X Stretch

Well this morning we got to sleep in until 6am and I still didn't want to get out of bed. I'm waiting for the day when I enjoy waking up to do this LOL. I used to love early morning workouts. And I am liking the workouts but not the waking up part. Thank you so much Jacqui for keeping me in check...and you too Kevin. Honestly this morning I could have slept in if it weren't for Kevin...I forgot my cell downstairs last night and so I didn't hear it going off this morning. If Kev hadn't told me the time I would have slept in. Funnier thing is I was awake at like 5:15-5:30 and when I asked Kev the time he told me 5:30 and I went oh...I still have 30 minutes better go back to sleep...had it been 6am I would have popped out of bed and would have had that first day of woohoo let's go. Maybe one morning I'll beat Jacqui to the texting punch as it were.

The point being I'm glad I worked out...although it was X-Stretch and that just makes me want to sleep as it's soooo relaxing. But I'm sure my body needed the stretching especially my legs.

oh and TGIF!!!! Hockey game tonight (fingers crossed we win)

Day 2 of waking up thank God for Pitbull

long story short I wrote a whole thing and it got deleted and now I have to leave for work/school.

Day 1 - 5K as fast as possible
Day 2 - 20 min with heart rate between 65-75% (peak fat burning) concentrate on form (head up, chest out, etc)
Day 3 - X-stretch
repeat

also weighed 199.5 at my weigh in last night but different from my scale...personal victory but doesn't count for competitions as my scale is higher.

How can i digest red meat faster...had beef last night and so my weight is up of coures...hhhmmmmm

5K in 39:33

yeah baby!!! you read that right 5K this morning in 39:33. Now that's not a true reflection of how I would do outside as I would be propelling myself that distance but when you pump the treadmill to 6.6 for 2 minutes it makes you go!!!! :)

I feel great this morning. Last night I had a dream that I got the text from Pitbull and I just popped out of bed like there was nothing to it LOL...then there's reality!! So I forgot to turn my phone from vibrate to sound last night so I woke up to the alarm about 4 minutes after she had texted me...no biggie right...well then I had to drag my sorry ass out of bed. I get up and do the morning ritual of pee and weigh myself and as I'm walking to the scale I'm going over in my mind why I don't need to work out. I was thinking I could sleep in 30 minutes or work out tonight or how I worked out last night so I didn't need to this morning. But I said a firm "NO" to myself and got dressed and went downstairs and texted Jacqui back and worked out!

Now I'm sitting here drinking my recovery drink and I'm pumped and still a little tired but only because I stayed up to watch the medal ceremony last night and didn't get to bed until after 10:30 so I only got 7 hours of sleep not like lately when I've had 8-10 hours. I know I know I'm a sleepy head these days. Funny how when I sleep in so does Becca and yet this morning I'm up and she's up now all on her own. Maybe she wakes up but just lays there until she hears me or the alarm. That would explain her grumpiness in the mornings when I actually have to wake her...she was likely awake and then fell back asleep into that blissful sleep in mode.

Off to have a shower and get ready for my day!!! It rocks to have that off my list of things to do!!!! Awesome feeling.

I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!

yeah baby!!!

Dare I say it...I'm am sitting her drinking a recovery drink on an endorphin high. I got home and put my workout gear on straight away and asked Kev if he would take Becca to Jazz and I'd pick her up. This way I get a workout in and stay out of his way later when he is working out. Yep did 1.55 miles (half a 5K) in 22 minutes. I decided to only do half the usual distance as I'm waking up at 5:30am to do the full 5K. This way I'm not completely useless tomorrow morning.

Yep Pitbull and I have a new support system going on starting tomorrow morning. We both prefer to get our workouts done first thing in the morning. 1...it's not lingering on my mind on a to do list, 2. I feel energized all day, 3. I'm not up half the night from working out too close to bedtime. So our plan is to text one another at 5:30am that way we know we are up and if I'm up then I'll work out. Actually I think I'll implement the no text until you are dressed to workout rule...what do you think?

Wicked...I feel awesome right now. I'm going to go and make my dinner now so that I can eat and then go pick up Becca from Jazz in oh 45 minutes. wooooohooooooo!!!!

slacking

slacking oh slacking that would be me!!!!

I was on Weight Loss Wars yesterday and swore I was going to work out last night and everything...and then I got busy with homework and bathtime and reading before bedtime and laundry and chores and you see where this is going. So once again I changed into my jammies instead of the workout clothes!!!

And this morning well I really really slept in! I mean I've been sleeping in but today was really late. I rolled out of bed, hopped in the shower, fed Becca some yogurt and a granola bar and quizzed her one last time for her spelling test, made lunches and out the door we went. Whirlwind morning!

I NEED to work out! It's so important. I'm not even talking an hour or more...all I need is 20-30 minutes on the treadmill and I'd be happy. Knowing I'd be making an effort at least!!!!

Okay so here I will say it again. and as soon as I'm done exercising I will post another blog. If I don't post a blog you know I didn't work out. And if I didn't work out tonight then you have my permission to mock me!!!

Being sick sucks!!!

Yep! I'm sick! This bites. I finally get the drive to get back at things and I get a cold. As I've found in the past it's best for me to get better and then get back to it. I get worse if I try too soon. Urg! And I'm so ready to kick some butt! I have literally 1 lb to go to break 200!!!! This is huge for me and all I want to do is run it off...*sigh*. I'm banking on feeling better by the weekend so I can get this butt going...of course I'm hoping to break the 200 before then :)

I feel more determined than ever to get my life organized! I'm still working on the office and I really want to finish that...once that's done I will feel better about things. It's one of those rooms I start and then just put off finishing with. It's like once I get it done I will have one less obstacle...don't know why I just can't sit down and do it already. I keep scheduling time to do it and then things come up and we end up going out somewhere or having people over.

