Workout(s):
2.5 mile walk/run this morning. I ran 6 minutes after warming up and it felt awful. Legs hurt, had trouble breathing, just miserable. Last time I ran last week it did not feel like this. So I walked the rest of the lap and tried to run some more on the next lap. Ran about 3 minutes, felt the same and decided that was enough. I was walking the rest of the way. I felt like it was my body telling me something was wrong. Whether it's the impending weather, the fact I didn't sleep well last night or just the go, go, go of the last few weeks adding up, the running wasn't meant to be this morning. Sometimes you have to step back and make that decision for the better of your health. Friday I will be back at the running though! In good news, my hubby ran 0.75 miles straight! I am so proud. I wish I had had a better day to share it with him!
Distance: 2.45 miles
Time: 39 minutes
Food notes:
Lunch: Lowe's Foods salad and I drank some of my apple cider vinegar drink before hand and my stomach did well
Supper: Beef kabobs (stew beef, squash, green pepper, onion, mushrooms, tomatoes), my Parmesan cheese g-free pasta (I make the dish, the pasta is Tinkyada) and a nice salad.
Breakfast: 2 slices of bacon and 2 eggs
How I feel:
Exhausted! I had to get up and take medicine because my legs and right arm were about to drive me crazy when I went to bed last night and then I still couldn't get to sleep when I went to bed 20 minutes later. Some time though I fell asleep but it was a restless sleep. I can't let this freak me out, I go through spells where I sleep like this and it gets better. I'm a little achy and I'm wondering if it's the coming weather. We'll see.
Personal notes:
I'm reading The Paleo Answer by Loren Cordain and the more I read the more I am positive I am going to try Paleo, mainly by doing the Whole 30 for 30 days and going from there. I know they say to jump right in but we are having one final celebration for my husband's birthday on Friday night at the local pub to see a band we like and I plan on having a cider or two while I'm there. So I'm not sure when I'm starting but it will be soon.
That's it, I have sailing with our oldest tonight if the weather holds or if there is enough wind. Then it's home to the concoction my hubby made in the crockpot, yum!
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
No I didn't get lost, I had an impromptu vacation! + Tuesday Checkin: 7/30/13
Yes it's been a few days. I found out Thursday night that my husband was surprising me with a weekend aboard a houseboat at the Cape for his birthday. Yes for his birthday. We left Friday morning (he called my boss and asked for the day off and everything) and came home Sunday evening. I may have gotten more sun than I should have and drank a bit, but it was the best time. We were joined by one couple the whole weekend and by other friends through the whole weekend. The weather was perfect, the scenery beautiful and just the most fun I could have. I don't think I ate bad or too much, but I guess I made up for the lack of food calories by the drink calories, though I did pace myself, didn't want to be hungover and I achieved that. But I was exhausted Sunday night and still exhausted last night. Today I seem to be back to normal. The sunburn is going in and I seem to much more well-rested (something about not sleeping in your own bed even when the water is rocking you gently to sleep). And here's some pics from our lovely time!
So with that I'm back, mentally refreshed and ready to gear up again!
Workout(s):
Monday: Could not drag hubby out of bed but I went walking, couldn't bring myself to run much more than 3 minutes and only once so this was just a walk day and I only made 1.5 miles, but at least I did something!
This morning: Up with my alarm at 5:45, first I was confused why I set it that early and then I remembered I was going to either start the Firm Express series of DVDs that I have only played with doing a few workouts with so far or go to the gym which I haven't been to this month. I finally decided to go to the gym. I did the upper body machines in about 20 minutes. I worked it hard too. I accidentally put the wrong weights on the row and did completely different sets from normal, I did 15 reps at 50lbs (I usually do 25) and 12 reps at 100lbs. Ooops, but I did it and made it through without form suffering. I think the difference is I usually do the rows toward the end but I did them second this morning. I know by the flys and rear delts I was done for and they were last. My upper body still felt like jelly when I went home, woke up hubby and headed for our walk. It was officially walk day so we did 3 miles in about 54 minutes. We had great conversation and I do love that man dearly. I'm so glad I can share getting healthy with him!
Food notes:
Monday:
Breakfast: Glutino Granola bar, these are the closest to the Quaker ones I use to love, but after trying the Van's I like the Van's a lot better.
Lunch: Big salad from Lowe's. I added turkey and bacon back to the salad. Had some minor discomfort, but I'm starting to wonder if this had more to do with breakfast. I'm not really sure.
Supper: Took kids and hubby out to our favorite Mexican place so the boys' could celebrate with their Daddy. Ate way too many corn chips, but enjoyed my Vegetarian Sicronizada. Nothing like some spinach, mushrooms, onions, jalepenos and avocado to really make a meal. I get mine on corn tortillas since I can't have gluten. I may have ate too much, but I thoroughly enjoyed the meal. And since I am considering going Paleo, I will explain I don't like the one with Chicken in it, it dries it out too much. I'm not really that into vegetarian meals, but this one is delicious and doesn't upset my stomach!
