Post by secretlyevil on Jul 15, 2015 6:46:32 GMT -5
I'm having a self-pity week. Some pictures taken over the weekend was a serious wake up call. I looked like a mushy pear. Definitely motivating. Yesterday I pushed myself on my run. I'm no longer content to just plod along. I finally went under a 12 minute mile.
I still can't jump rope or do jumping jacks for a long period of time without my foot protesting. So I've been taking it easy at the gym. Not this week, I've been busting butt, just making modifications when those two exercises come up.
So yeah, when my internal racer on my Garmin comes up and tells me I'm way behind on pace of 9:10, ( I used to be so much faster!) I shake off the mental funk and focus on: Cruise in 72 days, Space Coast half in Nov, Keys 100 relay in May and our ragnar in 2017. I want to be a strong runner. It means I have to be smart now, push it but mindfully.
Tracking - I hate it so much but focusing on weekly average for calories and macros in general, hoping that takes the stress out of this.
Post by Skyesthelimit1212 on Jul 15, 2015 8:00:40 GMT -5
I gained 2lbs. That could be because I lost control of my eating!!! I ate an entire bag of Fritos yesterday and the day before I ate 1/2 a box of Cheez-its. Oh and I didn't track any of my food yesterday.
I looked at the c25k app after my run this morning and it said my pace was that of Walking A Dog, um no my ass was running, not fast, but certainly NOT WALKING.
I'm sore. It's clear I need to lift 2x a week in order to maintain. Having missed 1 lifting day last week and the week before was not good
My fitbit is missing. I had worn it to the game yesterday and somewhere after 10:15 (my last recorded steps) it disappeared. I don't know what happened to it. I looked thru the car a bit but didn't see it.
oooooooooowwwwww... I lifted the shit out of weights yesterday, but today I'm paying for it. I'm glad it's a rest day. I'm now up to consistently chest pressing 95 lbs. Last year if I tried I'd get under the bar and just go "nope!" at that weight.
I'm sore. It's clear I need to lift 2x a week in order to maintain. Having missed 1 lifting day last week and the week before was not good
My fitbit is missing. I had worn it to the game yesterday and somewhere after 10:15 (my last recorded steps) it disappeared. I don't know what happened to it. I looked thru the car a bit but didn't see it.
They will replace it for free. I just lost mine and chatted with customer service and they sent me a new one. If you tell them it was gift they won't require a copy of the receipt.
Oh! WOW! Thank you!
It was a gift. Of sorts. My sister originally owned it and then upgraded to their watch. So she gave it to me.
I'm doing pretty well. I've tracked my food about 99%, been under almost every day and definitely averaged under my weekly goal. Eating lower carb hasn't been nearly as hard as I expected and it seems easier to stay under my goal.
Exercise is going fine. I ran 2 days last week and then did a 20 mile bike ride another day. It's less frequent than I want but I think it's OK to ease back in.
I lost about 5 pounds in the last 10 days. This probably has more to do with post-vacation bloat for the first measure than anything else but I'll take it.
I have been tracking my food consistently for about a month. Consistently going under my calorie goal (by a couple hundred, not a lot). The scale hasn't fucking budged. I am SO beyond frustrated. I started back up with the RD on campus, and there is now a grad assistant there who does sports nutrition, so I hope I can get this shit figured out. I loathe how my body looks.
I know, I know, I shouldn't look at the scale, but I'm defaulting back to "This is too much weight to haul around a tri course."
I did my first tri of the year Sunday. I set my goal at 1:40, and came in at 1:37 with a ridiculously hilly run course. I was the 5th fastest swim time in the whole race, men and women. I am really pleased about that. I have got to get my run better, because it kills my time.
Racing again Saturday. While I would love to break 1:30, I'm going to shoot for under 1:35. I think on that course, it's realistic, and it would be a PR for me.
I did my first tri of the year Sunday. I set my goal at 1:40, and came in at 1:37 with a ridiculously hilly run course. I was the 5th fastest swim time in the whole race, men and women. I am really pleased about that. I have got to get my run better, because it kills my time.
!!!!!! You're so awesome and you don't even know it.
I did my first tri of the year Sunday. I set my goal at 1:40, and came in at 1:37 with a ridiculously hilly run course. I was the 5th fastest swim time in the whole race, men and women. I am really pleased about that. I have got to get my run better, because it kills my time.
!!!!!! You're so awesome and you don't even know it.
She is! And she always poo poos at me when I try and tell her. She's going to poo poo you too.
Post by 2curlydogs on Jul 15, 2015 12:49:52 GMT -5
Inspiration comes in many forms.
Today it was in the shape of a man with CP who did an unassisted climb of Kilimanjaro and finished the Ironman world championship race in HI.
If he can do that, I can sure as shit run with a hangover. 2 miles isn't a lot, but it's more than I was going to do. And I did it quickly - 9:28 split pace.
I suck at food tracking but what else is new? I'm currently rehabbing a strain in my right quad that mirrors exactly the one I had in my left quad for most of winter and part of spring, so I'm treating this one like the last one-PT exercises, ice when I can, managing with ibuprofen as needed, and still running. It's slowly getting better which is good but damn it's annoying. Just when I was starting to get used to running pain free again, this pops up.
I'm training for a 10k and have put in some speed workouts. Holy hell, they are hard! But hoping to run 9 minute miles in the race.
I am so sick of tracking food. It works. When I do Weight Watchers, I eat well and lose weight. But it gets tedious so quickly, so I think "well, I'll just eat healthy and exercise for a month and see how I do" and BAM, 10 pounds back on. Realistically, I can't "diet" for the rest of my life. Any tips?
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
My weight in the last two years has comfortably been fluctuating between 173 and 178. It has crept to 184 in the last 6 weeks with the stupid amount of work and lack of exercise/focus on food/bottles of wine. So I'm tracking again on MFP and doing a cut cycle (ladyace2078 if you want to find me).
I have Ballet Summer Intensive this week and next week. 3 hours each night for 3 nights this week and 4 nights next week. This includes pointe class as well because look what I got! (Ignore my ribbons sticking out and the fact that they aren't at all broken in!)