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Thursday, May 08, 2008
Yesterday I was reeeeeeally tired, and kind of sore from the run, so I did a minimum of exercise - just a 30 minute walk with Jess around Jamaica Pond, and the Swimsuit Bootcamp day 4 video, which is under 10 minutes long (yesterday was a "core" workout - kind of like standing crunches). I could have done more, but decided sleep was more important. I think I made the right choice.
yesterday I weighed 158.0, which was good news considering it was 1.4 down from the day before and the lowest I've been on a weekday so far. Today I was up to 158.2 - which is insignificantly higher..
I think I'm even more sore today than I was yesterday, but it'll pass. I plan on getting a good workout this afternoon!
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
I haven't gone running since...February, probably...maybe even December! But I was getting back in the mood, and this afternoon after my chest/back workout I decided to go for it. I swapped out my regular bra for a sports bra, my loose bun for a tight ponytail, and went out into the beautiful May sunshine and ran! Okay, I did a light jog... I was trying to keep my heart rate under control (it was usually in the 150s at first, then the 160s..)... but I did go farther than I thought I would.
I used mapmyrun.com to get the mileage, and then my calculator to get the minutes per mile and mph info. I ran for 45 minutes and then walked for 15 minutes.
3.32 mi in 45 minutes (jogging) - 13.6 min/mile - 4.4 mph
0.77 mi in 15 minutes (walking cooldown) - 19.5 min/mile - 3.08 mph
4.09 mi in 60 minutes (total) - 14.7 min/mile - 4.09 mph
Okay, so 4.4 mph is more commonly the speed of a brisk walk than a run, but hey, it was my first time in a long time! I am just happy I didn't need to stop at all while I was jogging. At the end I did decide to cut myself off at 45 minutes because my upper arms were chafing - I really should be wearing some kind of tight short sleeved top when I run, not tank tops - and also because my legs were starting to feel like they'd had enough banging.
I still have to do my Swimsuit Bootcamp Day 3 video and plan tomorrow's meals. I want to make some kind of funky salad with apples and nuts in it... but I'm sooo sleepy!
Weight news: I was 159.4 this morning (under 160 on a weekday, woohoo), and then I was even lower after my jog - 159.2! Yes, I know I weigh myself too much. But it motivates me and it's not going to hurt me, so I'm going to keep doing it. :)
Monday, May 05, 2008
So there it is...me with all that weight gained back! (Note the same swimsuit as in my favorite Memorial Day 2007 picture on my main page - with 25 extra pounds!!!) I am posting this picture only because I am DETERMINED to have a much-improved "After" picture when the bootcamp is over!
My stats are: 160 pounds (yes, I was back up to 160.0 this morning - ugh, Mondays), 5'6", 30yrs.
In other news, I went out to an Indian restaurant with my parents last night and my mom and I shared an appetizer and a main dish. Great way to cut down on portion size - we were still both really full afterwards, and might skip the appetizer next time! We got a shrimp curry with lots of veggies, and the brown rice. I really had to guess when it came to entering my food in my nutrition tracker though!! Any advice on that, anyone?
Today I went to the gym even though I was so tired and did my usual shoulder/arm routine, then I got on the elliptical next to a "gym buddy" of mine who suggested I try a class...there was one starting right at that moment...it was step aerobics. What a kick-butt workout it was!!! My heart rate was in the 170s and 180s, my face was red, my knees were sweating, the music was great, it was hard to get some of the trickier moves though. Also, instead of just the 30 ho-hum minutes I would have gotten on the elliptical, the class was an hour long!!! I definitely want to try more classes.
Finally, I am wearing my size 4 capri pants. They are extremely tight on me, but I am compensating for that by wearing a much looser, longish top. It's really warm out and I gave away all my bigger warm-weather pants a long time ago. Time to make these pants fit again!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, May 04, 2008
My friends and I went out for Mexican last night and I'm pretty sure I made the healthiest choice on the menu - I got a salad with baby spinach and mixed greens, topped with blackened salmon (probably high in sodium), with the cilantro-lime dressing on the side (and didn't use much because I didn't like it) with pinot noir and a glass of water. I ate none of the tortilla chips they served before the meal, but I did eat some of the salsa because I love salsa...I knew that was weird to do but I did it anyway. :)
My boyfriend had tacos...the boy can eat whatever he wants and still be in great shape. Men! One of my friends did what she always does, which is that she'll order what she wants with the fries and the cheese etc. but only eat half of it, then take half home.
