Monday - Went to the dentist after work... got a bunch of fillings done and my mouth was hurting when the freezing started to die down, so I skipped the run.. doesn't take much does it? *lopsided pout* - 27 points
Tuesday - Swim night! Last night of our swim course. Either didn't work as hard as normal or i'm getting used to the arm work. And then when we got home, we had pizza. So I ate a whopping 62 points today... 24 of that was for the pizza... ok, back on the wagon tomorrow!
Wednesday - Grocery night, so that took some time out of my night. Came home and put it all away, made supper, took a break and then used the Gazelle for 30 to 40 mins. - 29 points
Thursday - Doctor's appointment in the afternoon. Same weight as last physical, no change. But good blood pressure, good resting heart rate. Doc is happy with my fitness plans and she wants me to keep up the good work - 30 points
Friday - Went to the Running Room @ Merivale and signed up for the 5k running clinic. Wooo! Can't wait! - 29 points
Saturday - Cleaned house, friends coming over over for dinner, not bothering to count points today because I know i'm going way off the charts again, but by the scale it won't seem to matter because I don't lose or gain it seems. I am eating so much fibre that I feel like a carboard factory!!!! ewww - too many points!
Sunday - Went and hung out with Alex at the mall and tried to be good, but ate out so i'm not sure what kind of points I ate... we had salad and I also had some soup, but who knows what the points are like. I'll say that I hit at least 30 points, if not more even if I only ate 2 meals.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
Spud tracking like crazy
Monday - Went to the gym ... 2 treadmills broken... tons of grumpy gym goers all over the place. I spent 30 minutes on the bike and 15 mins on the stair-climber. I wanted to run dammit! grrr 33 points
Tuesday - Went to swim class and think I worked the H2o pretty good. 28 points
Wednesday - Had a dentist appointment, and then managed to get to the gym at 3:15 before the big rush of people that I usually encounter around 3:45.. it was awesome! I ran level 4 day 2 all the way from beginning to end without stopping. Woohooo, totally psyched, even if my mouth was kinda sore from the dentist... and I got to get the hell out of there before being mobbed by ... well the mob hahahah 32 points
Thursday - Soup night in our house. Made two different zero point soups... one for the cautious soup eater and one for the veggie lover :P Day of rest from the gym, not sore, but a bit tender in some places. Still want to go running again, but on the 2nd day gotta rest :) 28 points today.
Friday - Should run, but have a comedy show to go to so pushing the run to Saturday... nice to go to the gym when it's not a rushed after work thing. 28 points
Saturday - Shouldn't have ignored the run that i was supposed to do last night..in pj's today and relaxing at home is not conducive to wanting to get dressed, go out in the cold, run on a treadmill and then go back out in the cold... brrrr 30 points
Sunday - Peeved, peeved, peeved. Spent the whole week at close to 30 points (except for the Monday @ 33 dropped myself down to 30 after that) and figured I'd get at least a 5 pound weight loss and nothing, nada, zip. Guess i need to revamp the foods i'm eating... make sure there's not too much sodium... I'm bummed. I don't even get a reward for my first full week. I remember back in the day I would start a diet and loose 11 pounds... I can't even loose an ounce.... BLEH! So just for all that.. i ate for 47 points because taking it out on myself is helpful... NOT So i'll get back on the wagon tomorrow... all while grumbling to myself :P
Tuesday - Went to swim class and think I worked the H2o pretty good. 28 points
Wednesday - Had a dentist appointment, and then managed to get to the gym at 3:15 before the big rush of people that I usually encounter around 3:45.. it was awesome! I ran level 4 day 2 all the way from beginning to end without stopping. Woohooo, totally psyched, even if my mouth was kinda sore from the dentist... and I got to get the hell out of there before being mobbed by ... well the mob hahahah 32 points
Thursday - Soup night in our house. Made two different zero point soups... one for the cautious soup eater and one for the veggie lover :P Day of rest from the gym, not sore, but a bit tender in some places. Still want to go running again, but on the 2nd day gotta rest :) 28 points today.
