I have exercised the previous three days which is very good for me. Friday I really didn't want to (a crummy nights sleep before)... but I was soo much better off for it. Moving is good for me.
So, Wednesday night I did 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Thursday afternoon I hike Percy Warner for about 3 miles. And Friday morning I did 30 minutes of cardio (10 on elliptical trainer and 20 on treadmill inclined).
BUT - damn. I HAVE TO do something today. I don't know what. I otherwise feel lousy in about 5 different ways. AND - part of my deal along with the 7 days of 30 minutes was a NO JUNK FOOD mandate. And my husband went out for early voting this morning and came home with my favorite Hardee's sausage biscuits. AND Hash Rounds. I love Hardee's sausage biscuits. So I REALLY need to move my ass today.
GOOD FUCKING GRIEF!!!! I can NOT allow myself Hardee's ANY MORE!!!! I just looked this up - I had 1,140 calories in those two sandwiches!!! Looking up this kind of information will do WONDERS for me and turn off my appetite for it. If I had known, there is no way I would have eaten that. And I probably had close to 300 calories in Hash Rounds. And I had a gatorade - 80 calories, and nearly 16 ounces of orange juice for 200 more calories. DAMMIT! I had ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY CALORIES this morning!!!!!!! 1,720 calories - in one meal. Just foul and disgusting. No wonder I'm as big as I am.
Looking further, I'm probably close to 100 grams of fat for that meal. Sodium is outrageous. Hardees has this information easily found on their website - even has a calculator to add it up for you.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Things must change
I currently weigh the most I've ever weighed - and that includes being 9 months pregnant with big babies.
I haven't slept well all year. Up until I started Ambien last week - I only had three solid nights of sleep all year. And even with 4 nights of Ambien under my belt - only one of those has been a solid night of sleep.
My blood pressure the other day was high. 140 over something. Not good.
I want to fit into clothes better. I want to feel better. I KNOW that eating better and moving more will do wonders for me. But its still so easy to turn to comfort foods and sit on my ass.
NO MORE. At the doctors office I was 186. The last time I weighed myself I was 176 and that was bad enough. I've known I've been getting fatter.
I just came across this quote I liked before and I need to have have this copies everywhere:
Soooo.... I need to go back to better habits, the habits that had me weighing 145 a mere 5 months after I had a 9 and ½ pound baby.
A good solid breakfast. A good solid lunch, a good solid snack. A healthy light dinner. THIS MEANS NO JUNK FOOD.
Of course I like to reward myself with food. I have a Spanish test a week from today. If I get at least 30 minutes of cardio EACH day - and avoid junk food - then I am allowed my favorite chimichanga next week. I think every week I will reward myself that way. Nothing crazy - maybe the week after I will have a fantastic cheeseburger somewhere.
I have GOT to move more, and I have GOT to eat better. Because I'm taking Ambien, I'm not drinking... soon enough though I won't be taking that and I will need to cut back my drinking another way. Maybe make a deal with myself. For every drink I have - I owe myself 15 minutes of cardio. Maybe that'll be a start with negotiations with myself.
If I'm to get to 150 pounds - I've got quite a ways to go. :( I can do it that. I just have to be determined. This will actually be the first time I've really had to TRY, and try hard, to lose weight.
Tonight, it is my plan to go to the Y and do 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Tomorrow I will dress for a hike and do 2.5-3-ish miles at Percy Warner, temps will be considerably cooler tomorrow, that will be GREAT.
I haven't slept well all year. Up until I started Ambien last week - I only had three solid nights of sleep all year. And even with 4 nights of Ambien under my belt - only one of those has been a solid night of sleep.
My blood pressure the other day was high. 140 over something. Not good.
I want to fit into clothes better. I want to feel better. I KNOW that eating better and moving more will do wonders for me. But its still so easy to turn to comfort foods and sit on my ass.
NO MORE. At the doctors office I was 186. The last time I weighed myself I was 176 and that was bad enough. I've known I've been getting fatter.
I just came across this quote I liked before and I need to have have this copies everywhere:
A body in motion wants to remain in motion. A body on the couch wants to stay there.
Soooo.... I need to go back to better habits, the habits that had me weighing 145 a mere 5 months after I had a 9 and ½ pound baby.
A good solid breakfast. A good solid lunch, a good solid snack. A healthy light dinner. THIS MEANS NO JUNK FOOD.