I guess I should admit I drank too much last night too. I usually weigh less after a night of drinking, less water in my body I guess. I had two glasses of red wine, two Bacardi and diets, and then a Coors light. Naughty me, but in my defense, we went to a karaoke bar, and you just CAN'T do karaoke sober, can you??? I sang Creep by Radiohead. My friend, who could be a professional singer she's so good, sang Black Velvet and my boyfriend brought the house down with Garth Brooks I've Got Friends in Low Places. So funny, soooo fun.
So this morning I weighed myself once at about 7 a.m. and it was 159.0 and then went back to bed for a few more hours of reading and napping, and at 11:30 a.m. I weighed 157.6, so there's that pattern again. The lower of those two numbers just happens to be EXACTLY 10 pounds less than when I started eating right and exercising again, which was 12 days ago. Wow - I lost 10 pounds in 12 days??? The first several of those pounds were just water weight, I'm sure. The night before I started I actually was at ANOTHER Mexican restaurant, and made a very, very POOR choice - I indulged heavily in the chips and salsa, and then ordered the biggest combo they offered and had a couple burritos and a taco, all with ground beef, cheese, sour cream, etc...... and the rice and refried beans on the side...I absolutely LOVE that stuff, except that I have to teach myself not to. Very bad for me. And I'm sure I ate a ton of sodium that night which contributed to the rapid weight loss over the next few days. After the first few days I didn't lose anything at all for several days in a row.
Someone on SP recommended The New Rules of Lifting for Women and I am reading that now. Granted it is not a weightloss book...it is about using very high intensity strength training to build muscle... but it's not written for she-hulk wannabes, it is written with the understanding that most women would like to drop a few pounds and lose fat and not get bigger. However, this book is totally turning everything I thought I knew upside down and I'm not sure what to make of it AT ALL! For one thing, it is recommending that you start your first four weeks of the program eating your maintanence level of calories, which for me would work out to 1,965 calories on non-workout days and about 2,225 calories on workout days, because you need the energy for such high-intensity exercise. And it's saying that if you feel you absolutely MUST cut calories, to cut no more than 300 from that. Second, it's suggesting you eat the same percentage calories from fat, carbs, and protein. I follow the SP diet which as we all know recommends 15 percent protein and 55 percent carbs, and I try to stick as close as I can to that. So if I were to do this new program I'd be hugely increasing my protein, and they recommend lots of (whey) protein shakes and meals with protein powder added in. Is that healthy?!? I've read in other places that too much protein isn't good for you. I don't think I'd probably end up lowering my carbs too much though, because I'd be increasing my total calories so much. But that's if I even do it at all!
Finally, and I haven't read the whole book, but I've read enough to know it's saying cardio is OPTIONAL and if you do it at all, do interval training. (The interval training seems to be undisputed - everyone says it's better than steady state... but...no cardio is OK?? I'm not sure.) And for the strength training, it's saying you can skip moves that isolate small muscles like biceps and triceps and do ones that hit lots of muscles at once...which I used to do until I met with a personal trainer who said I should do bicep and tricep stuff!
Saturday, May 03, 2008
I'm sure you could tell I was feeling kinda down when I wrote my last blog entry. It really made me feel better to see my email inbox full of messages telling me you all had responded to my blog, and all your comments were so supportive. Thank you so much.
I always weigh less on weekends just because I weigh myself later on Sat. and Sun. morning after a nice long full night's sleep. So I weigh 158.4 today, but I am taking it with a grain of salt because I could easily be right back up to 160 on Monday morning - will have to wait and see.
Last night my friends had pizza with ham, sausage, and meatballs! I had an orange and a sweet potato! They had alcoholic beverages and I drank seltzer. I hope I make the right choices tonight too, when we're out on the town.
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