that might be a clever reference to Smashmouth, or it might just be a very true statement for my future.
Another title for this post could easily be "Ow! Pilates!"
I got the Crunch Fat Burning Pilates DVD today (well technically, last night) from Netflix and used it today. HOLY JABLONSKI!! I will say that I am able to keep up with the pace of the cardio part quite well, and that I actually did finish the workout - both the cardio blend, and the mat portion. I was really surprised each time one workout ended: I honestly thought I was only about halfway through. So, go me!
On the other hand, I have NONE of the "control" that the instructor talks about for Pilates. I just toss my limbs out all over the place. And the entire first ten minutes at least (probably more) focuses on squats! NOOO! That's just MEAN.
I also find it funny that they do exercise modifications for those of us who suck (er, I mean, who are just starting out) - which is great, don't get me wrong - but those modifications are led by a woman who, I kid you not, I thought was a very buff man with long hair at the start of the video. She's that ripped. YEAH, lady, YOU really need modified poses. Oh well, thanks for letting me slack off. ;D
The mat stuff is the most interesting to me. I did most of the exercises with modifications but I think in another week or so I will be ready to try them without modding (key word: TRY). I like the "Hundred" one - I've tried that before and I suck but seeing it demonstrated made me understand it a bit easier. Also, boys I was drippin' sweat at this point and my legs were all slippery. Not an easy workout!
So my initial response: if you are looking for a home workout and you really want to start Pilates, start with something easier! If you've got some background with Pilates, or you just REALLY want to push yourself, this is pretty good - the pace is good, and like I said it went more quickly than I thought it would, but it is definitely going to take me a while to learn to isolate my muscles etc etc. I got no rhythm, either.
Also! Today was day 2 of the Hundred Push-ups challenge! I forgot to check the chart to see what I was supposed to do, so I just did this: 12, 12, 10, 10, 8. I think that's right, and if not, it's really close. Total is 52! Ay caramba!
Listen folks I'm guaranteed to have my ass in a sling tomorrow I'll be so sore. And I claimed I was going to run sprints! We'll see, friends and family (mostly if not entirely the latter). We'll see.
Oh for the record though, I did start the workout with a mile at 2% elevation. Hooray! It showed me one thing: I will NOT be able to run the same at 6.5 mph on Friday. Instead I'm going to try to do that speed at 1% and if that's too hard I'll drop it down to 0 after a half mile. I'm sticking to the speedy though. It is in the cards! (I miss Magic 8 Balls.)
Quickie edit: I checked and I was wrong on the very last set of the push-ups, it was meant to be 10 again. So I should've done 54. Fie on that, though, I'm pleased with 52 (and 8 really was my max). Friday I'm supposed to do 15, 13, 10, 10, 15... I don't know about that. :P (63 total! Last week the highest I got was like 45 and at the end of this week I'm supposed to be up to 63! That's just special.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
I am so giving up on the outdoor running until September.
Bleah! I had hoped that I would have osmething good to say today like "Wow, new record for me!" or something along those lines. Instead what I have to say is that I had a lousy run and although I made roughly 4 miles total, it was split over three different runs with a rest in between.
I dislike pinning performances like this on external factors, just because I feel like I'm making excuses, but I do have to acknowledge that the humidity was weighing me down like I was a sponge, that it was 85 degrees outside and felt hotter, and that I just don't have a lot of experience running in those conditions. I also hadn't had a great deal of liquid immediately before running (I am always confused as to just how full of water I should be before running).
On the other hand, I didn't stop running at 1.6 miles because I *had* to. I let myself stop, because I was tired, and I could have pushed myself harder and kept going and I might have felt less tired in a while. But I've had times when I've nearly felt sick but up until feeling that way I've been actually enjoying myself, and the truth is that I just wasn't enjoying this run. Except for hte first mile or so I just didn't like it. And bleah! So now I'm cranky. >:P
My total today was just under 4.0 - I think - I'm approximating, as usual. I believe that I did 1.6, then walked .4, ran 1.1 and walked .7, and then ran another 1.2 or so. All told my running time wasn't so bad - I think I probably could have gone slower and run for longer - the 3.9 or so miles I did in about 37 minutes (all times approximate), which is REALLY fast for me, so I probably was pushing myself a little harder than I should have. Another reason I'm sticking to the treadmill for a little while after this. Unless it's raining and/or really mild, August is a no-go for outside runs (except the 5K at the end of the month, which I'm about to start really training for, hardcore).
