stupid title I know, but hey. went for a run last night, it was a 4.5 mile jog which suited me, rather than a faster paced run. i feel so proud of myself - I couldnt even do 200m at the beginning of the year . it's made me reassess my goals for the women's challenge coming up in august, instead of aiming for a percentage of fat loss or 1 rep max, maybe I should aim for cardio instead, see how far I can run and how fast. I think that would take my mind off this war on disliking my body and constantly analyzing the thickness of my waist. I realize the body battle will be on going, but I would feel so much better if my goal was based on what my body can do rather than how it looks. and hey, if running faster means I end up looking better then great.
So my training plan now is circuit classes at the gym twice a week, I always put them off because the instructor is a complete fitness nut, he loves to run ultra marathons and such like, and the class is full of really fit people as he likes to throw in intervals sprints in the park and lots of boot camp basics.. but Im never going to get that fit unless I go, so thats my goal, to get through the class without wanting to throw up.
My husband has started rugby training twice a week, and he is so happy now, it made me realize I want to train with other people not just follow a program on my own. so along with the circuit i will be running 3 x week, ive got a friend who wants to run with someone so thats cool, a bit of competition..
I feel like I am thawing out now, finally some sunny weather.. went running last night for an hour with my group. there were only four of us, used to be about 12, i think the fact that the run is on Friday night and the combination of weather and school holidays has put some people off. anyway, it was so hot that we just plodded along.
good news for me, I have a friend who wants to go running 3 x a week which will be great for my motivation, we start next tuesday. so my plan is to do that and two circuit classes a week. that should see my through the four month challenge, and then start up NROLW in the winter, which makes sense as I will want to be indoors then anyway.
I love training outside, so much more fun than inside four walls..
going to be brave this weekend and ask my husband to take my before pics for the challenge and post them. i know its not til august but i will feel better knowing its done, then i can start properly when i get back from holidays on 25 august..
Answering your question on my log about the pushups- I started at about 30 degrees on my step, then progressed to regular on the floor, then the T, then the T with dumbbells. I just tried to do a harder variation each workout or two.
i had a piggy day yesterday, ate fish and chips an icecream and a handful of kit kats.. My kids are in Australia for four and a half weeks visiting their Dad and I got depressed and ate my way to comfort and now I feel rotten after logging it onto fitbug and looking at the fat and calorie content. Its so stupid, me missing my children is not going to be changed by stuffing my face.. ahh.
so I decided to post my pics on the challenge thread and get real. I was self conscious, who wouldnt be in a bikini but my husband was so encouraging which helps.
This time my goals are based on cardio, not on achieving a certain body weight or body fat percentage. I want to improve what my body can do, not so much what it looks like, though that is important too.
thank the lord,my fitness is coming back. i went for a 5k run with my running group, and almost didnt go because it was peeing down with rain in the car on the way there. but then I thought, if i go back home, i will sit on the sofa and get maudlin and miss the kids and be tempted to eat crap, so i stuck it out and when we started running the rain completely stopped I didnt feel out of breath at all and felt like i was in the zone, so nice to feel after having that crappy cold that lingered for so long..
am looking forward to starting this challenge, four months is just enough time to really push myself and it will bring out my competitive side knowint i want to post better photos each month..
i want to add this to my plan, i want to be able to do some of this stuff in the superstar column at the end of 4 months. some things i wont be able to do like the kb swings (dont have them) and the support on rings but I aim for the rest.. http://www.crossfitwestcountry.com/d...l%20Levels.pdf
8 min cross trainer
2000m rower 10.49 wasnt really belting along just wanted to see what my time was
50 air squats
8 min cross trainer
thats me done.. my goal will be to repeat the 2000m each week, get my time down.. off running tonite, its summer here but its raining why doesnt the sun like england?
