End of Season Stats - Summer 2011

So, at the beginning of summer, I started making a real push for the Volkslauf 2012.

I went from walking about a mile at a time to averaging over 3 miles a day, 5-6 days a week.

I went from doing some yoga for strength training to doing Body Rock a couple times a week.

I've lost 10.8 lbs.

I've lost 1.5 inches in my waist, 2.25 inches in my hips, .5 inch in my arms and 1 inch in my thighs for a total of 5.25 inches.

Over the course of the fall I plan to:

• Start a running program.  (10/10/11 estimated start date.)
• Strength train 2-3 times a week.
• Continue to dial in my diet.

By winter, I'd like to be able to:

• Do at least one military style push up with good form.
• Run for 5 minutes straight. (This is where I should be if I don't hit any bumps in the road.)

Saucony Grid Cohesion 4

I finally bought a real running shoe.  It fits great and didn't cost me an arm and a leg.  (Which is good, because I need the arm and leg more than I need the shoe.)

Interestingly, I had to buy a whole size bigger than I ever have in any other shoe.  Ever.

But it made me think of this. Which is filthy and full of the F-word and not suitable for work at all.  But funny.  And, of course, I asked my husband about it while I was trying the aforementioned bigfoot shoes and he started doing the whole routine.  Minus the f-bombs since we were in mixed company.

Anyway, I wore them for the first time today.  Walked 4 miles and had no new pains.  Left heel and foot still hurt, but not because of the shoe.  DH walked behind me and said that my right foot isn't rolling in like it did in my old shoes.  They are cushy and feel like they form to my foot.  I couldn't be happier with them.

Expected start date for running is 10/10.

Woo Hoo!

Ever have one of those days when you get on the scale and want to jump for joy but don't for fear you might break it?

Today was one of those days.

Next Sunday, I'll post how far I've come since it will be Fall and I'll have been really pushing it for the whole season.

Not sure how I lost weight last week because my calorie count was 2253 average per day.  But, I collected 422 minutes of exercise.

I didn't do anything but walk and yoga this last week.  Planning on adding the Body Rocking in again starting tomorrow.

Maybe I can get organized enough to post a blog more than once this week, too.

Not Happy

I want to say that I got totally derailed this week.  There were a few victories, but overall, I'm just not happy.

Both weight and measurements are up this week.

Average daily calories was 2179.  Hence the above.

My exercise time increased to 417 minutes, so that was good.  All walking.  No Body Rock or yoga, so that's not so good.

My bloody foot is killing me.  It felt good yesterday.  This morning it hurts so bad I'm icing it BEFORE I go for a walk.  Yes, I'm still going.  It's going to hurt whether I walk or not, so I might as well try to burn off some of the blubber.

I wonder how long it takes before you get to the point where you just do the right things for your body.  Seems like I spend a lot of time complaining about how I ate too much or didn't exercise enough.  Yet, there are people out there who look and feel better than I do and it seems effortless.  Do chocolate cakes with caramel icing never jump into their grocery cart?  Do chocolate cherry Cokes never call their names?  When someone offers them a cupcake, does it never force itself between their teeth?  Does this stuff only happen to me?

Joking aside, I wonder if you have to be the right kind of person to keep yourself in check or if that really can be learned.  And if it can be learned, how the hell long does it take? Or is it just about gritting your teeth and never giving in until you reach your goal?

I guess if it were easy, we'd all be thin.

Another Week Closer

I have a year and three weeks left until goal.

I'm down about a pound, but my waist and hip measurements went up. My bicep and thigh measurements went down.

Average calories were 2106 for each day this week.

I spent 377 minutes working out.

I got in three Body Rock workouts without falling over or being so sore I couldn't move, but I didn't walk as much as usual. I did get in two yoga workouts.

Temps outside are twenty degrees lower than they were at this time yesterday. I have long sleeves on for my walk. Yay!

The Migraine, The Foot and The Pie-hole...

...and other moaning.

I was down with a migraine for two days. I've had them for so long that my coping mechanisms are pretty good. I can still work, although slowly and with more confusion than usual. Working out usually makes them go away, until I stop anyway. I take Goody's headache powders and they ease the pain so I'm functional, so I manage. Until the Goody's catches up with me.

It gives me the runs. So that I don't dare leave the house to walk for fear of messing myself in public. No walk for me today.

I could take Immodium, but in my mind it seems stupid to stop myself from going if that's what my body needs to do. If I had needed to go to work, I would have taken some. Taking a walk didn't seem important enough to constipate myself for two days. I BodyRocked this morning and I'll be doing my yoga CD after I get done blogging, so I'm hoping that will make up for it.

The foot is not getting better and this is probably because I'm not following my Ibuprofen and icing program. I walked 2.8 miles yesterday and today it hurts every time I get up. So, I drank a sixteen ounce bottle of water today with some MIO in it. (If you haven't tried it, you should. The fruit punch is yummy.) Then I refilled it, put the lid on loosely and put it in the freezer. I'm going to be using this to ice my foot after walking and after work. Easier than making an ice pack and reusable until the bottle breaks. Tomorrow, I'll start the Ibuprofen again.

Once again, I have allowed my pie-hole to betray me. Today I was craving toast with butter and brown sugar. I tried to fight it until I decided I couldn't and succumbed. On the bright side, I made it with my homemade bread and my butter and canola oil blend, so I can pretend that it was a little good for me. This is something I crave consistently a couple times a month. I never have been able to resist. I've often thought that it had something to do with being premenstrual and that maybe there was iron in brown sugar. Turns out, I was right. Two tablespoons packed has three percent of the RDA for iron. A cup has 23%. Odd how your body knows this stuff. So, tomorrow, I'm going to be eating a bowl of Total for breakfast to try to replenish my iron stores. In fact, I'll probably do that for the next few days. Even if I don't eat it every day, it still helps up my overall iron intake for the week. Can't hurt, might keep me from jamming my face in the brown sugar container.

Check in with you on Sunday or so.