Anyway, I'm not looking for support or cheering-up messages; I know what I'm able to do. I've BEEN doing really well on the treadmill both in terms of mileage and in terms of speed, so I know it's not like I'm slacking off. I just want to be able to say "Yay! I had a breakthrough and did this new thing I haven't done!" and I'm not getting to. *pout*
Meantime my plan for the rest of the week is to re-introduce running as the focus (after taking a mini-breather the past two weeks). I'm still going to only do a mile on Wednesdays and Fridays, at least to start, but they're going to have a focus to them; I'm still going to take Mondays off from running entirely, I don't plan on changing that. But I'm going to try to start really focusing on hill training.
My plan for the rest of the week is this:
W - 1 mile run on 2% elevation (6.0 mph)
Th - speed intervals
F - 1 mile run on 2% elevation (6.5 mph)
Sa - Distance run
Su - hills workout
Next Tuesday I'm going to focus on my mileage again, with the intent of getting up to 4 miles without stopping as soon as possible. I'm quite close! :) I guess what I'm really training for is the 8K that is in September. I'm really looking forward to that one.
I dislike pinning performances like this on external factors, just because I feel like I'm making excuses, but I do have to acknowledge that the humidity was weighing me down like I was a sponge, that it was 85 degrees outside and felt hotter, and that I just don't have a lot of experience running in those conditions. I also hadn't had a great deal of liquid immediately before running (I am always confused as to just how full of water I should be before running).
On the other hand, I didn't stop running at 1.6 miles because I *had* to. I let myself stop, because I was tired, and I could have pushed myself harder and kept going and I might have felt less tired in a while. But I've had times when I've nearly felt sick but up until feeling that way I've been actually enjoying myself, and the truth is that I just wasn't enjoying this run. Except for hte first mile or so I just didn't like it. And bleah! So now I'm cranky. >:P
My total today was just under 4.0 - I think - I'm approximating, as usual. I believe that I did 1.6, then walked .4, ran 1.1 and walked .7, and then ran another 1.2 or so. All told my running time wasn't so bad - I think I probably could have gone slower and run for longer - the 3.9 or so miles I did in about 37 minutes (all times approximate), which is REALLY fast for me, so I probably was pushing myself a little harder than I should have. Another reason I'm sticking to the treadmill for a little while after this. Unless it's raining and/or really mild, August is a no-go for outside runs (except the 5K at the end of the month, which I'm about to start really training for, hardcore).
Anyway, I'm not looking for support or cheering-up messages; I know what I'm able to do. I've BEEN doing really well on the treadmill both in terms of mileage and in terms of speed, so I know it's not like I'm slacking off. I just want to be able to say "Yay! I had a breakthrough and did this new thing I haven't done!" and I'm not getting to. *pout*
Meantime my plan for the rest of the week is to re-introduce running as the focus (after taking a mini-breather the past two weeks). I'm still going to only do a mile on Wednesdays and Fridays, at least to start, but they're going to have a focus to them; I'm still going to take Mondays off from running entirely, I don't plan on changing that. But I'm going to try to start really focusing on hill training.
My plan for the rest of the week is this:
W - 1 mile run on 2% elevation (6.0 mph)
Th - speed intervals
F - 1 mile run on 2% elevation (6.5 mph)
Sa - Distance run
Su - hills workout
Next Tuesday I'm going to focus on my mileage again, with the intent of getting up to 4 miles without stopping as soon as possible. I'm quite close! :) I guess what I'm really training for is the 8K that is in September. I'm really looking forward to that one.
Monday, July 28, 2008
In the evening, by the moonlight
Recap of workouts from weekend. I will make it brief. :)
I did a long run on Saturday, increased my mileage to 4.2 total - 3.7 straight, then a minute and a half of walking, and another half mile run.
I also walked to the grocery store that morning. Because I am fabulous.
Saturday night was a bachelorette party, in Richmond, which involved the consumption of a great deal of sushi (of all things) and a sudden craving for french fries at 2 am, but also a lot of walking around and some dancing. In high heels! You barely would have known me, I tell you.