So the first day of the challenge, so far so good, the diet was good and I did a completely different w/out. Ive been reading up on Crossfit, while I think its a bit extreme, I like the way each day is different and you can pick and choose which level you do.
so
5 minutes warm up on stepper
2000m rower
30 situps
500m rower
30 situps
2x 30 second planks
1x9 stepups 7 kg dumbell
2x12 7kg lunges
this took about 30 min and i was really sweating afterwards. i think for this challenge it will be a mix of circuit training, running and crossfit so each week i am doing something different
I was doing so well... Then I slept in and didnt do my workout and ate a bar of chocolate and had a few wines with dinner. not the end of the world but I really had high hopes fo this challenge. i go on holiday on Saturday to Turkey for two weeks and I cant wait, it is just raining non stop here, and I really want some sun.
Im glad there are so many women doing the challenge, and Jane has done such a fabulous job organising it all.
Well, tomorrow is another day, am planning to do something cross fit ish, that is 400m sprint and a few sets of push ups, squats and sit ups.
"You only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone." ~Percy Cerutty, athletic icon
"Hard training, easy combat; easy training, hard combat" ~Marshal Suvorov, Russian General
"Jogging is very beneficial. It's good for your legs and your feet. It's also very good for the ground. It makes it feel needed." ~Charles Schulz, Peanuts
hi there, nice to see another tall person too! Maudlin means kind of depressed, not so you have the blues and dont want to get out of bed, but a mix of the boredom and the blues is the closest I can think of right now.
i want to add this to my plan, i want to be able to do some of this stuff in the superstar column at the end of 4 months. some things i wont be able to do like the kb swings (dont have them) and the support on rings but I aim for the rest.. http://www.crossfitwestcountry.com/d...l%20Levels.pdf
Crossfit workouts really look tough. Awesome goal. I should consider adding some to mine.
Im back from my holiday in Turkey, what an amazing time, from the only downer that my husband had his wallet pinched in Istanbul to a devout Muslim family on a bus offering us their lunch when we must have looked as tired and hungry as we felt.. anyway I ate way too much, but only good stuff like fruits vegies lots of chicken. but.. every time you sat down they brought out these baskets of freshly baked crusty white bread, oh lordy did I pig out..
so I weighed myself, and have only put on 2 pounds, and I think most of that is the bread basked sitting in my stomach! so this months photos should look exactly like last months.
my boys came back on sunday, they are 12 and 14 and had an amazing time in australia with their dad.i was so happy to see them, i was like a real dill (idiot) and ran up crying to them at the airport hugging them, they were like, oh my god you are so embarassing mum..
anyway back at work now and this month has been a pleasurable one but now I need to dig deep to stay committed to this challenge. I cant wait to try the cross fit stuff, and cant wait to read the logs of everyone doing the challenge.
and please lord let jennifer aniston find a decent boyfriend! (two weeks away without news and magazines and this is now the top story in the UK!
and werent the olympics amazing!!
ok gotta go to work now..
did the circuit class tonight. oh lord help me it was tough. i am glad i am the least fit of the 15 that did it because I will always have something to measure myself against. this is the kind of class where the participants turn up in their latest 1/2 marathon, 2008 olympics shirt. ok so an exagerration maybe..
anyway it felt like a cross fit kind of cardio thing
15 reps of situps then 3 lengths of the sports hall at sprint pace then 15 reps of squats, burpees, star jumps, wide arm pushups, pilates type stomach things (painful) and then box jumps on and off the stairs, this was non stop for 45 minutes. at one stage i did manage to sprint and keep up with the instructor and the fastest male in the class, i felt so whacked though that i just lay on the mat and didnt do the pushups, as its not too polite to vomit/passout.
and then i rode my bike home, and my kids were seriously worried about the deep shade of beetrooot that my face was. but dammit, i felt good pushing myself! i cant wait to do it again on Monday.
eats were good today.
breakfast was porridge, yogurt and blueberries lunch was a ham and salad sandwich on wholegrain and dinner was a 100% beef burger with ratatouille (eggplant/aubergine, zucchini, red peppers tomatoes with lots of herbs) and a glass of red wine. a good day
did the circuit class last night, it was hard but it didnt feel as tough as last weeks. Lots of body weight stuff again, push ups, sit ups, squat thrusts, burpees, tricep dips, then lots of running in between.
