As you may or may not know, I keep track of my calories (aim for 1200-1500/day), fiber (aim for 30g fiber/day), and my protein (aim for 65-70g/day - no more than 30g/meal!) and now I've been told to keep track of fat grams - though I'm unsure how many to have a day. Some have told me 40 and some have said 55 - I'm going to ask about that tonight.
Any amount of fiber, protein, or fat over your goal for the day = fat stored!
8 SUPER-FOODS - EAT EVERYDAY!!
1) 1 cup fresh or 1/2 cup cooked: kale, spinach, bok choy, or romaine
2) 1 cup/day: greek yogurt, soy yogurt, or kefir
3) Think RED: 8 cherry tomatoes, 1 cup tomato juice, or red water melon, pink grapefruit, papaya, or guava
4) Think ORANGE/YELLOW: 1/2 cup/day of: carrots, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, yellow bell pepper, or mango
5) 1 cup fresh or 1/2 cup frozen or dried/day: blueberries, acai berries, purple grapes, prunes, raisins, strawberries
6) 1/2 cup/day: black beans, black-eyed peas, lentils, pinto beans, kidney beans, or fava beans
7) 1 oz or 7 nuts/day: walnuts, almonds, peanuts, pistachios, macadamia nuts, or hazelnuts
8) 1/2 cup/day: WHOLE GRAINS - oats, quinoa, flaxseed, wild rice, etc.
The super organizer in me writes down my foods for the day - keeps track of calories/fiber/protein in each food, meal, and day AND goes back and highlights my super foods - hopefully counting up to 8 each day :)
Thursday, February 28, 2013
My quads are on FIRE (sung to the tune of "This girl is on fire")
I know, it's been awhile since I've blogged! My days continue to be crazy! When not at school, I'm working out or sleeping! And this semester, a class was added to one of my planning periods, so no free time for me!
Workouts this week have been INTENSE! Which is great, because I somehow missed the fact that the program is over March 21st! The last HCC meeting and weigh-in is Thursday, 3/21 - but we have a membership at with the Wellness Center for 2 weeks after that... Don't worry, I will continue blogging my progress!!
Monday workout with Tyler: Ran around track and did 1 flight of stairs at each of the "corners" of the track, then core exercises in between each lap. Tyler focused a lot on arms, which I had requested awhile ago - so that was good - and HARD!
Tuesday workout with Tyler: Ran 2 laps warm-up on the roof track, then did the rest of the workout on the roof... Ran suicides on the tennis courts, did laps of lunges (again, my quads are on FIRE), ran with those bands I told you about in previous blog (big thick band - 1 runs in front with band around hips and second person holds onto band to hold you back). We raced with these and I pushed myself hard because I don't like being last! I feel like I've been last a lot in these mini competitions, and it's killing me!! We did step ups onto a picnic bench - 1 for each side - and then a push-up in between. We did a lot of push-ups and squats. And then at the end of the workout, we took one of those racket ball courts and played dodge ball! If you got hit by a ball, you do 3 squats; if you get hit by a frisbee, you do 3 push-ups; if you hit someone above the neck or if you hit Tyler in his lap, you do 3 squats; if you throw it and it's caught, you do either the 3 squats or the 3 pushups, depending on what you threw! I LOVE this workout!! Maybe I should join a dodge ball team...
Wednesday workout with Larsyn/Cindy: Bee Street Garage (the name used to scare me... but I don't mind it as much anymore). We climbed the 8 flight of stairs, then at the top we did 20 push-ups, 20 squats, and 20 lunges (10 per leg). Then we rode the elevator down and started the whole process over again. Then at the end of the workout, we lunged 1/2 the length of the parking lot, did suicides, and ran laps around the perimeter of the parking lot... MY QUADS ARE ON FIRE!!!
Normally on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I do lunges and squats with my Biology class 1/2 way through the class - I may need to switch that out for something else - because my quads, hamstrings, and calves are KILLING ME this morning!!
Weigh-in is tonight and since I promised you the great info from last week's meeting and haven't put it up yet, I'm going to do that sometime today, too!
I have no expectations for weigh-in. I've worked hard this week and eaten well - as I did last week - so we will see! I'm going to do my 'last chance workout' on the elliptical from 5-5:40 before the weigh-in. :)
Workouts this week have been INTENSE! Which is great, because I somehow missed the fact that the program is over March 21st! The last HCC meeting and weigh-in is Thursday, 3/21 - but we have a membership at with the Wellness Center for 2 weeks after that... Don't worry, I will continue blogging my progress!!
Monday workout with Tyler: Ran around track and did 1 flight of stairs at each of the "corners" of the track, then core exercises in between each lap. Tyler focused a lot on arms, which I had requested awhile ago - so that was good - and HARD!
