myfitnesspal it said, "Gillenator has logged in for 10 days in a row!" (YES, my log in name is Gillenator...it does have a nice ring doesn't it?! Look me up if you're on there). I have to do some digging around, it would be nice if it had a summary of how many calories you ate every day. I'm sure it's on there somewhere. My goal is to eat 1800 calories a day, so I went back through each day to see what I did. WARNING: it's not pretty, but I suddenly feel more motivated to do better. I should've thought to write them down like this before...
Sun - 2418
Sat - 2005
Fri - 2090
Thurs - 1574 (I bet I didn't log everything)
Wed - 2315
Tues - 2299
Mon - 1969
Um, yea, so I'm not even close to goal most days, SO this week my goal is 2000. Maybe I it'll be easier for me if I make it a number that I can achieve; then I can go from there.
3) Coffee.
I'm getting used to 3 Tbsp, so tomorrow I'm going to try 2 and see how it goes. I'm not sure I'll drink it black or not, but the fewer Tbsp I add, the healthier it should get for me.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
Okay, I only ran 8 miles this week. We started running with the jogging strollers again since Chris went off of leave. Apparently we are about a half mile slower when we push them, and it affected my mileage for the week. On a good note my blister is all but healed and my new running shoes are AWESOME!!
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now).
I did all 5 CLX/Insanity workouts last week - YEA ME! I also did all 3 ab routines - another YEA ME!! However, I did not stick with my do one pull-up a day challenge. Apparently I'm going to have to tape that one to my forehead to remember to try them. It's not like I don't walk past the pull-up bar several times a day (it's hanging on our bedroom door).
This morning when I logged onto Facebook I came across I See Fit People's challenge for the week - do 2000 lunges. Yes, you read that right 2-0-0-0!!
Of course I signed up for it! That means I have to do 286 a day for 7 days. I knocked out 300 in 50 count increments this morning. Denver chased me in circles around the house and Katelynn was trying to count with me and almost messed me up a few times. They are so cute!!
Friday, May 11, 2012
Day 60 Measurements
Day 30 / Day 60
Weight: 175 / 173
Chest: 37.5 / 37
Rt Arm: 12.5 / 13
Lt Arm: 12.5 / 13
Waist: 33 / 36.5
Abductor: 45.5 / 45
Lt Thigh: 26.25 / 26.5
Rt Thigh: 26.25 / 27
Hips: 39 / 39
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Day 60, CLX/Insanity
60 days already?! Wow! I'm so proud of myself for sticking with the Insanity portion of the workouts. They are tough, and I'm still on the fence with whether or not I actually like them; it really is a love, hate, love relationship. I've learned a lot of moves that I would like to do again, but I can honestly say I will not be repeating Insanity EVER. I'm so glad we decided to just do a hybrid of it - 2-3 times a week is so much more attainable and doable then 6 times a week. Personally I have no idea how people do it 6 times a week as their sole workout. I like working out, but it's hard to explain how Insanity makes me feel. It's as if I'm just getting beat up for 45 minutes. The people in the video are falling out, we are falling out, you just have this overwhelming feeling of if they can't even do it after 60 days why am I even trying? I never really feel like I accomplish anything; overall I do feel stronger, but I can get that same feeling by doing workouts I enjoy!
Like the one I did today - Chalene's Greatest HIIT's from her TurboFire series. The moves are seriously just like Insanity but instead of suffering through the workout you feel energetic, alive, just awesome! I'm a total Chalene fan though. I'm loving her weight lifting series and I can't wait to do TF next. She is so inspirational to me (and I'm sure Shaun T is equally inspirational to others, he just doesn't motivate me as she does).
I'm looking forward to the hot air balloons with the family tonight. Tomorrow is our 9am run, CLX Push 3, Ab Burner, and measurement/photo day! Whew - I'm excited just thinking about it.
Like the one I did today - Chalene's Greatest HIIT's from her TurboFire series. The moves are seriously just like Insanity but instead of suffering through the workout you feel energetic, alive, just awesome! I'm a total Chalene fan though. I'm loving her weight lifting series and I can't wait to do TF next. She is so inspirational to me (and I'm sure Shaun T is equally inspirational to others, he just doesn't motivate me as she does).
