Healthy Living Check-in: 6/4

[judyblume14]

1) How did last week go?
2) What are your exercise goals for this week?
3) What are your nutrition goals for the week?
4) Any non-scale victories?

Bonus: Tell me how you feel about running. Are you "good" at it, and do you love it?

[judyblume14]

1) I'm happy with last week.
2) 5 CF workouts and run 7 miles.
3) Cut out most booze. No sweets (except for a birthday treat). Eat 90% clean.
4) I challenged myself to run 100 miles in 100 days. In the first week, I fell behind. So, to make it up and start to build a "bank" (because I know I'll need it!) I ran 5 miles on Friday - 2 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon!

I hate running so much. I have crazy anxiety over it. I'm not good at it. I'm an ex-smoker and get winded super easily. I'm slow (my current pace is about 11:45), and can only comfortably run 2 miles at a time. So, after a million attempts "will" myself to get better... I'm actually doing something about it. And I told everyone at my gym that I'm doing it and they are all holding me accountable.

[kimberlybb]

1) How did last week go? Last week went really well. I got all my work outs in and did really well diet wise till Sunday afternoon.
2) What are your exercise goals for this week? 6 runs/strength training workouts
3) What are your nutrition goals for the week? Be consistent especially over the weekend since we will be out of town
4) Any non-scale victories? Feeling confident in a swim suit

Bonus: Tell me how you feel about running. Are you "good" at it, and do you love it? I have all the feels about running. It has totally transformed my life. “Good” is pretty relative. When I started the couch to 5k program 10 years ago I couldn’t even run a mile and would literally throw up in the gym bathroom after getting off the treadmill because it was so challenging. I was seriously out of shape and overweight. My last half in the fall I averaged 8:15 mile splits. I’m not quite where I want to be yet but I’m really proud of the progress I have made so far. Running makes me push myself mentally and physically more than any other exercise I’ve ever done. I love the feeling after you finish a long run or the sense of accomplishment after you cross the finish line at a race. Running has been really hard on my body though. I’m in year three of chiropractic care and in month four of physical therapy for running-related injuries. I will probably never be able to run the weekly mileage I used to but would love to get back to the point where it felt effortless again.

[erinshelley21]

1. Last week did not go as planned for my workouts. Exhaustion hit me like a ton of bricks Wednesday night and most of. So I only got 2 crossfits and a piyo in. I did really well with food considering I had opportunities to eat cake and cookies yesterday and had neither.
2. 3 crossfit, 2 runs, 1 or 2 piyo. This will only get done because I'm running to and from the gym this afternoon and counting it as a run AND crossfit rather than it just being one workout lol
3. Stick to the challenge again. I've had more cheats than I'm supposed too and haven't been counting them since they are just extra spoons of pb or the rest of DS's soggy lucky charms because cereal is my weakness so I need to cut those out.
4. I was home sick last Thursday and didn't eat everything I laid my eyes on.
Bonus. I'm starting to love running. I've always hated it and I've blamed it on running being punishment in volleyball and softball growing up. Plus our PE classes never taught us how to run. It was always, go run a mile or go run a lap around the track but no actual education on how to breathe, how to increase your distance or endurance, etc. Now it's something I enjoy. 3 miles is still the most I've done but I'm hoping for a 10k at some point this year.

[judyblume14]

erinshelley21, so, for my 100 miles, I am definitely counting miles that I accumulate in a WOD. The rule I set for myself, is that if the WOD has more than a mile of running in it, I count it towards my miles. If it's just like, a 500m cash-in, or a 100m sprint in each of 4 rounds, I do not count it.

All that to say that if I were you, I would also count running to the gym as a separate workout than the WOD itself!

[polecat8]

1) Pretty good. I was able to do all of my 80 DO workouts. I even did a P90X workout on the gym on Saturday after my 80 DO cardio workout at home.
2) 6 80 DO workouts and maybe a P90X
3) My diet discipline is starting to wane. I miss my sweets especially since I don't get to eat a lot of fruit on this diet. I have a refeed day on Wed, so I'll be eating some sweets then.
4) I put on a pair of shorts that were tight a few months ago and they were falling off my butt.

Bonus: Tell me how you feel about running. Are you "good" at it, and do you love it?
I have a love/hate relationship with running. I love the benefits I get from it, but I find it so boring, especially when I'm on the treadmill. To make it fun, I like to run at a local park when it's busy so I can do a little people watching. I've done some 5Ks and one half-marathon, but I'm not fast by any means (10 min miles are comfortable to me).