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Protein Shake (GNC Whey Protein powder mixed with water since our milk went bad). I think I had some discomfort from this. Still wondering if too much dairy in a serving does me in. Another thing to test and contemplate.
Lunch: Big Salad from Lowe's, again with the turkey and bacon (plus lots of leafy greens, cucumbers, banana peppers and grilled chicken). Ken's Honey Mustard dressing. I plan on making my own honey mustard dressing soon.
I also started back with my apple cider vinegar drink to sip through the day. This is made with the apple cider that contains the mother and is supposed to help with all kinds of things. After reading about it helping increase the acidity in your stomach and helping those of us without a gall bladder, I decided I would start drinking again. A couple of changes to the original drink, I now forgo the apple juice and use local honey instead of stevia. It's just as good if not better.
How I feel:
Much better rested today. Stomach has also evened out. I may or may not have ingested some of hubby's sandwich bread. I think I noticed the plate and the different texture of the bread and spit it out, but I'm not sure. It was part of a delicious yellow-fin tuna sandwich that was seared perfect. My hubby can grill some mean tuna. I offered him some of mine to replace his :)
The workouts this morning felt great and I feel I will be ready to start running again tomorrow.
Personal notes:
I'm glad to have my oldest home and have heard most of the stories from camp. He did have a scary moment while white-water rafting. Seems the river level was a bit above normal (6 ft is the number he said) due to recent rains and made one of the supposed-to-be class 3/low class 4 rapids a high class 5 and they capsized. Thankfully our son is a pretty good swimmer and was able to hold his breath and make it to the surface but he confesses to being pretty scared. A mom that was in the boat says she won't go again and at the moment so does our son, though he really enjoyed the white-water kayaking they did the day before. So I'm glad to have my son home safe and sound!
That's it for today! More tomorrow :)
The houseboat we stayed on
Hubby and I on our skiff on Sunday as we ran some stuff back to the harbor
I love this picture of hubby and I near sunset the first night
Sunset over the dunes Friday evening
Sunrise looking back towards Cape Lookout on Saturday morning
So with that I'm back, mentally refreshed and ready to gear up again!
Workout(s):
Monday: Could not drag hubby out of bed but I went walking, couldn't bring myself to run much more than 3 minutes and only once so this was just a walk day and I only made 1.5 miles, but at least I did something!
This morning: Up with my alarm at 5:45, first I was confused why I set it that early and then I remembered I was going to either start the Firm Express series of DVDs that I have only played with doing a few workouts with so far or go to the gym which I haven't been to this month. I finally decided to go to the gym. I did the upper body machines in about 20 minutes. I worked it hard too. I accidentally put the wrong weights on the row and did completely different sets from normal, I did 15 reps at 50lbs (I usually do 25) and 12 reps at 100lbs. Ooops, but I did it and made it through without form suffering. I think the difference is I usually do the rows toward the end but I did them second this morning. I know by the flys and rear delts I was done for and they were last. My upper body still felt like jelly when I went home, woke up hubby and headed for our walk. It was officially walk day so we did 3 miles in about 54 minutes. We had great conversation and I do love that man dearly. I'm so glad I can share getting healthy with him!
Food notes:
Monday:
Breakfast: Glutino Granola bar, these are the closest to the Quaker ones I use to love, but after trying the Van's I like the Van's a lot better.
Lunch: Big salad from Lowe's. I added turkey and bacon back to the salad. Had some minor discomfort, but I'm starting to wonder if this had more to do with breakfast. I'm not really sure.
Supper: Took kids and hubby out to our favorite Mexican place so the boys' could celebrate with their Daddy. Ate way too many corn chips, but enjoyed my Vegetarian Sicronizada. Nothing like some spinach, mushrooms, onions, jalepenos and avocado to really make a meal. I get mine on corn tortillas since I can't have gluten. I may have ate too much, but I thoroughly enjoyed the meal. And since I am considering going Paleo, I will explain I don't like the one with Chicken in it, it dries it out too much. I'm not really that into vegetarian meals, but this one is delicious and doesn't upset my stomach!
Tuesday:
Breakfast: Protein Shake (GNC Whey Protein powder mixed with water since our milk went bad). I think I had some discomfort from this. Still wondering if too much dairy in a serving does me in. Another thing to test and contemplate.
Lunch: Big Salad from Lowe's, again with the turkey and bacon (plus lots of leafy greens, cucumbers, banana peppers and grilled chicken). Ken's Honey Mustard dressing. I plan on making my own honey mustard dressing soon.
