Saturday was a great work out day...as far as calorie burn goes. Completed Shred level 2. Afterwards, still needed more cardio even though concentration was low and Kim didn't want to really keep step with me. Distracting but did 1.5 mi run/walk. Left cal watch on when I went grocery shopping immediately after my run and stopped it when I was finished. A total of 800 calories burned. So, today I'm going to figure how much I burn in a normal day by wearing it all day long.
Calorie intake was okay up to dinner. We had friends over and we ate slides, nachos, samolas, and outrageous cookies. We also drank margaritis (ooh, I had 3/4 red wine by myself while cooking!!!)
very very bad eats
Sunday, September 6, 2009
rest day
FRIDAY -- Took my rest day and used it to spend the time getting my son enrolled and ready for school
Friday, September 4, 2009
One cool thing about the Shred...
One cool thing about the Shred program is that it does get easier. In fact, I don't feel like I am getting enough cardio with it so the Couch to 5K program is a good addition. Was out of town yesterday so couldn't do the Shred. For the first time ever, I used the fitness room in a hotel...treadmill. Let me be clear, I hate the freaking treadmill but wasn't confident in running in the neighborhood at night.
Started with slow walk and progressed up to 2.8 (pretty fast for my little legs), then went up to a jog at 4.0. Held it for 5 minutes and went back down for a walk at 3.0 for 5. Jogged at 4.2 for 10 minutes, walked 3.4 for 10 minutes. 5 minute run at 4.2, 5 minute walk at 3.4 then 3 minute cool down at 3.0. Boring stats, I know but the cool thing is that I never got that to that tongue hanging out my mouth panting stage. Focused on the rhythym (trying to see if I can follow Chi Running tips) and never got winded. Heart rate stayed up and I ended up buring 224 cals in 30 minutes. Felt great afterwards...took my time stretching out and not sore today.
Best thing I realized about a treadmill, it's easy to watch your distance and time the running sections. Because I never really got winded, it would have been easy to keep going but then I would have been sore later so it kept me disiplined. And, anyway, I started at the 3rd progression of the C5K program because I was already in pretty good cardio shape from the Shred workouts.
Can't wait until Tuesday to see if I have actually made progress. Still want to throw the scale against the wall, though!
Started with slow walk and progressed up to 2.8 (pretty fast for my little legs), then went up to a jog at 4.0. Held it for 5 minutes and went back down for a walk at 3.0 for 5. Jogged at 4.2 for 10 minutes, walked 3.4 for 10 minutes. 5 minute run at 4.2, 5 minute walk at 3.4 then 3 minute cool down at 3.0. Boring stats, I know but the cool thing is that I never got that to that tongue hanging out my mouth panting stage. Focused on the rhythym (trying to see if I can follow Chi Running tips) and never got winded. Heart rate stayed up and I ended up buring 224 cals in 30 minutes. Felt great afterwards...took my time stretching out and not sore today.
Best thing I realized about a treadmill, it's easy to watch your distance and time the running sections. Because I never really got winded, it would have been easy to keep going but then I would have been sore later so it kept me disiplined. And, anyway, I started at the 3rd progression of the C5K program because I was already in pretty good cardio shape from the Shred workouts.
Can't wait until Tuesday to see if I have actually made progress. Still want to throw the scale against the wall, though!
Shredding, cutting and running in rhythm
Today is the first day of starting the Couch to 5K program. When reviewing the program, I realized that running 200 yrds then walking them 3x was going to bore me to death. Shred has already got my cardio up to a pretty decent level. So, decided to start at level 3. Took the dog running with me and realized its really hard to guage 90 seconds then walk then 3 minutes then walk. Used Chi Running rhythm and found I was able to go 3 minutes quite easily. Still forced myself to walk but then took it to 5 minutes then walk. Burned 256 calories. Would have gone longer but Kim started limping.
Cutting - I need to now throw some sculpting on top of all this. Kathy Smith is the best for this. Need to keep reminding myself to take it easy so I don't get injured.
Cutting - I need to now throw some sculpting on top of all this. Kathy Smith is the best for this. Need to keep reminding myself to take it easy so I don't get injured.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Why bucket changes?
Bucket changes are a little bit different from a bucket list. I suppose they are complimentary. It's all the changes you have ever wanted to make in your life but haven't yet. To be the person you always aspired to be. So rather than having a bucket list of the things you would like to do (climb a mountain, run a marathon, fly a plane, etc...), its also a list of the things you would like to change in yourself.
Also, started 30 day shred+. I put the "+" there because I am also doing the couch to 5K program. Been doing shred for 7 days now and really feel great. In fact, started doing step aerobics on top of the shred because I didn't feel I was getting enough work out. 20 minutes seemed so short. So, am mixing up running with step aerobics.
Clothes already fit better but HATE the bloody scale. Does not seem to want to budge!
But, it's no fun without measuring your progress so here I go...
Weight 109.6
BMI 25.6%
Arms*: 21"
Chest: 36"
Waist: 32"
Hips: 36"
Legs*: 40.5'
* Culmulative sum -- it will drive me crazy to measure separately
- Be disiplined and really get fit
- Life a zen life and let things flow
- Make people around me happy and comfortable being with me
- Have faith in my own power
Also, started 30 day shred+. I put the "+" there because I am also doing the couch to 5K program. Been doing shred for 7 days now and really feel great. In fact, started doing step aerobics on top of the shred because I didn't feel I was getting enough work out. 20 minutes seemed so short. So, am mixing up running with step aerobics.
Clothes already fit better but HATE the bloody scale. Does not seem to want to budge!
But, it's no fun without measuring your progress so here I go...
Weight 109.6
BMI 25.6%
Arms*: 21"
Chest: 36"
Waist: 32"
Hips: 36"
Legs*: 40.5'
* Culmulative sum -- it will drive me crazy to measure separately
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