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Monday, September 03, 2012
I've been absent from Spark for a while. Months, actually. It's been a fun and busy summer. Camping and more camping. Running around with my kids and basically just taking it easy. It's been lovely.
Now that my kiddos are going to school, I feel like I need to get myself back to school, in a way. So I'm back here at Spark. I'm reestablishing routines in my life, my home, and in my family, and one of them is using SP as a tool to help me balance a healthy lifestyle.
I've been trying to get pregnant for over a year now. I had a miscarriage a few months ago. I found out I was pregnant again just a couple of days ago, but I'm starting to have some pink spotting. It's a strong possibility that I'll miscarry again. I'll just have to wait and see.
Right before I found out I was pregnant I had just recommitted to getting off those last 10 lbs from my last pregnancy THREE YEARS AGO. Have three years really gone by and I'm still at this weight? My body likes it here, in the mid 140s, that's for sure. I need to shake things up and shock my system to break this plateau and COMMIT to being active.
Then I found out about the pregnancy. And I'm HOPING I won't miscarry. Which means my focus for September is not going to be on weight-loss after all. Instead, I'm going to focus on finishing my 5k training and eat better. And eat more. I rarely get enough calories, and when I do it's because I ate a bunch of sugary crap.
So.
September Goals:
1. Run 4 days a week
2. Drink a green smoothie daily
3. Drink 8 oz H2O daily
4. Demolish my existing floors
5. Lay new hardwood floors
Here's to a great month!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
This morning I measured my body fat %. Now I realize that there is usually a (potentially pretty big) margin of error when measuring this. I have a fancy Omron scale that has a hand grip to supposedly be more accurate.
Well, my bf% is up nearly 2% since October. I've only gained about two lbs since October, but I haven't really worked out at all, so I've lost some muscle, I suppose.
As of this morning I have 41.8% body fat. That seems like a huge number! I'm not very overweight, but I'm totally not fit. That's according to the fancy scale. But then just using online calculator using mathematical formulas based on averages, (inputting my gender, my age, my height, and my waist measurement) my body fat is 30%.
That's an unbelievable discrepancy! And honestly, I'm more likely to accept the 30%, not because it sounds so much better, but because it seems much more realistic considering my size. I can't believe that 145 lbs equates to 41% body fat. That just doesn't seem right.
This is really frustrating, because I believe that body fat is what needs to be lost, not over all weight. But with no reliable way to measure body fat, how can I tell it's going down?
Well, I guess I throw out that scale. Just like everyone tells you to. Instead, I'll go by the fit of my jeans. Right now I'm wearing my largest pair of jeans. And they fit well. They used to be really loose and fall off my hips.
Goal #1: Get these jeans to fall off my hips again so I need a belt. Can I accomplish this in the 3 weeks before my first June weigh-in? I guess we'll see . . . .
Here's to weight training! And HIIT!
Hope y'all have a beautiful and healthy day.
Monday, May 14, 2012
So I've been recommitted to living healthy for one week. Not much of a streak, but I'm just glad to be back. And I'm feeling really good. Balanced.
My weigh-in this morning showed me down 2 lbs! I realize that doesn't necessarily mean 2 lbs of fat, but it was nice to see all the same. Hopefully that's 1 lb fat and 1 lb water weight. I can live with that.
My soreness from my last workout wasn't completely gone, but barely noticeable. So I was excited to hit the weights today. I had a good workout. I did the same workout as last Monday, even with the same weights, and it was much easier. So I did extra reps. Except for the swiss-ball jackknives. Oh. My. Word. On the first set I barely got out 4 reps before I felt like I was going to die. Clearly my abs hadn't fully recovered from last week. On the second set I did 1 rep and it felt like my abs were ripping. It was so painful and I just fell off the ball. So I guess my abs need more rest. Or I injured them or something.
After my weights workout I did 15 minutes of HIIT on the treadmill. Then, as recommended in the New Rules of Lifting for Women book, I stopped completely for 5 minutes. This let my bloodstream get flooded with fat, as normally happens when your body stops working out. Then I went back to the treadmill for some steady jogging endurance training. That way my body had a ready supply of fat to burn, (so goes the theory) instead of burning glycogen.
I don't explain it very well. So if you're interested, read the book. I'm going to try it for a month and see how it goes. Either it will help me burn more fat as opposed to glycogen, or it won't. If it does, then fantastic. If it doesn't, it can't hurt and I'm still burning calories.
After my workout I had to rush to the gym to take my daughter to her swimming lesson. I had my toddler in the pool with me and we goofed off for an hour. Then rush home and rush to clean the house and whip together a dinner before hubby got home.
I'm exhausted! But I feel great. Which is a nice change from my usual state of feeling exhausted and awful.
Hoping I feel enough energy to do some HIIT and endurance training tomorrow. I really want to focus my energies on weight lifting, but I have missed running. I want to get back into the ability to run 5k without getting winded.
It feels so good to move!
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workout!