Drats, Fatman, Foiled Again

Ever feel like you are stuck in an episode of Batman, the original with Adam West?  It is hard to fight the Fatman when crazy shenanigans happen!

I had plans to work out this am and break a sweat, but when N8 went to walk the dog last night before bed, he found that the water heater had busted!!!  I can't break a sweat before church and not be able to take a shower.  The other people would not like that so much.  So I am going to have to break a sweat this afternoon.

Now to decide what to do.  It is WAY too cold to go outside, and while I love "playing" on our Wii Fit Plus, I am feeling like I need a little more.  I may look into getting Zumba for the Wii, or any of TBL workouts for the Wii.

GOAL THIS WEEK: Break a sweat everyday!!!

Resetting

All this past week I have been making excuses not making sweat.  I have no doubt that I will have a weight gain tomorrow morning.  I have run out of steam.  It started with a cloudy overcast day, then I had to stay at the house and wait for a guy to come by to give N8 a quote for something.  Strange that it JUST  now hit me, I could have worked out on the Wii, but since I couldn't run, my one track mind was my enemy, and I didn't do anything.

Since I have spent this week feeling sorry for myself and eating all kinds of junk, I know I have my work cut out for me.  Not only in my weight loss journey, but also on my 5k journey.  I have noticed how lazy I have felt, and how tired I have felt.  I even went as far today as to have popcorn/butter with Brawley today.  Good news: I have come very close this week to breaking down and having a Coke, but NO!!!  I have come so far on that one aspect, I can't lose that!

Tomorrow will be the day the Lord will make and I will rejoice and be glad in it.  That will look like a NEW start.  Morning time on the Wii, even if it is just yoga, but it must be something.  I have to channel my inner "Stella" and get my groove back!

I will remember how GREAT I felt when I was running, and being proactive on my activity level and how I feel.  I will look for and learn Scriptures that God is speaking to me about how I take care of my body!

The Goal Still Stands!!!  A slip up is not failure unless I quit and I have a "goal shirt" to get into!

It's Not Over!!!

I started a new week of my running schedule.  This week I am going 1.5 miles and walking 1 minute, running 1 minute.  It went better than I anticipated, since I was going from running 4 minutes to running 13!!!  Of course when I set out on my run today, ignorance was bliss, and I didn't know how many times I was going to be running, so it didn't freak me out.

On the route I mapped out, there was a hill that had conquered me before, and when my minute was up on that cycle I was mid-hill.  I knew if I stopped in the middle of the hill I was going to feel defeated, so I finished RUNNING up the hill!  TAKE THAT!!!

I am not sure why I have started doing this, but at the end of my run, I run around the house next to us, and come back to the house from the parking lot behind the house instead of stopping in front of the house.

Calves: not too sore, Shins: getting not too sore, and my chest has not hurt since that very first run!

Last week I went 1 mile from 19 minutes to down to 15 minutes.  While it took me 25 minutes to walk/run the 1.5 mile, I can't wait to see how long (or how much less time) it takes me to run it at the end of the week!

I just pray that I don't get overconfident and push myself into an injury.

Swing and a Miss

I weighed in this am, and did not get the results I was wanting, but it was at least a loss.  I ran 3x this week, but I had slipped on my food.  While I was getting started on my running, maybe as far as burning calories go, the walking/running didn't do as much as I thought.  Maybe I was doing a little bit of work, while it was good for me, but expecting TBL results.  (The Biggest Loser)   I think because I thought I was doing great with the walking/running I slacked off on my food.  My math equation was off:  more in than out.  But my God is amazing, and everyday that He gives me is a fresh new start!

So this week, it is back to paying attention to my food intake, and doing the running and the Wii.  I  need to pay attention to the strength training on the Wii, b/c while muscle weighs more than fat, muscle also burns more calories from what I understand.

Here's praying that next Sunday yields better results!!!

Feeling the Results!!!

I didn't do anything on the Wii yesterday, but I didn't worry about it, because we took the youth to a concert last night and I can not just sit and and listen to music.  I JUST GOTTA DANCE! However, having 8 youth girls at your house is not very good for sleeping.  I ended up with about 3 hrs of sleep last night, and N8 suggested I call and cancel my walk/run with a friend today, but I knew if I took this excuse it would be easier to find another one then another one and so on, which is not going to help me reach 130 by Christmas.  

So I took a nap, was a little late, but off we were!  I impressed myself with how I was able to walk 2 min, run 1 min, and by the 4th run minute I was still able to talk to her!  My one mile even walking/running only took 15 minutes!  That is 4 minutes faster than Tuesday... so excited!

But I am not going to sit on my laurels, next week the mileage goes to 1.5 miles and my walk/run goes to one and one.  Not sure if I want to wait until Tuesday to run, and have 2 days in between so this week may be a Monday/Wed/Friday/Sunday walk/run week, 

I am interested to see what the scale tells me in the morning.  Oh the suspense!  

Short Term Sacrifice for Long Term Gain

I went for a walk/run this am and my shins are killing me.  I know that I run heavy, and am working on that.  I am going to be looking for some stretches, and look at different ways to run to take the pressures off of my shins.  Right now my shins are killing me.

I had a little surprise while I was running this am.  While usually I have some dogs bark at me, they stay in their yards.  Bad thing: I heard a dog barking at me really close, thought it was the dog that was in the fence, turned around RIGHT BEHIND ME!!!  I screamed because it startled me.  Good thing: my screaming like a girl, scared the dog and he ran off scared.  I WON!

Now to start carring a water bottle or something non-toxic to squirt!

Priorities

Sometimes our days don't go as planned... sick kids, as precious as they are, can be a huge monkey wrench.  I didn't get any work outs or any Wii time in today.  However, I did do over 1 hr on Wii fit and ran, which about killed me, and I know that the Bear is going back to school tomorrow, which works out great since it is the next training day.

Currently I am looking for some great shin stretches, and if anyone knows any, I would love that information.  Because I run so heavy at this point, it does take its toll on my poor shins.  Innocent parties in this whole thing.

Goal tomorrow: stay true to the walk 2 run 1 program, and get a 45 min Wii strength/yoga work out in.