Tuesday workout with Tyler: Ran 2 laps warm-up on the roof track, then did the rest of the workout on the roof... Ran suicides on the tennis courts, did laps of lunges (again, my quads are on FIRE), ran with those bands I told you about in previous blog (big thick band - 1 runs in front with band around hips and second person holds onto band to hold you back). We raced with these and I pushed myself hard because I don't like being last! I feel like I've been last a lot in these mini competitions, and it's killing me!! We did step ups onto a picnic bench - 1 for each side - and then a push-up in between. We did a lot of push-ups and squats. And then at the end of the workout, we took one of those racket ball courts and played dodge ball! If you got hit by a ball, you do 3 squats; if you get hit by a frisbee, you do 3 push-ups; if you hit someone above the neck or if you hit Tyler in his lap, you do 3 squats; if you throw it and it's caught, you do either the 3 squats or the 3 pushups, depending on what you threw! I LOVE this workout!! Maybe I should join a dodge ball team...
Wednesday workout with Larsyn/Cindy: Bee Street Garage (the name used to scare me... but I don't mind it as much anymore). We climbed the 8 flight of stairs, then at the top we did 20 push-ups, 20 squats, and 20 lunges (10 per leg). Then we rode the elevator down and started the whole process over again. Then at the end of the workout, we lunged 1/2 the length of the parking lot, did suicides, and ran laps around the perimeter of the parking lot... MY QUADS ARE ON FIRE!!!
Normally on Tuesdays and Thursdays, I do lunges and squats with my Biology class 1/2 way through the class - I may need to switch that out for something else - because my quads, hamstrings, and calves are KILLING ME this morning!!
Weigh-in is tonight and since I promised you the great info from last week's meeting and haven't put it up yet, I'm going to do that sometime today, too!
I have no expectations for weigh-in. I've worked hard this week and eaten well - as I did last week - so we will see! I'm going to do my 'last chance workout' on the elliptical from 5-5:40 before the weigh-in. :)
Friday, February 22, 2013
Last night's weigh in!
I just wrote a bunch about last night and then something happened, I got kicked off and nothing saved... SO this is going to be shorter because I want to go to bed (much later than I'd normally be up!!)
I didn't gain this week but unfortunately I didn't lose! I was really upset last week, but after a long talk with my trainer, I got over it. The thing is - I feel amazing! I am not tired all the time, I'm energized for workouts, my food is fueling me, and I just feel awesome. I'm not craving sweets anymore - and even if I am, I'm remembering those goals I set and I don't want to lose what (little) ground I've made by eating anything sweet or fatty.
I'm hitting it hard at the team workouts, but I didn't do as many of my 30 minute cardios outside of workouts, so I need to work on that!
Besides that, I'm giving it my all - so time to amp it up even more and maybe next week will be my week - but if not, at least I know I'm doing what I need to do!! And people lose weight differently! I'm even going to (clearly) lose weight differently than I did last time I did HCC and that's OK!! I'm actually okay with it!
I'm going to go before I get kicked off again and have to start over AGAIN...
Coming up this week (so that I don't have to write it ALL out AGAIN): Time with my PT this afternoon and what shocking things I found out about my back(!), great info learned about foods on Thursday night :), Team workout and team news.
One more thing! I just registered for my first "Color Me Rad" 5K race! Come do it with me!! You can join my team :) Let me know if you want to do it and I will give you the team info so you can register with us!! :)
I didn't gain this week but unfortunately I didn't lose! I was really upset last week, but after a long talk with my trainer, I got over it. The thing is - I feel amazing! I am not tired all the time, I'm energized for workouts, my food is fueling me, and I just feel awesome. I'm not craving sweets anymore - and even if I am, I'm remembering those goals I set and I don't want to lose what (little) ground I've made by eating anything sweet or fatty.
I'm hitting it hard at the team workouts, but I didn't do as many of my 30 minute cardios outside of workouts, so I need to work on that!
Besides that, I'm giving it my all - so time to amp it up even more and maybe next week will be my week - but if not, at least I know I'm doing what I need to do!! And people lose weight differently! I'm even going to (clearly) lose weight differently than I did last time I did HCC and that's OK!! I'm actually okay with it!
I'm going to go before I get kicked off again and have to start over AGAIN...
Coming up this week (so that I don't have to write it ALL out AGAIN): Time with my PT this afternoon and what shocking things I found out about my back(!), great info learned about foods on Thursday night :), Team workout and team news.
One more thing! I just registered for my first "Color Me Rad" 5K race! Come do it with me!! You can join my team :) Let me know if you want to do it and I will give you the team info so you can register with us!! :)
http://www.colormerad.com/about.html
Monday, February 18, 2013
A day in the life of...