I did, however, have to skip my workout yesterday. I really had to. Not only was I uninspired in terms of what to do but also I just was truly, truly exhausted. I got to bed at 4 am and felt guilty sleeping in past 8, since I was crashing in a living room, and Dorothy was weird about naps yesterday so there was no real chance to relax (although Dan did watch her and keep her mostly quiet for about an hour in the afternoon, but still, it was a tiny little hour of dozing). I hope I can make that lost sleep up, because I think I might need it, and it's SO hard to feel rested right now... Long gone, those days when I could stay in bed until noon! Boy.
I did end up surprisingly NOT over-done on Saturday night, I thought, and as a result while driving back I gave myself permission to have a "splurge" day. This is different from a "binge" day because it's not non-stop uncontrolled eating, it's just going ahead and eating the things I know are really bad for me that I don't have very often. That means it was mostly carbs - not that I stay away from carbs, but I try to balance usually, and stick with the "good" ones. Yesterday we're talking about donut, convenience store cupcakes, zucchini bread (I made this!), and a Slimfast meal bar that was NOT for a meal! (I have such a weakness for "nutrition" bars. It's like if it's in bar form I want it.) Anyway unlike the days last week where I totally failed on controlled eating, I felt like yesterday was okay. I hopefully won't feel a need to do it again for a while though. ;)
Today has been okay so far. For a workout I did a Raquel Welch exercise video - the portion that focused on a lower-body workout - which is weird because she does a handful of easy yoga stretches, some leg lift kind of things, and in between these tells you to "do five minutes of aerobic activity of your choice". Um what? Then she hops on an exercise bike. I mean, it's okay, because I have a room full of equipment so I just step on the elliptical, but I'm all used to Jane Fonda and her trippy bounce-around-the-room choreographed workouts... not "figure it out for yourself"! Anyway Raquel's workout is alright, I did it mainly because I wanted to do something that had even a tiny bit of strength training in it. My pilates video did not come over the weekend and is now scheduled to show its face on Tuesday. Bah.
I did, meanwhile, start the 100-pushups challenge today. I did day 1! Lucky me, right? :P 10, 10, 8, 6, and then another 8. 42 total today! We'll see if I can do day two on Wednesday.
I have nothing more to say that is the slightest bit interesting.
I did a long run on Saturday, increased my mileage to 4.2 total - 3.7 straight, then a minute and a half of walking, and another half mile run.
I also walked to the grocery store that morning. Because I am fabulous.
Saturday night was a bachelorette party, in Richmond, which involved the consumption of a great deal of sushi (of all things) and a sudden craving for french fries at 2 am, but also a lot of walking around and some dancing. In high heels! You barely would have known me, I tell you.
I did, however, have to skip my workout yesterday. I really had to. Not only was I uninspired in terms of what to do but also I just was truly, truly exhausted. I got to bed at 4 am and felt guilty sleeping in past 8, since I was crashing in a living room, and Dorothy was weird about naps yesterday so there was no real chance to relax (although Dan did watch her and keep her mostly quiet for about an hour in the afternoon, but still, it was a tiny little hour of dozing). I hope I can make that lost sleep up, because I think I might need it, and it's SO hard to feel rested right now... Long gone, those days when I could stay in bed until noon! Boy.
I did end up surprisingly NOT over-done on Saturday night, I thought, and as a result while driving back I gave myself permission to have a "splurge" day. This is different from a "binge" day because it's not non-stop uncontrolled eating, it's just going ahead and eating the things I know are really bad for me that I don't have very often. That means it was mostly carbs - not that I stay away from carbs, but I try to balance usually, and stick with the "good" ones. Yesterday we're talking about donut, convenience store cupcakes, zucchini bread (I made this!), and a Slimfast meal bar that was NOT for a meal! (I have such a weakness for "nutrition" bars. It's like if it's in bar form I want it.) Anyway unlike the days last week where I totally failed on controlled eating, I felt like yesterday was okay. I hopefully won't feel a need to do it again for a while though. ;)
Today has been okay so far. For a workout I did a Raquel Welch exercise video - the portion that focused on a lower-body workout - which is weird because she does a handful of easy yoga stretches, some leg lift kind of things, and in between these tells you to "do five minutes of aerobic activity of your choice". Um what? Then she hops on an exercise bike. I mean, it's okay, because I have a room full of equipment so I just step on the elliptical, but I'm all used to Jane Fonda and her trippy bounce-around-the-room choreographed workouts... not "figure it out for yourself"! Anyway Raquel's workout is alright, I did it mainly because I wanted to do something that had even a tiny bit of strength training in it. My pilates video did not come over the weekend and is now scheduled to show its face on Tuesday. Bah.