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Day 59, CLX/Insanity
Friday I get to take my measurements and find out how the past 30 days have gone. I'm not expecting big numbers. My eating is completely sabotaging any progress I may have made. I'm not going to deny it. I have a few days where I do really well - eat nice healthy things and stay around 1800-2000 calories, and then I have a day or two where I completely go the opposite way (eating around 2500 calories). I'm not sure what is triggering it. What I do know is that it's not taking me as long to rebound. Before when I'd splurge, or slip-up, whatever you want to call it, it would take me days to snap out of my funk. Now it only takes about a day or two max, and then my resolve comes back and I'm eating better again.
I love this poster! I take the time to log what I eat and I take the time to blog about how awful my eating is, but I don't put any effort into making better choices. I take the time to workout and give it my all, but I'm sabotaging all my time by my lack of effort with my food choices. I've read so many times that it's 80% of what you eat, 20% of exercise. I need to flip my numbers because it's the other way for me - all exercise and poor eating. I'm going to give myself homework: create a meal plan and it's due Saturday night. I've got 3 meal plans here at the house, maybe it's time to actually
follow one of them. I should probably start with the CLX one huh?!
We are taking the kids to see some hot air balloons tomorrow night, so no group workout for me. I can't do Insanity since I don't own it, but maybe I'll try and get a Turbofire in while Denver naps. This is our last week of the crazy "Max" Insanity workouts, and I couldn't be any happier about it! I'm not even sad that I'm going to miss the last one. Next week is our Recovery Week so it's Core Cardio and Balance, and then for the last 30 days we are going to do Fast and Furious and/or Pure Cardio. Steph owns both of them so we'll probably rotate between the two - only one Insanity workout a week!!! Woo-hoo!!
We are taking the kids to see some hot air balloons tomorrow night, so no group workout for me. I can't do Insanity since I don't own it, but maybe I'll try and get a Turbofire in while Denver naps. This is our last week of the crazy "Max" Insanity workouts, and I couldn't be any happier about it! I'm not even sad that I'm going to miss the last one. Next week is our Recovery Week so it's Core Cardio and Balance, and then for the last 30 days we are going to do Fast and Furious and/or Pure Cardio. Steph owns both of them so we'll probably rotate between the two - only one Insanity workout a week!!! Woo-hoo!!
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
May Goals - 1 week in!
One week into May already! My goodness time just slides right on by. Here are how my goals are going so far:
1) Weight goal - to lose 4 lbs.
Okay, well I won't know how much weight I've lost until the beginning of June since I'm doing the whole No Weigh May thing. I did look for my scale on Monday, and was thankful that Chris hid it for me. If my tracking in myfitnesspal is accurate I'm on track for goal. Some non-scale victories for me this week - I ate healthy (a lot) this week. I had 2 days that weren't fantastic, but even those days were not terrible. Overall, I'm really proud of myself. Each day it gets a little easier to make the right choices, or at least that's what I keep telling myself!
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
I did track every day this week - even weekends. My entries weren't complete on Friday and Saturday, but I at least logged most of the days food. Even logged (reluctantly) all THREE pieces of veggie pizza I had for dinner on Sunday night.
3) Coffee.
This week I used only 3 TBSP in my coffee. It was a bit bitter, but not bad. I'll probably do 3 this week too, and I'll try using only 2 to see how it goes. Chris drinks his black. I'm not sure I'll ever get there, but I'm going to try.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
YES! I ran 9.7 miles this week!! One of those days was without my running partner, so I had every opportunity to not meet goal, but I did! I'm super proud of myself for this one. I want to keep it up, so here's to hoping the blister heals quickly and doesn't hinder my run on Wednesday.
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now). Right on track with this one as well. Another thing I've done is add one more ab routine to the mix so now I'm doing 3 ab routines a week instead of 2. I have no idea why the CLX/Insanity schedule only has 2. My abs are appreciating the new attention. One other goal I've set for myself is to do 1 pull-up a day. I want to workup to the 2 I was doing after P90X. Fingers crossed on that one!
