This week's plan and reward:
Plan: 20 minutes or more Turbo Jam / other cardio daily; strength training 3 days this week; additional 40 minutes or more Turbo Jam / other cardio on non-weight days
Reward: Still aiming for that tanning! Realized while watching my form at the gym yesterday that this girl is pasty white! $10 / month unlimited tanning is on the line!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Day 1 of The Decision
Yesterday my mantra was "Determination is not a feeling, its a decision" (from a http://www.sparkpeople.com/ member on the Secrets to Success files) and I used it for all it was worth! I got up, did my 20 minute Turbo Jam, ate to plan, and did an upper body weight routine. It felt great to be that on top of things.
And then I forgot to set the alarm for this morning.
Never fear! I am determined. I've decided I'm determined. I'm focusing on my food again today, drinking my water, and I have a gym bag (including the bodybugg I forgot for the weights yesterday - oops) packed and in the car for a long cardio session tonight. I missed my 20 minute TJ this morning since I woke up late but I have the chance to do an hour cardio class tonight and I'll probably come home and do some fat blaster Turbo Jam too. Gotta get in bikini shape!
Oh and I made this great stir fry from scratch last night with leftovers for lunch today! Chicken and green beans and onions and pineapple tossed with some soy sauce and over brown rice...so yummy!
Hope you have a great day! I know I'm deciding mine with be!
And then I forgot to set the alarm for this morning.
Never fear! I am determined. I've decided I'm determined. I'm focusing on my food again today, drinking my water, and I have a gym bag (including the bodybugg I forgot for the weights yesterday - oops) packed and in the car for a long cardio session tonight. I missed my 20 minute TJ this morning since I woke up late but I have the chance to do an hour cardio class tonight and I'll probably come home and do some fat blaster Turbo Jam too. Gotta get in bikini shape!
Oh and I made this great stir fry from scratch last night with leftovers for lunch today! Chicken and green beans and onions and pineapple tossed with some soy sauce and over brown rice...so yummy!
Hope you have a great day! I know I'm deciding mine with be!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Can't shake it
So I've worked out, I've worked on eating better, I'm drinking my water..... I'm trying to sleep (can't sleep well though still) and I just can't shake this lack of motivation.
The last two nights of sleep have been the worst and I'm running out of ideas. I think I'm stressed but I normally still sleep better than I have been. My runs haven't been going very well lately and right now they've been making me more sore than anything. And frustrated.
I'm not used to feeling this bad about my running and its affecting everything. I put energy into my running but I have very little motivation to do much more after that so I'm not getting the same calorie burn. But I can't eat less without shaking and feeling terrible (went through that on Monday).
I am sticking to my goals this week.... 40 minutes yesterday between TurboJam and my run and the gym bag is in the car for weights tonight. I have water for the day trip today. But I need something more. An extra push.
This is where my Beachbody coaches help!! :) It started with the talk with one about my high school cross country experience and how I suddenly wanted to run a race. Maybe that will help break my funk! Then we started talking about doing one "together" over the distance. We would each run a race wherever we want on the same day. Then we invited another coach. Care to join us? 5K! 3.1 miles! Motivation to get moving again! Right now we're aiming for the last week of July or early August.
Let me know if you're interested. I'll post our races here. Let's do this together. Get moving. Have a reason to go workout. I'm sure its going to work for me - normally does - so I'm sure it'll work for you too!
On your mark..... Get set....
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
The last two nights of sleep have been the worst and I'm running out of ideas. I think I'm stressed but I normally still sleep better than I have been. My runs haven't been going very well lately and right now they've been making me more sore than anything. And frustrated.
I'm not used to feeling this bad about my running and its affecting everything. I put energy into my running but I have very little motivation to do much more after that so I'm not getting the same calorie burn. But I can't eat less without shaking and feeling terrible (went through that on Monday).
I am sticking to my goals this week.... 40 minutes yesterday between TurboJam and my run and the gym bag is in the car for weights tonight. I have water for the day trip today. But I need something more. An extra push.
This is where my Beachbody coaches help!! :) It started with the talk with one about my high school cross country experience and how I suddenly wanted to run a race. Maybe that will help break my funk! Then we started talking about doing one "together" over the distance. We would each run a race wherever we want on the same day. Then we invited another coach. Care to join us? 5K! 3.1 miles! Motivation to get moving again! Right now we're aiming for the last week of July or early August.