Some of you have asked what kinds of things I eat every day and my eating schedule and more about my workout schedule... This is my work-week schedule... on the weekends it looks the same but I normally eat out on Friday or Saturday (but eat out = a save healthy option at a restaurant)
Breakfast at 6:45/7 AM - one of 2 things (I switch it out so I don't get bored with one thing):
- Ezekiel Bread, toasted with 1/2 cup of mixed greens on top and 1 fried egg on top of that (over medium)
- Ezekiel Bread, toasted with 1/2 TBS of creamy almond butter, and 1/2 cup chopped strawberries on top
I try really hard to drink a glass of water with breakfast because I have a hard time getting in my 8 cups of water/day.
AM Snack at 10:20 AM (dictated by school schedule): 1 cup of plain fat-free yogurt with 1/2 cup of strawberries and 2 squares of 70% dark chocolate broken in tiny pieces & sometimes 1.5 TBS crushed walnuts
Lunch at 12:30 PM: 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa and some form of mixed cooked veggies and black beans (this week = sauteed grape tomatoes, onion, garlic in evoo + roasted butternut squash and black beans and quinoa) - I also switch out brown rice or barley for the quinoa sometimes
PM Snack at 3:30 PM - this one changes a lot - but I do some protein/veggie mix or protein/fruit mix - it depends on my fruit intake for the day (if I've had fruit for bfast and AM snack, I have veggies instead in PM) - 1 of the following:
- Carrot sticks and almond butter (sounds weird, but is tasty)
- 1/2 apple and almond butter
- Celery sticks and almond butter
- 1/2 banana and almond butter
- Tuna salad - made with yogurt, celery, and mustard (the yogurt = plain fat free)
(I'm not big on tuna salad and can't eat it for a meal because I don't really eat that much, but as a
snack, I'm okay with it)
Dinner after workout (M-Th = 7:45 & F = 6:45)
2 cups of mixed greens, with some kind of salady-like veggies, evoo and S&P, and a protein - either 4 oz of chicken or salmon
For the most part, I try and get my grains in by lunch and don't eat grains after lunch and for dinner I try to eat proteins and veggies and zero grains.
We also can't have more than 2 servings of fruit per day... there are other things we need to have and not have, but I think that's enough for today :)
Breakfast at 6:45/7 AM - one of 2 things (I switch it out so I don't get bored with one thing):
- Ezekiel Bread, toasted with 1/2 cup of mixed greens on top and 1 fried egg on top of that (over medium)
- Ezekiel Bread, toasted with 1/2 TBS of creamy almond butter, and 1/2 cup chopped strawberries on top
I try really hard to drink a glass of water with breakfast because I have a hard time getting in my 8 cups of water/day.
AM Snack at 10:20 AM (dictated by school schedule): 1 cup of plain fat-free yogurt with 1/2 cup of strawberries and 2 squares of 70% dark chocolate broken in tiny pieces & sometimes 1.5 TBS crushed walnuts
Lunch at 12:30 PM: 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa and some form of mixed cooked veggies and black beans (this week = sauteed grape tomatoes, onion, garlic in evoo + roasted butternut squash and black beans and quinoa) - I also switch out brown rice or barley for the quinoa sometimes
PM Snack at 3:30 PM - this one changes a lot - but I do some protein/veggie mix or protein/fruit mix - it depends on my fruit intake for the day (if I've had fruit for bfast and AM snack, I have veggies instead in PM) - 1 of the following:
- Carrot sticks and almond butter (sounds weird, but is tasty)
- 1/2 apple and almond butter
- Celery sticks and almond butter
- 1/2 banana and almond butter
- Tuna salad - made with yogurt, celery, and mustard (the yogurt = plain fat free)
(I'm not big on tuna salad and can't eat it for a meal because I don't really eat that much, but as a
snack, I'm okay with it)
Dinner after workout (M-Th = 7:45 & F = 6:45)
2 cups of mixed greens, with some kind of salady-like veggies, evoo and S&P, and a protein - either 4 oz of chicken or salmon
For the most part, I try and get my grains in by lunch and don't eat grains after lunch and for dinner I try to eat proteins and veggies and zero grains.
We also can't have more than 2 servings of fruit per day... there are other things we need to have and not have, but I think that's enough for today :)
Cravings!
A friend (and my mentor, Cyndi) emailed this to me and it looks like a great way to beat those cravings! I will let you know if it works for me :) I think the trick is to have some of things on hand so that when I crave _______, I have the alternative in front of me or with me so that I don't cave!
I went to spinning this morning and then I have the team workout at 6:15 tonight. I may even go on a run before lunch - you never know!!
I went to spinning this morning and then I have the team workout at 6:15 tonight. I may even go on a run before lunch - you never know!!