So far, I'm on track with all my goals. A little reminder to myself...
We hit 60 days into CLX/Insanity this week, so it'll be measurement time!!
1) Weight goal - to lose 4 lbs.
Okay, well I won't know how much weight I've lost until the beginning of June since I'm doing the whole No Weigh May thing. I did look for my scale on Monday, and was thankful that Chris hid it for me. If my tracking in myfitnesspal is accurate I'm on track for goal. Some non-scale victories for me this week - I ate healthy (a lot) this week. I had 2 days that weren't fantastic, but even those days were not terrible. Overall, I'm really proud of myself. Each day it gets a little easier to make the right choices, or at least that's what I keep telling myself!
2) Food. To track every day, even on weekends.
I did track every day this week - even weekends. My entries weren't complete on Friday and Saturday, but I at least logged most of the days food. Even logged (reluctantly) all THREE pieces of veggie pizza I had for dinner on Sunday night.
3) Coffee.
This week I used only 3 TBSP in my coffee. It was a bit bitter, but not bad. I'll probably do 3 this week too, and I'll try using only 2 to see how it goes. Chris drinks his black. I'm not sure I'll ever get there, but I'm going to try.
4) Running. 9 miles a week.
YES! I ran 9.7 miles this week!! One of those days was without my running partner, so I had every opportunity to not meet goal, but I did! I'm super proud of myself for this one. I want to keep it up, so here's to hoping the blister heals quickly and doesn't hinder my run on Wednesday.
5) Workout. At least 5 times a week (doesn't include running right now). Right on track with this one as well. Another thing I've done is add one more ab routine to the mix so now I'm doing 3 ab routines a week instead of 2. I have no idea why the CLX/Insanity schedule only has 2. My abs are appreciating the new attention. One other goal I've set for myself is to do 1 pull-up a day. I want to workup to the 2 I was doing after P90X. Fingers crossed on that one!
So far, I'm on track with all my goals. A little reminder to myself...
Monday, May 7, 2012
New Running Shoes
Saturday I went to Road Runner's and bought a new pair of shoes...
I'll break my new shoes in on Wednesday's run (I wore my Saucony's on Sunday's 3.5 mile run and the blister above is what happened). I will put the shoes on when I leave for my run and take them off when I get home. Running and running only in these guys. My other Nike's will become my day to day shoes. My foot measured at an 8 in running shoes, but my older Nike's are an 8 and they are tight in the toes, my new ones are 8.5. Hopefully that'll help. The lady who sold me my shoes said that it's common in Nike's. We shall see. If they don't workout it's back to Mizuno's for me.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Day 53, CLX/Insanity
Tonight's Insanity workout was Core Cardio and Balance. Was that right? I had to check it a few times to make sure. Whomever made up the schedule (I could only find one hybrid online; every site I checked had the same one) has us doing a recovery week routine once this week, and once next week, and then again during recovery week (3 times!). I'm not complaining at all though. It's a nice, quick (36 minutes), "easy" routine without a lot of crazy jump type moves. My favorite is the very last move where you stand in a squat position and do arm movements (5 or 6 different ones; each are about 30 seconds); by the end your legs and arms are screaming - it's awesome! All the other moves are nothing new or crazy. It's truly a recovery workout.
Yesterday my group run got canceled. My running partner had food poisoning the night before AND it was supposed to be raining/thunder storming and we had the kids so we decided to not run together. When Chris got home (he had to go in to work to sit a board) it was sunny so I took off for a run - literally, I ran 3.2 miles in 30 minutes. I probably could've ran even faster; I kept slowing down because I was getting side stitches (a big sign that I'm running faster then normal). The way I figure it you've got to be a little uncomfortable if you're ever going to get better/faster.
We also did CLX last night - great workout. I'm really enjoying the Chalene Extreme set. The workouts are quick and effective. I know I'll be doing the set again in the future, maybe next, not sure yet. The only thing I do know is that I will NEVER (should I say never ever?) do Insanity again.
I was pretty hungry yesterday (running, weight training) so our late night snack was...
