5k Training

WOW I cut the time again!

this morning's

3.1 miles was in 39:48 minutes!

It really does a mind good to set a goal

(break the previous time) and then do it!

I don't think I have a goal set for the actual 5k.

I think I'd like to do it in 35 minutes BUT I have a couple of factors to weigh in.

#1 Can I really do that (mental game).

Cut an entire 5 minutes off!?!

#2 switching from the controlled treadmill

to an uncontrolled outside.

The latter could really go both ways for me, with out the visual of time/pace I may go faster longer than I do now, or I could not push myself as hard for as long.

I don't know, what I do know is that I'm a visual person so this could be a challenge for me.

5k training

Today's 5k Training was GREAT!

3.1 miles in 41:38 minutes

I knew I could cut time off of that 44 minutes.

Now the bar has been set, Can I cut more time off?!?

scary thought, I'll think about that on Monday!

Results ~ May 26

- 3.25 pounds

-.25 inches

Yay!

5k training ~

well, I messed it up this morning by trying to 'rethink' it!

5k in 43.50 minutes

(I decided to do my warm up in my 5k time which means that I walk at 3.5 for a few minutes and that messes with the over all average pace. This also means that in reality I did the 5k part in a quicker small YAY!)

upcoming 5k

Ok, several weeks ago I started
"Couch to 5k"
I got too drain (probably not enough water) for about a week right in the middle of it so it fell by the way side.

Well, today I decided I would do the 5k.
I don't have to run it all, I can do whatever it takes to get done.

Let the training begin!
Today I walked/jogged a 5k on the treadmill in 44 minutes.

I have about 4 weeks to improve that time!

Biggest Loser tip

I am a fan of the Show





I'm highly motive by the hard work, the challenges and of the losses, of course.



I find someone that is about my size (when I was bigger) and watch their progress and the physical gains their body goes through.

Throughout the show they give us, the viewers tips and a couple of weeks ago the tip was.

Eat a strict diet a couple days a week
Eat a moderate diet a couple days a week
and then take off a couple of days a week (still eating healthy)

Your body then won't go into starvation mode and you'll be able to drop weight quicker.

I have done this through out my weight loss this time.
I eat anything I want on the weekends and I usually see a drop in my weight on Mondays!

I can say one thing that my body is highly sensitive to cheese. So if my 'anything I want' consist of a cheese product (even the slightest bit) then there is a 'clog in the plumbing' (if you know what I mean) and I won't see a drop in weight for a few days. I try to steer clear of cheese products as my "anything I want" things.

Intervals

My friend
and fitness director was at the gym yesterday
told me to do intervals.

High cardio for 1 minute
drop to a lower cardio for 1 or 2 minutes
then back to high cardio
keep this up for the entire work out
and my body will burn fat longer after I'm done working out.

Hey, I'm all about my body working long after I'm done!
So yesterday I jogged a lap on the indoor track, walked a lap.
Keeping this up for 35 minutes!

Broke through

My weight plateau broke yesterday

the Tempter can stay

for now!

Results May 21

+1.25 pounds

Yea, a +

0 inches gained

0 inches lost

I've informed

the Tempter

(see below)

if I gain another pound

I'm moving him out!

OK, I know he isn't really to blame

but it's time for a scapegoat!

Tempter

This young handsome man is a TEMPTER!

He comes bearing goodies and sweets.

He comes with a smoothing tone that says,

"As much as you work out you CAN have this!"

and this silver tongued devil is home now!

It will take time to get him under control

BUT I'll keep working on it

and I'll put him in his place!

May's Picture

May 16, 2010

176 pounds

size 10 skirt

large top

results for May 13

-2 pounds

- 2.25 inches

Feelin' good!

results all over

This is the time of year that I get all my medical visits done

(before school is out).

Even though my blood pressure hasn't ever been high

(usually 120/80)

I've noticed that it's fallen and not just a bit but alot (or it seems to me!)

113/64.

I'm still waiting for the results for the blood work I had done last week..... Like watching a pot waiting for it to boil!

Special Report ~ Results, May 7

I'm breaking in with a special results report!

25 pounds

lost thus far!

There are a few people that I'd like to Thank

Michelle and Debi ~ for helping my find my tatas

*they were lost in the rolls before*

W for reminding me that eating a 'not healthy' meal wasn't the end of the world

Megan for knowing and saying who is really responsible for the pooch

*my children*

Hubby for being ready to eat healthy too

and last but certainly not least

Sonic, Red Robin, McDonald's

for helping give me the 25 pounds in the first place to lose!

I hope I never forget what you've done!

Results ~ May 5

-2.75 pounds

-.75 inches

No more coasting

the train is moving again!

From a Blob to spot training!

When I started this workout, life change process I was a blob. There was not one single place that didn't need work! NOW I've actually got a couple places that need work.

I have a pooch, and I don't mean a dog. I mean a belly pooch. I had a grandma that had a pooch and now I have the pooch. It's the last thing to leave and the first thing to arrive. If someone looks at me from the direct front or the direct back they'll not notice it, but once I turn to the side WHOA sista watch out! There's my pooch.

W was making fun on my 'mom jeans' the other day, and I informed him that I needed the higher waist to contain the pooch! He encouraged me to 'unleash' the pooch. That's just more that I can handle right now!

So now I'm trying to spot train the pooch!