Of course I like to reward myself with food. I have a Spanish test a week from today. If I get at least 30 minutes of cardio EACH day - and avoid junk food - then I am allowed my favorite chimichanga next week. I think every week I will reward myself that way. Nothing crazy - maybe the week after I will have a fantastic cheeseburger somewhere.
I have GOT to move more, and I have GOT to eat better. Because I'm taking Ambien, I'm not drinking... soon enough though I won't be taking that and I will need to cut back my drinking another way. Maybe make a deal with myself. For every drink I have - I owe myself 15 minutes of cardio. Maybe that'll be a start with negotiations with myself.
If I'm to get to 150 pounds - I've got quite a ways to go. :( I can do it that. I just have to be determined. This will actually be the first time I've really had to TRY, and try hard, to lose weight.
Tonight, it is my plan to go to the Y and do 30 minutes on the elliptical trainer. Tomorrow I will dress for a hike and do 2.5-3-ish miles at Percy Warner, temps will be considerably cooler tomorrow, that will be GREAT.
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
Will do 3 for 3
I am SORE! Achy achy leg muscles. I've got a whiny-ass daughter who won't get off my case about every damned thing. Everything I touch or think about or imagine FALLS down and SPILLS out all over the floor. THAT WOMAN in the grocery store parking lot driving like a maniac, taking that turn too fast and then gunning it where **I** have to hit MY BRAKES for HER, and then she ceases to drive, she's just kind of moving around the parking lot then. WTF!!!!! I just want to leave.. ...to go home, make lunch, drop, spill and knock-over everything in my vicinity.
But I had a good lunch. My gym clothes are in the dryer. We'll go to the Y when they're done. I'll get the kids in the pool, and then I'll do my 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical trainer. And that will be day 3 of my plan for this week. Freakin' 3 for 3.
I'm sure somehow... SOME HOW... I'll feel better for it.
Smuggling in a beer, and sitting under an umbrella while I finish my book sounds even better. Well, I'll have time for that (well, NO beer) at the pool this afternoon.... not cooking dinner tonight. We can stay a bit longer than normal, I have about 80 pages left of my book, I'll even bring a new book along just in case... well, no. I kind of miss listening to tunes in the shade. That will be my reward for finishing a book.
I go to the Y, dressed and ready for a workout. I take two bags with me. One is the pool bag, sunscreen, waterbottle, pool toys. Pool towels get carried by the kids. The other bag is a gym bag; in it is my swimsuit and bath towel. After I work out, I will shower to rinse off, then I dry off and change into my suit. Gym clothes go into gym bag, which goes out and hangs out under an umbrella with me at the pool. I've done this once before and it worked rather well. The only thing I forgot was sandals and a cover up for when I'm leaving the Y. I used a towel wrapped around me and wore sneakers. I thought my swimsuit and athletic shoes were an interesting combination, even my pain in the ass daughter commented on this too. but I've worn odder things before with my swimsuit (go to the Final Mental Image at the end)
But I had a good lunch. My gym clothes are in the dryer. We'll go to the Y when they're done. I'll get the kids in the pool, and then I'll do my 30 minutes of cardio on the elliptical trainer. And that will be day 3 of my plan for this week. Freakin' 3 for 3.
I'm sure somehow... SOME HOW... I'll feel better for it.
Smuggling in a beer, and sitting under an umbrella while I finish my book sounds even better. Well, I'll have time for that (well, NO beer) at the pool this afternoon.... not cooking dinner tonight. We can stay a bit longer than normal, I have about 80 pages left of my book, I'll even bring a new book along just in case... well, no. I kind of miss listening to tunes in the shade. That will be my reward for finishing a book.
I go to the Y, dressed and ready for a workout. I take two bags with me. One is the pool bag, sunscreen, waterbottle, pool toys. Pool towels get carried by the kids. The other bag is a gym bag; in it is my swimsuit and bath towel. After I work out, I will shower to rinse off, then I dry off and change into my suit. Gym clothes go into gym bag, which goes out and hangs out under an umbrella with me at the pool. I've done this once before and it worked rather well. The only thing I forgot was sandals and a cover up for when I'm leaving the Y. I used a towel wrapped around me and wore sneakers. I thought my swimsuit and athletic shoes were an interesting combination, even my pain in the ass daughter commented on this too. but I've worn odder things before with my swimsuit (go to the Final Mental Image at the end)
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
2 for 2 According to The Plan
Yesterday was Monday, and I did 30 minutes of cardio at the Y as planned. I intended to keep it easy, and keep my heart rate under 140, but somehow I ended up with an average HR for that time of 149. Something still doesn't seem right about that - I know for a fact I was under 140 for about as much time I was above 150... so I think my AHR should be lower... but dont' feel like quibbling.