Chris said, "wow, I was just expecting crackers and cheese." LOL! One serving of hummus, carrots, cucumbers, celery, black olives, and Triscuits with half an ounce of cheese - 240 calories of deliciousness!
Ever since starting up the "No Weigh May" (I know only 2 days now) I've been really focusing on cleaning up my diet and choosing the healthier options. I've had salads with several meals and I've been eating chicken and tonight was salmon patties (Chris made them - green chilies, black beans, salmon, crackers, egg - they were awesome!!).
For breakfast this morning I made...
I inhaled it! Had to stop so I could take a quick photo - LOL! It's Baked Caramel Banana Bread Pudding Oatmeal from my 75 Ways to Love Your Oatmeal (excellent cookbook). I do have to say that I was the only one who liked it. Katelynn picked at it (she complained it was too hot), Denver had trouble gripping it (and I was too lazy to spoon-feed him), and Chris doesn't like "soggy" bread. Me? LOVED IT! I can't wait to eat the last bowl tomorrow. You bake it in 4 bowls, but it's actually only 2 servings (which is a lot of food for one person, but seeing as how the book is written by a bodybuilder, it makes sense). It's got almond milk, cinnamon, Torani sugar-free caramel syrup, cottage cheese, vanilla, protein powder, banana, bread, oats, and brown sugar sprinkled on top. It's delicious!!
Tomorrow is a morning run, CLX, and then we're taking the kids to a cavern followed by a bar-b-que at my brother's house!
Yesterday my group run got canceled. My running partner had food poisoning the night before AND it was supposed to be raining/thunder storming and we had the kids so we decided to not run together. When Chris got home (he had to go in to work to sit a board) it was sunny so I took off for a run - literally, I ran 3.2 miles in 30 minutes. I probably could've ran even faster; I kept slowing down because I was getting side stitches (a big sign that I'm running faster then normal). The way I figure it you've got to be a little uncomfortable if you're ever going to get better/faster.
We also did CLX last night - great workout. I'm really enjoying the Chalene Extreme set. The workouts are quick and effective. I know I'll be doing the set again in the future, maybe next, not sure yet. The only thing I do know is that I will NEVER (should I say never ever?) do Insanity again.
I was pretty hungry yesterday (running, weight training) so our late night snack was...
Ever since starting up the "No Weigh May" (I know only 2 days now) I've been really focusing on cleaning up my diet and choosing the healthier options. I've had salads with several meals and I've been eating chicken and tonight was salmon patties (Chris made them - green chilies, black beans, salmon, crackers, egg - they were awesome!!).
For breakfast this morning I made...
Tomorrow is a morning run, CLX, and then we're taking the kids to a cavern followed by a bar-b-que at my brother's house!
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Day 51, CLX/Insanity
Tonight was Insanity Plyo Cardio Circuit. After two weeks of 50+ minute Insanity workouts it was really weird to go back to such a short one (42 minutes, but after warm-up stretching it's only 20 minutes). Chris and the kids walked over to the gym with me tonight. They got to hang out on the play area while I sweated my butt off.
We couldn't workout on the basketball court tonight since it was reserved for a banquet, and the gym itself smelled like paint fumes, so we decided that our best option would be to go outside and workout! The laptop screen was a little hard to see so we just did the workout without music - it was easier to hear Shaun T. calling out the moves. I really liked the warm-up - it was a good set of exercises plus four out of the seven repeated exercises are running moves. I didn't really remember which video we were doing until it got to the actual workout part. The first set was a piece of cake (easier then the actual warmup)...suicide drills, power squats, mountain climbers, and ski downs. When we started doing the football drills I remembered this workout - LOVE the football drills, hate, hate, hate the basketball drill portion which has nothing to do with the basketball drill so much as the two drills that follow it - Level 1 drills and ski drills - UGH!! Level 1 drills - 4 pushups, 4 mountain climbers in plank position, jump up, repeat this about 5 or 6 times (it's all a blur right now) follow that with the ski drills - hold plank jump your feet left, center, right (repeat 5, 6, 7 times...who knows) then hold the plank and jump your feet into your chest and back out (repeat 5, 6, 7...really does it matter); then repeat starting at the basketball drills 2 more times. O.M.G.!!! I spent most of this on my knees, but when I was doing the moves I was actually doing them. I think being on the grass really helped my knees/back. I'll know for sure in the morning if I can't walk. I was feeling bold and they felt good, so I did them. Last time that happened I had problems walking the next day. I need to run tomorrow...hmm, maybe it wasn't such a good idea. I might have to go and request a nice long back rub.
