Couch to 5k 2013 - W1D3

Couch to 5k Week 1 Day 3
Warm Up - 5 Minutes
Run 60 Seconds, Walk 90 Seconds - 21 Minutes
Cool Down - 5 Minutes

I've been putting this run off for a few days because I've been having some knee issues thanks to pushing myself a bit and then some of my leg strength training/weights.  I went into this run saying I would take it really easy, but then I started and felt SO GOOD, so I went for it :)

Warm Up - 5 Minutes - 2 Min. @ 4 mph, 2 Min. @ 4.1 mph, 1 Min. @ 4.2 mph (.33 miles)
Run 60 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Walk 90 Sec. @ 4 mph (x4)
Run 40 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Run 20 Sec. @ 8 mph, Walk 90 Sec. @ 4 mph (x2)
Run 30 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Run 30 Sec. @ 8 mph, Walk 90 Sec. @ 4.2 mph (x2)
Run 60 Sec. @ 8 mph (x1) (1.95 miles)
Cool Down - 5 Minutes - 2 Min. @ 4.2 mph, 2 Min. @ 4.1 mph, 1 Min. @ 4 mph (.34 miles)


Like I said, I felt good, so I wanted to test myself.  I followed it with the strength stuff from my BodBot schedule (though I did remove one exercise that I KNOW kills my knees).  I'm going to try to get Week 2 done by Friday, so I plan to do W2D1 tomorrow.  I can do it!

Have a lovely week!

XOXO

Ball Pit

This made me smile and, for some reason, get a little teary...




XOXO

Couch to 5k 2013 - W1D2

Couch to 5k Week 1 Day 2
Warm Up - 5 Minutes
Run 60 Seconds, Walk 90 Seconds - 21 Minutes
Cool Down - 5 Minutes

I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY didn't want to do this.  Day 2 and I'm already dreading it?  Ugh...I had a very busy day yesterday with Bean and I slept like crap.  I did it anyway and...

Warm Up - 5 Minutes - 3 Min. @ 4 mph, 1 Min. @ 4.1 mph, 1 Min. @ 4.2 mph (.33 miles)
Run 45 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Run 15 Sec. @ 8mph, Walk 90 Sec. @ 4 mph (x4)
Run 40 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Run 20 Sec. @ 8 mph, Walk 90 Sec. @ 4.2 mph (x3)
Run 30 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Run 30 Sec. @ 8 mph, Walk 90 Sec. @ 4.2 mph (x1)
Run 15 Sec. @ 7.5 mph, Run 30 Sec. @ 8 mph, Run 15 Sec. @ 8.5 mph (x1)
Cool Down - 5 Minutes - 1 Min. @ 4.3 mph, 1 Min. @ 4.2 mph, 1 Min. @ 4.1 mph, 1 Min. @ 4, 1 Min. @ 3.9 mph (.33 miles)

I hit some button in the middle of my run/walk cycle (I think I turned it into one of the preset workouts) and it reset my time and mileage!  GRRR!!!  I have no idea my mileage for the run/walk portion...total bummer...

I was happy, though, with this run and am glad I did it.  I was able to run for longer at faster speeds than the W1D1 workout, so that is a major positive!  KEEP IT UP!

XOXO

Couch to 5k 2013 - W1D1

Couch to 5k Week 1 Day 1
Warm Up - 5 Minutes
Run 60 Seconds, Walk 90 Seconds - 21 Minutes
Cool Down - 5 Minutes

It went really well.  I did it on the treadmill and this is how it went...

Warm Up - 5 Minutes @ 4 mph (.33 miles)
Run 60 Seconds @ 7.5 mph, Walk 90 Seconds @ 4 mph (1.93 miles)
Cool Down - 5 Minutes @ 4-4.2 mph (.34 miles)

For my last three run segments, I ran at 7.5 for a bit and then bopped it up to 8 (and 8.5 during part of the last run).  I felt really good during this workout and it gives me hope that I can get close to where I was once again.  I will be able to go out for easy 3 mile runs again!

Join me and lets get this thing done :)

XOXO

Couch to 5k Redo

I want my running stamina back.

I also want my speed back.

I've come up with the idea to redo the Couch-To-5k program again.  Since I can still run about 2 miles if I have to, I figured this would help me build my speed and stamina again.  I'll be using the Ease into 5k App because that is what I used last time.

I'm REALLY trying to get back into a habit with this, but I just feel so worn down and lazy all the time now...ugh...

I'm making this a commitment, damnit!  And I will even come up with some sort of punishment if I don't finish it in the 8 weeks.

Start: Today! April 8, 2013
Finish: By June 2nd, 2013

I do have a 5k to run on May 12th, but still...maybe I will be motivated to run more than 3 times a week (hopefully).

Here we go...I'm doing this!

XOXO

A Year Ago...

I weighed myself this morning.  I was curious to see where I was, as I have started to add in my workouts again, but my eating hasn't been great.  I also went to the doctor on Tuesday and was a little shocked of my weight (with clothes...).  Oh, yeah...did I mention that my wonderful husband and I are starting another weight loss challenge very soon?  We figured it would jump start both of us and add in some motivation.  Another weight loss challenge, you say?  We did a Jillian Michaels' 30 Day Shred Challenge in June 2011 and based the winning off of percent of weight lost.  We did another in November/December of that year and then January/February of 2012.