I also started back with my apple cider vinegar drink to sip through the day. This is made with the apple cider that contains the mother and is supposed to help with all kinds of things. After reading about it helping increase the acidity in your stomach and helping those of us without a gall bladder, I decided I would start drinking again. A couple of changes to the original drink, I now forgo the apple juice and use local honey instead of stevia. It's just as good if not better.
How I feel:
Much better rested today. Stomach has also evened out. I may or may not have ingested some of hubby's sandwich bread. I think I noticed the plate and the different texture of the bread and spit it out, but I'm not sure. It was part of a delicious yellow-fin tuna sandwich that was seared perfect. My hubby can grill some mean tuna. I offered him some of mine to replace his :)
The workouts this morning felt great and I feel I will be ready to start running again tomorrow.
Personal notes:
I'm glad to have my oldest home and have heard most of the stories from camp. He did have a scary moment while white-water rafting. Seems the river level was a bit above normal (6 ft is the number he said) due to recent rains and made one of the supposed-to-be class 3/low class 4 rapids a high class 5 and they capsized. Thankfully our son is a pretty good swimmer and was able to hold his breath and make it to the surface but he confesses to being pretty scared. A mom that was in the boat says she won't go again and at the moment so does our son, though he really enjoyed the white-water kayaking they did the day before. So I'm glad to have my son home safe and sound!
That's it for today! More tomorrow :)
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Thursday Check-In: 7/24/2013
Workout(s):
This morning it was raining so I did Jiggle Free Arms from the Firm. It can work you hard if you pick heavy enough weights and that's what I did (I used 5, 8, 10 and 12). I have a reminder to myself in my little notebook to go down in weights next time I do the first shoulder set. This on is led by Stephanie and part of the Transfirmer series. It's focus was on arms and shoulders with a set of back and chest thrown in too. So not quite a full upper body workout but if you want to work on you arms and shoulders it's perfect. Our cat, Bacardi was feeling rather energetic during my workout and seemed to like how his claws felt on my mats. This did not make me very happy and had me yelling "No" several times only for him to come back and do it again. Fun times with a cat.
Food notes:
Lunch: Spinach from home plus additions from Lowe's foods salad bar. Something has been upsetting my stomach when I eat these salads, so I'm omitting foods one by one to see what the culprit might be. I also may just need to add in the apple cider vinegar + water before this meal, but I keep forgetting to make it before I leave home.
Supper: We decided to do easy tonight. I picked up Little Caesar's outside of town and bring it home for hubby and the youngest. I splurged and picked me up a Udi's Pepperoni pizza. They are really good to me, I plan on adding some food reviews later and this will be one of them. I really wanted some of my small pizza crusts to make my own, but it appears our Food Lion has stopped carrying them. I am bummed.
Breakfast: Hubby bought some GNC Whey protein powder in chocolate supreme so I gave it a try mixed with milk this morning. Figured it was good for after my workout as well. It was yummy and then I added a banana when I came to work.
Water: 96 oz
One Diet Coke at lunch
How I feel:
Stressed when I got home, I'm not sure why, and then I had a hard time decompressing with a lot going on at the house during the evening. Before bed my legs were bothering me so I took my medicine for Restless Legs and slept like a dream until 3:00am when my legs and arm were giving me a fit again, so I took another one, and slept until my alarm at 6:30.
I'm jazzed about my morning workout and still a bit sore from the running yesterday. But it's all good. Health wise besides the restless legs issue, I am doing great.
Personal notes:
We're debating a 5K Beach Run tonight. These are just fun races and yes they time you but it's really low stress. No I can't run a full 5K yet but I can run/walk it and come in well before some of the 10K finishers. I also know I push myself harder during races so it should be fine. Hubby is on the fence, though he did look at other races in our county with me last night and I think we have plans for a few of those. I'm slowly getting him on board with the racing but I think once he gets started he'll be in love.
I talked to our oldest son last night. Their first day of white water rafting went great. They did it individually in kayaks and he said he never capsized and he was first to finish in his group. At the moment I called he was getting ready to go to the store, probably to replenish some junk food I'm sure. We'll work on that when he gets home :)
my workout setup for this morning
This morning it was raining so I did Jiggle Free Arms from the Firm. It can work you hard if you pick heavy enough weights and that's what I did (I used 5, 8, 10 and 12). I have a reminder to myself in my little notebook to go down in weights next time I do the first shoulder set. This on is led by Stephanie and part of the Transfirmer series. It's focus was on arms and shoulders with a set of back and chest thrown in too. So not quite a full upper body workout but if you want to work on you arms and shoulders it's perfect. Our cat, Bacardi was feeling rather energetic during my workout and seemed to like how his claws felt on my mats. This did not make me very happy and had me yelling "No" several times only for him to come back and do it again. Fun times with a cat.
