I live on the edge of DC on the MD side. I work downtown and we live near one of the metros.
Jes,
I'm reading your journal. I just bought Leigh's 2 books. You can see my intro in "where to start" thread.
I live in Silver Spring and work near Judiciary Square/Gallery Place. Might you be willing to meet me for lunch or a walk and share your experiences for an hour sometime soon?
I love running, but I am so slow... and it kills my old knees, so I don't do it anymore. I do like doing some jog/walk intervals on the tmill (jog 1 min at a time) just cuz it's so great for cardio... I ran outside once (forced myself to walk every few minutes) this summer, but in general - I'm just not built for it!
Which is sad, cuz DH is training for his 2nd marathon and my DS joined the cross-country team and loves it, plus DD plays soccer and can run like the wind... sigh...
Yeah, I have always been slow. I was the slowest of all my teams, it's just how I'm built. I could walk for days - whereas some people can't handle that - and when I build up my endurance, I can run for days too, but I am not built for speed. My big goal would be able to run an 8 minute mile, I have never come close to that, but I don't think it's unreasonable. DH is speedy too, even when he doesn't train. He is built for speed. It's very frustrating, but I try to focus on PRs and not what other people can do, because some of it is simply not for me.
Jes,
I'm reading your journal. I just bought Leigh's 2 books. You can see my intro in "where to start" thread.
I live in Silver Spring and work near Judiciary Square/Gallery Place. Might you be willing to meet me for lunch or a walk and share your experiences for an hour sometime soon?
Sure, but I am going on vacation for awhile and I won't know my schedule until I come back. I will email you when I return.
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I love CL. I just scored awesome Dumbells for CHEAP! My trainer just bought a whole gym in fact for CHEAP.
I would have looked at CL, but I was a little nervous about something like a treadmill, that might need work some day. I've heard some horror stories, so I decided to buy new so I could get the warranty and make sure it was going to work. For things like weights, and such, I'm all for it!
I am back! Vacation was fun and exhausting. I took a ton of pictures (nearly 500! ) and we had a great time, but I'm glad it is over. It was becoming like work there for awhile. Several days we walked to the point where I was in extreme pain (bad circulation runs in our family on both sides and so blood pools in my feet after standing for so long. I wear stockings for it, but I wouldn't wear them in the heat with shorts on, so I paid for it) Even still, it was a great time to see Disney again before we have little ones.
The even better news is that I didn't gain a single pound on vacation. I actually think I went down about a half a pound since we exercised so much. I tried to be semi careful about food, but there were some reckless abandon moments that worked out because of the metric ton of NEAT we were doing. I had planned on doing some runs, but due to my feet/legs being in so much pain, that never happened. It worked out ok though.
Our treadmill has arrived and I ran on it last night! It's awesome and I'm so glad we got it. We had to do some interesting arranging to get it in and where I wanted, but it worked out (we had to take a couch out a window, across the lawn and back in another window! ) I ran 2.5 miles in about 31ish minutes. I'm a little sore even though that's like the slowest pace ever, but you have to start somewhere! I have to remind myself that you can't just dive into 20 mile weeks and 4 mile runs all at once. Moving up mileage too fast is what gets you injured.
Still I am very excited to be running again. I felt super after last night, and I am sure I will keep it up. It's a great time of the year to run outside too - fall is great for running. Of course it's been 96 degrees here! which is why I ran on the tmill last night, but we'll get there.
Anyhoo, I could ramble on, but I won't bore you I have included some fave pics from our trip below - you know just to suck you back into my little log
You'll have to tell me about the trip - I see the castle - we'll be at WDW in Feb, so any tips about the best places to find healthy food would be wonderful!
You'll have to tell me about the trip - I see the castle - we'll be at WDW in Feb, so any tips about the best places to find healthy food would be wonderful!
Thanks.