Let me know if you're interested. I'll post our races here. Let's do this together. Get moving. Have a reason to go workout. I'm sure its going to work for me - normally does - so I'm sure it'll work for you too!
On your mark..... Get set....
Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Success begets success
I do have one great thing to report though! Yesterday I presented three awards for SAE at the regional International Science and Engineering Fair...completely impromtu. I found out about 5 minutes before getting called to the stage that I should make an introduction of the award and say a few words on behalf of the organization. Granted with the place I have on our SAE Chapter's board, I should have expected something like that but I didn't. I was introduced and got on stage only shaking slightly. What's important to note is that thanks to the success I've had, how I now feel I can present myself and the attention I know I can command in any audience I felt relatively ok heading to the microphone.
And then it happened...in front of hundreds of people, two live TV cameras, and a photographer, I improvised a short speech about SAE, the award we gave, what impressed me and my fellow judges at the event, and awarded three elementary school students their special winnings. All without a single hesitant pause, need for correction, stumbling over my words or "umm...". I've felt pretty good about presenting before and don't really get too worried about being in front of people but I've never spoken, much less that unprepared, without a single studder!
And then it happened...in front of hundreds of people, two live TV cameras, and a photographer, I improvised a short speech about SAE, the award we gave, what impressed me and my fellow judges at the event, and awarded three elementary school students their special winnings. All without a single hesitant pause, need for correction, stumbling over my words or "umm...". I've felt pretty good about presenting before and don't really get too worried about being in front of people but I've never spoken, much less that unprepared, without a single studder!
Me with the three little geniuses selected for SAE awards!
2 steps forward and 1 step back...
As I prepped for my run yesterday, a million thoughts were churning in my mind...mostly around how I've gotten so off track and so out of it I'm ashamed. I've been talking to one friend in particular about how I was doing and I've managed to inspire her but I can hardly inspire myself....until this past Friday.
I got to spend some time with my man on Friday and he told me about how he's gotten himself up and going again with his workouts and eating right. I need to do that. I can't let him get better than me! I have a bridesmaid's dress I need to rock and we're planning our trip to Florida for his baseball tournament at the end of October. I'm so looking forward to that week...a get away with him, possibly spending some time getting to know his parents, beachhouse with a gorgeous view, watching him do what he loves - play baseball (and hopefully pitch some! can't wait to get those pictures!), going out for nice dinners, and an off day in the middle of the week during which I expect we'll get lost in our own little world. I really want everything to be perfect that week - especially my body and how I'll look in shorts and bikins. I've given him a "homework assignment" to pick out a new bikini for me and I want to look amazing in it for him. I know to do this I NEED to get back on track. No question about it. The weather is getting nicer, I've signed up to the Power Blue Productions Fan Club so I get TurboJam Rounds automatically at home, I can get out and try to start running again...I have no excuses. I know from past experience that my eating right, while helpful, isn't the key. I can make a lot of progress on exercise alone and I also just naturally eat better when I'm working out.
Water. And exercise. That's what I need to do. Why am I struggling with that??
Thanks to overdoing it and self-inflicted breathing problems, I haven't run in about a year. While I've done the TurboJam and other workouts with great success, my breathing and the way my body works in general is so completely different when I run. I've been afraid to start running again because the last time I gave it another shot, I made the problems worse after I thought I was better. I told myself I'd take some generous time off. That I'd make sure I was completely recovered and then start slowly but surely getting back on the horse. And that I'd only get back on the horse when the weather gets nice outside, not run in bad weather again until I was back to a "marathon training ready" level and when I do run, start at 20 minutes of easy running and go from there. (the bad weather is what caused the problems to begin with so that is key) We've had a few 60+ degree days here so yesterday I decided that I needed to run. Its in my blood anymore. Running is my emotional release. Its how I relieve stress, collect my thoughts and make sense of things. I love running in the rain. I love just getting out and getting lost (although that normally results in much much longer runs because I have really gotten lost before) and I love knowing that it's all up to me.