Today the plan was to do a total body strength workout. While I like working with weights, its been a while. Again, I told myself to take it easy. I was maybe 70% through with all that I wanted to do and my energy just crashed, and I really didn't like how I was feeling. I managed to do a little bit more - so so maybe I did 80% of what I intended to do. It would have been nice to do more bi and tri work, another shoulder exercise, and at least one more ab exercise. I was just wiped out and my head felt weird, very weird. I decided to not push it.
Let's see... I didn't eat more than I needed to last night (although I did have some potato chips because there was just a little bit left in the bag) and I didn't drink anything more than wine with dinner. Good for me. I was tired late in the afternoon, but perked up in the evening and was awake until 11. I slept horribly, waking up for different reasons and being kept awake for yet other reasons. I had a decent breakfast... but I've learned my lesson this morning. I need a much better, more solid breakfast on mornings I'm going to lift weights. ugh!!!
I've just had some cottage cheese and cold pineapple chunks. Yum! That has hit the spot nicely. I've got to remember I'm just starting out again... I've got to take it easier... and I need to remember better what worked for me in the past! Oh well, its been awhile, I'll learn again.
Today the plan was to do a total body strength workout. While I like working with weights, its been a while. Again, I told myself to take it easy. I was maybe 70% through with all that I wanted to do and my energy just crashed, and I really didn't like how I was feeling. I managed to do a little bit more - so so maybe I did 80% of what I intended to do. It would have been nice to do more bi and tri work, another shoulder exercise, and at least one more ab exercise. I was just wiped out and my head felt weird, very weird. I decided to not push it.
Let's see... I didn't eat more than I needed to last night (although I did have some potato chips because there was just a little bit left in the bag) and I didn't drink anything more than wine with dinner. Good for me. I was tired late in the afternoon, but perked up in the evening and was awake until 11. I slept horribly, waking up for different reasons and being kept awake for yet other reasons. I had a decent breakfast... but I've learned my lesson this morning. I need a much better, more solid breakfast on mornings I'm going to lift weights. ugh!!!
I've just had some cottage cheese and cold pineapple chunks. Yum! That has hit the spot nicely. I've got to remember I'm just starting out again... I've got to take it easier... and I need to remember better what worked for me in the past! Oh well, its been awhile, I'll learn again.
Monday, July 05, 2010
Gotta move more
I don't like the way I'm feeling lately... tummy not settled, not eating good for me food, drinking too much. And definitely not moving enough.
I need to eat less, that will help. Eating smaller meals throughout the day is best for me I think. Medium breakfast, mid-morning snack, light lunch, mid-afternoon snack, lighter-medium dinner. Gotta do this.... so where am I today? Its nearly 1pm, and I've only eaten an english muffin with cream cheese, and I've drank about 2/3 of a cup of coffee. I'm now having some lemon-ginger tea sweetened with a spoonful of sugar. I want to eat something else. Maybe I'll have some tuna-salad scooped up with tortilla chips.
Yes, I will eat... let that settle and then go to the gym for 30 minutes of cardio. I need this. The plan I want for this week is as follows:
I need to eat less, that will help. Eating smaller meals throughout the day is best for me I think. Medium breakfast, mid-morning snack, light lunch, mid-afternoon snack, lighter-medium dinner. Gotta do this.... so where am I today? Its nearly 1pm, and I've only eaten an english muffin with cream cheese, and I've drank about 2/3 of a cup of coffee. I'm now having some lemon-ginger tea sweetened with a spoonful of sugar. I want to eat something else. Maybe I'll have some tuna-salad scooped up with tortilla chips.
Yes, I will eat... let that settle and then go to the gym for 30 minutes of cardio. I need this. The plan I want for this week is as follows:
- Monday, today, 30 minutes of cardio
- Tuesday, 5 minutes warm-up, full body strength workout, 2-3 exercises per muscle group
- Wednesday, 30 minutes of cardio
- Thursday, 30 minutes of cardio
- Friday, 5 minute warm-up, full body strength workout, 2-3 exercises per muscle group.