I really like that it is tough and that I can really push myself to keep going when I just want to lie down. I dont feel stiff this morning which is a real plus too.
Today Im taking the kids and a friends dog to the beach, its not swimming weather but its nice to get out of the house and just enjoy nature for a change. The boys go back to school on Thursday, about time, they are getting really bored.
Hoping to get to the gym later so I can work on my o lifts
did the circuit class night, another repeat of last thursdays, ridiculous amount of sprinting and body weight exercises. its still tough, but lots of fun. so im proud of at least keeping to my exercise goals this week, along with my daily 45 minute walk. the diet was not so good, the kids go back to school this week so I have been bulk buying multi packs of biscuits and chips, peanut butter etc.. and once they are opened its so hard not to snack on them, especially when I already have cut up veggies in the fridge ready to go.
Jane has posted a challenge to lose up to 1 1/2 pounds a week, which I have jumped at. I will always do better with a collective challenge over an individual one. I would feel really bad if everyone else upped their game and got tighter with their diet and exercise and I just kept doing what Im doing, maybe getting fitter but not lighter..
got some great news last night, the bank manager rang and gave us an estimate of how much we could borrow to buy a house. yay, yay,yay, so I have two houses lined up to look at next week. so exciting! the area I live in has a local residency clause where you have to have lived/worked in the area to qualify for the cheaper houses. I havent told the kids yet, dont want to get them too excited yet, but we are sick of renting..
anyway.. went to the gym today, did 30 mins on the cross trainer then an hour of body balance class which was great. a blend of tai chi, yoga and pilates, felt great to really stretch out my back and hips which have been cooped up behind a desk all week
its the start of the rugby season here today, so will be going down to watch the local boys
yay , a house is in sight
oh lordy I am sore! I woke up feeling a bit tender in places after doing Body Balance yesterday which surprised as its basically a yoga class. went to the gym did 30 min on the cross trainer then a body pump class. I forgot what they were like, lowish weights but lots of reps and sets. so now my triceps and lats are hurting. its nice to know that my body is changing and being challenged though.
dont know if i will do the circuit tomorrow.
could do with a nice nap about now
Im so stiff today, especially in my quads and abs. In one way its nice in that my body is obviously being challenged, but Im so sore I cant do my circuit class tonight which I love. So i think I will go for a one hour walk instead. I feel really motivated this week, I really want to jump on the scales next Monday and be at least a 1lb down.
going to look at a house tomorrow morning with my husband and father in law who is a builer, so excited, i must have walked past it a doxen times on the weekend. the neighbours must think im a stalker!
Ive been following the CSIRO diet and have been sticking to it, as it has worked in the past for me. It's relatively low carb and high protein. 3 meals a day with yogurt and 2 pieces of fruit as the general snack which I have added on to breakfast and dessert for dinner.
The hard thing is the psychological hunger in that I feel a hunger pang, but always when Im bored at work or at home and my mind wanders to food.. I drink water but it is a hard habit to break. I need to keep motivating myself as to why I want to lose the weight, and not give in. I havent had chocolate all week and I feel a bit snappy to be honest.
Went for a 60min powerwalk yesterday in the local woods, was really nice. still felt a bit sore from pump, especially the quads.
aiming to do bodyweight exercises tonite, maybe 3 sets of 20 pushups, situps, step ups, lunges etc with some skipping. i need to get back into a structured weight programme. the circuit classes are great but I feel like Im drifting a bit, doing bits of this and bits of that.. might look at NROLW again, just have to be realistic about how I can fit it in timewise.
Had a look at the house, OMG needs soooo much work, dont know if i could handle the stress of it all, but I can see that it would be wonderful. looking at another house tonite, more expensive, but immediately liveable.
circuit class last night, very tiring as it was so hot and muggy in the sports hall even with the doors open. wasnt just me though, everyone else seemed to be prematurely exhausted by the end too.
weighed myself this morning and am a pound down. this is a great psychological boost for the weekend, so I will make sure i stay on track with the diet and no choccie and 1 glass of wine. i dont want to weigh in on Monday and put the pound back.
