Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Back to the Gym

I went to the gym this morning after having two days of a break. It felt so good to be back. The last two days I have had no energy. It is really amazing how not getting up at 4:30am and sleeping till 6am can make me so tired.

Now that the 5k is over I am going to be focusing on losing weight again. I will be looking for another race to run in the near future.

March 31st
5min Warm-up
30min Stairs
30min Elliptical
10min Abs and 30 push-ups
10min Stretching
Mileage: 5.55

Gym Time: 85 Minutes

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Clearing Some Confusion

My previous post has confused a few people so I wanted to get that all straightened out. I did finish the race. I did not run the whole thing, I walked some of it. I hope that clears some of the confusion.

Monday, March 29, 2010

5K Results!

I did it!!!! I finished my first 5K. My official time was 37 minutes, 12 seconds, 8 milliseconds. I placed 60th in my age group out of 104. For my first race that is awesome. I had tears in my eyes as I crossed the finish line. I have come a long way in the last year and this is just the beginning. I did not run the whole thing, but I am fine with that. There were several hills on the course and I did get a little wore out. I did run at least the first mile. My dad was there to root me on. I appreciated that very much. The rain did hold out for me. It rained on the way, but it stopped by the time we got there. This made me very happy.


Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me throughout all of this and my training!


I want to post the pictures here, but I am having a hard time doing so. I will keep trying.

Friday, March 26, 2010

2 days!

Two days left until my first 5k. WooHoo!

March 26th
5min Warm-up
20min Stairs
20min Elliptical
20min Treadmill
10min Abs and 30 push-ups
10min Stretching
Mileage: 4.9

Gym Time: 85 Minutes

Thursday, March 25, 2010

3 Days!

I was able to get to the park and run last night after work. I did very well considering that I worked all day and was at the gym in the morning. I did not run the whole thing but I still was able to do 4 miles under fifty-five minutes.

Sunday is not looking so good. All of you need to start praying that it does not start storming until the afternoon. It went to just raining to expected thunderstorms. I am not doing the 5k if it is thundering and lightning. This is so frustrating. I have been working so hard to prepare and have come so far and the weather might ruin it. I am really looking forward to my first 5k. My dad is even coming to see me. So the weather better hold off.

I have put a lot of cardio in this week and my body was wore out this morning. I ran this morning but I could not get past ten minutes at a time. I will not be running for the next two days so my body can rest. I will be doing some cardio tomorrow and working on strength training on Saturday.

March 25th
5min Warm-up
57minutes Treadmill
10min Elliptical
8min Abs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 4.7

Gym Time: 90 minutes

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

4 Days!

What a beautiful day outside! I can not wait to get off work and head to the park. I need to get some running time in. Sunday's weather is not looking so good. It is supposed to rain. I am not happy about this at all. My first 5k has to be done in the rain. Ugh! I will keep praying for better weather. Hopefully, I will get a break and the rain will hold off for an hour or so.

Today I worked on strength and did some cardio on the elliptical.

March 24th
5min Warm-up
50min Strength
20min Elliptical
10min Stretching
Mileage: 2.25

Gym Time: 85 Minutes

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

5 Days Left!

Since I focused mainly on cardio on Sunday, I decided to focus on strength on Monday. I spent the whole time at the gym working on strength training. Today I ran on the treadmill. The next couple of days are going to be nice out so I am planning on going to run after work tomorrow and hopefully Thursday, but the weather is still a little iffy. I wish I could tonight but I have bowling. Which that is exercise too.

March 22nd
5min Warm-up
60min Strength
10min Abs
10min Stretching

Gym Time: 85 minutes

March 23rd
5min Warm-up
60min Treadmill
10min Abs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 4.7

Gym Time: 85 minutes

Sunday, March 21, 2010

2.5 Hour Workout

Yesterday I went to the park as soon as the sun rose. I finished four miles in about fifty minutes. This is just an estimate, I forgot my watch and forgot to look at the clock before I got out of the car. I am getting better running outside, but I still am not where I need to be to run the whole 5k. I can not believe it is almost here; this Sunday. My excitement keeps rising as it gets closer.