Some of
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Week 5 Weigh In
I kept forgetting to check back in and tell you how I did! I lost 0.4 pounds! I could have lost more - I think I need to focus more on my food journal. After thinking about last week's gain and this week's tiny loss, I realized what both weeks had in common - I have been slacking on my food journaling and my food prep for the week. For the last HCC, we primarily kept a food journal and then used online resources for checking calorie, protein and fiber amounts. This time around we do everything online - which is good in some respects, but I've stopped using my daily journal. The daily journal really helped me plan for the day and even if I don't stick to what I've logged in to have for dinner, I knew I had 3- or 400 calories left and it was with me at all times. I don't get online as much as the rest of the world. I'm one of very few friends who doesn't have a smart phone - and it doesn't bother me, but it has made me realize that when my team mates are logging in immediately after eating and I'm not, that I'm at a bit of a disadvantage... how to correct that? Go back to daily food journals. We have to email our food journals at the end of each week to the nutritionist and to our trainer - but I think I'm forgetting what I'm eating - especially when I don't write it down everyday. Apparently some study somewhere (because those are the ones I should trust?) said that of the people who try to lose weight, there is an 80% greater chance of losing weight when you journal. So - along with other goals that I have, the most important this coming week is to journal what I've eaten and keep track of my fiber, protein and calories. I'm still aiming for 1300 calories/day, 30g fiber per day and no more than 30g protein per meal (more of each of these = fat at the end of the day). Though technically we are allowed a 1200-1500 calorie range, 1300 is my goal.
So "punishment" for not reaching my goal this week: 1, 1-minute wall-sit and 1, 2-minute wall-sit. Friday night I did the 2-minute wall sit (I actually did 2 minutes and 20 seconds). So I just have the 1 minute wall sit to go!
Total weight loss in 5 weeks = 8.4
I decided this was unacceptable - so I'm changing what I do a little! I did 3 workouts on Friday and obviously overdid... I'm going to try and do a class at the gym 3 days a week outside of our workouts, and as always, we have the 30 minutes of interval cardio workouts to do - but if I'm doing an hour class at the gym, I'm forgoing the 30 minutes extra that day (due to the fact that I couldn't push myself as much as I would've liked to on Friday's evening workout).
So "punishment" for not reaching my goal this week: 1, 1-minute wall-sit and 1, 2-minute wall-sit. Friday night I did the 2-minute wall sit (I actually did 2 minutes and 20 seconds). So I just have the 1 minute wall sit to go!
Total weight loss in 5 weeks = 8.4
I decided this was unacceptable - so I'm changing what I do a little! I did 3 workouts on Friday and obviously overdid... I'm going to try and do a class at the gym 3 days a week outside of our workouts, and as always, we have the 30 minutes of interval cardio workouts to do - but if I'm doing an hour class at the gym, I'm forgoing the 30 minutes extra that day (due to the fact that I couldn't push myself as much as I would've liked to on Friday's evening workout).
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Valentine's Day HELL
Valentine's Day at a school? Filled with valentine doughnuts, valentine candy, and chocolate, chocolate, chocolate!!
Yay for my valentine's day greek yogurt with strawberries and dark chocolate! :)
I'm nervous for tonight because I was so great this week! I was low in calories Tuesday but I've been grinding it out with these workouts!!
Last night was the mid-test... I improved my half mile by 40 seconds, I did 75 situps in a minute (versus the 60 at the pretest) - I actually improved on everything: time for plank holds, wall-sits (I improved by a whole minute!!), and number of push-ups!
I did 6 laps yesterday - so I only have 20 left for today before I weigh-in... I've always been a procrastinator - we'll see what happens!!
Yay for my valentine's day greek yogurt with strawberries and dark chocolate! :)
I'm nervous for tonight because I was so great this week! I was low in calories Tuesday but I've been grinding it out with these workouts!!
Last night was the mid-test... I improved my half mile by 40 seconds, I did 75 situps in a minute (versus the 60 at the pretest) - I actually improved on everything: time for plank holds, wall-sits (I improved by a whole minute!!), and number of push-ups!
I did 6 laps yesterday - so I only have 20 left for today before I weigh-in... I've always been a procrastinator - we'll see what happens!!
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Extra 30 minutes of cardio Daily!
So, you know how one of my goals was to do 30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week outside of group workouts? (It's my first month's goal). Consider it accomplished!
All of the team is now required to do 30 minutes of cardio DAILY outside of group workouts. Tyler & Larsyn gave us an interval workout to do and Jane made a copy for all of us and laminated it so that our sweaty hands wouldn't ruin it. It stays in my gym bag :)
The interval workout was designed for the treadmill - but I altered it for the elliptical... I try different alterations depending on which elliptical machine I'm on - there are 5 or 6 different kinds of elliptical machines at this gym!