I did, meanwhile, start the 100-pushups challenge today. I did day 1! Lucky me, right? :P 10, 10, 8, 6, and then another 8. 42 total today! We'll see if I can do day two on Wednesday.
I have nothing more to say that is the slightest bit interesting.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Consumerism!
When Dan and I got our economic stimulus check we decided we would splurge on a few things. So we each got $125 in cash to do with as we will. I promptly bought "Peter Pan" with mine and then realized I was down to just $100 and therefore must. save. money!
Anyway, this mostly means shopping on TV's "The Internet" which I hate doing for the simple reason that I loathe paying shipping. Plus you never REALLY know what you're going to get. Plus I can't make up my mind what the heck I want, anyway!
But I just broke down and shopped a bit on Half.com which is generally a good site; I trust it a bit more than I do eBay, for reasons I can't explain, especially since eBay owns Half.com anyway.
I bought Minna Lessig's "Tank Top Arms" video at long last - now I'll always have SOMEthing I can do to work out! - as well as two Robbie Williams CDs, "The Ego Has Landed" and its follow-up "Sing When You're Winning". Dan is horrified to know that I've become quite the Robbie Williams appreciator - I wouldn't say out and out FAN, but I appreciate him quite a lot. Enough to buy two albums! Especially when one was only a dollar and the second, about two. ^_^ ...But then there's that blasted SHIPPING cost. >:P Oh well, for all three items it was only just over $20 so I am not complaining! I still have about $80 to stare at and think "Only $80?! What is worth spending on?"
Anyway, this mostly means shopping on TV's "The Internet" which I hate doing for the simple reason that I loathe paying shipping. Plus you never REALLY know what you're going to get. Plus I can't make up my mind what the heck I want, anyway!
But I just broke down and shopped a bit on Half.com which is generally a good site; I trust it a bit more than I do eBay, for reasons I can't explain, especially since eBay owns Half.com anyway.
I bought Minna Lessig's "Tank Top Arms" video at long last - now I'll always have SOMEthing I can do to work out! - as well as two Robbie Williams CDs, "The Ego Has Landed" and its follow-up "Sing When You're Winning". Dan is horrified to know that I've become quite the Robbie Williams appreciator - I wouldn't say out and out FAN, but I appreciate him quite a lot. Enough to buy two albums! Especially when one was only a dollar and the second, about two. ^_^ ...But then there's that blasted SHIPPING cost. >:P Oh well, for all three items it was only just over $20 so I am not complaining! I still have about $80 to stare at and think "Only $80?! What is worth spending on?"
Splitsville
It just seems easier to split these really long posts up, so that's what I'm doing for the second time this week.
Just to cover the rest of the week, here...
Thursday I woke up with an incredibly sore neck, like a pinched nerve or something. Don't know if it was from bowling (by the way, I suck at bowling... on my second game I broke fifty and I did a pathetic little dance) or the way I slept Wednesday night but whenever I lifted my left arm I got a pain up my neck. It's still there today. Advil helps a bit though. Naturally I've put the push-ups aside until this is over, as well as most any other strength work; I did try holding weights while I walked today and could feel it so I didn't do much.
Anyway all day yesterday I flirted with the idea of getting my work done nad leaving early, so I put off working out until the afternoon. At lunch time I went out on a walk and it was so gorgeous out that I knew I had to go running outside. I did end up staying the full day, so I went out at around 3pm and ran a different route than my usual one, going in the opposite direction. It was not my best run: I probably could have done better if I'd pushed myself, but I was underhydrated, hadn't eaten too recently, had overeaten the day before, and ultimately didn't WANT to push myself. So I totaled about 2 miles running with another 1 or so walked. It was a very nice day outside, though.
Today, finally we're up to today, today I ran a "fast" mile (7.0mph), then did 20 minutes of intervals on the elliptical; I set it on "hills" at level 10 and did five minutes of steady work and then five minutes of "bursts", the ones where you do 8 seconds hard work and then 12 recovery. I repeated those and it was pretty good, especially because it was already on the "hills" setting so I was getting intervals no matter what I was doing. After that I went back to the treadmill and ran another 1.1 miles, this time with sprint intervals. I did three reps of 2 minutes at 6mph and 1 at 8mph, then did one last minute at 6mph.