Food notes:
Lunch: Spinach from home plus additions from Lowe's foods salad bar. Something has been upsetting my stomach when I eat these salads, so I'm omitting foods one by one to see what the culprit might be. I also may just need to add in the apple cider vinegar + water before this meal, but I keep forgetting to make it before I leave home.
Supper: We decided to do easy tonight. I picked up Little Caesar's outside of town and bring it home for hubby and the youngest. I splurged and picked me up a Udi's Pepperoni pizza. They are really good to me, I plan on adding some food reviews later and this will be one of them. I really wanted some of my small pizza crusts to make my own, but it appears our Food Lion has stopped carrying them. I am bummed.
Breakfast: Hubby bought some GNC Whey protein powder in chocolate supreme so I gave it a try mixed with milk this morning. Figured it was good for after my workout as well. It was yummy and then I added a banana when I came to work.
Water: 96 oz
One Diet Coke at lunch
How I feel:
Stressed when I got home, I'm not sure why, and then I had a hard time decompressing with a lot going on at the house during the evening. Before bed my legs were bothering me so I took my medicine for Restless Legs and slept like a dream until 3:00am when my legs and arm were giving me a fit again, so I took another one, and slept until my alarm at 6:30.
I'm jazzed about my morning workout and still a bit sore from the running yesterday. But it's all good. Health wise besides the restless legs issue, I am doing great.
Personal notes:
We're debating a 5K Beach Run tonight. These are just fun races and yes they time you but it's really low stress. No I can't run a full 5K yet but I can run/walk it and come in well before some of the 10K finishers. I also know I push myself harder during races so it should be fine. Hubby is on the fence, though he did look at other races in our county with me last night and I think we have plans for a few of those. I'm slowly getting him on board with the racing but I think once he gets started he'll be in love.
I talked to our oldest son last night. Their first day of white water rafting went great. They did it individually in kayaks and he said he never capsized and he was first to finish in his group. At the moment I called he was getting ready to go to the store, probably to replenish some junk food I'm sure. We'll work on that when he gets home :)
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Wednesday Check-In ( a great run/walk workout plus I weighed today) 7/24/2013
Time for my daily update, sorry I'm a little long-winded :)
Workout(s): Last night I did one set of 10 pushups. I figured after the hard strength workout that was enough and also the video worked my abs pretty well so I skipped extra abs before bed.
This morning found hubby and I out at the park again set for 3 miles and run how you feel. We warmed up and he took off, he's faster than me so we only spent the warmup together today. I timed my first run with "Let's Get it Started" by the Black Eyed Peas, which use to be my song to start off the 5Ks I ran. I ran the duration of the song on the first lap (each lap is 0.75 miles), then I walked a little and ran about 4 minutes then I finished the lap with walking. Next lap I picked up a run for 4 minutes and then walked and then ran for 6 minutes! Yay my longest non-stop run to date :) After walking, I ran again for 4 minutes and then walked and ran for 4 minutes on the third lap. I was starting to tire, my legs were hurting, but I wasn't having problems with breathing at least! On the final lap I ran 4 minutes, walked and finished up with running 2 minutes and then a brief cool-down, if you can manage to cool down in this heat and humidity we are blessed with on the NC coast. And of course you know there was no breeze today on run day lke there was yesterday on walk day. So I did 3 miles in 39:49, which is at least a 2 minute improvement from the other day! I guess that averages to a 13-minute mile at the moment and I'll take it.
Mile times:
mile 1: 14:02
mile 2: 12:45
mile 3: 13:02
Time running: ~32 minutes
Time walking: ~8 minutes
Food notes:
Lunch: A great spinach salad that I packed from home and then picked and chose my protein and a few additional veggies from the Lowe's Foods salad bar which I am in love with!
Supper: Was inspired by last night's appetizer. We grilled shrimp with bacon wrapped around it and put BBQ sauce on it. We also grilled some seasoned shrimp as well. Both were delicious to me. We also grilled some cheese stuffed banana peppers. These are wonderful and so easy to make. Additionally on the side we had okra and sweet potato fries. I made sure and drank some apple cider vinegar mixed with water before my meal to help prepare my stomach for the meal since I had my gall bladder removed 12 years ago. I just read this post on the Balanced Bites website yesterday and it got me really thinking. I will be incorporating some of her ideas into my diet in the next few weeks.
Breakfast: Van's Chocolate Chip bar and a banana.
Water: I drank 72oz yesterday, only had one diet coke and the rest was water!