Interval Workout for the Treadmill
Interval 1 - 10 minute Speed Interval:
Set incline at 1
Then set speed at 3.5 and do this for 1 minute
Then set speed at 4.5-5 and do this for 1 minute
Alternate between 3.5 and 4.5 for 10 minutes
Interval 2 - 10 minute Hill Interval:
Set speed at 3.5 for 1 minute at incline 1 (warm-up)
Increase incline by 3 every minute for 5 minutes
Decrease incline by 3 every minute for remaining 5 minutes
i.e. minute 2 = incline 4
minute 3 = incline 7
minute 4 = incline 10
minute 5 = incline 13
minute 6 = incline 10
minute 7 = incline 7
minute 8 = incline 4
minute 9 = incline 3
minute 10 = incline 1
Interval 3 - 10 Minute Endurance Run (this one is the hardest)
Set speed between 4 & 5 (find a pace you can maintain for 10 minutes in this range)
At minute 3, increase incline to 3 for 1 minute then decrease back to 1
At minute 6, increase incline to 6 for 1 minute then decrease back to 1
At minute 9, increase incline to 3 for 1 minute then decrease back to 1
Cool down for minute 10
All of the team is now required to do 30 minutes of cardio DAILY outside of group workouts. Tyler & Larsyn gave us an interval workout to do and Jane made a copy for all of us and laminated it so that our sweaty hands wouldn't ruin it. It stays in my gym bag :)
The interval workout was designed for the treadmill - but I altered it for the elliptical... I try different alterations depending on which elliptical machine I'm on - there are 5 or 6 different kinds of elliptical machines at this gym!
Interval Workout for the Treadmill
Interval 1 - 10 minute Speed Interval:
Set incline at 1
Then set speed at 3.5 and do this for 1 minute
Then set speed at 4.5-5 and do this for 1 minute
Alternate between 3.5 and 4.5 for 10 minutes
Interval 2 - 10 minute Hill Interval:
Set speed at 3.5 for 1 minute at incline 1 (warm-up)
Increase incline by 3 every minute for 5 minutes
Decrease incline by 3 every minute for remaining 5 minutes
i.e. minute 2 = incline 4
minute 3 = incline 7
minute 4 = incline 10
minute 5 = incline 13
minute 6 = incline 10
minute 7 = incline 7
minute 8 = incline 4
minute 9 = incline 3
minute 10 = incline 1
Interval 3 - 10 Minute Endurance Run (this one is the hardest)
Set speed between 4 & 5 (find a pace you can maintain for 10 minutes in this range)
At minute 3, increase incline to 3 for 1 minute then decrease back to 1
At minute 6, increase incline to 6 for 1 minute then decrease back to 1
At minute 9, increase incline to 3 for 1 minute then decrease back to 1
Cool down for minute 10
50 Laps, Seriously??? What did I do???
I am SO glad that I ran the 5K on Saturday - if for no other reason than it counted for 19 of the 50 laps I took on this week as punishment for not doing my goal! So, I have 31 laps left! Well, not quite - I did 5 laps on Monday night - so now I have 26 laps left than I'm apparently going to do all on Wednesday...
I wasn't going to exercise with the team tonight because I was going to help out a friend - but that ended up not happening. My original thought: I have an out because the team knows I'm going to be helping that friend. My next thought: I don't want to sit at the house when I could benefit from a workout with Tyler!! We are a little under 1/2 way through the program! I paid for this!! So I came home, ate a small snack and headed to the gym!! But I didn't eat a lot today - lots of stuff to get done at school - so I didn't stay past the workout to work on laps - I headed home to eat dinner! (And I had salmon and 3 cups of mixed salad greens with a vinaigrette :) )
So, tomorrow... 26 laps... OR Wednesday AND Thursday - but I'm going to try and do them all Wednesday because I don't want to leave them until Thursday and have something happen! I can't get to the gym until 5 on Thursday, so I was planning on doing 30 minutes of cardio before the weigh-in.
Last night at Tyler's workout, we stayed on the treadmills the whole time (except I did the elliptical) - the team did a steady incline of 15 for 50 minutes (I did zero incline because of my back and did 15 resistance) and then we each had 10 minutes of weights with Tyler. It doesn't sound like much, but it was a hard and great workout! I had my 10 minutes first, so the remaining 50 minutes was pounding it out on the elliptical. During those 10 minutes, I really pushed myself... I don't remember any of the names of the machines - but I did more pounds on those machines than I think I've ever done - hard, but worth it!!
