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20 March 2013
Another good workout last night, one more and will be done with week 2 (again) of C25K. I know week 3 is when it starts to get harder, so trying to get ready for that :) I did just a little more, the workout would have had me finish at about 2.2 miles, I went ahead and finished a 5k (mostly walking the rest of the way) - but I figure it'll help me build up my endurance.
My next lifting workout will also be the last of the set before moving up. I will do:
3x20 Bench @ 60 lb
3x20 Bicep Curl @ 25 lb
3x20 Lat Pull @ 70 lb
3x20 Tricep Extension @40 lb
So the one after that it will be time to add a new lift. I was thinking maybe seated rows? Or perhaps upright rows? I am still not excited about doing a leg lift yet, but I am joining a gym where I'm sure I will be doing more lunges and squats and fun things like that.
I'm kind of starting to feel like a brick shit house, which is part of why I haven't been into lifting for a while. I don't mind being strong, I just don't want to be *big* and strong, I want to be not as big and strong :)
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19 March 2013
So. The new rules are:
Only one Soy Chai Latte a week (Thursday mornings, they're my can't-get-out-of-bed mornings)
No afternoon cookies. No matter what.
No consecutive days of chocolate fixes (I can't believe how many people keep this stuff around the office, yummy and killer)
More fruit as a side (instead of yummy jalapeno chedddar chips)
Take the stairs more
Not in the new rules? Still not recording what I'm eating. I know that works, I know I've had success with that, good success, and I know it's available to me for if/when I need it. But I don't want to have to do that for forever. I want to be able to teach myself how to be reasonable with eating without checking my diet calendar every day to see if I'm at, near or over my allotted calories. I'll give it..3 weeks.
So until the end of the first week in April. If I haven't seen the progress I want then, then I'll start recording. Promise.
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18 March 2013
It was a hell of a weekend.
It ended with me playing some poker yesterday and winning $140 (feels nice to do that occasionally).
I am (I hope, I hope) on the precipice of being hired on at my current company as a permanent employee. I've been working here full time as a contractor for the past year, and in that year I've been trying to be smart with my money. Most of my budget has been going to pay down debt and pay for required life resources. But my hope is, that once I get hired, I can be a little more relaxed and do something more. Like rejoin a gym or something. I've mentioned this to a friend and she suggested her gym, and how they do an 8 week fitness challenge (one in spring, one in fall) for unlimmited classes for $52.80. Sounds pretty good to me, so Saturday morning after coaching practice, she and I went over and I took a class and signed up.
I decided that since it was my first to go very light weight (it's a body pump class, bascially lifting for the whole hour) as I didn't want to kill myself without knowing what I was going to get into. Fun class. But during the class, at the beginning, I did something to tweak my knee. No idea what - I don't usually have knee problems, but it bascially felt like the tendon that runs over my kneecap had popped out of place. Very very painful until we sat down and I relaxed my leg completely and then it was gone. Some lingering "ow, you hurt me" soreness, but certainly not the "I need to stop moving completely until this is fixed" pain I had just experienced.
Finding this a little concerning, I went to pick up my dog from my nurse mother and told her about the tweak. Her response? "Honey, I didn't want to tell you this, but I had a dream about you a couple nights ago and you were slim and I think you need to lose weight."
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I think what I'm the most pissed off about is that I have, and have been working out a LOT for the past 3 or so weeks. I can see a change in my body, and I just came from a workout class. I can understand if I was spending all my time sitting on my duff eating twinkies (for which I had an immediate craving after leaving her house) and not doing anything that she should bring this up. But that's not the case. At all. Jesus. In my super-angry tear brimmed couple hours that followed (not around her, I got up and left) I considered cutting her out of my life for a while (yeah, probably not going to happen) - because I feel like she rarely listens to me or pays attention to me. This isn't the first time she's failed to notice I lose weight.
Just because I don't broadcast how much I'm running or lifting or working out. I feel like she sees what she wants to see and what she wants to see is what is socially pretty. Argh.
The worst part is, the needle on the scale isn't really moving yet. I can tell the different in the mirror and in how my clothes fit, and that is important. But the scale is important too. I know it will move, and I know how to make it move (goodbye Soy Chai Lattes). So I'm going to make it move.
At least my workout the next morning was solid. My knee didn't hurt on my run and the lifting went well. It felt really good to sweat out all that frustration.
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14 March 2013
I didn't think I was going to make it - a couple different times in last night's workout. During the run, and during bench press and lat pulls. But I did. I pushed through. I was a little bummed because I thought taking a day off would have had me feeling more fresh and rested, but it hurt more than I thought it would. I guess that's really the adding endurance part. I still think the day off was the right move, but no more than one in a row right now (any more would be disasterous).
I feel good. I feel like I look better. I don't think the scale has changed. Certainly not as much as I would like it to, but I know if I keep working hard, it will. I also know I haven't been tracking my food like I used to... I will, especially if I continue to see the scale not move, but for now, eh. I guess I figure it's like working out - you do what you want to do, what's fun, because you know you'll be able to sustain it. This time I'm building the workout part first, and then I'll be more diligent on the nutrition part, until then I'm trying to just be reasonable with what I eat (though it's prob way too many carbs).
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12 March 2013
Rough workout last night. Things have been going pretty well, and I'm going to guess it's because they've been going well that I just didn't seem to have the oomph to put into it. Originally the plan was to take tonight off as I could feel myself getting a little tired - and I considered changing that beacuse of the short show I put on last night, but I think I can still feel some fatigue. I'll get back on it tomorrow.
I am feeling better, at least slightly less chubby. I bought a few new workout tops from Old Navy recently (they're bright and colorful and if I'm going to abuse them, might as well not spend too much on them. So far though, I'm even impressed with their fit and movement when I workout). The first night I wore one of these I was lifting and watching myself in the mirror and felt very hippo-like. Not good! My friend hit me for that thought, and she was right to do so. It's gotten a little better since then, but I'm still feeling very much the "hip" part of the hippo.
Bad thoughts bad thoughts. I know (from past experience) if I keep up my running things will feel much better. So. After tonight's break, tomorrow night I will keep up my running. I'm hoping to be ready for a 10k at the end of May, but that feels awfully close. We'll see.
I've asked a friend if she wants to find some MMA or cross fit classes with me. Not sure what we want is at all close to where we live, so I think we're going to try to do the 5280fit.com spring challenge. Hopefully will be fun. They take all sorts of measurements at the beginning of the 8 week challenge and then again at the end. Noooooot so excited about that, but will come through it just fine :)
Still talking to the online guy. Honestly? There's a lot of motivation for me coming from a potential visit from him (in July) - and I'm going to take that and run (literally :P). I think I'm coming to this place where, if we continue to talk and he does visit in July, then after that visit (assuming we don't fall madly in love) it will have to end. If we do continue to talk and he never plans a visit, well - then it'll end sooner. But honestly, right now, it's more attention than I've been getting recently and I enjoy talking to him. The time zone thing sucks, but it kinda fits into my already busy schedule. Maybe I'll take this opportunity of flirting with a charming British Bloke to build some of my self confidence. He's now a facebook friend and can see all those pics, the good, the bad, and the ugly - and he hasn't shunned me, and silly as it sounds, that's already helped me some.
We'll see how it goes. I'm guessing now that I think I want this to continue, it probably won't :P but if that's what happens, then that's what happens and I'll be okay with it.
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