How I feel:
A little tired today, the run was tough, but I really feel like I accomplished something. I also have decided to mainly do Pilates leg work on my strength days. I think doing the weights and then a good run the next day is a little much. I'm going to give it a try in the morning. I'm still playing around with what works for me. I'm not overly sore, and I like to be sore, but I don't want to overdo either.
On the good news front I weighed in today. I like to weigh-in on Wednesday but the last time I did was Friday, but I went ahead and did it today. I have lost 1.8lbs! I'm not focusing on the number, but I do like to see it. My main focus will be accomplishing longer and faster runs and increasing my muscle definition (bye bye bat wings and thunder thighs!) My weight goal is something that may change as well. Right now I'm thinking 25lbs, but I'll analyze how each weight feels and looks and decide for myself. Again I'm more focused on improving myself and helping my health, which I will get to in another post.
Personal notes:
Night at home with the hubby, my parents kept our youngest again. Still haven't heard from oldest at camp. Talked with one of the mom's that is there and she asked him about his cell phone (he wasn't answering texts and I was afraid he lost it). She said he said it was dead and I guess there really isn't anywhere to charge it close to their campsite. Oh well.
I'm reading The Paleo Answer by Loren Cordain and I'm really enjoying it so far. Lot's of ideas I want to incorporate. I really want to go Paleo, but haven't done it yet. I will continue my research and one day the Paleo bug will bite me just like the running bug will. I feel it coming soon!
Hubby and I watched the last two episodes of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Very enjoyable. I have really liked the first two seasons of the show and can't wait to watch Spartacus: Vengeance. Hubby recommended these and since he's sat through Grey's Anatomy (which he loves) and Gossip Girl I decided it was time to watch a guy show. I think we are watching Dexter next when we finish Spartacus. These are the Mommy-Daddy-time TV shows obviously. I also want to watch The Borgias eventually. Do you have a good recommendation for TV show watching? We do all ours through Netflix and love it. We don't have a DVR and have a hard time watching a TV show every week. The only one we manage to do that with is Survivor.
Well this is a very long post, I seem to like to ramble.
Everyone enjoy your day!
Workout(s): Last night I did one set of 10 pushups. I figured after the hard strength workout that was enough and also the video worked my abs pretty well so I skipped extra abs before bed.
This morning found hubby and I out at the park again set for 3 miles and run how you feel. We warmed up and he took off, he's faster than me so we only spent the warmup together today. I timed my first run with "Let's Get it Started" by the Black Eyed Peas, which use to be my song to start off the 5Ks I ran. I ran the duration of the song on the first lap (each lap is 0.75 miles), then I walked a little and ran about 4 minutes then I finished the lap with walking. Next lap I picked up a run for 4 minutes and then walked and then ran for 6 minutes! Yay my longest non-stop run to date :) After walking, I ran again for 4 minutes and then walked and ran for 4 minutes on the third lap. I was starting to tire, my legs were hurting, but I wasn't having problems with breathing at least! On the final lap I ran 4 minutes, walked and finished up with running 2 minutes and then a brief cool-down, if you can manage to cool down in this heat and humidity we are blessed with on the NC coast. And of course you know there was no breeze today on run day lke there was yesterday on walk day. So I did 3 miles in 39:49, which is at least a 2 minute improvement from the other day! I guess that averages to a 13-minute mile at the moment and I'll take it.
Mile times:
mile 1: 14:02
mile 2: 12:45
mile 3: 13:02
Time running: ~32 minutes
Time walking: ~8 minutes
Food notes:
Lunch: A great spinach salad that I packed from home and then picked and chose my protein and a few additional veggies from the Lowe's Foods salad bar which I am in love with!
Supper: Was inspired by last night's appetizer. We grilled shrimp with bacon wrapped around it and put BBQ sauce on it. We also grilled some seasoned shrimp as well. Both were delicious to me. We also grilled some cheese stuffed banana peppers. These are wonderful and so easy to make. Additionally on the side we had okra and sweet potato fries. I made sure and drank some apple cider vinegar mixed with water before my meal to help prepare my stomach for the meal since I had my gall bladder removed 12 years ago. I just read this post on the Balanced Bites website yesterday and it got me really thinking. I will be incorporating some of her ideas into my diet in the next few weeks.
Breakfast: Van's Chocolate Chip bar and a banana.
Water: I drank 72oz yesterday, only had one diet coke and the rest was water!
How I feel:
A little tired today, the run was tough, but I really feel like I accomplished something. I also have decided to mainly do Pilates leg work on my strength days. I think doing the weights and then a good run the next day is a little much. I'm going to give it a try in the morning. I'm still playing around with what works for me. I'm not overly sore, and I like to be sore, but I don't want to overdo either.
