Day 44 - Day 46

Day 44

Well...Let's start with the good.
Friday, work from home and I got up early and went for a walk/run before I got started for the day. I have to make sure I keep doing this. Otherwise the work from home days just end up being sit on my ass all day days.

The bad...
Went out to dinner and was good with the food but...well come on...Pumpkin Beer is out! Yeah. I over indulged. I definitely lived up my friday night.

Day 45

The Ugly...
I was way too tired and hungover to think about anything. And we ordered pizza.
My phone decided it is going to stop working. T-mobile will honor the warranty but they have to mail me a new one...and of course my phone is back ordered. So while I might get it Monday...it might be as long as 7 business days. Why they couldn't just hand me one in the store I don't know. I mean...it wasn't back ordered in the store! They had it sitting right there.

The pisser about that is that it means none of my apps. No Zombies, Run! No Runkeeper....I am just going to have to get out and move. No music. Oh wait...maybe I can find and dust off my ancient ipod. If that thing will charge maybe I can at least have music.

This is where my obsessive personality shows itself. My gadgets. I mean...so what if I can't walk and know exactly how far I went right? What's wrong with a nice stroll down the street? Does it really matter if I had a pace .05 seconds faster than yesterday?

Sniff... It really is pathetic of me!

Day 46

I am writing this entire weekend off as a total loss. Seriously just lost my motivation.

Day 43

Zombies, Run! Does not work on an elliptical. Well technically it does work. But it is no fun.
I decided to try this so I wouldn't go right back in to banging my stupid ankle and knee around but I would still get my work out in.
Eh...
Workout in
Did a lot of sweating
SUPER BORING!!!

I know I got my workout in...but I don't feel as accomplished as I normally do after.
Here is the question though...
Am I feeling that unsatisfied because it was hours ago that I completed it? 6am?
Is it because I did it on the elliptical at the gym? Indoors?

I went faster, definitely was sweating, breathing hard, heart rate was up and going....but at the end I walked around the track 2x and was then good to go.
I didn't feel like I had gotten my ass kicked (in that good way that running does). I wasn't sore anywhere.

I think I will have to save this for emergency situations. Foot/Knee are too screwy to go outside. I am going to reserve the gym for classes, circuit, and swimming.

I am going to repeat the Week 3 Workout. Probably starting Saturday or Sunday and see if I can do a bit better on the freestyle runs.

I was talking to one of my co-workers the other day who has been asking what new things I am trying to do, what is working and what isn't etc... I thought this would be a good place to put some "tips" that we both think are good and working for us as well as things tried and found not to be as helpful.

Tip Today: Stairs

I try to get up and walk our office stairs once an hour. I would like to get in 8 reps during the day, but right now I am averaging about 5. But still...that is 25 minutes of a quick workout I didn't have before...And believe me my calves feel it!
To go from my floor to the bottom, to the top (7 floors), back to the bottom then back to my floor takes about 5 minutes. Nothing too strenuous and I am not gross and sweaty when I get back. It gets my step count up. Gives my legs a quick work out. Gets my heart rate going. And gets me away from my desk and the computer.

I am tortious slow. Usually have to stop in between floors now and then to catch my breath. But I am getting better. Slow and steady wins the race right? The end goal is to be able to do them 2x on that break.

Day 42

Well.... Day 42. Decided to give myself another day off of the foot.

That is all

Day 40 - Day 41

Both days at once here.
Took a break because Sunday really just hurt the ankle and in turn my knee wasn't feeling the greatest. I figured that I would give them both a few days off. Did a little walking around the house while we watched The Voice on Monday and Tuesday was drive home from the beach day.
Going to start slow on day 42 (Wed) and get a walk in before trying to get back to the Zombies Run! 5k training.

This is how I feel...It would be so easy to just keep still. Wed is going to be tough. But I will do at least that walk.  Last thing I want is to hurt myself.  Then I will just be still for even longer.

Day 38 - Day 39

Day 38

Can we just pretend that this day never happened? Too much food. I did get my steps in for the day. But no serious exercise.
We toured a neat restored lighthouse boat, played in the park, went and saw a Midsummer Night's Dream at the Lewes Public Library performed by the Brown Box Theater Project...so it isn't like we were completely immobile. Just lots of unhealthy food that went along with it. 

Day 39

Over 11k steps logged on the Fitbit! Took a great walk with my daughter and granddaughter along the beach and later did my Zombies, Run! 5k Week 3 Workout 2 training. I am definitely going to have to redo Week 3. My foot was killing me yesterday so I ended up walking way more than running during the 3 freeform runs. The foot is weird. I think it has to catch up more than any of my other muscles whenever I change my workouts.  It was disappointing that I couldn't push myself a little harder than I had been. I always try to do just a little more. Even if it is just 5 steps more running instead of walking. Instead I ended up doing less than I normally do. Bummer.

Join me on Zombies, Run!

Day 36 - Day 37

Day 36

Got my minimum steps in and walked the stairs at work 2x for a total of 10 minutes. But that is about it. After that...Drive to the beach! I did go on a short walk when I got here. Just around the neighborhood. This weekend is going to kill my last week of weight loss...

Day 37

Ah...bagels. Yup. Had one for breakfast. Went out and did my Zombies, Run! 5k training though. Week 3 workout 1. Ass officially kicked. I may have to go back and redo week 2. Just not up to a 5 minute run even though it is run at your own pace/ or walk. The good news is that I got up to 2 miles! Mostly kept up my current pace. Not really getting any faster. But at least I am not slowing down. Would have been a great day if it hadn't ended with all you can eat crabs and a couple of PBR's! But when at the beach....




The rest of the weekend is just going to be bad. We already have brunch planned for saturday, ice cream...the list goes on.

As much as I am trying to get healthy the occasional beach weekend is something that, while I may alter parts of it, I won't completely shut out. The hours of crabs, and great brunches and fun with my oldest daughter and granddaughter are just something we treasure. Other than the crabs I cut my usual dose of food in half. Considering how much I did eat I am kinda grossed out about how much I was eating before! Times like this I really realize how absolutely ridiculous restaurant portions of food are. Because I am talking, and having a drink, and fun...I don't realize how much I am really eating... I recently have started cutting all restaurant portions in half before I even start eating. Once that portion is done the rest goes into a box. It is still too much food.

Ah well...
Wish me luck. I can deal with a little gain...I just don't want to get home and step on that damn scale and go WTF...

ALMOST FORGOT!!!
I have walked 50 miles since I got my fitbit! WHAT?!?!?! That is since September 3rd! I know that in August I didn't even come close to that much let alone any of the months before. What an incredible motivator the FitBit is!

Day 35

You know...I almost didn't give myself credit for stuff yesterday. I got home from work and was so tired that it took everything in me to eat dinner, get the trash together and then stay awake praying for 9pm to come so I could go to sleep. I did no walk no run no anything...Then I remembered as I was getting ready to write this that...YES I DID...I got up and swam laps for 20 minutes yesterday morning! Whoo hoo! So...no guilt necessary! Yay!

I am a firm believer in do what your body is telling you. If you are way more tired than usual...maybe it is your body's way of telling you to take a break...or keep you from causing injury or aggravating a current injury. I slept from 10 until 7...I NEVER do that. I also got up and got moving and realized that my knee felt good. I actually hadn't realized it didn't feel good until I stayed off of it for a day. So...Listen to your body!