Friday - Should run, but have a comedy show to go to so pushing the run to Saturday... nice to go to the gym when it's not a rushed after work thing. 28 points
Saturday - Shouldn't have ignored the run that i was supposed to do last night..in pj's today and relaxing at home is not conducive to wanting to get dressed, go out in the cold, run on a treadmill and then go back out in the cold... brrrr 30 points
Sunday - Peeved, peeved, peeved. Spent the whole week at close to 30 points (except for the Monday @ 33 dropped myself down to 30 after that) and figured I'd get at least a 5 pound weight loss and nothing, nada, zip. Guess i need to revamp the foods i'm eating... make sure there's not too much sodium... I'm bummed. I don't even get a reward for my first full week. I remember back in the day I would start a diet and loose 11 pounds... I can't even loose an ounce.... BLEH! So just for all that.. i ate for 47 points because taking it out on myself is helpful... NOT So i'll get back on the wagon tomorrow... all while grumbling to myself :P
Friday, January 22, 2010
The Spud is back on track and jumping mental hurdles.....
So the week after my last post... BANG... massive head cold.. sneezing, stuffed up and headache for over a week. I didn't even want to get out of my pj's much get out of the house and go to the gym... Now I feel like I'm falling behind schedule... *pout*
Tuesday we did an excellent swim class with several swims up and down the lane.. I was out of breath a few times, but it was a great primer exercise to get me feeling closer to normal.
Wednesday I decided that I absolutely had to go back to gym to run. Back to the routine, back to feeling normal again, back on the treadmill which is most important of all considering the race is just over 4 months away. A big hurdle in any of my many fitness endeavors has always been the difficulty in returning to my routine after a break such as Xmas holidays or illness. All day Tuesday I'm having the mental discussion with myself about "you know you really need to get back to it, time is a wasting" "Oh man, come on, I'm so tired!" "Quit your whining and go to the gym dammit!" I decided by the end of the work day that I was going for sure. Then I'm sitting in the car driving towards the gym and I'm still fighting with myself because I feel drained and really just want to veg out..... I mean my damn eyes feel droopy like in a boring lecture at school.... but more mental yelling at myself and I make it to the gym.
As a side note: When the hell are these New Years Resolution people going to fall off the wagon and leave my gym!!! Sheesh! Anyway...I'm in the change room backed into a tiny corner changing.... still debating the wisdom of coming to the gym. I'm mentally kicking and screaming the whole way. I manage to score a treadmill without waiting and decide on the spot that I can do level 4 again even though I've been away from it for at least a month. I pull up my mental britches and dig into the program... I get the first 3 minute run under my belt and I start to feel the cobwebs drift from my mind. I keep plugging at it and get the first 5 minute run under my belt and I feel the adrenaline start to pump and it holds me through the whole thing except for the last 2 minutes of the last 5 minute run when my lungs and legs pull out of the race... er literally.... so I just walk for the last 7 minutes, but still feel like I've jumped a pretty big hurdle in my mental pattern of failure or resistance to success as some self help gurus would say.
Thursday I've got sore thighs, but all is good, I'm still feeling the running mojo in me and I'm jazzed that I'm back at it again. Friday I've got plans to pick up a co-worker's donation to my ever growing horde of exercise machines... a Gazelle! So I run a bunch of errands after work and then I pick up the free Gazelle. Take it home, have supper and a bit of a break to digest and then I hop onto it while I watch Biggest Loser. I ran full tilt on it for about 20 mins. Not sure how many calories it burns or how much "good" it can do in my workout plan, but I gotta say it's really quiet and I think I might try and add it as a morning exercise. I certainly had jello legs when I was done LOL
On another side note, but still relevant, Alex, myself and John are going to attempt to follow the Weight Watchers momentum plan. So if you see me post numbers in my blog, it's mainly for Alex and John so that we can stay accountable to each other, sort of a "big brother" or sister is watching in the hopes of shaming myself into staying on track. My daily points are 33... Tuesday I used up all 33 points :P Wednesday 33, Thursday 31 and Friday 33. So good so far :) Tomorrow friends are coming over, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up the good record.