Which brings me back to my run. Yesterday with shakey hands, I laced up for the first time in a year. I was nervous, worried, and anxious. There was a little more wind than I would have liked, making it a very chilly 60 degrees but I ran. My body felt and still feels great...legs aren't tired, feet felt good...but my lungs and chest felt and still feel tight. I'm sure part of it was the nerves...I had a hard time relaxing my shoulders yesterday and am even now using a heating pad to try to ease some of the tension in my back. The chilly wind didn't help. But I know the biggest part is I haven't had to breathe like that in over a year. It was the longest 20 minute run I have ever done. I had to walk and that killed me. But I need to keep doing it. I'm going to stick to it. I'll run every other day with off days in between to aid recovery. Off days will be gym / weights days. I haven't been to the gym in a while and I need to do that. Hopefully some muscle training will help fend off any of those injuries to which I seem so prone. And we'll do this as one of those baby steps so here it goes:
Goal: Continue drinking my water, run 20 minutes every other day this week, do weight training at the gym on off days
Reward: Start tanning again at the gym to prep for Florida and remind me of my bikini. $10 / month
Wish me luck!
I got to spend some time with my man on Friday and he told me about how he's gotten himself up and going again with his workouts and eating right. I need to do that. I can't let him get better than me! I have a bridesmaid's dress I need to rock and we're planning our trip to Florida for his baseball tournament at the end of October. I'm so looking forward to that week...a get away with him, possibly spending some time getting to know his parents, beachhouse with a gorgeous view, watching him do what he loves - play baseball (and hopefully pitch some! can't wait to get those pictures!), going out for nice dinners, and an off day in the middle of the week during which I expect we'll get lost in our own little world. I really want everything to be perfect that week - especially my body and how I'll look in shorts and bikins. I've given him a "homework assignment" to pick out a new bikini for me and I want to look amazing in it for him. I know to do this I NEED to get back on track. No question about it. The weather is getting nicer, I've signed up to the Power Blue Productions Fan Club so I get TurboJam Rounds automatically at home, I can get out and try to start running again...I have no excuses. I know from past experience that my eating right, while helpful, isn't the key. I can make a lot of progress on exercise alone and I also just naturally eat better when I'm working out.
Water. And exercise. That's what I need to do. Why am I struggling with that??
Thanks to overdoing it and self-inflicted breathing problems, I haven't run in about a year. While I've done the TurboJam and other workouts with great success, my breathing and the way my body works in general is so completely different when I run. I've been afraid to start running again because the last time I gave it another shot, I made the problems worse after I thought I was better. I told myself I'd take some generous time off. That I'd make sure I was completely recovered and then start slowly but surely getting back on the horse. And that I'd only get back on the horse when the weather gets nice outside, not run in bad weather again until I was back to a "marathon training ready" level and when I do run, start at 20 minutes of easy running and go from there. (the bad weather is what caused the problems to begin with so that is key) We've had a few 60+ degree days here so yesterday I decided that I needed to run. Its in my blood anymore. Running is my emotional release. Its how I relieve stress, collect my thoughts and make sense of things. I love running in the rain. I love just getting out and getting lost (although that normally results in much much longer runs because I have really gotten lost before) and I love knowing that it's all up to me.
Which brings me back to my run. Yesterday with shakey hands, I laced up for the first time in a year. I was nervous, worried, and anxious. There was a little more wind than I would have liked, making it a very chilly 60 degrees but I ran. My body felt and still feels great...legs aren't tired, feet felt good...but my lungs and chest felt and still feel tight. I'm sure part of it was the nerves...I had a hard time relaxing my shoulders yesterday and am even now using a heating pad to try to ease some of the tension in my back. The chilly wind didn't help. But I know the biggest part is I haven't had to breathe like that in over a year. It was the longest 20 minute run I have ever done. I had to walk and that killed me. But I need to keep doing it. I'm going to stick to it. I'll run every other day with off days in between to aid recovery. Off days will be gym / weights days. I haven't been to the gym in a while and I need to do that. Hopefully some muscle training will help fend off any of those injuries to which I seem so prone. And we'll do this as one of those baby steps so here it goes:
Goal: Continue drinking my water, run 20 minutes every other day this week, do weight training at the gym on off days
Reward: Start tanning again at the gym to prep for Florida and remind me of my bikini. $10 / month
Wish me luck!
Daddy helping me through the hardest part of my second marathon...yes I'm a Daddy's girl :-)
This was the Chicago Marathon 2008 which I ran which Team in Training. My next marathon goal is to run the Flying Pig Marathon in May 2011 with TNT again and raise more for the Cure than I did for the Chicago Marathon.
Monday, March 15, 2010
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