ANYWAY, back to my weight today...

144.6 lbs. :)

I just checked my weigh-ins page and found two things to be true:

1. I tied (again) for my lowest weight in my adult life!  I weighed-in at 144.6 pounds on June 15th and July 13th of 2012!!!
2. On March 7th, 2012, I weighed 144.8 pounds.  What does that mean?  I've maintained weight loss, people!!!

What did I weigh at the doctor on Tuesday, March 12, 2013?  Well, my above #1 wasn't 100% true.  I HIT A NEW LOW WEIGHT ON TUESDAY!!!  AT THE DOCTOR WITH MY CLOTHES ON!!!

144.2 pounds!!!

I was shocked.  I'm trying to use it as motivation in the sense of "you can totally drop some more pounds if you work a bit".  We will see how it goes.

Everyone have a great day!

XOXO

Not Quite the Weekend We Planned For...

Last Friday (as in the 22nd...not this last Friday), I was stressed...

No.

Stressed is putting it mildly.

Well...I was multi-tasking like a pro (homework/cleaning/laundry/etc) because we were having Lilly's birthday party on Saturday...when one thing seemed to topple my awesome tower.

As I was quickly tossing Lilly's laundry into the dryer, I feel something hit my toes with each handful I throw in there.  I stop and realize it is on my hands.  Gel gunk!  What the hell is this?  After a minute, I assume that Lilly accidentally put a toy in her wash.  I grab an extra laundry basket and start putting the clothes into it.  The gel is on EVERYTHING...and it is in both the washer and dryer and on the floor.  A short while in, I realize what the culprit is...A PULL-UP!!!...Lilly is back to wearing them at night.

Ever wash a Pull-Up?

See All That White Bead-Looking Stuff???
That is After I'd Shaken the Clothes

After all the clothes are in the basket, I quickly try to clean the machines out and the floor as best as I can.  Gross...awful...what the hell do I do?!?!  I run to my computer to Google...as I assume I am not the first Mom to do this...  I'm on the verge of tears because I have SO MUCH to get done in the next few hours and this is CERTAINLY not something I need to deal with right now.

My phone rings and it is Mom.

"Hi...  I just wanted you to know that I'm with your brother and we are at Urgent Care..."

I don't think my brother, who doesn't like going to the doctor, has seen once since 1974...when he was born...

"They think he might have to have his appendix out..."

*tears*

She tells me they are waiting for official word, but will keep me posted.  I ask if she can call me back with some good news, instead.

I decide to get as much of the Pull-Up cleanup done while I am waiting to here.  I run 3 HOT empty loads in the washer while I take the clothes outside for a good shakedown (in the Winter...in Minnesota...my neighbors probably really think I am a nut...).  I start running those puppies through the wash a couple times and try to finish some cleaning.  Oh, and while all this is going on, my phone rings again.

It is my Mom again.

"It is his appendix.  He is having a CT and they are scheduling something for today."

I call my husband and tell him that it is my brother's appendix and he has to have surgery and we are probably going to have to cancel Bean's party...  I don't know what else to do, so I keep cleaning.  And my phone rings again.

It is my brother.

"Just letting you know that I'm on my way to the hospital.  I guess they are waiting for me..."

Good, God...

I call Lee and tell him that we are going to the hospital as soon as he gets home.  He gets home a half hour early, we officially decide to cancel the party, we pack up, we go get Bean, and I call Mom to tell her that I will be dropped off at the hospital to wait with her and the other two will head to my sister's house (or as I liked to call it in my head this weekend "home-base").

We get there, I find Mom and she tells me that things went well, he is closed up and in recovery, but it was really bad.  I will spare the details because, that is a tale for my brother to tell.  He was in PACU for what seemed like forever, but eventually we got to see him and he was doing very well :)  He needed his rest, so Mom and I headed back to "home-base" and crashed for the night.

We were up and headed for the hospital in the morning (this time with my sister in tow).  He was doing well when we got there and was told that he could go home around three if lunch went well.  I forced him to order some food, yada yada, and he was out of there by 2.  We got him home and I stayed with him while Mom and Tammy ran to get his prescription and some food he could stomach.  I took his temp and it was a little high with all his moving around, but he crashed on the couch and got some sleep.  My brother-in-law came over to hang out with him while the three of us ladies went back to Tammy's house.  We were just getting ready to eat some delightful chicken tacos made by my husband when my phone rang...and it was my brother-in-law.

"His temp is 104.9..."

I yelled, "It's what?!?"  I had told him to make sure he takes it when he woke up.  I told him to call the hospital number ASAP, as it said to do so if it went above 101.

I got off the phone and told everyone what was going on.  Mom and I were in the Jeep on our way over there quicker than I remember...and we hit every. single. red. light.  We got there and his temp was just under 103.  They told him to go to Urgent Care, which was closed by now, so then he was waiting to hear back from his surgeon.  I thought we were going to head back to the hospital, but the on-call surgeon told him to relax a bit, take some ibuprofen and give it a few hours.  Luckily, after a few hours, his temp was around 101, which was good enough.  By morning, he was even lower, so he was all good, but still...quite a scare.  He is okay and, given some time, will be back to "normal" again...haha...my brother...normal...haha...

Lilly's party is rescheduled for this weekend, so NOBODY is allowed to drop any organs or anything again!

XOXO