I think the best places to eat are the sit down restaurants. Avoid the counter service when you can. There are little carts around the parks and many of them sell soft preztels, so that's always a good bet. Also, if you have a park hopper, you could go to epcot every day for lunch, which is where the world market is and even those counter services are actually ok - things like ham sandwiches and such instead of burgers and fries. I recommend the Japanese steakhouse and the norway and french counter service. You can make reservations at all the sit downs or just wait. Also, that might not be practical every day because it could get expensive, so you can take things with you into the park. Technically, I don't think you're supposed to, but I took in slim jims and granola bars and no one said anything, so you should be fine. I took stuff with me in my suitcase so I wouldn't have to go to a shop when we were there.
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Jesca, good news about no weight gain on vacation. Great pictures, especially the new avatar pic!
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love the new avi and great news about not gaining weight while on vacation!
Thanks for the suggestions Jes - I am hoping to have some bars to bring in for "emergencies", and we did make reservations for a few places, but not for every meal...
I am planning it as a big refeed / diet break, but I still want to eat relatively clean, or at least only have one "bad" meal/day (again, following Lyle McD's suggestions)
I agree with Jess on the food strategies. When I travel and want to eat cleanly I always pack fruits and nuts with me. Do this no matter what and eat them until you are full all day long. Then when you go to sit down to a meal you will not eat like crap as much.
I LOVE the animal pics Jess. Nice.... What camera did you use?
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Thanks for the suggestions Jes - I am hoping to have some bars to bring in for "emergencies", and we did make reservations for a few places, but not for every meal...
I am planning it as a big refeed / diet break, but I still want to eat relatively clean, or at least only have one "bad" meal/day (again, following Lyle McD's suggestions)
Also, remember, you're going to be walking around like a looney toon, so you can have some extra salt and calories and be fine. I find the most important thing is to get a good, filling breakfast, and that set me up for the whole day.
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I agree with Jess on the food strategies. When I travel and want to eat cleanly I always pack fruits and nuts with me. Do this no matter what and eat them until you are full all day long. Then when you go to sit down to a meal you will not eat like crap as much.
I LOVE the animal pics Jess. Nice.... What camera did you use?
Thanks. I have a Canon PowerShot SD870IS 8MP Digital Camera with 3.8x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom (Silver). It's really cool to have the wide screen feature. The digital zoom is up to 15x and it also rocks. Plus the sucker is tiny - so it actually goes places with me, unlike my last camera that I thought was too clunky to take along, and so i never took pictures with it!
I ran 3 miles on Saturday at a really sloooow pace (36:40) and that was tough. That would be 12 minute miles that I used to reserve for 5 mile runs, so clearly, I have some catching up to do. I think it's good that I can still get back to running 3 miles - even if it's epically slow! Muscle memory rocks.
The only thing is now, all I want to do is run. I get like this. Either I'm into weight lifting or I'm into cardio, I have a hard time being dedicated to both which is frustrating. I am thinking of doing Power Training 3 times a week in an effort to cut down the length of the workouts, which would help me a lot. Not sure if it would work, but we'll see.
Alright, gotta run, have to do a call Ugh! At least it's a little earlier tonight!
I love Power Training, but the first 3 weeks (10 reps, 4 sets) is taking me about an hour to complete...
Hopefully it'll speed up with lower reps!
I think what this comes down to for me is that I just need to suck it up and workout in the morning. I'm so tired and overly busy at night, that it just doesn't seem to pan out the way it should. Losing weight and adding muscle needs to become my first priority and that means it needs to be the thing I take care of first! I am just SO not a morning person! I sure wish there was something I could do to change that, but it's just got to get done. I know I will feel better after a couple of weeks of doing it, so it's time to just SUCK IT UP!
So I was very ambitious tonight and I'm very proud of myself. I made some of what I'm calling Italian Chili. I used a cooking light recipe and changed it to suit what I had. I tasted some and it was really good. I will figure out the macros and post it later for everyone.
I also roasted a chicken and potatoes for dinner.
AND, I made Anne's blueberry bran muffins. I haven't had one yet, so I will have to let you know about the taste. I also made some changes there, so I'll let you know how they worked out. I basically got 21 muffins for 100 cals instead of 25 for the same calories.
Now I need to go put all this stuff away before I pass out from exhaustion! And I didn't even get a workout in today. Phew!