I've run a good deal more this week than I did last week, without any real premeditation; I just don't know what to do right now if I'm not running b/c I don't have any plans for other workouts. I've got a "Crunch Pilates" DVD coming tomorrow htough so next week I should have a little more structure. But I also intend to spend the next 4 weeks or so going back to doing hill/elevation workouts in prep for my next 5K. I *hate* hills! SO MUCH! :P
Total mileage for the week:
4.1 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
2.1 Friday
Total: 9.2
And in a final "WTF" moment I turned on the radio this morning on Light WASH FM, a station I generally hate, and got Christmas music. They're doing "Christmas In July" today, I guess because it's the 25th. TOTALLY screwed with my head. XD
Just to cover the rest of the week, here...
Thursday I woke up with an incredibly sore neck, like a pinched nerve or something. Don't know if it was from bowling (by the way, I suck at bowling... on my second game I broke fifty and I did a pathetic little dance) or the way I slept Wednesday night but whenever I lifted my left arm I got a pain up my neck. It's still there today. Advil helps a bit though. Naturally I've put the push-ups aside until this is over, as well as most any other strength work; I did try holding weights while I walked today and could feel it so I didn't do much.
Anyway all day yesterday I flirted with the idea of getting my work done nad leaving early, so I put off working out until the afternoon. At lunch time I went out on a walk and it was so gorgeous out that I knew I had to go running outside. I did end up staying the full day, so I went out at around 3pm and ran a different route than my usual one, going in the opposite direction. It was not my best run: I probably could have done better if I'd pushed myself, but I was underhydrated, hadn't eaten too recently, had overeaten the day before, and ultimately didn't WANT to push myself. So I totaled about 2 miles running with another 1 or so walked. It was a very nice day outside, though.
Today, finally we're up to today, today I ran a "fast" mile (7.0mph), then did 20 minutes of intervals on the elliptical; I set it on "hills" at level 10 and did five minutes of steady work and then five minutes of "bursts", the ones where you do 8 seconds hard work and then 12 recovery. I repeated those and it was pretty good, especially because it was already on the "hills" setting so I was getting intervals no matter what I was doing. After that I went back to the treadmill and ran another 1.1 miles, this time with sprint intervals. I did three reps of 2 minutes at 6mph and 1 at 8mph, then did one last minute at 6mph.
I've run a good deal more this week than I did last week, without any real premeditation; I just don't know what to do right now if I'm not running b/c I don't have any plans for other workouts. I've got a "Crunch Pilates" DVD coming tomorrow htough so next week I should have a little more structure. But I also intend to spend the next 4 weeks or so going back to doing hill/elevation workouts in prep for my next 5K. I *hate* hills! SO MUCH! :P
Total mileage for the week:
4.1 Tuesday
1 Wednesday
2 Thursday
2.1 Friday
Total: 9.2
And in a final "WTF" moment I turned on the radio this morning on Light WASH FM, a station I generally hate, and got Christmas music. They're doing "Christmas In July" today, I guess because it's the 25th. TOTALLY screwed with my head. XD
Gonna dance my blues away tonight
Well, tomorrow night is a big bachelorette party at a drag club! Or so I am led to believe! Maybe I'm just being lured out to Virginia so I can be mugged or have my identity stolen or something. :P
Wednesday my office went bowling. I have to use this space now to make a confession, which is about what I ate that day. I keep telling myself I need to get the binge eating under control, I need to "work on that", but I'm not doing anything much about it. I know it's a totally emotional thing and I think my first step needs to be in taking full accountability for it so I'm going to go ahead and list how much I ate there. We had unlimited food at lunch, see, though none of it was great.
I had decided in advance that I was going to be "Vegetarian" so that would limit my options. Not that this, in the end, really changed my intake from the look of things.... the menu was hamburgers/veggie burgers, cheese or pepperoni pizza, french fries, and caesar salad. Dessert was just a tray of cookies and what may or may not have been fudge. Now the good is that I skipped the fries: I had one and found them not to my liking and therefore resistable. I had hoped there would be an option of "naked" salad because I consider caesar to be way up there in the fatty-fat "trick" salad that people eat when they THINK they're being healthy and actually it's really bad for you, so although I did have a plate, I wasn't able to do my oft-repeated "fill up on veggies" trick. I only had one veggie burger, with a bun and some lettuce, tomato, and ketchup.