Maybe a hike Saturday... maybe.
I know when I've been active before, I'm better motivated to eat better. Junky food just isn't good fuel for being active.
I'll check in with this blog throughout the week. I really need to do this plan.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Another Two miles
I really thought I would be up for 3 miles, but I didn't like the way my right shin was feeling, and while it did feel better towards the end of 2 miles, I decided to be conservative and keep my run smaller at 2 miles. I think a day or two off from running will be good for now. I'm hiking tomorrow, that's definitely lower impact and I don't expect to feel that in my shin or anywhere else really. I will aim for going to Pinkerton Thursday and do 2.5 miles - why not? I'm itching to do more.
I found my heart rate monitor - both pieces, the strap and the chest piece had become separated (thank you dear daughter!), and then when I could only find one part, I couldn't find the other and vice-versa. Someday I'll learn not to be such a slob.
I did my two miles in 34 minutes with an average heart rate of 145. A pretty good workout if you ask me!
Overall, I think my goal will be to run 3-4 times a week with 1-2 other activities thrown in just to mix it up - hiking and inline skating.
I found my heart rate monitor - both pieces, the strap and the chest piece had become separated (thank you dear daughter!), and then when I could only find one part, I couldn't find the other and vice-versa. Someday I'll learn not to be such a slob.
I did my two miles in 34 minutes with an average heart rate of 145. A pretty good workout if you ask me!
Overall, I think my goal will be to run 3-4 times a week with 1-2 other activities thrown in just to mix it up - hiking and inline skating.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday Morning
So, I did it - I had a reasonable (small) breakfast and I went out and ran/walked 2 miles. I actually ran more of it than I thought I would. I did slightly shorter intervals, and I guess that allowed me to do more running than I thought. :D I like this! It was fun. There was a very light rain coming down and I was a bit afraid of it REALLY raining. While I don't mind the rain one bit, I wasn't so keen on being out in the rain and a mile back to the house, maybe 5 minutes in the rain would have been okay. I need to look up the best something to wear for running in the rain... a light-weight poncho maybe?
Sunday, April 25, 2010
New Goals, new doings
I've got to get moving more. My sleep has been crap for the last several months and I know one of the things I could be doing right would be to get some exercise everyday.
I was talking with a friend about running the other day (I still need to find my marathon attempt pic) and that got me thinking - I would like to run again. It's a great exercise and it doesn't require much money beyond a good pair of shoes.
I'm going to find a 5K race about 2 months from now and aim for that. I know I can do it. It's not like I'm going to win the race, I just want to be able to run it and run it well. 3.1 miles is NOTHING!!!
So... first things first though... this week: I want to run 3 times for 2 miles... and well, I might do 3 miles. And of course I'm not much of a runner, I will be doing a run/walk, running as much as I can without knocking myself out.
Let's see... and other Lose Kim Lose type goals.... no junk food at all this week, and then Friday afternoon I can have my favorite chimichanga. And if I study for my Spanish final as I have already planned for - then I just may pack a margarita to sip with my chimichanga! HA! I've had a beer at the YMCA pool with this pour-it-into-another-container-put-it-on-ice technique.
...and earlier thought today was, after running 20 miles, another treat should be mine.... but what was it I was thinking of???? I'm hungry now - should have had something for a snack this afternoon. Just something. Being hungry is not good.
I was talking with a friend about running the other day (I still need to find my marathon attempt pic) and that got me thinking - I would like to run again. It's a great exercise and it doesn't require much money beyond a good pair of shoes.
I'm going to find a 5K race about 2 months from now and aim for that. I know I can do it. It's not like I'm going to win the race, I just want to be able to run it and run it well. 3.1 miles is NOTHING!!!
So... first things first though... this week: I want to run 3 times for 2 miles... and well, I might do 3 miles. And of course I'm not much of a runner, I will be doing a run/walk, running as much as I can without knocking myself out.
Let's see... and other Lose Kim Lose type goals.... no junk food at all this week, and then Friday afternoon I can have my favorite chimichanga. And if I study for my Spanish final as I have already planned for - then I just may pack a margarita to sip with my chimichanga! HA! I've had a beer at the YMCA pool with this pour-it-into-another-container-put-it-on-ice technique.
...and earlier thought today was, after running 20 miles, another treat should be mine.... but what was it I was thinking of???? I'm hungry now - should have had something for a snack this afternoon. Just something. Being hungry is not good.
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