Before the workout, I did the 30 minute cardio workout on the elliptical and then did my 5 laps on the track and then back down for the hour-long class! It was great!! So I was working out for 1 hour and 45 minutes!! :) GREAT Monday workout!! :)
I wasn't going to exercise with the team tonight because I was going to help out a friend - but that ended up not happening. My original thought: I have an out because the team knows I'm going to be helping that friend. My next thought: I don't want to sit at the house when I could benefit from a workout with Tyler!! We are a little under 1/2 way through the program! I paid for this!! So I came home, ate a small snack and headed to the gym!! But I didn't eat a lot today - lots of stuff to get done at school - so I didn't stay past the workout to work on laps - I headed home to eat dinner! (And I had salmon and 3 cups of mixed salad greens with a vinaigrette :) )
So, tomorrow... 26 laps... OR Wednesday AND Thursday - but I'm going to try and do them all Wednesday because I don't want to leave them until Thursday and have something happen! I can't get to the gym until 5 on Thursday, so I was planning on doing 30 minutes of cardio before the weigh-in.
Last night at Tyler's workout, we stayed on the treadmills the whole time (except I did the elliptical) - the team did a steady incline of 15 for 50 minutes (I did zero incline because of my back and did 15 resistance) and then we each had 10 minutes of weights with Tyler. It doesn't sound like much, but it was a hard and great workout! I had my 10 minutes first, so the remaining 50 minutes was pounding it out on the elliptical. During those 10 minutes, I really pushed myself... I don't remember any of the names of the machines - but I did more pounds on those machines than I think I've ever done - hard, but worth it!!
Before the workout, I did the 30 minute cardio workout on the elliptical and then did my 5 laps on the track and then back down for the hour-long class! It was great!! So I was working out for 1 hour and 45 minutes!! :) GREAT Monday workout!! :)
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Go Red for Women 5K!
For starters, my knee hasn't been hurting the past 2 days! So that's a relief!!
Also, today, not too shabby! Started off running/jogging for the beginning part of the race, walked the middle, and ran at the end... would love to share how long that actually was, but I have no idea and ultimately I finished the race, so yay for me!! :)
I'm super sore - and exhausted, but I had a great time with Ali, Jane, & Elice from my team and my mentors Cynthia and Ed :)
AND I saw one of my team members from the first HCC I did and she (Leslie) looks GREAT!!! She has kept at it and said she has lost about 75 pounds!! AMAZING!!
Great day! And I just got back from a trip to FB to see Team Horton - the whole big family and it was great!! And I only mention this because I did a REALLY good job not giving into temptation - I didn't have any cupcakes (for Bennett's birthday) and I didn't have any vanilla wafers or anything else sweet - I had one glass of white wine and some oysters and fried shimp - but nothing else! Feeling good about that... And decided in the future that I should drink La Croix at parties because that would help too. I was fine having the glass of wine - but water is better! :) Special Shout out to the Horton/Simpson/Bost Clan - great to see everyone and all the little babies!! Love you all and look forward to lake time this summer :)
Also, today, not too shabby! Started off running/jogging for the beginning part of the race, walked the middle, and ran at the end... would love to share how long that actually was, but I have no idea and ultimately I finished the race, so yay for me!! :)
I'm super sore - and exhausted, but I had a great time with Ali, Jane, & Elice from my team and my mentors Cynthia and Ed :)
AND I saw one of my team members from the first HCC I did and she (Leslie) looks GREAT!!! She has kept at it and said she has lost about 75 pounds!! AMAZING!!
Great day! And I just got back from a trip to FB to see Team Horton - the whole big family and it was great!! And I only mention this because I did a REALLY good job not giving into temptation - I didn't have any cupcakes (for Bennett's birthday) and I didn't have any vanilla wafers or anything else sweet - I had one glass of white wine and some oysters and fried shimp - but nothing else! Feeling good about that... And decided in the future that I should drink La Croix at parties because that would help too. I was fine having the glass of wine - but water is better! :) Special Shout out to the Horton/Simpson/Bost Clan - great to see everyone and all the little babies!! Love you all and look forward to lake time this summer :)
Friday, February 8, 2013
Thursday's Weigh-In
Well, I'm regretting (a little) my goal of 4 pounds and running a lap for every 0.10 of a pound not lost... I gained 1 pound! So I have 50 laps to run!! (which is a little over 8 miles!!) But I'm going to run 3 miles tomorrow for the 5K and then divide the rest between Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday's workouts. Ali (who also had a goal of 4 pounds) lost 3 pounds, so she will be running 10 laps. And she felt bad for pressuring me into my 4 pound goal, so she's offered to run with me M, T, & W.
Obviously, a gain is NOT what I wanted to have happen, but I have some ideas of why this week didn't work out. For starters, I didn't do a good job of planning my dinners this week. The rest of the day everything was planned, but not dinners. And I'm not sure my water drinking was up to par either. I think I've only been getting around 6 glasses of water a day in instead of 8. I also tried experimenting with new breakfasts and snacks and I don't think I got it all right. PLUS I don't think I got enough protein in or fiber. (I've had a lot of time to think about this.)