Today I went to the gym after I got out of church. I ended up spending about two and a half hours there. I moved from one machine to the next. I even ran on the treadmill, which is surprising to me. I got on the treadmill last and by then I was getting tired, but still was able to do a little running. I did five minutes at a time.

March 20th
5min Warm-up at home with foam roller
50min at the Park
5min Stretching
Mileage: 4.0

March 21st
5min Warm-up
40min Stairs
40min Elliptical
40min Treadmill
10min Abs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 10.1

Gym Time: 2 hours 25 minutes

Friday, March 19, 2010

A Huge Smile!

The last two days have been crazy. Wednesday I woke up late and did not get to the gym and I was really looking forward to it too. I was ready to get on the treadmill and run. Well, that did not happen. I then was asked to stay over with the kids, so I did not get the the gym Thursday morning either. I did make some extra money though. Which is always a good thing. I did get off early and thought about going to the park. But, I took my extra time and went shopping again. I took back the clothes I did not want from the last time I went shopping and bought more clothes. I was on my feet the majority of the day though. I did take the kids to the park and like I have said before, shopping and trying on clothes is a workout.

After two days away from the gym I was ready to get back and really looking forward to my run. My goal this morning was to run for twenty-five minutes, adding five minutes to last weeks time. Well, I reached that time and still felt good, so I went for thirty. I thought running for a half an hour would be awesome and bring me closer to my goal. I reach thirty minutes and had five minutes left on the treadmill before it went to cool down. So, I decided to run another five minutes. I ran a total of thirty-five minutes!!!!! WooHoo!!! I ran 3.2 miles, past the distance of a 5k. When I hit the cool down time I had a huge smile on my face. I had just accomplished a goal and it happened sooner than I expected. Now if I can only do that outside I would be even more excited. I have eight days until my 5k run and I am getting pumped.

March 19th
5min Warm-up
52min Treadmill
10min Stairs
10min Abs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 5.0

Gym Time: 90 minutes

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Doing Better

I had a lot better day yesterday. Just by eating better, I feel better. I worked on strength training today and did a little bit of cardio.

March 16th
5min Warm-up
50min Strength Training
10min Elliptical
17min Treadmill
5min Stretching
Mileage: 2.25

Gym Time: 90 minutes

Monday, March 15, 2010

Focus and Motivation

Over the past two weeks I have been losing my focus and motivation. It has definitely shown on the scale. I have not been posting regularly either. My 5k is in less than two weeks and my cruise is in less than forty days. It is time to recommit and get my focus back. For one of my challenges I had to find a motivational article. This is the one that I picked http://www.motivation123.com/motivation-articles-02.html. Here is a couple exerts I took from it.

"To get motivated, to truly ignite your drive, you must see your goals as achievable. You must believe in yourself and your abilities. You must see success, not as a matter of unattainable greatness, but merely as a matter of time.

One step, one movement, one decision, one action. These are the things that feed success. These are things that you can do today. "

Today I am taking that one step. One step to continuing to obtain success and reach my goals. I will be making better decisions on what I eat and getting back to being committed to going to the gym. It makes me feel so much better when I go.

Friday, March 12th
5min Warm-up
50min Strength Training
20min Stairs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 1.3

Gym Time: 85 Minutes

Monday, March 15th
5min Warm-up
45min Treadmill
30min Elliptical
5min Stretching
Mileage: 7.0

Gym Time: 85 Minutes

Thursday, March 11, 2010

20 Minute Run

It is amazing how tired and exhausted I was yesterday from not going to the gym in the morning. I thought sleeping a little extra would feel good, but I was wrong.

This morning, I still did not want to go to the gym. It took a lot of effort to get up and going. I am so glad I did though. I ran for twenty minutes. I keep upping my minutes. I am improving. I was tough, but I pushed through it. I completed 5 miles in 65 minutes. That is awesome.