The bad: my pizza intake was lousy. Not my worst - I recently consumed something like 8 slices of pizza in one day (again at work, over the course of about six hours) - but not great. My plan had initially been "take a lot right away and don't go back for seconds" because I think it's in the going back and forth with just one piece that you start feeling like you're not having as much. Good plan except that I took two pieces, then two more, and then in between bowling sets ended up with a fifth. Taking into account everything ELSE I had on Wednesday that's kind of gross.
The cookies were no cause for celebration either: I believe I had about six (I didn't keep good count) plus three brownie/fudge triangles. Now I refuse to beat myself up and I refuse to dwell on this, in fact I've reminded myself several times that I could have been worse, but I also know I realy need to improve it and telling myself not to feel guilty for what's past and done is a step away from telling myself it was totally okay and not to worry about it at all. So that's why I'm posting about it.
I ate five pieces of pizza, a veggie burger with fixings, caesar salad, and a pile of cookies on Wednesday. Now it looks like an awful lot.
Whew! So any time I do that again I'm going to post about it here so that I have to look at it all together. The problem with buffets and such is just that it's so easy to be bored and go back and eat more. And I DO. Anyway, walking back from the bowling alley (it was only about 2.5 miles from my office and in fact was right near the route that I run on Tuesdays) I thought it over and decided that for the rest of the year I will not eat more than two pieces of pizza in one day. Period, I will not do it. Becuase that's plenty of pizza and it's a totally healthy (as healthy as pizza gets, anyway) amount. Beyond that, well, I'm going to have to just exercise some restraint and if I really have problems I guess I'll have to try and figure out why I feel like I have to eat as much food as possible when a lot is provided, and then how I can change that impulse. :P
For the record on the walk back I did end up running the last mile, despite the fact that I was FULL. But I walked for about a half an hour before I started running and then I decided I had faith in myself and my abilities and I knew I could do one little mile even though I was underhydrated and full of cookies. ;)
Wednesday my office went bowling. I have to use this space now to make a confession, which is about what I ate that day. I keep telling myself I need to get the binge eating under control, I need to "work on that", but I'm not doing anything much about it. I know it's a totally emotional thing and I think my first step needs to be in taking full accountability for it so I'm going to go ahead and list how much I ate there. We had unlimited food at lunch, see, though none of it was great.
I had decided in advance that I was going to be "Vegetarian" so that would limit my options. Not that this, in the end, really changed my intake from the look of things.... the menu was hamburgers/veggie burgers, cheese or pepperoni pizza, french fries, and caesar salad. Dessert was just a tray of cookies and what may or may not have been fudge. Now the good is that I skipped the fries: I had one and found them not to my liking and therefore resistable. I had hoped there would be an option of "naked" salad because I consider caesar to be way up there in the fatty-fat "trick" salad that people eat when they THINK they're being healthy and actually it's really bad for you, so although I did have a plate, I wasn't able to do my oft-repeated "fill up on veggies" trick. I only had one veggie burger, with a bun and some lettuce, tomato, and ketchup.
The bad: my pizza intake was lousy. Not my worst - I recently consumed something like 8 slices of pizza in one day (again at work, over the course of about six hours) - but not great. My plan had initially been "take a lot right away and don't go back for seconds" because I think it's in the going back and forth with just one piece that you start feeling like you're not having as much. Good plan except that I took two pieces, then two more, and then in between bowling sets ended up with a fifth. Taking into account everything ELSE I had on Wednesday that's kind of gross.
The cookies were no cause for celebration either: I believe I had about six (I didn't keep good count) plus three brownie/fudge triangles. Now I refuse to beat myself up and I refuse to dwell on this, in fact I've reminded myself several times that I could have been worse, but I also know I realy need to improve it and telling myself not to feel guilty for what's past and done is a step away from telling myself it was totally okay and not to worry about it at all. So that's why I'm posting about it.
I ate five pieces of pizza, a veggie burger with fixings, caesar salad, and a pile of cookies on Wednesday. Now it looks like an awful lot.
