Today we participated in a corn maze for about 2 1/2 hours. I managed to make my exercise goal for the week ;)
After the maze we went to the George Washington Crossing State Park and crossed the Delaware river via bridge.
For my day off, I certainly got a lot of exercise in :)
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Week 1 Complete
Well, I've accomplished the first week of training. I did Chicken Fat yesterday morning before the boys even got up and was showered at the start of the day. What a nice difference that made for my day. I have been thinking about getting up around 5 to do my training but when the alarm goes off I am just too tired. I can tell that the exercsising has made me more tired by the end of the day. But I can also tell that a difference in the way I feel. I keep thinking I am already slimming down a bit but then I put on my clothes and they are just as tight as before so it 'must be all on me head.'
Today it took a lot of self-control to walk out the door and complete my task. Today I did 6 sets instead of 5 but I felt tired before I even started. I've been having this mental debate about whether I should walk on my off days. The dog was certainly disappointed yesterday that we didn't go. I think I've decided I need to go just not do the running. I think it would help my legs to not be so sore. I will need to do the chicken fat in addition though because I need that variety for the rest of my body. Maybe I could do the walk in the afternoon with the boys and it won't matter how fast or far I go.....
According to sparkpeople, in order to reach my goal weight (losing one pound a week) I need to exercise 180 min/814 calories and I am only up to 140 minutes/650 calories. So if I had taken a walk both days I would be at my goal.
Next week I walk for 3 and run for 1.5 minutes. I am pretty confident I can handle that because it feels odd to just stop when I hit the one minute mark though I will miss that extra minute of walk. I am curious to see how that will do for my distance because it hasn't really changed until today by adding the extra set. With the 5 sets I'd go about 1.98 miles and today I did 2.12.
Anyway, here's an interesting tidbit from today's experience as posted on FB:
"I had an extra companion at the start of my walk today. The cat decided she wanted to come too and had a great time until the one minute of running and she yelled at us when we got ahead of her and she had to really exert her energies. She decided she had had enough when we past the house again. But, it was fun while it lasted :)
I left the yard and she followed me across the street. I said hi to her and she went towards that house and I kept going. Pretty soon she started meowing loudly so when I finally figured out where she was I could tell it was directed at me. So, I talked to her, talked to the neighbor and started going again. She ran to catch up and kept up with us the entire way around the block. She was a bit upset for the run and when we got to the house Tim was going to the car so she walked nonchalantly up the drive-way."
Today it took a lot of self-control to walk out the door and complete my task. Today I did 6 sets instead of 5 but I felt tired before I even started. I've been having this mental debate about whether I should walk on my off days. The dog was certainly disappointed yesterday that we didn't go. I think I've decided I need to go just not do the running. I think it would help my legs to not be so sore. I will need to do the chicken fat in addition though because I need that variety for the rest of my body. Maybe I could do the walk in the afternoon with the boys and it won't matter how fast or far I go.....
According to sparkpeople, in order to reach my goal weight (losing one pound a week) I need to exercise 180 min/814 calories and I am only up to 140 minutes/650 calories. So if I had taken a walk both days I would be at my goal.
Next week I walk for 3 and run for 1.5 minutes. I am pretty confident I can handle that because it feels odd to just stop when I hit the one minute mark though I will miss that extra minute of walk. I am curious to see how that will do for my distance because it hasn't really changed until today by adding the extra set. With the 5 sets I'd go about 1.98 miles and today I did 2.12.
Anyway, here's an interesting tidbit from today's experience as posted on FB:
"I had an extra companion at the start of my walk today. The cat decided she wanted to come too and had a great time until the one minute of running and she yelled at us when we got ahead of her and she had to really exert her energies. She decided she had had enough when we past the house again. But, it was fun while it lasted :)
I left the yard and she followed me across the street. I said hi to her and she went towards that house and I kept going. Pretty soon she started meowing loudly so when I finally figured out where she was I could tell it was directed at me. So, I talked to her, talked to the neighbor and started going again. She ran to catch up and kept up with us the entire way around the block. She was a bit upset for the run and when we got to the house Tim was going to the car so she walked nonchalantly up the drive-way."
Monday, October 1, 2012
Day 1 - Game on
I was itching to walk all weekend. I thought about going Saturday morning or even Friday afternoon because the weather had cleared up by then. But I didn't. Well, the boys and I did go for a walk but it hardly counted as much exercise and certainly not for my training. Today though, was the day. Game on.
I discovered the 4 min walk/1 min run done 5 times was perfect. It is basically what I have been doing but with more structure. It works well. I will do this 2 more times this week. My route was just shy of 2 miles. I used the stop watch on my phone to keep track which worked fine but it is clumsy. I need to figure out a better method and a way to keep track of my sets or I'm going to end up getting all confused.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a cross-training or a rest day. I think I will do my Chicken Fat video though I long for some plyo jumps. Maybe instead of pogo jumps I'll do plyo ;)
I tracked my effort on sparkpeople and decided to go ahead and make a lose weight goal though it really won't be something I work really hard at. We have no scale so I am unsure of my exact weight but it was pretty close to 180 when I got here. I may be down to 175 at this point but I said I am 180 anyway. I decided to let it tell me how long it will take if I lose 1 pound a week. By mid-April I should be back down to 150. If I lost 2 pounds a week I could be done by mid-January. Maybe I will get to a point where it will be a more serious effort, but for now this is good. I am hoping that my 5K training will make up for it.
I discovered the 4 min walk/1 min run done 5 times was perfect. It is basically what I have been doing but with more structure. It works well. I will do this 2 more times this week. My route was just shy of 2 miles. I used the stop watch on my phone to keep track which worked fine but it is clumsy. I need to figure out a better method and a way to keep track of my sets or I'm going to end up getting all confused.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a cross-training or a rest day. I think I will do my Chicken Fat video though I long for some plyo jumps. Maybe instead of pogo jumps I'll do plyo ;)
I tracked my effort on sparkpeople and decided to go ahead and make a lose weight goal though it really won't be something I work really hard at. We have no scale so I am unsure of my exact weight but it was pretty close to 180 when I got here. I may be down to 175 at this point but I said I am 180 anyway. I decided to let it tell me how long it will take if I lose 1 pound a week. By mid-April I should be back down to 150. If I lost 2 pounds a week I could be done by mid-January. Maybe I will get to a point where it will be a more serious effort, but for now this is good. I am hoping that my 5K training will make up for it.
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