just random exercising....

I made up my own schedule today. I completed Week 5 on Tgiving. I have to work Mon, Tues, and Wed next week so I wont' start Week 6 until Thursday.

Today I watched SATC so I did 30min total. I did 5min walking/10min jogging/6min walking/5min jogging/4min walking. I wanted to do a long run outside but couldn't get Matt's ipod loaded with my music. It was so much harder to do 10min on the treadmill. Outside is so much easier.

Week 5 Day 3 - C25K

Yay! I did it. 20min+. It wasn't that bad because I went outside and ran with my sister. We started at the end of Spruce then took a left on Cedar then a right on Beech, right on Camp Sargent then into the Whittier place. I only say all that so I have a record of it later on. I was surprised when Becky said it was at 15min. I did an extra 5min then walked. I did jog another couple of minutes then headed straight home. Becky continued on and completed 30min. Ali, you're right, running outside is soooo much easier. If only it were more convenient. And I do enjoy my shows.....

Week 5 Day 2 modified - C25K

Today I did a repeat of the Day 2 schedule except I did 10min jog / 10min walk / 8min jog. I started with 45min (GG, season 5 finale). It wasn't too bad. The second 8min was actually surprisingly easy. As you can see I'm putting off the 20min jog. I'm just not sure I can do it. Maybe I'll be motivated tomorrow since I'm pretty scared that I'm going to gain all the previous 4.8lbs that I lost last week.

WW weigh in update

I haven't posted in a while about my progress. It goes up and down. This past week was a major down week. I was so good about exercising and staying within my points. I lost 4.8lbs! That's after a week of gaining 1.8lbs, which I knew wasn't a true gain. That's just way too much and I was real bad the day before weigh-in. So that brings my total to 29.4 lost. I'm averaging 1.18 a week. I'm very happy with that. I'm not thinking of this as a race. If it takes me a year or more, I don't care. I'm just happy the scale is going down instead of up. I still have a ways to go, but I'm over halfway there!

Week 5 Day 2 - C25K

I did it!! I made it the full 8min. Same routine as yesterday. 8min/5min/8min. Except this time I actually finished the full routine. I did 30min total. I'm not saying it was easy or that I didnt' want to quit. But I finished and I'm very proud of that. I will need to do the full 20min routine tomorrow. Ugh. I would save it for Monday but I'm working.

Week 5 Day 2 - C25K modified

I couldn't do it. The schedule was 8min jog / 5min walk / 8min jog. I could only do 6 of the last 8min. How am I ever going to work up to 20min? Shouldn't it be easier by now? I plan on doing the same routine tomorrow and hopefully complete the 2nd 8min jog.

I think I need to get some jogging shorts. I have sweatpants and they are way too hot.

Week 5 Day 1 - C25K repeated

Took a short hiatus but now I'm back and ready to get back on the wagon.

I watched SATC so I did 30min. 3-5min jogs with 3min of walking in between. The last 2min of jogging were hard but I persevered. I didn't notice how far I went. I imagine about 2miles.

Week 5 Day 1 - C25K

I had such a busy day yesterday that I didn't have time to log in my morning session. Yesterday's schedule was 3 5min jogs with 3min walking in between. It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. All 3 sessions are different this week. I'm going to skip today and do the 2nd session tomorrow. I'm shopping today so I'll get that exercise anyway. And tomorrow the APs will come in handy for the wedding tomorrow night. Of course I'll try to get some dancing APs in too.

OK so yesterday was this: 45min total. Started the routine (see above) at 35min. Watched Gilmore Girls. For a change I actually noticed how many miles I did, 2.6miles total.

Week 4 Day 3 - C25K

Today was easier. Maybe because I only started with 30min. Otherwise I stuck with the same program as the last 2 times. I earned 3 AP. It's hard to believe that an extra 15min of walking only earned me an extra 1/2 AP. Hardly seems worth it. Today was a SATC day. I realized recently that I've always called it Sex in the City instead of Sex AND the City.

Next week is going to be a tough one. Each day is something a little different. The 3rd day is a straight 2mile or 20min jog. I'm not sure I can even do a 10min mile. I'm sure I can't. I'm going to die.

Week 4 Day 2 - C25K

Much the same as Day 1. I started at 45min and watched GG. The last 5min segment was so hard. I dont' know how I'm going to get beyond 5min. I wanted to stop so bad but I persevered. The only difference with today's exercise is that I didn't have to worry about the kids, it being Saturday and all.

I didn't find any good weight training DVDs at the library. I did a little research and it appears that the Firm and Turbo Jam come highly recommended. Neither could be found at the library. Maybe I'll check ebay.

Week 4 Day 1 - C25K

Today kicked my butt. The schedule was actually so complicated that I had to write it down and have a cheat sheet while I exercised. I think it went like this: 3min/90sec/5min/2.5min/3min/90sec/5min, alternating jogging then walking. It makes a total of 16min jogging and since I started at 45min (Gilmore Girls) I did 29min of walking. I earned 3.5APs. Felt like it should have been more. I was so tempted to quit during the last 5min jog but I kept at it.

I lost 0.8 at weigh-in. Now I'm at a total of 25.8 lost. I had a bad week last week and it carried through to yesterday. But today is a new day and I intend on staying on plan until weigh-in next week.

Going to the library today and will try to scope out some weight training DVDs. I want to work some into my routine on the days I'm not doing C25K. I did some stomach crunches the other day, not many, and I felt it in my muscles for 2 days after. Weak girly muscles.