Tuesday, February 22, 2011
A little bit of this and that ---
I've been pretty busy for the past week or so and haven't really had a chance to sit down and just get it all out. So here's a little bit of what I've been up to:
Signed up for : Canterbury Village Cross Country 5K in May. I'm excited and completely frackin' nervous about it. I did a half-marathon two years ago (walking/jogging) that took me about 3 hours when I was much less physically active but that doesn't stop the self-doubt and nerves from creeping in.
I've been working on school work and finishing up this term at SNHU in my journey to getting my bachelors degree in Psychology, and it's brought me to question my career path. I enjoy the science of psychology but I know I don't want to sit for hours and listen to people complain about their lives.. I'd much rather sit and work with children in a school but I don't know how to focus my schooling in on that. Time to see the adviser at the campus, I suppose.
I attended a hearing for Marriage Equality in Concord, and the energy and the sheer amazing-ness (is that a word?) of the support for equality for EVERYONE that I saw there just blows my mind. I can't wait for the day when everyone is not only allowed but ENCOURAGED to love and marry whom ever they want.
I'm still going to the gym...I took a few days off this last week and really regret it. I ended up feeling blah most of the week. I made up for it yesterday though with 2 gym trips in one day..and I'm hoping to get back in there today after spending time with my niece and finishing up school work.
-- Work out for yesterday--
Elliptical 25 Minutes 280 Calories
treadmill 30 Minutes 300 Calories
yoga 90 Minutes 330 Calories
Signed up for : Canterbury Village Cross Country 5K in May. I'm excited and completely frackin' nervous about it. I did a half-marathon two years ago (walking/jogging) that took me about 3 hours when I was much less physically active but that doesn't stop the self-doubt and nerves from creeping in.
I've been working on school work and finishing up this term at SNHU in my journey to getting my bachelors degree in Psychology, and it's brought me to question my career path. I enjoy the science of psychology but I know I don't want to sit for hours and listen to people complain about their lives.. I'd much rather sit and work with children in a school but I don't know how to focus my schooling in on that. Time to see the adviser at the campus, I suppose.
I attended a hearing for Marriage Equality in Concord, and the energy and the sheer amazing-ness (is that a word?) of the support for equality for EVERYONE that I saw there just blows my mind. I can't wait for the day when everyone is not only allowed but ENCOURAGED to love and marry whom ever they want.
I'm still going to the gym...I took a few days off this last week and really regret it. I ended up feeling blah most of the week. I made up for it yesterday though with 2 gym trips in one day..and I'm hoping to get back in there today after spending time with my niece and finishing up school work.
-- Work out for yesterday--
Elliptical 25 Minutes 280 Calories
treadmill 30 Minutes 300 Calories
yoga 90 Minutes 330 Calories
Friday, February 11, 2011
Rockstar!
I went into the gym feeling pretty crappy. I've come down with some sort of bug and going into the gym and exercising didn't seem at all like anything I wanted to actually do but after talking with Amy at Fat Girls Can Run via Twitter and getting some awesome encouragement, I decided to try for my rockstar status for the day. 5K Your Way Rookie Running Program - Week: 1 Day: 1 -- 20 minutes. 1.5 miles. ROCKSTAR status achieved!!
Yay me.
Workout:
Elliptical Trainer 10 minutes 138 Calories
Treadmill - 15 min/mile 20 Minutes 138 Calories
Yay me.
Workout:
Elliptical Trainer 10 minutes 138 Calories
Treadmill - 15 min/mile 20 Minutes 138 Calories
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Super excited--
I've always been interested in running. It seems like a good workout.. I enjoyed doing it when I was in elementary school and I have multiple people in my life RAVING about it-- so imagine my surprise when my favorite fitness website came up with a new "Running Section" and their own 5k training plan.
I've always been afraid to try running and just like FattyBoobaLatty over at Fatty Made a Funny often times find myself THISCLOSE to actually running. But I stop myself just in time. I'm afraid of looking like such an idiot and making the people around me laugh so hard that they fall off their treadmills and die...I'm just looking out for the innocent in this y'all, I promise. My reluctance to run has nothing at ALL to do with the fact that I'm afraid I won't be good at it. PROMISE.
I guess my point in this is that I think I am going to challenge myself (and any one else that wants to join me) into actually trying to go thru this program. After all..what do we have to lose besides a few pounds?
---WORKOUT---
I've always been afraid to try running and just like FattyBoobaLatty over at Fatty Made a Funny often times find myself THISCLOSE to actually running. But I stop myself just in time. I'm afraid of looking like such an idiot and making the people around me laugh so hard that they fall off their treadmills and die...I'm just looking out for the innocent in this y'all, I promise. My reluctance to run has nothing at ALL to do with the fact that I'm afraid I won't be good at it. PROMISE.
I guess my point in this is that I think I am going to challenge myself (and any one else that wants to join me) into actually trying to go thru this program. After all..what do we have to lose besides a few pounds?
---WORKOUT---
| Stationary Bicycling: moderate (bike, biking) | 10 minutes | 107 calories | |
| Elliptical Trainer | 30 minutes | 413 calories | |
| Treadmill - 10% incline 24 min/mile | 10 minutes | 92 calories |
| DAILY TOTALS : | 50 minutes | 612 calories |
Super excited--
I've always been interested in running. It seems like a good workout.. I enjoyed doing it when I was in elementary school and I have multiple people in my life RAVING about it-- so imagine my surprise when
I love a good workout...
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Pics from yesterdays workout.
Sweat + breathlessness = Beautiful :)
Pics from yesterdays workout.
Sweat + breathlessness = Beautiful :)
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
To be...or not to be (a tracker, that is.)
I participated in #fitblog's chat last night and the topic of conversation was "Tracking". Do you track calories...why or why not, what do you track, and when? I've tracked in the past and let it slide to the wayside after I got into a good groove, but the chat last night really opened my eyes to the fact that I'm really not ready to be on my own in the "calorie war".
So I tracked all day today, and ended up with 845 calories out of a recommended 1790. So, I scrambled at the end of the day to throw something together that would get me close to that range, and now feel stuffed and uncomfortable. Should I have just left well-enough alone and sucked up the minimal calorie count and just tried again tomorrow or was I right in trying to get as close as I could to it?
I'm basing my 1790 on what SparkPeople says is the high end of my recommended range (Low end being 1440) .. I ended up with 1532 so pretty much in the middle... However, based on the BMR formula that I have always followed.. I should be eating about 2500 calories to maintain my current weight and then reducing that by 500 a day just to lose a pound a week ...so that still leaves me at over 2000 calories and my 1532 from earlier being still not enough.
What do you do in that situation?
Workout:
Elliptical for 30 minutes ( 413 cals)
Treadmill 10% incline 12minutes (104 cals)
Total of 517 calories.
So I tracked all day today, and ended up with 845 calories out of a recommended 1790. So, I scrambled at the end of the day to throw something together that would get me close to that range, and now feel stuffed and uncomfortable. Should I have just left well-enough alone and sucked up the minimal calorie count and just tried again tomorrow or was I right in trying to get as close as I could to it?
I'm basing my 1790 on what SparkPeople says is the high end of my recommended range (Low end being 1440) .. I ended up with 1532 so pretty much in the middle... However, based on the BMR formula that I have always followed.. I should be eating about 2500 calories to maintain my current weight and then reducing that by 500 a day just to lose a pound a week ...so that still leaves me at over 2000 calories and my 1532 from earlier being still not enough.
What do you do in that situation?
Workout:
Elliptical for 30 minutes ( 413 cals)
Treadmill 10% incline 12minutes (104 cals)
Total of 517 calories.
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