Whew! So any time I do that again I'm going to post about it here so that I have to look at it all together. The problem with buffets and such is just that it's so easy to be bored and go back and eat more. And I DO. Anyway, walking back from the bowling alley (it was only about 2.5 miles from my office and in fact was right near the route that I run on Tuesdays) I thought it over and decided that for the rest of the year I will not eat more than two pieces of pizza in one day. Period, I will not do it. Becuase that's plenty of pizza and it's a totally healthy (as healthy as pizza gets, anyway) amount. Beyond that, well, I'm going to have to just exercise some restraint and if I really have problems I guess I'll have to try and figure out why I feel like I have to eat as much food as possible when a lot is provided, and then how I can change that impulse. :P
For the record on the walk back I did end up running the last mile, despite the fact that I was FULL. But I walked for about a half an hour before I started running and then I decided I had faith in myself and my abilities and I knew I could do one little mile even though I was underhydrated and full of cookies. ;)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The incredible edible egg
The egg is like one of my favourite meal items ever. Yet another reason why it would be hard for me to be a vegan. Then again I did used to say I could never give up beef to go veggie, and I have stopped eating beef, so who knows what crazy wacky things the fugure could show us.
WELL. Tuesdays I normally go outside but I was dreading the thought because the heat has been so oppressive lately. So instead I thought I'd go easy on myself and just do the treadmill again. Treadmill potato that I am. It turned out that was a good decision since right before my workout time we got a big ol' thunderstorm! Go figure. So I just went downstairs and watched the first hour of "Return of the King" instead. Oh technology! We shall never have to leave the indoors again pretty soon.
I do best following a predictable schedule, so I just did another long run, though I did try to mix it up a bit with some sprints towards the end. I went 3.1 miles first, with most of that at 6 mph and the last... ummmm... minute, maybe? at 8mph. Then I took a breather with a minute or so of walking at 3.5mph and another .3 at 4mph. So this totaled up to 3.5, and from there I started running again, alternating between perhaps 2 and 1/2 minutes at 6mph and then as long as I could go at 9mph (usually about 45 seconds), then as long as I could go at 8mph (usually same), before dropping back to 6mph. This worked pretty well for the last mile and then I finished with another 1/2 mile of walking. So I again totaled 5 miles, 4.1 of them were running, and I can't recall my exact time but I think I got that 4.1 in about 40 minutes. Maaaaybe a little less... but not much. ;)
I walked another five minutes just to cool down (at low low speeds, like 2.5 mph) and then stretched, which I never remember to do on weekends so my legs were really tight. Then I did pushups but again no crunches. Lazy. I'm up to 16 in one set now! 16-12-8-9 today for a total of 45. :)
To close this out and make it interesting, here are some-but-not-all of the races I would like to run this year (all conditions remaining viable):
the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" 5K in late August
Somerset Annual Back-to-School 8K Run
Rockville 10K/5K
There are also several others I can't link to, like the Candy Cane City 5K in November and the Turkey Burn-off around Thanksgiving. Now THAT is an incentive not to overeat! ;D
So who wants to run these with me?
WELL. Tuesdays I normally go outside but I was dreading the thought because the heat has been so oppressive lately. So instead I thought I'd go easy on myself and just do the treadmill again. Treadmill potato that I am. It turned out that was a good decision since right before my workout time we got a big ol' thunderstorm! Go figure. So I just went downstairs and watched the first hour of "Return of the King" instead. Oh technology! We shall never have to leave the indoors again pretty soon.
I do best following a predictable schedule, so I just did another long run, though I did try to mix it up a bit with some sprints towards the end. I went 3.1 miles first, with most of that at 6 mph and the last... ummmm... minute, maybe? at 8mph. Then I took a breather with a minute or so of walking at 3.5mph and another .3 at 4mph. So this totaled up to 3.5, and from there I started running again, alternating between perhaps 2 and 1/2 minutes at 6mph and then as long as I could go at 9mph (usually about 45 seconds), then as long as I could go at 8mph (usually same), before dropping back to 6mph. This worked pretty well for the last mile and then I finished with another 1/2 mile of walking. So I again totaled 5 miles, 4.1 of them were running, and I can't recall my exact time but I think I got that 4.1 in about 40 minutes. Maaaaybe a little less... but not much. ;)
I walked another five minutes just to cool down (at low low speeds, like 2.5 mph) and then stretched, which I never remember to do on weekends so my legs were really tight. Then I did pushups but again no crunches. Lazy. I'm up to 16 in one set now! 16-12-8-9 today for a total of 45. :)
To close this out and make it interesting, here are some-but-not-all of the races I would like to run this year (all conditions remaining viable):
the "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" 5K in late August
Somerset Annual Back-to-School 8K Run
Rockville 10K/5K
There are also several others I can't link to, like the Candy Cane City 5K in November and the Turkey Burn-off around Thanksgiving. Now THAT is an incentive not to overeat! ;D
So who wants to run these with me?
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