AND, I made Anne's blueberry bran muffins. I haven't had one yet, so I will have to let you know about the taste. I also made some changes there, so I'll let you know how they worked out. I basically got 21 muffins for 100 cals instead of 25 for the same calories.
Do tell once you've tried one. I think the next time I make them I'm just going to bake it in a 13x9 pan and cut it into squares. Of course I've got a lot of zucchini cake/bread in the freezer at the moment. I've got my mother taking a piece most days at lunch... gotta use it up!
I'm about to join the early morning people on Thursday as I'll get up 7-ish, workout, have shower/breakfast and leave for school by 10am. I'm not looking forward to it. Although I can't say that my 4pm workout today was a favourite either.
Cuz I worked out this morning! (insert happy dance here)
I did my Power training workout and it kicked my butt again. As much as I hate to do this (due to the 10 rep sets) I'm "starting over". Those two workouts I did like three weeks ago can't really count, so I've decided to start fresh. Woe is me.
Power Training
Week 1 Workout A
Squat Jump
Bwx5 Bwx5 Bwx5 Bwx5
Split Squat
10x10 10x10 10x10 10x10
Sing Leg Romanian Deadlift
10x10 10x10 10x10 10x10
Incline Bench Press
12sx10 12sx10 12sx10 12sx10
Bent Over Dumbbell Alternating Row
12sx10 12sx10 12sx10 12sx10
Jackknife Pushup (one set) then 3 sets Shoulder Press
BWx 10 8sx10 8sx10 8sx10
Vertical Pull Exercises Unilateral
8sx10 8sx10 8sx10 8sx10
Seated Russian Twist
10x10 10x10 10x10 10x10
Four Point Plank
35 secs 35 secs 35 secs 35 secs
Also after being at 169.2 for a few days, I had bounced up to 171 the last two and I was starting to worry, but I was back down lower today to 168.8 which is awesome. I may actually be doing something right for once. Let's hope it sticks.
Do tell once you've tried one. I think the next time I make them I'm just going to bake it in a 13x9 pan and cut it into squares. Of course I've got a lot of zucchini cake/bread in the freezer at the moment. I've got my mother taking a piece most days at lunch... gotta use it up!
I'm about to join the early morning people on Thursday as I'll get up 7-ish, workout, have shower/breakfast and leave for school by 10am. I'm not looking forward to it. Although I can't say that my 4pm workout today was a favourite either.
They were quite good. I don't have everything in front of me, but basically I took out the oil and used 1/4 natty applesauce, 1/2 cup sunflower seeds instead of 3/4 and subbed all whites for one of the eggs. I think that's it. They are great and the stats are still pretty good. They really didn't want to come out of the pan, so I'm not really sure what to do about that. I made them straight in the pan, with a lot of cooking spray, and it was still tough. I have silicone liners, but I tell you, the muffins tend to stick to those worse than the pans, which is why I don't really sue them anymore. I don't really have a solution except to make a loaf instead of muffins. Prolly a bigger pain to portion out, but less clean up. Hard to say, really....
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I hate morning weight workouts - before 9am, I just don't think I lift well. Cardio, on the other hand, I'm fine doing that early... hmmmmm...
I hate it too. So.very.much. But I actually felt ok this morning. It was tough after my shower to finish getting ready, though. My legs are tired and I will probably be sore tomorrow. I have also taken on a lot of caffeine today, but I'm aware and ok with it taking a couple of weeks to get used to. Plus this will make the rest days feel better, right?
Anyhow, my conclusion is that I may not lift or run or whatever as well in the morning, but I figure the harder the exercise the more calories I burn. This is why I run anyhow. I'm not out to break records, I'm just trying to burn fat. Also, getting it done not as well, is better than not getting it done at all. I don't usually follow the "done is good" motto, but in this case, it's actually true.
I made them originally with papers, and that's almost worse since the papers don't want to come off. Someone told me that if I sprayed the papers that would work better. However, I didn't want to add the spray calories for each one. I suspect it's cutting out the fat. I'm thinking of making them in a pan myself next time and just cutting them into squares. I've got a lot of zucchini cake/bread to go through first though.
