Lost a pound this week. Only ran twice this week and had to overcome a 3 pound gain from the weekend. Should have ran more but I was too busy because of work, school, blah, blah, excuse, excuse... Not gonna happen this week though. I will run at least 4 days. I guarantee.
See ya next week.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Running Makes Me Hungry!
I'm finding it hard to stay on my diet when burning 400+ calories a day, but I'm finding a way. Ran yesterday and today at the gym. It's still way difficult while doing it, but a couple hours later, and I feel great! I just gotta keep on pressing on.
Today I ran all of the run @ 4.5mph. I started my walks at 3mph, and then lowered them down to 2.5mph. My goal is to keep up the 4.5mph runs, and not have to drop below 3mph for the walks. Maybe by next week I'll be fully up to speed with that.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Weigh In: 2/18/11
What a hard week. It's hard to find the motivation to run, and it's even harder to find the willpower to pass up on all of the free delicious treats at work, but I did! Ran 3 days this week. I plan to get up to 5 days of running plus 3 days in the gym lifting weights, but 3 days of running is a good start. I'm proud of myself for that. I'm also proud that I didn't eat any of the left over food from the huge training classes going on at work. Not a single cookie, brownie, slice of pizza or doughnut.
All that hard work paid off this week. I dropped from 419lbs to 415lbs. 4 pound loss in total. Now I'm enjoying a celebratory white mocha and everything bagel with cream cheese! Seeing the -4lbs really inspires me, and I'm looking forward to my run tomorrow.
All that hard work paid off this week. I dropped from 419lbs to 415lbs. 4 pound loss in total. Now I'm enjoying a celebratory white mocha and everything bagel with cream cheese! Seeing the -4lbs really inspires me, and I'm looking forward to my run tomorrow.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
Weigh In: 2/11/11
Sorry, I forgot to blog on Friday. I need to get in that habit again. I did however update my graph on Friday, so if you stopped by you at least saw that. No change in weight. I was still at 419lbs on Friday. I think the added exercise is sending my body into shock. But I'll keep pressing on.
I've still been running. Ran on Saturday and Today. I walked one of my runs each time, but I'm please with my progress. We have a storm blowing in, and I'm not looking forward to running in the rain. I just need to find that motivation.
I've still been running. Ran on Saturday and Today. I walked one of my runs each time, but I'm please with my progress. We have a storm blowing in, and I'm not looking forward to running in the rain. I just need to find that motivation.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Back in the Saddle Again!
Last year's plan of dieting to lose weight worked pretty well. I lost about 50 pounds, then the holidays hit. I gained back a little over 20 of those pound back. I let myself down a little with that, but I'm picking myself back up. That's really the wonderful thing about a diet. You can always start over.
2011's weight loss plan is a little different. This year I will continue to diet, and I will also be including exercise. I started the year with doing the Biggest Loser Wii game, but I hurt my foot and had to take a break to rest it. While resting my foot I came to the decision that I didn't like all of the yoga and stuff, so I need to find something else. A co-worker has been talking about an iPhone app that he's been using call C25K. C25K (Couch to 5K) is an app that has a 9 week training plan to get you fit enough to run a 5K (30-45 minutes of jogging).
For example the first week you have a 5 minute walk a walk, then oscillates between running for 60 seconds and walking for 90 seconds, then a 5 minute cool down. Week 2 will have less walking and more running. So on and so on. I've really enjoyed walking. It's peaceful and I get time to just think about thing, so the C25K app seamed perfect. I downloaded it over the weekend and started the plan this week.
Being 400+ pounds I in no way thought I could just go through this with ease. My first day was a little rough. I only made it through half of the training. I could have pushed myself to complete it but I still had to work a full 8 hours, and I didn't want to be a worthless blob all day. The great thing is I can repeat days as many times as necessary. So, I might be doing week one for a week or two before moving on to week two.
Day two (repeat of day 1) was a LOT better. I made all the way through with the exception of one running cycle. I decided to walk it because I was going up hill, it was near the end of the training, and I didn't want to fall on my face. Other then my quads feeling like they were hit with a truck, I'm feeling pretty good! I'm going to skip the next 2 days, and give it a go on Saturday.
One cool feature of the app is a journal about my run/walk. I'm able to save an image from my phone and post it here (See images to the left and right). You can see what I did, and what I thought about it.
See ya on Friday's weigh in!
2011's weight loss plan is a little different. This year I will continue to diet, and I will also be including exercise. I started the year with doing the Biggest Loser Wii game, but I hurt my foot and had to take a break to rest it. While resting my foot I came to the decision that I didn't like all of the yoga and stuff, so I need to find something else. A co-worker has been talking about an iPhone app that he's been using call C25K. C25K (Couch to 5K) is an app that has a 9 week training plan to get you fit enough to run a 5K (30-45 minutes of jogging).
For example the first week you have a 5 minute walk a walk, then oscillates between running for 60 seconds and walking for 90 seconds, then a 5 minute cool down. Week 2 will have less walking and more running. So on and so on. I've really enjoyed walking. It's peaceful and I get time to just think about thing, so the C25K app seamed perfect. I downloaded it over the weekend and started the plan this week.
Being 400+ pounds I in no way thought I could just go through this with ease. My first day was a little rough. I only made it through half of the training. I could have pushed myself to complete it but I still had to work a full 8 hours, and I didn't want to be a worthless blob all day. The great thing is I can repeat days as many times as necessary. So, I might be doing week one for a week or two before moving on to week two.
Day two (repeat of day 1) was a LOT better. I made all the way through with the exception of one running cycle. I decided to walk it because I was going up hill, it was near the end of the training, and I didn't want to fall on my face. Other then my quads feeling like they were hit with a truck, I'm feeling pretty good! I'm going to skip the next 2 days, and give it a go on Saturday.One cool feature of the app is a journal about my run/walk. I'm able to save an image from my phone and post it here (See images to the left and right). You can see what I did, and what I thought about it.
See ya on Friday's weigh in!
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