I'm not too discouraged, though and I plan to keep "fighting" and working my rear end off!! AND it's still 8 pounds in 4 weeks, which is 2 pounds a week! SO my goal this coming week is 2 pounds and if I don't get it, my "punishment" is 2 sets of 2 minute wall-sits. (I HATE those.)
Here's my parting quote that I got from the HCC newsletter:
Obviously, a gain is NOT what I wanted to have happen, but I have some ideas of why this week didn't work out. For starters, I didn't do a good job of planning my dinners this week. The rest of the day everything was planned, but not dinners. And I'm not sure my water drinking was up to par either. I think I've only been getting around 6 glasses of water a day in instead of 8. I also tried experimenting with new breakfasts and snacks and I don't think I got it all right. PLUS I don't think I got enough protein in or fiber. (I've had a lot of time to think about this.)
I'm not too discouraged, though and I plan to keep "fighting" and working my rear end off!! AND it's still 8 pounds in 4 weeks, which is 2 pounds a week! SO my goal this coming week is 2 pounds and if I don't get it, my "punishment" is 2 sets of 2 minute wall-sits. (I HATE those.)
Here's my parting quote that I got from the HCC newsletter:
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Never Give Up!!!
Last night was hard because I hurt my left knee and I get so worried about my knees. I'm always trying to protect them and was sad I had to modify some exercises for that! Also, with the blood thinners, I can't take ANY anti-inflamatories!! :( But it was still a hard workout and I still pushed myself!!
I did the best I could at doing "RICE" last night - I rested, Iced, and Elevated (no compressing..) and I took a painkiller. My knee ached this morning, but nothing big, so maybe okay? I'll ice it again at lunch.
But I'm NOT giving up!! I will still work my rear end off and try my hardest!!
I did the best I could at doing "RICE" last night - I rested, Iced, and Elevated (no compressing..) and I took a painkiller. My knee ached this morning, but nothing big, so maybe okay? I'll ice it again at lunch.
But I'm NOT giving up!! I will still work my rear end off and try my hardest!!
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Tyler is a BEAST!!
I actually think Tyler's the greatest! And his workouts are amazing! By the time this is all over - I will be a PRO at: stairs, indian runs, sprinting, plank holds, push-up holds, and squats! That's what we did last night! Indian run a lap, do some stairs, and then do one of the above for 90 seconds, then repeat. Holy cow. And in the next 40 minutes, we'll be doing it again! Workout tonight is at 6:30! I was upset last night because I didn't feel well and couldn't push myself very hard - so tonight, no dinner prior to workout.
Oh, and for the record, I was convinced to do the 5K this weekend - Go Red for Women :) So, I will be running/jogging/walking that!! Good times with the team!!
Oh, and for the record, I was convinced to do the 5K this weekend - Go Red for Women :) So, I will be running/jogging/walking that!! Good times with the team!!
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Goal for this week - I think I'm crazy!!
So even though I have both long-term goals (over 6 months) and short-term goals (2-6 months and 1 month), Ali thought it would be cool to have a goal this week with an immediate plan of what happens when we don't reach that goal. I was a little hesitant at first, but was peer-pressured into this goal!! Not that this particular peer pressuring is bad - in fact Tyler thought it was doable.
Ali and I both decided to aim for losing 4 pounds this week. If we don't lose it, for every 10th of a pound that we don't lose, we will run 1 lap at the gym. So if I only lose 2 pounds, I will run 20 laps.. hence the title of this saying I'M CRAZY. Tyler thought a reasonable goal was 3 pounds, but that I can definitely do 4 pounds if I don't stray at all and if I work my rear end off. Well, I'm not supposed to stray (eating-wise) anyway and I am already working really hard... and one of my goals this month is to push it harder in my team workouts... so, why not?
Do I think 4 pounds was realistic? NO. BUT what is there to lose? If I don't lose the 4 pounds, I get to run laps - I won't run all of the laps at once - but add them to my daily workouts. And my long term goals include running 5Ks, 8Ks, and 10Ks - so the extra running isn't going to hurt me, it's going to help me. So that's why I let myself get peer pressured into it. If I didn't feel good about it, then I wouldn't have done it. (Seriously, when I have actually been peer pressured into anything...)
Ali and I both decided to aim for losing 4 pounds this week. If we don't lose it, for every 10th of a pound that we don't lose, we will run 1 lap at the gym. So if I only lose 2 pounds, I will run 20 laps.. hence the title of this saying I'M CRAZY. Tyler thought a reasonable goal was 3 pounds, but that I can definitely do 4 pounds if I don't stray at all and if I work my rear end off. Well, I'm not supposed to stray (eating-wise) anyway and I am already working really hard... and one of my goals this month is to push it harder in my team workouts... so, why not?
