Another day....and then some

This morning started out a little different than most days, I was sore! In a good way. I woke up with the unfamiliar (as of late) feeling of aching muscles. You know, the ones you forgot were there. It seems something worked out yesterday. My bet is the kickboxing class. It almost makes me want to go out and buy a bag and some gloves. On the flip side, however, my joints are mad because I don't usually move them in that manner and I think it did not agree with them. So this morning I woke up not wanting to get out of bed but with a better reason than most days and I crawled out anyway. I had every intention of doing intervals again this morning but just didn't have it in me. So we walked. at the end of everything I stretched for a while because my hamstrings are really tight. I need to do better at stretching them out but I haven't been. I did, however, lose a pound. I'm not sure if that is water weight...who am I kidding, of course it was water weight. I just thought it would be more but I am retaining water terribly and I look so bloated it's ridiculous! My legs and feet, arms and hands are all swollen and I have been drinking water to try to compensate but I'm not so sure. I'm pretty sure it's not dehydration but I guess you never know. But to top it all off, we are having tons of fires all over the state and it is severely affecting air quality. I don't know what I'm going to do about running. I guess I'll have to put it off again. Oh, darn. I'm so heartbroken. Maybe tomorrow can be a stretch day. I like the sound of that. On the bright side, I was wondering what would happen with my IF trial and I seem to be adjusting very well. I had been eating crazy because I am a bored eater and I often eat when I should just drink water. So now that I have a small window in which to eat, I find myself drinking more and paying attention to what I am eating. I do find that I am not as hungry as I thought I would be and sometimes I have to think about what I am eating to ensure that I am getting enough calories for the day. I almost went today off some watermelon, a frozen lemonade, ice cream and water. I had to consciously remind myself that I need to get in a healthy amount of calories to lose properly so I had to make an effort to eat something with substance. I ate some leftover dinner from the previous night and I wasn't really all that into it. I was surprised because I thought I would really feel hunger pangs with how I had been eating but I really don't. I don't know if I should ease into a 19/5 cycle instead. I'll give this one a go for a while I think. I just have to learn to be patient and not expect miracles even though secretly I do.

Seriously???

So I finished off my night with a kickboxing class so that makes HIIT this morning followed by weights and then kickboxing to round out my trifecta. If I don't lose from this I'm gonna scream! Seriously!

Starting over again.

I am starting over again. I have been running but after my trip I haven't been so motivated. I had a friend who wanted to go with me but she is still at a snails pace and I need to be running so that I can train for this half marathon in September. I am really lacking motivation though. I don't really want to run the race and I don't really have anyone with whom to train so I am suffering. I need to lose weight but I am gaining and I don't know if it is bloating or actual weight gain. it sucks either way but a little less if it is water weight. I have been researching quick, fad diets just to get me down quickly and then I would change things up to maintain properly but I just can't bring myself to do them. Common sense wins out. There really is no reason to waste my time doing something temporary. I think it would do more harm than good and overall I am pretty healthy and I don't want to screw that up. So, I did a HIIT run today. It wasn't very long or far and in the end it ended up not being very fast either but it got done. After that, I came home and watered my plants then went to my neighbor's house and lifted weights. My wrists are not liking me and frankly neither are my knees but once again, it got done. Now my friend wants me to do a kickboxing class with her tonight and I am considering it but I've already showered for the day. There's my excuse. I am tired and oddly enough, not hungry. I have been trying to drink a lot of water today because I have been getting headaches and feeling lightheaded. So on to hydrate. Hopefully it will cut down on how much I eat. I know I eat when I am thirsty and I even think that when I am looking for something to eat but I eat anyway. I need to get out of that habit now! I started something today and we'll see how it goes. I am trying out IF. I am going to do a cycle of 18/6 so we'll see what difference that makes. I also need to watch my calorie consumption because I have a tendency to over eat when I feel deprived. So here's hoping that all will work out.

Not feeling it

I woke up this morning and didn't want to get out of bed. I got dressed, put some sunscreen on and went out the door. I had too much on my mind this morning and my run suffered because of it. I didn't have the get lost in thought, whoa how did I get here so quickly type of thinking, I had the I can't think and move at the same time type of thinking so I walked quite a lot. My pace was less than stellar. I didn't do so hot on the weigh in though, so today I have to be extra good. I think maybe all the sugar did it, but I was pretty swollen yesterday night for some reason. I am retaining water. Maybe being on my feet all day contributed or perhaps not drinking enough water, who knows. My fingers are swollen this morning and all I want to do is go back to bed. I hope it gets better as the day progresses.

Another day down

I went out this morning with my Little Man and he ran the first mile with me. He did great! So I dropped him off and went off for a walk because it is my rest day today. But good music and great weather prevailed and I started to run. It was a really great run. I had some pain in my chest but I think I'm just getting used to running again. It went away after awhile and I kept going. Total miles were 4.85 and I felt good. Didn't have the best food day though. Hoping tomorrow is looking up.

I ran!

Today I got my butt out of bed at 6 am and went for a run. Yay, me! I have been having trouble getting myself out of bed since the birth of my second child many moons ago and now that the kids are out on summer break then I decide to start running early in  the morning? I am so demented. Went for 4.13 miles today and averaged about a 12 min pace. That is spectacular considering the fact that I have barely run since my half marathon at the end of October last year. Totally ridiculous! I am determined, however, to get in shape and be smokin' hot. That last part will probably never happen regardless of how fit I am but I'll take being in shape. I need to try to eat clean because I'm gaining back all the weight that I lost. I am up about 6 lbs now and I hate it! I want to lose weight not gain it and my current habits are not permitting that. So, I will try to exercise more. I still have much to do before I get into the habit.