Nice workout - glad you got it in! And yeah - done is good - nothing wrong with that!
Thanks. I wish I could have worked out this morning, but my right quad is on the edge of being injured - I guess I over did it yesterday
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I made them originally with papers, and that's almost worse since the papers don't want to come off. Someone told me that if I sprayed the papers that would work better. However, I didn't want to add the spray calories for each one. I suspect it's cutting out the fat. I'm thinking of making them in a pan myself next time and just cutting them into squares. I've got a lot of zucchini cake/bread to go through first though.
Yeah, when they want to get stuck like that, they stick to anything - including the silicone liners. If you think getting papers off is hard, try those silicone things - what a mess! I think the pan thing is a good idea. Maybe parchment paper in the pan would help - then when they are cooled you can just grab the paper and yank them out of the pan and cut them. Sort of how Alton Brown does brownies.
Congratulations to you on getting the morning workout in ! Yay on the weight loss, too!
Thanks! Too bad I pooped back up to 170.6 today. I'm not really that mad, because I figure it's water retention from the lifting. The fact that I'm so sore I can barely walk should tell me I'm retaining a lot of water. At least I did pop up to 171
So I'm going to try to recall the last days of workouts here. Shouldn't be too hard since I've had a few rest days! I way over did it on the lifting on Wednesday, and I have to say I can still feel a little twinge of pain in my quads from it. I need to pick another explosive exercise besides the jump squats - I think they really kill me. I love them, so I will go back to them when I get some leg muscle back.
Thursday - off - mucho advil and ice (and hobbling around like an idiot!)
Friday - recovery run - pretty proud that I did this and didn't try to kill myself even though I was frustrated that I couldn't do more. The point was to be aerobic and to try to help the muscles heal
walk .25 miles
run 1 mile at 4.5 mph
walk .25 miles
run 1 mile at 4.5 mph
walk .25 miles
Saturday - 45 min Pilates class (first time back in about a month. Kicked my butt!), a walk at the farm and then later some very slow walking. 1.2 mph while reading a book for a half hour. Incline of 2, I think. Love having the treadmill there so I can do things like that!
Sunday - rest day. Ran errands, but mostly played Warhammer since it's now an open game!
Monday - Run - 3 miles in 36:38 - done mostly at a steady 5 mph (which was the goal). I'm tired and my legs felt heavy the whole run. Once I was done I was still tired. Usually after a morning run I feel great and awake, but I just haven't gotten there today. AF is due today or tomorrow, so I'm certain that has everything to do with it!
Now that I put it down, it doesn't look too bad. I guess I felt like more of a vegetable than I was. Mostly because I was so sore I did a lot of sitting and icing and such. I have to be more careful with these weights workouts. For some reason - maybe the extra set - the Power Training workouts kill me more than the NROL4W ever did. I'm going to take it very easy for awhile until I can really get broken in because I cannot stand to have another week like this last one was!
I think it is the 4 sets - we're just not used to that volume after coming off NROLW (or OPT or REPAIR)... And, as you said, it's 10 flippin' reps - I can't wait to get to lower reps!
Yeah, it's really hard. I'm not handling the forced lower weights well. I already feel like I'm using barbie weights, and I'm getting super sore (really injured it's so bad) with those. Meh, I guess as long as it's good workout, it doesn't matter what weight I lift...
edge of DC on the MD side
) and we had a great time, but I'm glad it is over. It was becoming like work there for awhile. Several days we walked to the point where I was in extreme pain (bad circulation runs in our family on both sides and so blood pools in my feet after standing for so long. I wear stockings for it, but I wouldn't wear them in the heat with shorts on, so I paid for it) Even still, it was a great time to see Disney again before we have little ones.
Ugh! At least it's a little earlier tonight!
I also made some changes there, so I'll let you know how they worked out. I basically got 21 muffins for 100 cals instead of 25 for the same calories. 
I'm not really that mad, because I figure it's water retention from the lifting. The fact that I'm so sore I can barely walk should tell me I'm retaining a lot of water. At least I did pop up to 171 
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