Do I think 4 pounds was realistic? NO. BUT what is there to lose? If I don't lose the 4 pounds, I get to run laps - I won't run all of the laps at once - but add them to my daily workouts. And my long term goals include running 5Ks, 8Ks, and 10Ks - so the extra running isn't going to hurt me, it's going to help me. So that's why I let myself get peer pressured into it. If I didn't feel good about it, then I wouldn't have done it. (Seriously, when I have actually been peer pressured into anything...)
Weekends are always the hardest!
I don't know about you, but when the weekends come around, I feel truly free and can relax! But with HCC, I can't totally relax and remembering that is difficult! Friday night after workout, I went to Black Bean Company with Ed, one of the mentors. I just found out recently (probably the last to find out) that our two mentors are dating each other - Ed is AWESOME - so I'm not surprised at all that he's dating the other awesome mentor, Cyndi. Ed is hilarious, but you wouldn't know it right away because he's quiet. He reminds me of my cousin Ben and my brother-in-law Evan, which right there explains his awesomeness. Also, during the Friday night workout, when doing the indian runs were so difficult, he fell back and ran with me and encouraged me! I didn't stop to walk once! The Friday night "happy hour" and work out was hard - but I felt GREAT at the end!! In fact, Tyler had us play dodge ball at the end - always fun (!!) - and if you hit someone above the shoulders, you had to stop and do 3 squats, if you got hit, you had to stop and do the same 3 squats, and again, if when you threw the ball at someone and they caught it, 3 more squats. So a lot of squatting and laughing and throwing and hitting - GREAT end to the Friday Happy Hour! :)
Saturday, I got up and met Cyndi, Mary, & Jane at Spinning at 9:30 and worked HARD in that class!! But I really liked taking spinning with Kelsey (the instructor) and I felt great afterwards. The biggest problem I have with weekends is working out with the same intensity as M-F workouts - but Saturday's spinning class fixed that. And the second biggest thing is eating on schedule. M-F eating schedule is set by and large by my school schedule, but the weekends = a lot of free time and I don't always stick to the schedule as well.
One great thing this weekend, I don't want to mess up what I've lost so far by eating something I shouldn't and I can't say that for the past 3 weekends, so something clicked! I'm not even tempted! Sure, I wanted something sweet on Saturday, but I didn't want chocolate chip cookies or milk chocolate or sweets - I craved strawberries. I went to the grocery store hungry and was FINE. How great is that?? I wouldn't suggest going to the grocery store hungry and it's not something I would normally do, but I feel great about what I've done and I don't want to mess it up with something as silly as Reeses cups. Yay!!
Saturday, I got up and met Cyndi, Mary, & Jane at Spinning at 9:30 and worked HARD in that class!! But I really liked taking spinning with Kelsey (the instructor) and I felt great afterwards. The biggest problem I have with weekends is working out with the same intensity as M-F workouts - but Saturday's spinning class fixed that. And the second biggest thing is eating on schedule. M-F eating schedule is set by and large by my school schedule, but the weekends = a lot of free time and I don't always stick to the schedule as well.
One great thing this weekend, I don't want to mess up what I've lost so far by eating something I shouldn't and I can't say that for the past 3 weekends, so something clicked! I'm not even tempted! Sure, I wanted something sweet on Saturday, but I didn't want chocolate chip cookies or milk chocolate or sweets - I craved strawberries. I went to the grocery store hungry and was FINE. How great is that?? I wouldn't suggest going to the grocery store hungry and it's not something I would normally do, but I feel great about what I've done and I don't want to mess it up with something as silly as Reeses cups. Yay!!
Friday, February 1, 2013
WOOHOOO!!!
I lost 3.5 this past week for a total of 9.3!!!! Everyone on our team lost weight in varying degrees from 5 pounds to 1 pound! Our team is still ranked on the bottom but everyone's spirits are up thanks to our losses this week!!
I will post more later today about the fun facts (or gruesome) that we learned last night but I wanted to get the above out ASAP!! :)
I'm working out today with the team at 5:15 PM and am looking forward to the weekend!! :) Let me know if any of you want to walk the Ravenel bridge or the Stono River bridge on Saturday!
Thanks for everyone's support!!
I will post more later today about the fun facts (or gruesome) that we learned last night but I wanted to get the above out ASAP!! :)
I'm working out today with the team at 5:15 PM and am looking forward to the weekend!! :) Let me know if any of you want to walk the Ravenel bridge or the Stono River bridge on Saturday!
Thanks for everyone's support!!
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