Finally got back out

At 8am I woke up. I thought, wow, I'm still tired. I was about to go back to sleep, but thought no...I need to get up and go running. This is the last weekday before Stuart starts working again. I need to do what I can now before I will have to drag 6 kids down to do it with me.

Finally at 8:45 I get out the door. It was getting warm already. I walked for about 15 minutes and then did week 3. I did 3 min. run, 3 min. walk, 90 sec run, 3 min walk (which is longer than I should have), 3 minute run, 4 min walk (another one longer than it should have been), and then 90 sec run followed by a lot of walking.

By the 2nd half of the workout, I was getting really pooped. I really had to push myself to go. It was hot and I was tired. 85 degrees at 9am...not cool. Hopefully I can get out earlier next time and that I won't be so exhausted.

Funny little side story. When I run I bring a bottle of water and a book to the park and leave them on the table while I do the running. I read when I walk before and after. Today I put my water on one of the tables. There is grandma at another table talking on the phone and 'watching' 3 grandkids...probably around 2-5 yrs old. I put my water on the table and started walking for my 5 minute warmup walk...while I read of course. As I am approaching the end of the warmup period, I go to get a drink of water. ONLY to discover...it's missing! It wasn't a windy day and there weren't any dogs or cats running around. It could have only been the kids. I had overheard them say something like..."she has water" when I first got there. So, I ask them (while grandma is still on the phone) "Did you take my water" to which they responded "no". Um, ya, I think you did. I didn't say anything and went home and got another water and left it somewhere different while I ran.

Phew, it's hot!

I just went out and walked for an hour. It is 102 degrees outside....that's warm! I am going to try to do my workouts in the early morning from now on! That felt good though. PLUS...I got to read! YAY!

Ready, Set, begin again!

So, here's the plan. I am more serious than ever!

My Dad gave me a diet and fitness journal last year (that I never did use), and I am going to use it to keep track of my eating and exercise.

Here's the plan....

Monday, Wednesday, Friday...work on couch to 5k and do additional walking for a total of 60 minutes.
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday....Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred workout video...and if I am up to it, a 60 minute walk.

I did calculations and I am suppose to be eating 1909 calories to maintain my weight. My goal now is 1200 a day, with a max of 1400. It takes 3500 calories to equal a lbs lost..so with eating fewer calories and working out, I hope to lose at least 2 lbs a week.

Back on track....

The day after my last post, my 3 yr old son got into an accident and was in the hospital and had surgery and all that jazz. That was totally draining emotionally, mentally, and physically. I got out of my routine and never got back into it.

The weather here has now gotten hot. So, this summer, my plan isn't to run much. I am going to stick with workout DVDs and losing weight and start running again in a few months. I have really noticed my lack of energy when I don't work out. I feel blah. I will get back in the habit on Monday. YAY!

Sickness

I haven't done any running last week or this week. Last Wednesday I was feeling HORRIBLE and that continued for a few days. I am still not feeling 100%, but better then the end of last week. I still can't breathe through my nose, so running is going to be a pain. We will see how I feel Wednesday.

Oops.

I haven't been writing on my blog. Life has been so busy.

Last Friday, I walked for about 10 minutes, ran for 3 1/2 min., walked for 2, ran for 4, and walked a lot after that.

On Monday, nothing happened. My running buddy was sick and I had a lot to do...so I just took a day off.

Today (Tuesday), I did A LOT of walking. So much that my feet hurt. I did a field trip with a school class, walked all around Costco, and later spent 2ish hours in Target with 6 kids...so I say...ya, I got my workout in today.

Today was VERY warm. My outside workouts won't last much longer. The hunt begins for a good in door workout video.

whoohoo

This morning I really didn't want to go run. It would have been so easy not to. But, I got going and did it.

For today's run I decided to try 4 minutes again. I did 4 min run, 3 min walk, 4 run, 3 walk, 4 run, 3 walk. When I was in the 2-3 minute mark I really wanted to stop. But I kept going and by the time 4 minutes rolled around, I could have kept going...but I thought my knee would hate me. Strange that there is an little barrier at 3 minutes. Maybe it is just where I feel comfortable, since I have been there for so long.

Today I noticed just how slow I am. I was thinking...I bet people walk faster than I run, haha. But for now, I think I will just focus on running and worry about speed later.

For Friday I think i will try what I did today again. My knee isn't bothering me at all. Yipee!