On the good news front I weighed in today. I like to weigh-in on Wednesday but the last time I did was Friday, but I went ahead and did it today. I have lost 1.8lbs! I'm not focusing on the number, but I do like to see it. My main focus will be accomplishing longer and faster runs and increasing my muscle definition (bye bye bat wings and thunder thighs!) My weight goal is something that may change as well. Right now I'm thinking 25lbs, but I'll analyze how each weight feels and looks and decide for myself. Again I'm more focused on improving myself and helping my health, which I will get to in another post.
Personal notes:
Night at home with the hubby, my parents kept our youngest again. Still haven't heard from oldest at camp. Talked with one of the mom's that is there and she asked him about his cell phone (he wasn't answering texts and I was afraid he lost it). She said he said it was dead and I guess there really isn't anywhere to charge it close to their campsite. Oh well.
I'm reading The Paleo Answer by Loren Cordain and I'm really enjoying it so far. Lot's of ideas I want to incorporate. I really want to go Paleo, but haven't done it yet. I will continue my research and one day the Paleo bug will bite me just like the running bug will. I feel it coming soon!
Hubby and I watched the last two episodes of Spartacus: Gods of the Arena. Very enjoyable. I have really liked the first two seasons of the show and can't wait to watch Spartacus: Vengeance. Hubby recommended these and since he's sat through Grey's Anatomy (which he loves) and Gossip Girl I decided it was time to watch a guy show. I think we are watching Dexter next when we finish Spartacus. These are the Mommy-Daddy-time TV shows obviously. I also want to watch The Borgias eventually. Do you have a good recommendation for TV show watching? We do all ours through Netflix and love it. We don't have a DVR and have a hard time watching a TV show every week. The only one we manage to do that with is Survivor.
Well this is a very long post, I seem to like to ramble.
Everyone enjoy your day!
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Tuesday Check-In (plus a couple of great places to visit in Morehead City)
So I didn't get my extras in last night. We had a night without kids and the hubby came home a little later than normal, so he showered and we went off to town for a delicious meal out. We ate at one of our favorite places in Morehead City, Raps. And we chose pretty wisely by ordering two appetizers to share and a house salad each. The Seared Ahi Tuna was delicious and the Bacon-Wrapped Shrimp with Chipotle Barbeque Sauce was delicious as well. But what made the meal was the Cucumber Wasabi to dip the tuna in. Absolutely divine!
We then went home and vegged out for the rest of the evening.
Then I woke up at 5:45 this morning. I had actually planned on skipping my strength workout so I could sleep in since we went to bed around 11:30, but I guess my body had other plans. I decided not to go to the gym so I dug into my immense exercise video library and came up with one of my favorites, Fire Supercharged Sculpting. This is a great one and I dusted off my Transfirmer, got out my exercise mats and put on my cross trainers and I was off. This is a tough one or you can make it as tough as you want with the weights you choose. I used 12, 10, 8, and 5. 5 was for shoulder and 12 was for legs and back. For my arms, chest and some shoulder work I used 10. I felt great afterwards and went and woke up the hubby for our walk. We headed off to the local park again and it was a nice breezy morning so I think I broke more of a sweat during my workout at home. We did 3.1 miles in 54 minutes. I felt refreshed afterwards and ready to tackle the day.
Youngest son is home tonight so I'm hoping we will fix shrimp, rice and okra which is his favorite. He stays with my parents a couple of nights a week during the summer so it's nice to have little breaks, but I'm glad to have him home too.
I did a lot of ab work with the Firm video so tonight will just be pushups because the video was a little light on chest work. Our youngest loves to do pushups with us and he's getting quite good and I'm so proud of him for joining in.
Well that was long-winded but now I must sign off, I have a delicious salad to enjoy for work and I had a Van's Chocolate Chip bar and a banana for breakfast.
Monday, July 22, 2013
Monday Check-in + This Week's Workout Goals (7/22/2013)
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Back to my post now. So my hubby and I have been walking and adding a little running in since before school got out. We get up first thing in the morning and head to the local walking path at the park near our house. You have to get out early here on the NC coast before the humidity and heat set in for the day, especially right now. Thankfully we are usually blessed with a breeze so it makes it a little more tolerable.
