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

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

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

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

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

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

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