March 11th
5min Warm-up
65min Treadmill
10min Abs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 5.0

Gym Time: 90 Minutes

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

A Little Stressed

I did not sleep very well last night due to stress. This affected my workout and my body did not want to do anything. I ended up walking on the treadmill for an hour and worked on my abs.

March 9th
65min Treadmill
10min Abs
10min Stretching
Mileage: 4.3

Gym Time: 85 minutes

Monday, March 8, 2010

Beautiful Weekend

I have had some crazy couple of days and have not been able to get on here and post. Friday I got off of work three hours early and decided to start shopping for Hawaii. I was still in the shopping mood on Saturday, so I went shopping again. I found some cute clothes and of course I was excited to be trying on smaller sizes. At a couple of the stores I had to remind myself to go to a different section of the store. I kept going to the plus sizes section, which is too big for me. That felt good.

It was a beautiful weekend. I enjoyed it very much. I was able to get outside and run on Sunday. I completed 3.1 miles in under forty-five minutes. This is an improvement for me running on pavement.



Friday, March 5th

10min Warm-up
65min Treadmill
10min Stretching
Mileage: 4.2

Gym Time: 85 minutes



Saturday, March 6th

No time at the gym, but I think trying on clothes is a workout... :) I also went to a concert and we sat up at the very top. Going up the stairs was a workout. So I may not of went to the gym, but I got some exercise.



Sunday, March 7th

60min at the Park
Mileage: 4.0



Monday, March 8th

10min Warm-up
45min Circuit Training
26min Treadmill
10min Stretching
Mileage: 2.0

Gym Time: 90 minutes

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Making Progress

This morning I got on the treadmill, did my five minutes warm up and then started running. I got into a good rhythm. I ended up running for fifteen minutes nonstop. WooHoo! That is so exciting. I will be running a 5k in no time (at least on a treadmill). I took a three minute walking break , then ran for seven minutes, another three minute break, then another seven minutes. I completed 3.1 miles in thirty-seven minutes and forty-three seconds. I keep cutting off time.

I have plans to go and look at my 5k route this weekend. I need to know what to expect. I also will be getting to the park and running. It is supposed to be nice this weekend.

March 4th
10min Warm-up
45min Treadmill
10min Stairs
10min Treadmill
10min Abs
5min Stretching
Mileage: 5.0

Gym Time: 90 Minutes

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Feeling Better

I am feeling much better. I had a good workout this morning. I spent some time with circuit training then got on the elliptical for a while.

March 3rd
10min Warm-up
40min Circuit Training
31min Elliptical
10min Stretching
Mileage: 3.4

Gym Time: 90 Minutes

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

5% Challenge

I managed to get through my workout this morning even though my stomach was still upset. I am not sure what is going on, but I hope I start feeling better soon. I pushed through and had a nice workout. I got to run and was able to make it through two ten minute and one five minute runs. I am very excited about this. In addition to this I got on the elliptical. I even got to the gym a little early and so I had some extra time to burn calories.

I am a member on http://www.sparkpeople.com/ and I have participated in several challenges on this site. One of the challenges was to lose 5% of my body weight in thirteen weeks. The challenge ended this past weekend. I lost 6.4% of my body weight and I had the highest percentage on my whole team. I am so excited to have accomplished this. Saturday I start the next 5% challenge and it will go on for eight weeks. I am getting very excited. Although, I will be on the cruise when the challenge ends, so I will not be able to finish the challenge. I will just have to work extra hard to lose the 5% before I go. That is very doable.


March 2nd
5min Warm-up
45min Treadmill
35min Elliptical
10min Stretching
Mileage: 7.2

Gym Time: 95 minutes

Monday, March 1, 2010

Limited

I have had an upset stomach throughout the whole weekend and into this morning. I did not go to the gym yesterday and I was limited to what I could do this morning. I attempted to run, that did not work very well. I attempted to to some strength training, that did not work either. The only thing I felt comfortable doing was walking. So that is what I did this morning at the gym. I started feeling better the more I walked.

March 1st
10min Warm-up w/foam rollers
60min Treadmill
5min Stretching
Mileage: 3.85

Gym Time: 75 minutes