Friday, June 17, 2011

staying accountable

If I have not one to be accountable to, I stop working for it... So even if only I am reading this blog I am going to try to stay accountable to myself be blogging about my workout and diet on it each night.

Tonight I did my 30 minutes running and averaged a pace of about 14:40. Still a long way to go to prepare for my goal of the Princess Half Marathon. I have time though as long as I really work for it. Before my run I stretched about 10 minutes and about 5 minutes after. I know I need to increase that!

I honestly did not originally want to run today, I ate horribly today thanks to a celebration at work and my own weakness to good food; and was just going to come home and go to bed, but I decided to make myself run. Very glad I did!

Duration: 30'21
Start time: 8:39 pm
End time: 9:10 pm
Pace: 14'46 min/mile
Distance 2.06 mi
Calories: 250

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Galloway training

I am trying to get ready for Disney's Princess Half Marathon next year and of course stay on my new lifestyle change! I have decided though that the way the days are laid out doesn't really work for me... So I have decided that I am going to start pushing it back one day, so instead of making my long run on Sunday (when I am waiting tables and come home so tired and have to prep for my week at school) I am going to do them on Mondays after work. This also works because the local running club, the Sea Rim Striders have an organized run on Mondays all summer~ happy dance!

So tomorrow I owe 3 miles for training, and the organized run is only 2 miles, so I will just need to push it to 3 miles I guess! Then cross training on Tuesday and 30 min on Wednesday. Lets see if this works any better.

I need to make sure I am pushing myself, I have stopped losing and now I am just maintaining what I had done, except for the 5lbs I put back on... So now the main focus is taking those 5lbs back off and adding to the number of lbs lost!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Backsliding

So I backslided... I haven't gone crazy, but I can feel myself not as motivated. I have been doing a crossfit style workout, but haven't been going to the gym or my regular classes. I haven't been running in a while. I need to get back to being motivated.
I am going to devote myself back to my original task of getting in better shape, and I am going to use this blog to keep myself motivated.

Monday, February 28, 2011

One Year to Get This Done...

I found myself not too long ago looking at the scale and seeing numbers that I never thought I'd see and fitting in pants that I couldn't imagine were mine. I would look at pictures and not recognize myself. This couldn't be me. I always thought that I was fat (what girl doesn't), but I never really did until right as I was graduating college. Then everything changed. My eating habits were no worse, but my body was changing as I kept eating. For a time I worked out everyday, and it kept my body in check, but I didn't really like it, and always found something better to do. Things have to change! I am committing to taking this year, the last year that I will be solidly in my 20s for the whole year and make a lifestyle change. I am going to ring in 30 with a better body then I rang in my 20s with.
There are a few goals that I want to meet within this year. I want to feel comfortable in a bathing suit this year. I want to be back in a comfortable 6 to 8. I want to build muscle and lose fat! I want to increase my training distance. I am planning on participating in the summer runs with the local running club, and want to be ready for a 10k by Turkey Trot this year. I want to be ready for the Walt Disney World Princess Half Marathon for February of 2012. And if I can figure it out, I kinda would like to do the Coast to Coast where you do a WDW Half and then the Disneyland Half in the same year to get a different medal. I think this would be an amazing way to ring in 30!
All in all, I want to have my skinny, in shape body back and better than ever.