Yesterday

For yesterday's workout I did a regular week 3 workout. For some reason I was SOO tired. I could have fallen asleep on the grass at any point in time. I am wondering if my eating sugar does this to me. We had a birthday this last weekend, and we have birthday cake coming out our ears. My goal today...no sugar. We will see how tomorrows workout goes.

Yesterday's workout wasn't too hard. The first 3 minutes seemed just fine. Not hard at all, but by the time I got to the 2nd 3 minutes, that was a little challenging. When I was all done, I wasn't sore, didn't hurt, my knee was fine..but I could still fall asleep anywhere.   

Another zoo workout

Instead of running on Friday (4-22-11), we went to the zoo. The last time we were at the zoo, it was quite the workout. This time around, we didn't do as much walking and it wasn't as hot, but we were still pooped. We were at the zoo for 6.5 hours. We took a tour of the zoo for a half hour and got to sit down a little bit here and there, but I was on my feet for the rest of the time. It was quite a workout.

Kicking my butt

Today kicked my butt!

No running buddy today...but I survived with listening to Ace of Base. :D

Since I don't think my knee would do too well with the week 4 workout (specifically running for 5 minutes), I just did something in between week 3 and 4. I started with walking for 7 minutes. I had then plan to run 3 minutes. The first minute I did great but when the 60 second mark came, my butt was kicked and I slowed down. By the time 3 minutes rolled around, I thought, I could do another 30 seconds and when that came around I decided to do 4 minutes. When I got to 4 minutes I was on a role and could have kept going. But I decided against it...because I don't think my knee would like me too much at 5 minutes. I then walked for 5 minutes and then ran for another 4 minutes. and walked for about 5 or so minutes.

It was a nice good workout! It kicked my butt, but not too much.

Great start to the week!

I was rearing to go! I was excited about this mornings workout. After not running at all last week it was past time. This morning I brought my favorite music along with me. ACE OF BASE! Yes, you read that right. I love Ace of Base. I love the music. The beat is wonderful, they don't swear, and I just love them!
The music really got me walking fast for my warm up walk. That was awesome. Then I got to start running and listening to my music. That was even awesomer.

Today I ran for 3 min. 3 times with walking in between. I wanted to do a little more than regular week three. Oh, and 2 of those 3 minutes I actually ran for 3 min. 30 sec....and I was so happy I could do it! YAY! It feels so good to get out there and run. Plus, it was super fun to have my music to listen to.

And here they are....

Healthwise.... My knee wasn't bothering me at all today! YAY!!! SO happy with that. I still have a cold, but I can breathe! YAY!

I hope Wednesday goes as well as today did.

Shhh, don't tell anyone

My knee has been bugging me today. The most it has this week. Really strange. That is why I didn't run this morning. Well, I went to get the kids from school. I have to admit, I ran some of it! Two of my kids were on bikes and I had the jogging stroller. Never thought I would run to get the kids at school...but why not?

I am really liking this running thing. I don't know what has changed. I have always hated it...up until a few months ago. It feels really good to run. Even though I can't do it for very long...I enjoy it and I can't wait to run longer spurts....and eventually a 5k...and eventually a 10k and then RAGNAR!!!!

Kind of a bust week

For Wednesday I wasn't as tired, but I was very stuffy. We have had a cold going around and I was the last person to get it. I went to work out and started walking and talking with my friend. I couldn't breathe while talking...plus my knee was bugging me, so we just walked and talked.

For Friday's workout...it was even worse. My cold is getting better, but my knee is really bothersome. I realized...huh, maybe walking that 3.1 miles (aka 5k) on Saturday was a little much and my knee screamed...yea. The Dr. said not to over do it...but I did. I just walked for 30 minutes and called it good.

Hopefully Monday will be better.

No go Monday

Yesterday and today I have been SO SO tired. I don't know what's going on. I am not normally like this. It might be a woman thing or I am just getting sick from the sickness the kids have.

Last night my 4yr old kept me up for a while in the middle of the night, so I was still totally pooped in the morning. So, no working out today.

Hopefully I will be rested tomorrow.

My first 5k!

A lady in my ward (aka my Church) put together a 10k run called Sister Warrior. What a wonderful idea! There a quite a few runners in our ward. I knew I wasn't ready for a 10k, but I had heard that several ladies were going to do a 5k. I decided that I would give it a try. Thankfully Christy (the one putting it together), had a marker showing where the 5k was. I was a little nervous because my workouts right now are no more than 30 minutes.

