Good day

Well yesterday was a good and productive day. I was so proud of myself.

Breakfast: bagel with low fat cream cheese
snack: banana
lunch: 6 inch turkey sub on wheat with lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers and banana peppers, vinegerette dressing, baked lays
dinner: tomatoe soup, grilled cheese with low fat cheese on wheat bread

Workout: AM: leg workout : 35 min
run/walk intervals : 30 min
PM: swam

I'll be back tomorrow!

Not so easy...

So, I'm not going to lie. This is HARD! Trying to wake up at 5:30 Mondays through Fridays to workout and then trying to workout after work on top of that AND trying to eat healthy...even on the weekends. This is ROUGH.

I thought I would all of a sudden be able to commit to the workout schedule I laid out for myself but I now realize that it is a routine I have to slowly get into or else I will burn myself out. I also need to commit to eating healthy, even on the weekends when it is hardest for me. This weekend I admit that I failed miserably and ate out several times, and I ate bad things. One thing I am very proud of though, is the fact that I have not drank one drop of alcohol since April 12th and I'm going strong. So I have been very commited to not letting myself give into drinking, so it won't interfere with my training. Now I just have to approach eating the same way.

I decided that I will give myself ONE day a week to eat what I want, so I won't get burnt out on eating healthy and just go crazy and eat everything in sight...I've been known to do that. On most weeks it will probably be Saturdays, but I will have to get up and workout before I start my day of indulging. So my healthy eating days will NOT consist of sweets, fried foods, fast food, fatty foods, etc. Instead I need to stick to eating fruits, veggies, lots of proteins, complex carbs (for energy) and anything else that will do my body good. I also need to get back into the habit of taking a multi-vitamin every day. I need to limit myself to ONE diet soda a day and drink more water.

I'm going to write down everything I eat and drink everyday in my journal, along with my daily workouts. I'm going to do my best to log everything daily on here instead of weekly, like I decided last week. Maybe once I get into the routine of things I will let it go back down to Mondays only, but I really need this for now. But, I will only log my weight every Monday.

Ok, so this was my workout schedule for last week:

Monday, May 19: PM: run/walk intervals - 35 min
leg workout - 30 min
Tuesday, May 20: AM: abs - 30 min
run - 20 min
Wednesday, May 21: BREAK
Thursday, May 22: PM: run/walk intervals - 35 min
leg workout - 30 min
Friday, May 23: nothing :(
Saturday, May 24: nothing
Sunday, May 25: helped Kathleen moved - I count this as a strength workout ;)
Monday, May 26: PM: walk - 30 min

Ok... I REALLY need to step it up. I didn't wake up this morning to workout, but I will ride my bike tonight and probably do an ab workout. I will log tomorrow what I ate today and my workout for tonight.

Hope everyone had a great long weekend! I'll be back tomorrow!

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3 months and 2 weeks to go...

Well, I had a good weekend! I saw the new Cronicles of Narnia movie and got to layout yesterday and got a lot of stuff done.

I decided that from now on, I'm going to update my blog every Monday. And I'm also going to not post what I'm eating just because it will take a lot of space and time to write EVERYTHING down. But I will post my workouts for the week and my weight every Monday.

Since I didn't post my workouts yet for Thursday and Friday of last week here they are:

Thursday:
Leg workout 30 min
Abs: 15 min

Friday:
run: 20 min
Abs: 10 min

I slacked on Saturday and Sunday, but I cleaned for 3 hours and was sweating a lot...so maybe that counts a little? Also, I laid out yesterday for 2 1/2 hours and sweat even more...

I start my swimming training tomorrow- I'm really looking forward to that. Today the high is supposed to be 97- hopefully it will cool off a little bit for my evening bike ride :)

I'm going to Chicago to visit Kristin on June 20. My goal is to weigh 147 by then, that way I will be on track to reach my goal weight by race day.

Ok, hopefully I will be down to 153 by next Monday and hopefully I will get into more of a consistent workout routine by then also. I will have an update next Monday and hopefully some pictures since it's a 3 day weekend!

Have a great week!

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Full Speed Ahead!

Obviously I haven't posted since my first posting, but I just wanted to let everyone know how I was doing with my training. Last week I was feeling under the weather, so I didn't get much done. But after a LOT of sleep this past weekend, I am ready to take on my 4 months of hardcore training! I will start swimming on Thursday and swim atleast twice a week. And good news, I'm going to pick up my road bike in June! I'm really excited because everything is coming together nicely, I just need to take the initiative to train hard.

Yesterday, May 13
breakfast: bagel with low fat cream cheese, coffee with no fat cream
morning snack: granola bar
lunch: pb& j with whole wheat bread, sugarfree jelly, pretzles, 100 calorie pudding cup-sugarfree
afternoon snack: granola bar
dinner: chicken noodly spinach stuff my mom made

Workout:
25 min cardio
20 min strength
30 min abs

Weight: 155

Today it is raining and storming pretty badly. I will most likely not be able to go for my bike ride tonight, but I will probably do a leg workout instead. But, I will let everyone know tomorrow!

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My New Adventure

This is what I don't want to look like anymore...

This is what I want to look like in September...

I've always wanted to do a triathlon. So, Sunday afternoon, while finishing a fattening lunch at Applebees, I told myself I would start training for a triathlon sprint. This particular race consists of swimming 500 meters, biking 13.7 miles and running 3.1 miles.




I started to train for a triathlon a couple years ago, but after only a couple days or so, I lost the desire. So on Monday, I decided to go ahead and register for the triathlon, so I would HAVE to start training and train hard. The race is on Sunday, September 7th. That gives me exactly 4 months and 6 days to get ready.



I made my own detailed training calendar that lays out exactly what activities I will do each day. I even bought a book on triathlon training :) My training consists of running distances as well as sprints, swimming, biking, core and strength workouts. I will also have to be very consious about my diet and load up with vitamins on a daily basis and not consume alcohol.



My hopes from this adventure is that I will continue to participate in triathlon sprints for the next year or so and then eventually move on to Olympic distance triathlons. While doing this I would like to get back into shape and lose quite a bit of weight. So, I have in mind some prizes that I will reward myself with once I reach my goal. My goal weight is 127. Right now I am sitting at 155 and have 28 pounds to go. I would prefer to have most of the weight off by race day, so that is about 7 pounds a month.


I will try to update this everyday with my workout from the day before, what I ate and my weight loss progress.


Wednesday, April 30

Workout: bike 50 min

Breakfast: 2 special K waffles plain, coffee, lite applesauce

Lunch: subway turkey, baked lays

Dinner: 2 pieces of pizza, 3 breadsticks, 6 brownies (not off to a great start)



I'm really excited about the race and getting ready for it!



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