[186momx]

1. Okay, I stuck to meal plans, got my walks in, and my ankle feels better. Plus I saw the chiro Friday and that made me feel 10X better.
2. 3 walks, and each day 60 second planks & 60 second wall sits
3. Stick to my meal plans and no dinner outs
4. NA

Bonus: I hate running and totally suck at it. My boobs fly all over the place no matter what bra I wear. It causes major back spasms and my hips ache. The last time I ran I did 4 big blocks and it was bad and caused major issues (passed out, threw out my whole back, and major migraine). I stick to power walking!

[campermom]

1) How did last week go? Better than the week before but not back to normal yet. I was still in a rut.
2) What are your exercise goals for this week? Get back to running.
Mon: night run 4
Tues: Strength right after work
Wed: run hills outside of fencing practice
Thurs: group run 6
Friday: rest
Sat/sun Spa trip with girlfriends! Rest!

3) What are your nutrition goals for the week? Eat better than last weekend. Well until spa buffet anyway.
4) Any non-scale victories? My rut is wearing off thankfully. After my half May 6 I just needed a break. My next training cycle won’t officially start until July 21 so now aim just running for pleasure.

Brings me to my next point-I have found that I go between loving and hating running. I’ve improved in speed and endurance over the last 2 years. I’ve PR’d my 5k (24:2x) usually was around 28. and pR’d Half (2:01) which was usually between 2:10-2:20. What has helped me love running more was joining a running group. It’s a mix of men and women of all ages and paces. They are so supportive and there’s a huge variety of morning, evening, track, road and trail runs. Also listening to podcasts when I’m alone but only allowing myself to listen to them while running. With all these things together, I’m loving running a whole lot more than not. Having a set schedule with my husband/kids has helped too.

[judyblume14]

186momx - I feel you. I love walking. I love strolling the girls so Fast that I'm winded and sweaty. Hell, I probably walk a faster mile than I run!

[vavavictoria]

1) How did last week go? Not so great. No exercise and I ate all the things. Theoretically I plan to get back on track eventually.

2) What are your exercise goals for this week?
I can start working out again on Thursday so I’m going to go to a barre class while I’m off. Friday I may go running.

3) What are your nutrition goals for the week?
Enjoy staycation fun foods without going completely rogue

4) Any non-scale victories? Down a size in shorts.

Bonus: Tell me how you feel about running. Are you "good" at it, and do you love it?

I also have a love hate relationship with running. I prefer it when it’s cold outside. And right now it is so freaking hot. The treadmill is not my favorite but i expect that’s where i will run for the next few months. I also miss my faster days. My 1/2 PR was 2 hours flat back when I was all about xfit in addition to my running. Now a 10 minute mile is pretty fast for me. I probably average out around 10:30/11. I was going to run a full marathon this fall and got up to running about 6 miles regularly when I decided that I didn’t really want to spend 4x that amount of time running. Maybe I’ll do a half. In summary, I like running when it doesn’t hurt. Also when starting to run I really highly recommend C25K. It just takes the suffering out of starting to run and eases you into the miles gradually.

[mustardseed2007]

1) How did last week go?

Well I was on vacation so I actually worked out less and ate worse. But I knew it would be like that so it was fine.

2) What are your exercise goals for this week?

All greens in training peaks. Also, I'm going to meet up with someone from my tri group who is slower like me and we're going to bike ride together. My coach has actually paired us up into a little group chat and pairs us up during workouts so it's been good for both of us. I have the work ethic that she's lacking...she has talent that i don't have. I have a feeling she's going to surpass me soon but it'll be nice for a while.

3) What are your nutrition goals for the week?

I just met with a new nutritionist today. This meeting was different than the others I've had...the follow ups are built in to be weekly for 8 weeks and they structure the meetings better. It was encouraging. This week I'm just going to track so she knows what I'm eating and then next week I'll need to change my eating habits, so my nutrition goal is to track the days I'm supposed to track.

4) Any non-scale victories?

Bonus: Tell me how you feel about running. Are you "good" at it, and do you love it?

Ah. Me and running.

My favorite kind of run is a long run of 8-10 miles, which I do at a 10-10.5 min/mile. Tempo runs happen once per week where I run a short distance very fast. Usually between 8-8.5. I hate those days.

I'd say I'm definitely not good at running compared to most people that I run with. But I'm better at running than someone who doesn't run regularly. Compared to cycling or swimming, I like running the best because you can just do it without getting tons of equipment together.

But right now, it's hot as hell and I like it a lot less. And it's never super easy for me.