It was rainy and cold (low 40s). I wore a thick warm black sweater thing and my big purple sun hat, which did a GREAT job of keeping the water off my face. We got our numbers and a cute little headband that says "Sister Warriors". I got to walk the first half with a lady I had never met....but we had a lot in common. So fun to get to know people that you wouldn't have normally met. The 2nd half I was by myself. While I was walking next to the canal I got to listen and watch the birds. It was actually really neat. At this point in time I was actually getting quite warm. So I took off my jacket...and then got cold...haha. As I got to the finish line, everyone cheered. YAY!

I was fine for a little while...but then got really cold. Some ladies had blue lips! Freaky! It was fun getting to chat with the woman and drink hot chocolate and eat a little food. I will for sure do this again. I wish I had timed myself. The only time I looked at my clock was at 7:51 and that was a few minutes after I had reached the 1/2 way point.

Thank you so much Christy for putting this whole thing together!!! I had a lot of fun!

They printed out my number again because mine fell apart from the rain. Oh, and notice how the only time my  hair has any body it's because it's a wet tangled mess. I actually kind of like it...haha. 

Had to get a picture with my 'Sister Warrior's headband! Super cute!

Oh, that wasn't too bad!

Monday and Wednesday kicked my butt with the 3 minute runs. However today it wasn't too bad. Much better than Monday and Wednesday. The weather was/is beautiful! I little chilly, but if you are running, it's kind of awesome. The two ladies I was working out with this week both couldn't make it, but another lady did! If we all show up on one day, there will be 4 of us. Kinda cool!

I think next week I will want to do the 3 minute runs again. I want to take it slow and not injure my knee again. My knee is doing really well. It will occasionally get a little sore, but I just ice it and I'm fine! YAY!

I am loving the way it makes me feel!

This morning we did the same as Monday..except I think we skipped the last 90 sec. part. Whoo, today was hard. Don't know why. I have been so tired lately and yesterday I was especially blahish (love that word I made up? ;) ).  There are 3 of us ladies running now and it's so fun!

Today, right after working out. 1 of the ladies and I went and helped clean someone's house and we got another workout in.  :)...that was really fun too.

I love getting to know all of the wonderful ladies around me!

Oh, I have noticed on my working out days that I have more energy. Kinda cool.

Week 3...again

I think this is actually our 6th week of working out, but between missing most of the week during spring break and my knee injury, we haven't actually done a whole week of week 3. So, here we are, trying it again.

We didn't run on Friday. My husband was in the hospital and between playing single parent and all of the emotional stuff, I was just pooped on Friday.

This morning I found myself thinking..."ugg, i don't want to go, I rather just stay at home". This is the day I needed the accountability of actually meeting someone!!...that way I HAVE to go.

My normal workout buddy wasn't there today, but another wonderful lady has decided to join us and we got to run together. We did 3 minutes of running, 3 minutes of walking, 90 seconds of running, 90 seconds of walking...and we did that 2 times. I was a little worried. The last time I did this is when I hurt my knee. We had a great workout. It for sure pushed me further than I thought I could go...but I did it and it felt really good!

I have learned to pace myself more now also, which really helps it seem easier. Sure, I might not go very fast, but I actually run farther, because I don't slow down to a snail's pace because I wore myself out too soon.

I hope the rest of this week goes as well as today did.

What a workout!

We did it again today..2 min. run/2 min walk...so 2 days in a row. Today was hard! I was really sweating after I was done. Well, that might be due to the fact that it's getting hotter. I got a good work out and that made me feel great.

I came home and showered...only to go get sweaty again..haha.

We went to a park that is 1/2 a mile away, stayed a few hours and walked home...so 1 mile there. Then about 30 minutes later, I went to get the kids at school and walked a total of another mile....which is where I normally get my 1 mile a day.
...then I came home and did a little cleaning and dishes. Not too hard by its self, but with the workout I got today...plus the fact that it is 82+ degrees in the house...yay, I am pooped.

I don't know how so many moms do it...running several miles and taking kids to soccer practice and what not, and some working on top of it! They must have a lot of energy. Hopefully someday I will too!

Yet another great day!

We weren't able to work out yesterday, so we got to it today. It was a good workout! We bumped it up a little. I don't think my knee was ready for 2 3 minute runs again so we stuck to running for 2 min. walking for 2 minutes. We finished over an hour ago and my knee is fine! YAY! AND my arches are fine too. Double YAY! The only downer is that it's getting hot...yuck!

I am so happy today was good. I got a good workout, but my body cooperated!