Time to focus and actually do what tasks I set for myself. On the up side the rest of the house looks lovely (well the basement is covered in toys but what are ya gonna do right?!)

another few down

Well I haven't been walking or working out at all...just concentrating on eating these last few days and wow! I keep dropping a little each day. And a little each day makes for a nice week!

I do however need to get back on the treadmill! It's important for my overall well being. If in another month I find that working out isn't helping the weight loss just yet then I'll take another break and just concentrate on eating clean alone. Then when I'm fairly close to goal I'll add my exercise back in. I always feel like walking is okay anytime. For now I'm concentrating on just moving forward. I'd really like to go out with my daughter when the nice weather arrives and enjoy bike rides and walks and just generally playing outside with her. I keep talking about being a better role model for her and the best way to do that is to simply be outside with her. The rest will come on it's own. But if we are an active family then she will benefit from that more than anything!

She sees me using the treadmill and even joins in for workouts when I'm doing P90X (not in the last little while obviously as I haven't done it) and I love that she loves fitness. Yes it's about her...but right now it's about me! I'm just rambling now...LOL

Talk to ya later...when I get a walk in or something :)

improved my time

Well this morning I walked/ran 5K (I ran 3 times for 2 minutes each time) my heart rate is getting much better. And I shaved 49 seconds off my time. 39:31 woohoo. I really want to get it down to under 30 minutes but if it takes doing it 49 seconds at a time I'll do that.

I know I have such high expectations for myself. But I thought of this the other day when someone at work gave me that look of you'll never be ready for a 5K (don't worry I'll show them).

If I didn't set such high goals for myself then they wouldn't be goals...they just be something I can do. Goals are great because they force you to strive for more than what you can already do. I KNOW I can walk 5K I know I could walk a marathon (I've walked for 12 hours straight...well with potty breaks) I know I can walk and walk and walk. It's running that I've always had problems with so for me to even be able to do 2 minutes right now is huge. And it made me feel so good that I did 2 minutes 3 times and I can feel that soon I'll be able to go with shorter walking distances between those sprints. That makes me feel confident that by the time I run my 5K I'll be running more than walking or at least even between the two...which I can totally accept. What I'm keeping in mind is always striving for my personal best. and if I'm too slow at my 5K I'm totally okay with the others running ahead...I know they'll be at the finish line to cheer me on when I get there :) I'm starting to love this. I can see an obsession in my near future :)

no walk today but a funny story

No excuses...just no walk today. I slept in and had an appointment this evening and I refuse to work out so close to bedtime. So just didn't happen...that's okay tomorrow is another day.

My funny story comes from Sunday when I did work out. So I was on the treadmill walking and boppin away to my tunes on my i-pod. I didn't think much of it...Kevin had gone back to bed for a lazy Sunday morning. Becca was making Valentine's upstairs at the kitchen table. So while I'm walking I'm singing along to the music well cause that's what I do...at home, in the car, at work...I can't help it...and I'm not the best singer either so it makes work interesting when I just break out into song (for example today I had Sir MixALot's baby got back stuck in my head and couldn't help but blurt out while I was working at my desk "my anaconda don't want none unless you got buns hun" which of course makes the heads turn of the people around me LOL). Back to my walking story. So I'm singing and getting into my walking and just plain old having fun. After I'm done my work out I go upstairs and Kevin has risen from his slumber. I asked if I woke him up thinking maybe he heard me belting out some tunes and he said "nope didn't hear a thing" at which point Becca pipes up "I heard you singing mommy and YOU WERE LOUD".

Now I'll admit this was cute funny and might not having you laughing like it had us at the time. But what made me laugh even more was the thought of me running a 5K with Pitbull and Spitz and the distance between myself and them growing bigger and bigger as they don't want to be associated with the crazy lady who's singing at the top of her lungs. At which point I imagine myself running like Pheobe from friends when Rachel doesn't want to run with her. Even better if I'm singing "I LIKE BIG BUTTS" Bwahahaha Is it sad that I made myself laugh about this? LOL

All right that enough blabbing from me. Off to chill for a bit and then to bed so I can get up early to walk that 5K yeehaw!

Fresh start

Okay sorry I was MIA there for a bit. Got off my butt today and got back to exercising. I walked 5K in 40:20...not bad for a first try. My goal is to start by walking and then just improve on my time. By the last little bit my body was WANTING to run...how cool is that. So I jogged for a bit but my heart rate skyrocketed again so I went back to walking. I figure I'll walk this week for sure and then go from there...as my heart gets stronger I'll add in the jogging. I might even try for 2 sessions a day. I did this one this morning and then went to a superbowl party...so nothing tonight (Had to come home early to put Becca to bed it is a school night but Kevin is staying behind...we won the second quarter in our square game woohoo...doubled our money :) )

So I'm aiming for tomorrow morning and depending on how I feel and if I'll be in Kevin's way will determine my evening workouts. I'm putting P90X on hold for a little bit...just want to work on walking and getting my heart used to working hard so I don't feel queasy when I push myself.

My plan for the week is to

1. walk/run 5K each day

2. get my work outs done in the morning to avoid skipping them

3. eat clean

short and sweet!