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Debby · 10-31-2008, 10:35 AM

Well, so much for keeping up with this training log (and I haven't even looked at my blog since last Saturday when I did my First Week Update).

BUT...I have been very consistant with my daily workouts and OBM 30 Day Challenge calories.

Well, actually last night I did my first "cheat" and ate an extra boiled egg just before bed. I think I did too much activity yesterday and I was VERY hungry at bedtime.
I had the best sleep ever last night - 9 1/2 hours straight through. I usually have to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. DH was at the cabin last night, so no snoring to wake me up either.

I've been doing strenght training and intervals on alternating days. Have been doing plenty of pushups, but have cut back to doing them on strength training days only. I actually did some Pilates mat work last night. I've been wanting to get back to Yoga/Pilates for stretching/flexibility for a long time, but keep putting it off. Since I haven't been stretching after my workouts lately, I figured I'd better get back to it!

Plus, I am in on another Fitness Challenge where you log each workout.

There is no actual winner/prize, just a challenge to yourself and this is providing me with a lot of motivation. Feels great to be getting my fitness back - the first half of the year was tough - and this was supposed to be the year I completed some "goals" for my Fit/Fabulous/Fifty haha. I wanted to do the century bike ride in August and a fall marathon with my daughter. Started back running last December, ran 3 5k's this past Feb,Mar, April with what I considered decent times...then had my setbacks. First time I've been sick in years. Mother's Day May 11 being the worst. Won't get into the details right now, but I ended up losing too much bf - which was already so low that my arms were too vascular (hard to hide in the summer

). During August, September and the first half of October, I ate over 3000 calories per day, as high as 5,000 a couple times. The first couple of weeks I didn't gain, but after a while I had a few big jumps. Put on about 10 pounds. Have decided that 5 pounds of fat would have been plenty. haha Now that I've been eating more like a normal person (but WAY low for me yikes!) for the past 12 or 13 days, the extra fat is dropping back off slowly. 125.4 this morning and it was 128.4 the morning the Challenge started. I was 125 the week before the challenge began and had jumped up to that a couple weeks prior. Sheesh, I sound insane. I guess I shouldn't have tried to bulk up after being sick - should have just let nature take it's course slowly. After all, I am an old fart now, and know that one of these days my metabolism may come to a screeching halt.

Ok, now to go get dressed. Today is Interval day - I used to do HIIT with short intervals. The intervals I am doing now are longer, so not so intense - 3 minutes each. Am having trouble figuring out my AT. My resting heart rate is in the low 40's (the bloodbank almost didn't let me give blood 3 weeks ago because my pulse was 46 and blood pressure was below their minimum in one arm). I don't know what my max hr is. The only reason I am thinking about heart rates is because the Fitness Challenge I am doing is based on heart rate and it had my AT so high that I had trouble reaching it on the eliptical machine. Haven't checked it running, but plan to do that today.

Sheesh, I don't do any updates, and then I write a novel!

Happy Halloween!!

10-31-2008, 10:35 AM	#22 (permalink)
Debby Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 39	Happy Halloween! Well, so much for keeping up with this training log (and I haven't even looked at my blog since last Saturday when I did my First Week Update). BUT...I have been very consistant with my daily workouts and OBM 30 Day Challenge calories. Well, actually last night I did my first "cheat" and ate an extra boiled egg just before bed. I think I did too much activity yesterday and I was VERY hungry at bedtime. I had the best sleep ever last night - 9 1/2 hours straight through. I usually have to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night. DH was at the cabin last night, so no snoring to wake me up either. I've been doing strenght training and intervals on alternating days. Have been doing plenty of pushups, but have cut back to doing them on strength training days only. I actually did some Pilates mat work last night. I've been wanting to get back to Yoga/Pilates for stretching/flexibility for a long time, but keep putting it off. Since I haven't been stretching after my workouts lately, I figured I'd better get back to it! Plus, I am in on another Fitness Challenge where you log each workout. There is no actual winner/prize, just a challenge to yourself and this is providing me with a lot of motivation. Feels great to be getting my fitness back - the first half of the year was tough - and this was supposed to be the year I completed some "goals" for my Fit/Fabulous/Fifty haha. I wanted to do the century bike ride in August and a fall marathon with my daughter. Started back running last December, ran 3 5k's this past Feb,Mar, April with what I considered decent times...then had my setbacks. First time I've been sick in years. Mother's Day May 11 being the worst. Won't get into the details right now, but I ended up losing too much bf - which was already so low that my arms were too vascular (hard to hide in the summer ). During August, September and the first half of October, I ate over 3000 calories per day, as high as 5,000 a couple times. The first couple of weeks I didn't gain, but after a while I had a few big jumps. Put on about 10 pounds. Have decided that 5 pounds of fat would have been plenty. haha Now that I've been eating more like a normal person (but WAY low for me yikes!) for the past 12 or 13 days, the extra fat is dropping back off slowly. 125.4 this morning and it was 128.4 the morning the Challenge started. I was 125 the week before the challenge began and had jumped up to that a couple weeks prior. Sheesh, I sound insane. I guess I shouldn't have tried to bulk up after being sick - should have just let nature take it's course slowly. After all, I am an old fart now, and know that one of these days my metabolism may come to a screeching halt. Ok, now to go get dressed. Today is Interval day - I used to do HIIT with short intervals. The intervals I am doing now are longer, so not so intense - 3 minutes each. Am having trouble figuring out my AT. My resting heart rate is in the low 40's (the bloodbank almost didn't let me give blood 3 weeks ago because my pulse was 46 and blood pressure was below their minimum in one arm). I don't know what my max hr is. The only reason I am thinking about heart rates is because the Fitness Challenge I am doing is based on heart rate and it had my AT so high that I had trouble reaching it on the eliptical machine. Haven't checked it running, but plan to do that today. Sheesh, I don't do any updates, and then I write a novel! Happy Halloween!!