Sorry for the long post... but it's been awhile... and Alex said that I should blog about the hurdles... yeah, that's it... blame it on Alex hehehehe
Tuesday we did an excellent swim class with several swims up and down the lane.. I was out of breath a few times, but it was a great primer exercise to get me feeling closer to normal.
Wednesday I decided that I absolutely had to go back to gym to run. Back to the routine, back to feeling normal again, back on the treadmill which is most important of all considering the race is just over 4 months away. A big hurdle in any of my many fitness endeavors has always been the difficulty in returning to my routine after a break such as Xmas holidays or illness. All day Tuesday I'm having the mental discussion with myself about "you know you really need to get back to it, time is a wasting" "Oh man, come on, I'm so tired!" "Quit your whining and go to the gym dammit!" I decided by the end of the work day that I was going for sure. Then I'm sitting in the car driving towards the gym and I'm still fighting with myself because I feel drained and really just want to veg out..... I mean my damn eyes feel droopy like in a boring lecture at school.... but more mental yelling at myself and I make it to the gym.
As a side note: When the hell are these New Years Resolution people going to fall off the wagon and leave my gym!!! Sheesh! Anyway...I'm in the change room backed into a tiny corner changing.... still debating the wisdom of coming to the gym. I'm mentally kicking and screaming the whole way. I manage to score a treadmill without waiting and decide on the spot that I can do level 4 again even though I've been away from it for at least a month. I pull up my mental britches and dig into the program... I get the first 3 minute run under my belt and I start to feel the cobwebs drift from my mind. I keep plugging at it and get the first 5 minute run under my belt and I feel the adrenaline start to pump and it holds me through the whole thing except for the last 2 minutes of the last 5 minute run when my lungs and legs pull out of the race... er literally.... so I just walk for the last 7 minutes, but still feel like I've jumped a pretty big hurdle in my mental pattern of failure or resistance to success as some self help gurus would say.
Thursday I've got sore thighs, but all is good, I'm still feeling the running mojo in me and I'm jazzed that I'm back at it again. Friday I've got plans to pick up a co-worker's donation to my ever growing horde of exercise machines... a Gazelle! So I run a bunch of errands after work and then I pick up the free Gazelle. Take it home, have supper and a bit of a break to digest and then I hop onto it while I watch Biggest Loser. I ran full tilt on it for about 20 mins. Not sure how many calories it burns or how much "good" it can do in my workout plan, but I gotta say it's really quiet and I think I might try and add it as a morning exercise. I certainly had jello legs when I was done LOL
On another side note, but still relevant, Alex, myself and John are going to attempt to follow the Weight Watchers momentum plan. So if you see me post numbers in my blog, it's mainly for Alex and John so that we can stay accountable to each other, sort of a "big brother" or sister is watching in the hopes of shaming myself into staying on track. My daily points are 33... Tuesday I used up all 33 points :P Wednesday 33, Thursday 31 and Friday 33. So good so far :) Tomorrow friends are coming over, so hopefully I'll be able to keep up the good record.
Sorry for the long post... but it's been awhile... and Alex said that I should blog about the hurdles... yeah, that's it... blame it on Alex hehehehe
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Slowly Spudding my way into full gear....
Christmas holidays are fun, they are awesome, full of gifts, visiting with friends and family, at least a few stat days off and last but not least.... food. I didn't run for at least 3 weeks, but I still ran around doing groceries, xmas shopping, baking for cookie exchanges and cleaning house. I ate pretty much whatever I wanted, but tried to not totally crazy :P After all that.. I didn't gain any weight.. yay me, but I feel like a slug on a rug on drugs... I need to rev up the Spud-O-nator again :P
I haven't run yet this week, but I've been working out with the Wii fit and my Jillian Michaels game (trainer from the Biggest Loser) I figure I could take another week away from running just to ease myself back off the couch and into "movement mode".