I didn't exercise yesterday so I ended up with 3 days off instead of just 2 like the BR plan calls for so this week I am going full force and I'll have to work it out somehow. I might not get in all 5 days of workouts but I'm going to try my best. I think I can at least do something. I also did a few sets of body weight resistance but I'm sure it's not nearly enough. I really should start doing a set from BR each day on top of my run. I'll start that tomorrow. I know that sounds like a cop out but I will do it. Tomorrow is another day. Here's hoping I keep going!

Being lazy

So my husband was off and for that reason I had a hard time working out. I need to get past that or else I am going to be fat for the rest of my life. I hadn't worked out since my last post except last night I did some planks and squat holders, some leg lifts and presses while I was playing my ipod so that I didn't feel entirely lazy. I thought with how much the planks hurt that I would be feeling it today but I haven't yet. I guess we'll have to see how it goes. I just saw an ad of Facebook for a race that I am considering. There is one that I had already considered but I may change it up because this new one is all downhill. I may even consider doing a marathon because of that. I really think I could do it. If I do, it is a couple of weeks after the other half marathon I had been considering but being all down hill I think if I just trained right I would be able to do it. I am definitely going running tomorrow morning as it is Sunday today. I have a vacation coming up soon but I'll just have to work around that. I really need the motivation. Maybe I will do the marathon. I am oddly excited about it.

Bodyrock Week 1 day 2

Wow! As I sat watching the video for day 2 I was overwhelmed. It looks so complicated. Once you learn all the lingo I'm sure it's not such but as this is my first go at it, it was extremely complicated. I had to go back mid session and watch the video again to figure out what the list meant. This was seriously hard core. I know that I'm not fit enough to do it all very well but I'm giving it a go. I wish I was working harder at it and I think that I can, it's just while I am doing it it feels like I could keel over at any moment. In fact even now as I sit here typing I feel a bit faint. I don't feel I worked out that hard but tomorrow is a new day and hopefully I'll get up in the morning and work out instead of late at night when I am tired.

As for my diet today, I did okay on the snacking, however I ate a lot of sugar. It is summer time here and I have a tendency to eat popsicles to cool off. I had too many of those today and I had some candy. Other than that, I did okay. I made my own dinner tonight and I increased my water consumption from yesterday. I'm still not back up to what I should be but I'm getting there.

I have been thinking of ways to increase my exercising throughout the day instead of doing just 12 minutes of exercise. I think that in order to make up for any lounging about I am going to try to exercise while I lounge. For instance, while I watch tv I could do plank or crunches or something of the sort either during commercial break or a predetermined amount of sets throughout the show. I hope that will motivate me to keep moving instead of just watching tv. Maybe I'll get more done...housework, exercising, projects, etc.

Here is the link for the workout I did today. It was called "good feeling" workout or something like that. I am doing the January 2012 challenge.

My stats for the exercise were this:

10 x High Knees & 10 x Mountain Climbers  4 sets
2 x Squat Jumps & 2 x Push-ups & 1 x Tuck Jumps  2 sets
Centre to Elbow Jump (L&R) & 2 x leg jumps  6 sets
Clean & Press & Squat & Press & Push Up  5 sets
Tuck Jumps x 5 & ½ Burpee & squat hold x 5  3sets
Spider Knee Push up & Straight Leg Push Up (L&R)  13 Pushups girl style
Switch Lunge & Press  9 sets
Side Lunge x 2 & L & R Side Punch  & 2 Tuck Jumps  7 sets
10 x Squat & 10 x Squat Jumps  1 1/3 sets
Elbow to Knee jumps 10 x each side  4 sets
Wide leg jumps & Push up 15 sets
Speed run

BodyRock Fit Test Week 1 Day 1

So I've kept most of the weight off. I have been fluctuating between 4-6 lbs over but I haven't been eating well. I have been eating junk so it's a miracle that I'm not worse off. I haven't been keeping up with my water intake or been exercising much. I am changing that now. I have a family reunion coming up at the end of July and I want to be smokin' hot when I go. I hope I have the motivation to do this because I just now finished my workout for the day and it kicked my butt! I don't know if I'm just that out of shape or if it is also because I am tired. My little one woke me up at 4 this morning and I couldn't go back to sleep after that even if I didn't go to bed until midnight. So here it is, after much searching on Bodyrock.tv to find the 30 day challenge. That site is great but it is not easily searched for content. You either have to start where they are at or do a lot of searching. It took me over an hour tonight to find what I was looking for and then I'll have to bookmark it just so I can find it again. Maybe I'm just not that familiar with their site yet. Who knows? Anyway, here are my stats for tonight's fit test. I am sweating and exhausted. I couldn't do very much because I tried not to take a break in between. Maybe I was supposed to. I don't know. The instructions weren't exactly clear on that point. It gave 7 exercises 50 seconds each with a 10 second rest in between but it said that the exercises were 12 minutes long. Maybe I'll get the hang of this as I go. Needless to say, I only did 7 minutes worth and I am off to shower and go to bed.

Squat Jumps 15??
Pushups 19 (4-reg 15 girl style)
Burpees 10??
High Knees 48 bilateral
Switch Lunges 10??
Tuck Jumps 7
Straight Abs 20 (easy arms out in front)