The workout ends with a bunch of punching type moves which is actually a really nice way to stretch out your arm/back muscles after all those pushups/plank moves.
Tomorrow is Push Circuit 2. Yeah! I love lifting days.
Yes, please!!
We couldn't workout on the basketball court tonight since it was reserved for a banquet, and the gym itself smelled like paint fumes, so we decided that our best option would be to go outside and workout! The laptop screen was a little hard to see so we just did the workout without music - it was easier to hear Shaun T. calling out the moves. I really liked the warm-up - it was a good set of exercises plus four out of the seven repeated exercises are running moves. I didn't really remember which video we were doing until it got to the actual workout part. The first set was a piece of cake (easier then the actual warmup)...suicide drills, power squats, mountain climbers, and ski downs. When we started doing the football drills I remembered this workout - LOVE the football drills, hate, hate, hate the basketball drill portion which has nothing to do with the basketball drill so much as the two drills that follow it - Level 1 drills and ski drills - UGH!! Level 1 drills - 4 pushups, 4 mountain climbers in plank position, jump up, repeat this about 5 or 6 times (it's all a blur right now) follow that with the ski drills - hold plank jump your feet left, center, right (repeat 5, 6, 7 times...who knows) then hold the plank and jump your feet into your chest and back out (repeat 5, 6, 7...really does it matter); then repeat starting at the basketball drills 2 more times. O.M.G.!!! I spent most of this on my knees, but when I was doing the moves I was actually doing them. I think being on the grass really helped my knees/back. I'll know for sure in the morning if I can't walk. I was feeling bold and they felt good, so I did them. Last time that happened I had problems walking the next day. I need to run tomorrow...hmm, maybe it wasn't such a good idea. I might have to go and request a nice long back rub.
The workout ends with a bunch of punching type moves which is actually a really nice way to stretch out your arm/back muscles after all those pushups/plank moves.
Tomorrow is Push Circuit 2. Yeah! I love lifting days.
No Weigh May
I hate scales. I really do. I absolutely hate the way I felt last week after the scale told me I gained two pounds which lead to me abusing my body (seriously what else would you call eating pizza, ice cream, chocolate, etc when I don't normally eat that way). This morning while I was reading over the news feed on Facebook, I came across Fit Chicks morning post, "Weight is a girls biggest downfall. Stop looking for change, train hard, and let it happen! Here is a question for you if you gained 4 lbs but dropped a dress size would you care about the weight?"
Yes, yes I would, and that's what I hate and what I so badly want to overcome. As I was reading through people's responses they all said they wouldn't care about the number - oh to not care! I wish I could be like those people, and I will, someday, I will get there.
After reading some responses I decided to try something. One person said they were doing, "No Weigh May." They were going to celebrate the weekly non-scale victories. I think that's an awesome idea. Here is my problem with it - what should a non-scale victory be? That I tracked every day that week? Should I stress myself out with taping? A set number of glasses of water a day? I need ideas for each week or it won't work.
I'll brainstorm and see what I can come up with today.
Yes, yes I would, and that's what I hate and what I so badly want to overcome. As I was reading through people's responses they all said they wouldn't care about the number - oh to not care! I wish I could be like those people, and I will, someday, I will get there.
After reading some responses I decided to try something. One person said they were doing, "No Weigh May." They were going to celebrate the weekly non-scale victories. I think that's an awesome idea. Here is my problem with it - what should a non-scale victory be? That I tracked every day that week? Should I stress myself out with taping? A set number of glasses of water a day? I need ideas for each week or it won't work.
I'll brainstorm and see what I can come up with today.
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