I'm also tweeking my diet a lot, trying to focus a lot on veggies and fruit hoping that they will fill me up before I reach for something else. Veggie soups, veggie snacks, apple slices and some almonds should be good for me at work and at home I'm going to also use the veggie soup and some chicken boobs... we'll see how that goes.
So I'm aiming to be back on the treadmill next week... and now I leave you to go sweat a bit ... you know, it's like sweating with the oldy :P
Spud out!
I haven't run yet this week, but I've been working out with the Wii fit and my Jillian Michaels game (trainer from the Biggest Loser) I figure I could take another week away from running just to ease myself back off the couch and into "movement mode".
I'm also tweeking my diet a lot, trying to focus a lot on veggies and fruit hoping that they will fill me up before I reach for something else. Veggie soups, veggie snacks, apple slices and some almonds should be good for me at work and at home I'm going to also use the veggie soup and some chicken boobs... we'll see how that goes.
So I'm aiming to be back on the treadmill next week... and now I leave you to go sweat a bit ... you know, it's like sweating with the oldy :P
Spud out!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tis the season to be a slacking Spud!!
Yup, you got it... last week I did not run... but according to Alex, the "power swim" on Tuesday counts :P It doesn't count as part of running in my book, but it's better than nothing. I did not lay about and hoover back bon bons while I was slacking from the running.... I was working late, xmas shopping and attending xmas parties.... tough gig, but somebody has to do it.
One thing shopping for a party dress for the xmas party made me realize ...if I were a size 14 or even a 16, I could have paid a third of the price I paid for the dress I bought.... thinner definitely is cheaper in many ways...Not to say that I didn't look smashing and very sparkly, but more smashing is always good.
This week I think I'll continue with level 4, but may dip my toe into level 5 since I forsee next week becoming difficult to schedule in 3 runs.
We'll see how it goes.... wish me luck!!!.
One thing shopping for a party dress for the xmas party made me realize ...if I were a size 14 or even a 16, I could have paid a third of the price I paid for the dress I bought.... thinner definitely is cheaper in many ways...Not to say that I didn't look smashing and very sparkly, but more smashing is always good.
This week I think I'll continue with level 4, but may dip my toe into level 5 since I forsee next week becoming difficult to schedule in 3 runs.
We'll see how it goes.... wish me luck!!!.
Friday, December 4, 2009
Putting the Spud through the machine
Alex and I were talking the other day and we decided that a once a week update of the blog should be the minimum since we're working out apart.. unless of course something noteworthy happens. So don't feel like I'm slacking off, or hiding from everyone... I'm still kicking ass and taking names... just really slowly hahaha
So, this week... working on level 4... and it is KICKING MY A$$!! lol but in a good way.... i think.
Here is what level 4 looks like
5 mins warm-up walk
3 mins run
1:30 min walk
5 mins run
2:30 walk
3 mins run
2:30 walk
5 mins run
5 mins cool down walk
PHEW! So it was hard and on top of that I also did one session at home on my eliptical machine and that had well... torrents of sweat pouring down LOL Poor John came home from the store and wondered what all the heavy breathing was about :P
I'm definitely going to repeat this level again next week.. and maybe the week after :P Xmas is coming and I'm not sure how I'll manage with keeping up the workout, but I've been watching the Biggest Loser for the first time and that show really inspires me a lot. I don't think I could loose 100 pounds in 6 months or whateer crazy thing they do because I've got to work for a living and sleep at some point in my day hahaha But I think 3 good sessions of running, plus the swimming and then a few days of working on the treadmill or my eliptical at home should really help with stamina, strength and maybe even some more inches/pounds gone.
I'll say one thing... if I had the cash, I would buy that Bodybugg (tm) that they use on the contestants... it tells you how many calories consumed and how many calories burned... that would be some awesome information to have .. expecially to see how much your exercise is making a difference.... but the damn thing is about 200+ dollars plus there is a membership to a website to manage the data from the arm band and the wrist watch.... siigh... a girl can dream right? LOL
So, this week... working on level 4... and it is KICKING MY A$$!! lol but in a good way.... i think.
