The weather gods are in a good mood. It’s supposed to rain today, but I just got back from running and it was 57°F. Sunny, windy and gorgeous.
The brain cell gods were not in a good mood, as was evident when I got down to the track for my warm up and realized I’d left my running shoes at home. Had to drive back home and change. My sister accidentally broke my clip-on sunglasses, and I left my regular ones at her house, so I was forced to use my mom’s baseball hat to keep the sun out of my eyes. Unfortunately, not only did the hat proudly display the name of the local senior center, but (except for the bill) it was made entirely out of black velvet.
The first 90 second run was easy. First three minute run was fairly easy. Second 90 second run was easy. Second three minute run just about done me in. I blame the hat. It’s okay, though; I wasn’t expecting Day 2 to go as well as Day 1. I’m still jazzed and looking forward to Day 3 on Tuesday! Looks like it’s going to be pushing 70 with no rain. Niiiiice.
For breakfast this morning I had some soy yogurt with ground flax seed and a hand full of grapes. I haven’t had lunch yet, but I ate an orange a few minutes ago, and now I'm off to do aerobic and lower body. Can I just say how much I enjoy having muscles? What I don’t enjoy is having them concealed under a mountain of fat. It’s frustrating. I wish I could be fit overnight, but I know I’ve got a long road ahead of me and it can be disheartening at times. 99% of this is diet. I’m not eating as well as I should be. Last week when it was 100°? I had half a pint of ice cream for LUNCH. One of the good things about summer (if you don’t have frozen delectables lurking in your ice box) is that I never feel like eating. Normally, I have so much anxiety, I can’t stop thinking about my next meal, but once the mercury starts skyrocketing, I can’t be bothered. All I really want is fruit and water. And bubble tea.
Anyway, I’ve been doing the Tonly Little strength training DVDs for about four or five weeks now. Though I’m seeing better results from him, I don’t want my body to get used to the routine, so I think it’s time to switch things up again. I’ll probably just go back to my Karen Voight routine (but add way more reps) or find something new. Also, a couple of weeks ago, I was poking around the Runners World website and came across a video of pre-run yoga poses. I thought that sounded promising, you know? Anything to help boost my performance. Then I watched the video and holy twig how does she DO that??
I was stretching after my workout yesterday and managed to twist myself into a slightly modified version of the pigeon pose and it wasn’t too bad. I think incorporating some yoga into my weekly routine would really benefit me at this point. I just suck at it. I use my fatness as an excuse, but I’ve been told numerous times that it’s entirely possible to do yoga when you’re overweight. I have yet to see evidence of that, but I’ve lost quite a bit of weight now and might find things different these days. I’ll keep you posted.
I’m a bit tired right now, as I was up until 1 a.m. working on my Super-Secret Stanley Cup Dessert Project. The baking part came out (almost) perfectly, but the other part, I’m not sure if it would qualify as a launch problem or a design problem, but I had to scrap my plans and improvise. I’ve banned everyone from eating them until after the first octopus hits the ice tonight. LET’S GO, RED WINGS!
The brain cell gods were not in a good mood, as was evident when I got down to the track for my warm up and realized I’d left my running shoes at home. Had to drive back home and change. My sister accidentally broke my clip-on sunglasses, and I left my regular ones at her house, so I was forced to use my mom’s baseball hat to keep the sun out of my eyes. Unfortunately, not only did the hat proudly display the name of the local senior center, but (except for the bill) it was made entirely out of black velvet.
The first 90 second run was easy. First three minute run was fairly easy. Second 90 second run was easy. Second three minute run just about done me in. I blame the hat. It’s okay, though; I wasn’t expecting Day 2 to go as well as Day 1. I’m still jazzed and looking forward to Day 3 on Tuesday! Looks like it’s going to be pushing 70 with no rain. Niiiiice.
For breakfast this morning I had some soy yogurt with ground flax seed and a hand full of grapes. I haven’t had lunch yet, but I ate an orange a few minutes ago, and now I'm off to do aerobic and lower body. Can I just say how much I enjoy having muscles? What I don’t enjoy is having them concealed under a mountain of fat. It’s frustrating. I wish I could be fit overnight, but I know I’ve got a long road ahead of me and it can be disheartening at times. 99% of this is diet. I’m not eating as well as I should be. Last week when it was 100°? I had half a pint of ice cream for LUNCH. One of the good things about summer (if you don’t have frozen delectables lurking in your ice box) is that I never feel like eating. Normally, I have so much anxiety, I can’t stop thinking about my next meal, but once the mercury starts skyrocketing, I can’t be bothered. All I really want is fruit and water. And bubble tea.
Anyway, I’ve been doing the Tonly Little strength training DVDs for about four or five weeks now. Though I’m seeing better results from him, I don’t want my body to get used to the routine, so I think it’s time to switch things up again. I’ll probably just go back to my Karen Voight routine (but add way more reps) or find something new. Also, a couple of weeks ago, I was poking around the Runners World website and came across a video of pre-run yoga poses. I thought that sounded promising, you know? Anything to help boost my performance. Then I watched the video and holy twig how does she DO that??
I was stretching after my workout yesterday and managed to twist myself into a slightly modified version of the pigeon pose and it wasn’t too bad. I think incorporating some yoga into my weekly routine would really benefit me at this point. I just suck at it. I use my fatness as an excuse, but I’ve been told numerous times that it’s entirely possible to do yoga when you’re overweight. I have yet to see evidence of that, but I’ve lost quite a bit of weight now and might find things different these days. I’ll keep you posted.
I’m a bit tired right now, as I was up until 1 a.m. working on my Super-Secret Stanley Cup Dessert Project. The baking part came out (almost) perfectly, but the other part, I’m not sure if it would qualify as a launch problem or a design problem, but I had to scrap my plans and improvise. I’ve banned everyone from eating them until after the first octopus hits the ice tonight. LET’S GO, RED WINGS!
Quote of the day:
“The hockey gods are smiling so wide, we can count their missing teeth.”
---NBC announcer guy on the Red Wings/Penguins finals matchup.
Very important: tomorrow is May 25th. Don't forget to bring a towel.
See you this Tuesday!
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Congrats on finishing Week 3 Day 2! Yay!
Thank you!
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