My 12 son has realised im getting healthier, though i havent told him im doing this challenge. hes noticed more fruits and vegies in the house and on his dinner plate and me going for walks instead of slobbing out on the lounge with biscuits. im hoping i can have an influence on him and take him out for a walk with me, but im just so happy that he has noticed..
so I fell off the wagon big time.. all was going well last month, and then I over did it. I was going to the gym 4 times a week and eating at a deficit and then my immune system crashed and I got a really nasty flu, and completely gave up on exercise and eating well . My husband and I also put an offer in on a house which was accepted, but now we are stressing out trying to find a bank that will give us a mortgage, and deciding if it is the right thing to do with the banks collapsing around the world.
so the bad news, i put on 7 pounds in two weeks, just by reaching for chocolate every time i stressed about something. but now im getting back on the wagon, starting with an eating plan i can stick to, and manageable exercise. So this month I plan to walk every morning for an hour before work and go to the gym twice a week. not much, but just enough for me to make changes.
If we get a mortgage I know my stress will increase with arranging solicitors, surveys, etc so I really want to manage it without food as my crutch.
so today i got up at 5 45 and went for an hour walk, and i feel good about it
have been looking at the challenge logs and am envious of those that hung in there and have had positve changes to their body.
I'm back on the wagon, but this time Im taking it day by day instead of trying to look ahead to when I'll be the weight I want to be. So I have been walking for an hour every morning at 6am, then I feel better and am less inclined to eat junk. When I dont walk, those are the days that too many coffees, wine and junk creep in.
I would like to get back to NROLW next year, at the moment I am doing 2 pump classes and 2 body balance classes. My immune system has been total crap this year so I dont want to push it by doing anything extreme. Have been feeling a lot better focussing on my health rather than my weight.
I am really looking forward to doing the next challenge.
Pulled out of buying the house, there was no way we could get a decent mortgage with the financial system in the uk crashing. but we are still looking..
went for my walk today, going to the local school bonfire tonight.
Had a good week so far, been able to stick to my calorie limit, and more or less get my macros at 40 30 30. Im slowly getting my head around the fact that unless my diet is under control it doesnt matter how much I lift or run. I realise I can have the food, be it junk or crap, but aknowledge the consequences before I eat it. I have been reading Gilliam Riley's Eating Less and its great. I plan to get my head right first before I start the next challenge.
I'll keep logging here to keep myself accountable and to track my progress, otherwise it seems a bit fruitless to keep logging when no one makes a comment on here anymore
did a great circuit class on monday
10 min warm up running, then jumping jacks, squats, sprints, plank variations, push ups, shoulder presses using the benches with another person and various body weight exercises.
went to the gym last night, hadnt done free weights for a while so did 3 sets each of deadlift, dumbell incline flys, squats, rows and assisted pullups. finished with planks 45 secs x 3 and 15 min on the cross trainer, not quite HIIT but enough to make me sweat.
. it's made me reassess my goals for the women's challenge coming up in august, instead of aiming for a percentage of fat loss or 1 rep max, maybe I should aim for cardio instead, see how far I can run and how fast. I think that would take my mind off this war on disliking my body and constantly analyzing the thickness of my waist. I realize the body battle will be on going, but I would feel so much better if my goal was based on what my body can do rather than how it looks. and hey, if running faster means I end up looking better then great.
My kids are in Australia for four and a half weeks visiting their Dad and I got depressed and ate my way to comfort and now I feel rotten after logging it onto fitbug and looking at the fat and calorie content. Its so stupid, me missing my children is not going to be changed by stuffing my face.. ahh.
bread is the devils food!
. My husband and I also put an offer in on a house which was accepted, but now we are stressing out trying to find a bank that will give us a mortgage, and deciding if it is the right thing to do with the banks collapsing around the world.
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