Here is what level 4 looks like
5 mins warm-up walk
3 mins run
1:30 min walk
5 mins run
2:30 walk
3 mins run
2:30 walk
5 mins run
5 mins cool down walk
PHEW! So it was hard and on top of that I also did one session at home on my eliptical machine and that had well... torrents of sweat pouring down LOL Poor John came home from the store and wondered what all the heavy breathing was about :P
I'm definitely going to repeat this level again next week.. and maybe the week after :P Xmas is coming and I'm not sure how I'll manage with keeping up the workout, but I've been watching the Biggest Loser for the first time and that show really inspires me a lot. I don't think I could loose 100 pounds in 6 months or whateer crazy thing they do because I've got to work for a living and sleep at some point in my day hahaha But I think 3 good sessions of running, plus the swimming and then a few days of working on the treadmill or my eliptical at home should really help with stamina, strength and maybe even some more inches/pounds gone.
I'll say one thing... if I had the cash, I would buy that Bodybugg (tm) that they use on the contestants... it tells you how many calories consumed and how many calories burned... that would be some awesome information to have .. expecially to see how much your exercise is making a difference.... but the damn thing is about 200+ dollars plus there is a membership to a website to manage the data from the arm band and the wrist watch.... siigh... a girl can dream right? LOL
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Foward crawling Spud
So Alex, John, Jen and I signed up for an adult learn to swim class. No we're not naked, it just means there are no kids in the group... well except for the instructors who seem to be maybe 13 or 14 LOL
We all know how to swim in varying degrees, most at least dog paddle and some of us are ninja experts at imitating floatation devices (fat floats baby! look at me just wallowing like a hippo!) The first lesson was last Tuesday and it's about 45 mins.. they started off by quickly figuring out who couldn't swim much at all and who were ready to learn the various strokes. All of us proudly made the cut to the advanced 201 class and they quickly taught us the flutter kick while leaning back on a pool noodle or against the side of the pool. Then they taught us the forward crawl to combine with the flutter kick. To me that one has always been the hardest stroke (even though I didn't know the name of it) because you have to have your face in the water for the majority of it until you poke out to breathe on the side. I didn't bring my goggles, because I didn't want to look like a keener/geek, boy did I regret that.. I forgot how much chlorine goes into a public pool. But that aside I think we all did fairly well, some were breathing harder than others, but overall it was a great relaxing exercise class. I think we all slept like logs that night!
Tonight we're supposed to go again, but I'm having tummy issues, I do however have my 1 piece, towel and goggles ready to go if I feel better by 7. I knew i missed swimming (grew up with a pool in our backyard and the sea 15 mins away) but I didn't realize how much I missed swimming. John is going to pick up their schedule and maybe we'll all go for one of the "free swim" nights to get more time in the water.
Spud floatation device out!
We all know how to swim in varying degrees, most at least dog paddle and some of us are ninja experts at imitating floatation devices (fat floats baby! look at me just wallowing like a hippo!) The first lesson was last Tuesday and it's about 45 mins.. they started off by quickly figuring out who couldn't swim much at all and who were ready to learn the various strokes. All of us proudly made the cut to the advanced 201 class and they quickly taught us the flutter kick while leaning back on a pool noodle or against the side of the pool. Then they taught us the forward crawl to combine with the flutter kick. To me that one has always been the hardest stroke (even though I didn't know the name of it) because you have to have your face in the water for the majority of it until you poke out to breathe on the side. I didn't bring my goggles, because I didn't want to look like a keener/geek, boy did I regret that.. I forgot how much chlorine goes into a public pool. But that aside I think we all did fairly well, some were breathing harder than others, but overall it was a great relaxing exercise class. I think we all slept like logs that night!
Tonight we're supposed to go again, but I'm having tummy issues, I do however have my 1 piece, towel and goggles ready to go if I feel better by 7. I knew i missed swimming (grew up with a pool in our backyard and the sea 15 mins away) but I didn't realize how much I missed swimming. John is going to pick up their schedule and maybe we'll all go for one of the "free swim" nights to get more time in the water.
Spud floatation device out!
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