We walked 35 miles in May, 59 miles in June and so far 43 in July. During the last week we have gotten serious about the running part. For weeks we would do 1-2 workouts a week where we would run certain parts of the track, but the workouts were hit or miss as well as how much we would run when we did them. However they have paid off now that we are serious. This morning we went out to do 3 miles which is 4 laps. We warmed up a little and ran for awhile. The second lap we started at the starting point running and I managed to run the full 3/4 mile lap! I was so excited and just kept pushing. Hubby ran most of the way. He would take quick walk breaks and start up again (I mean like less than a minute breaks). He stayed ahead of me the whole lap but he's learning to pace himself better for the longer runs. I'm a slow runner so going longer is easy for me, but this morning that felt like I conquered a major hurdle. We ran more during the 3rd and 4th lap and had a wonderful time. We would take some walk breaks together and then start up again. It felt great. We managed 3 miles in 42 minutes which shaved a minute off of our time on Saturday! It was exciting and motivating and I can't wait for Wednesday to do it again. Tomorrow we will just walk maybe, I'm trying not to overdo, but want some cardio everyday. Tomorrow I will also hopefully get up and go to the gym and do my weight workout. However 5am comes early and we don't have kids tonight so we may be up late watching Spartacus. :)
This Week's Workout Goals:
Monday: run/walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches, yoga/stretching
Tuesday: gym for weight work, walk 3 miles (if weather is good), 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Wednesday: run/walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches, yoga/stretching
Thursday: gym for weight work, walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Friday: run/walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches, yoga
Saturday: walk 3 miles, gym for weight work, 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Sunday: rest or walk, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Wish us luck! When the kids are home, they participate in our pushup challenge with us. Got to get my oldest in shape for upcoming middle school football season, however this week he is off having a wonderful adventure at Boy Scout camp. I can't wait to hear about how white water rafting, visiting the National Jamboree, New River Gorge, a coal mine and the Lost World Caverns is. I am hoping he has a blast in West Virginia (which may be the farthest he's been from home).
I also plan on joining in on 100% Accountability Monday's at Run to the Finish.
My goals for this week are to make my 3 gym workouts and drink my water everyday (at least 64 oz).
Have a wonderful day! Hopefully I'll check back in tomorrow (and my legs won't be killing me)!
Back to my post now. So my hubby and I have been walking and adding a little running in since before school got out. We get up first thing in the morning and head to the local walking path at the park near our house. You have to get out early here on the NC coast before the humidity and heat set in for the day, especially right now. Thankfully we are usually blessed with a breeze so it makes it a little more tolerable.
We walked 35 miles in May, 59 miles in June and so far 43 in July. During the last week we have gotten serious about the running part. For weeks we would do 1-2 workouts a week where we would run certain parts of the track, but the workouts were hit or miss as well as how much we would run when we did them. However they have paid off now that we are serious. This morning we went out to do 3 miles which is 4 laps. We warmed up a little and ran for awhile. The second lap we started at the starting point running and I managed to run the full 3/4 mile lap! I was so excited and just kept pushing. Hubby ran most of the way. He would take quick walk breaks and start up again (I mean like less than a minute breaks). He stayed ahead of me the whole lap but he's learning to pace himself better for the longer runs. I'm a slow runner so going longer is easy for me, but this morning that felt like I conquered a major hurdle. We ran more during the 3rd and 4th lap and had a wonderful time. We would take some walk breaks together and then start up again. It felt great. We managed 3 miles in 42 minutes which shaved a minute off of our time on Saturday! It was exciting and motivating and I can't wait for Wednesday to do it again. Tomorrow we will just walk maybe, I'm trying not to overdo, but want some cardio everyday. Tomorrow I will also hopefully get up and go to the gym and do my weight workout. However 5am comes early and we don't have kids tonight so we may be up late watching Spartacus. :)
This Week's Workout Goals:
Monday: run/walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches, yoga/stretching
Tuesday: gym for weight work, walk 3 miles (if weather is good), 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Wednesday: run/walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches, yoga/stretching
Thursday: gym for weight work, walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Friday: run/walk 3 miles, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches, yoga
Saturday: walk 3 miles, gym for weight work, 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Sunday: rest or walk, 20 pushups (girlie ones), 30 crunches, 30 lower ab crunches
Wish us luck! When the kids are home, they participate in our pushup challenge with us. Got to get my oldest in shape for upcoming middle school football season, however this week he is off having a wonderful adventure at Boy Scout camp. I can't wait to hear about how white water rafting, visiting the National Jamboree, New River Gorge, a coal mine and the Lost World Caverns is. I am hoping he has a blast in West Virginia (which may be the farthest he's been from home).
I also plan on joining in on 100% Accountability Monday's at Run to the Finish.
My goals for this week are to make my 3 gym workouts and drink my water everyday (at least 64 oz).
Have a wonderful day! Hopefully I'll check back in tomorrow (and my legs won't be killing me)!
My name is Crystal and I hope to run a half-marathon :)
Does saying it on a blog make it official? I hope so!
I'm starting this blog as a way to hold myself accountable and also to document my running, my eating goals, and hopefully my weight loss and increase in health. I'm almost 40 and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia over 5 years ago when I suddenly lost my energy and felt awful. I had been in the middle of training for a half-marathon and was religiously running 3-4 days a week and had made it to 8 miles for my long run. A year later I found out I had/have cysts (syrinx) in my spinal column and also have a Chiari Malformation that has hopefully been fixed after two brain surgeries. Over the last 5 years other problems have crept up, one summer it was headaches and most winters find me confined to bed at least 1-2 days every week or so. Also as the years have gone by I have been steadily adding to my medications as these new ailments crept up.
Then January 2012, I had a friend who also has fibro to suggest that going gluten-free could help me. So I gave it a try and was serious about it and found out it truly did make a difference in my life. Last winter showed me it isn't the full problem, but I was better off. So I have stuck with that for 1 1/2 years now and love it. Yes I will miss things from time to time, but not enough to feel miserable! I also recently started going to a more holistic doctor. I am now working with him to reduce the number of medications I'm dependent on and since March I have removed two medications from my daily regimen. Now I have three more to go. The doctor is working with me on eating healthier and using supplements and honestly it has really helped. Well also in the summer a weekly visit to Cape Lookout to hang out with friends and get my vitamin D and salt and sand therapy help a lot too.
So I'm working towards being off all of my medications and running a half-marathon in the first quarter of 2014. Thankfully I have a wonderful training partner in my husband who is picking up running for the first time and loving it like I did 6 years ago. I am so happy to share this with him. We don't run at the same pace, but we have a great time out there encouraging each other and on our walk days we spend the time catching up and talking without the kids underfoot. This time is a true blessing to us, not only to make us healthier but also to make us closer (we've been together 21 years and married almost 17, I love him dearly!)
I also have two boys, one who is almost a teenager, but I'm still very close to him and the younger one is 8 and a mess, but I couldn't love him more.
So I've said all of this to say I do love running, I do have obstacles in my life, but I am hoping to overcome them and make myself healthier in the process.
What can you expect? Updates on my running for the next few months and then eventually updates when our official training starts. We also have to decide on a marathon, so I'll probably post on which ones are in the running and if anyone is reading they can let me know their thoughts on them. I will also update on my health as I make progress. There will also be other random posts. I run a book review blog so although this one is more personal, I'm use to blogging and love it.
So that's it. Later today I will post our awesome morning workout.
I hope everyone has a wonderful day!
I'm starting this blog as a way to hold myself accountable and also to document my running, my eating goals, and hopefully my weight loss and increase in health. I'm almost 40 and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia over 5 years ago when I suddenly lost my energy and felt awful. I had been in the middle of training for a half-marathon and was religiously running 3-4 days a week and had made it to 8 miles for my long run. A year later I found out I had/have cysts (syrinx) in my spinal column and also have a Chiari Malformation that has hopefully been fixed after two brain surgeries. Over the last 5 years other problems have crept up, one summer it was headaches and most winters find me confined to bed at least 1-2 days every week or so. Also as the years have gone by I have been steadily adding to my medications as these new ailments crept up.
Then January 2012, I had a friend who also has fibro to suggest that going gluten-free could help me. So I gave it a try and was serious about it and found out it truly did make a difference in my life. Last winter showed me it isn't the full problem, but I was better off. So I have stuck with that for 1 1/2 years now and love it. Yes I will miss things from time to time, but not enough to feel miserable! I also recently started going to a more holistic doctor. I am now working with him to reduce the number of medications I'm dependent on and since March I have removed two medications from my daily regimen. Now I have three more to go. The doctor is working with me on eating healthier and using supplements and honestly it has really helped. Well also in the summer a weekly visit to Cape Lookout to hang out with friends and get my vitamin D and salt and sand therapy help a lot too.
My favorite place on earth!
So I'm working towards being off all of my medications and running a half-marathon in the first quarter of 2014. Thankfully I have a wonderful training partner in my husband who is picking up running for the first time and loving it like I did 6 years ago. I am so happy to share this with him. We don't run at the same pace, but we have a great time out there encouraging each other and on our walk days we spend the time catching up and talking without the kids underfoot. This time is a true blessing to us, not only to make us healthier but also to make us closer (we've been together 21 years and married almost 17, I love him dearly!)
I also have two boys, one who is almost a teenager, but I'm still very close to him and the younger one is 8 and a mess, but I couldn't love him more.
My wonderful family
So I've said all of this to say I do love running, I do have obstacles in my life, but I am hoping to overcome them and make myself healthier in the process.
What can you expect? Updates on my running for the next few months and then eventually updates when our official training starts. We also have to decide on a marathon, so I'll probably post on which ones are in the running and if anyone is reading they can let me know their thoughts on them. I will also update on my health as I make progress. There will also be other random posts. I run a book review blog so although this one is more personal, I'm use to blogging and love it.
So that's it. Later today I will post our awesome morning workout.
I hope everyone has a wonderful day!
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