Just back from the gym

And even though my weight hasn’t moved, I have increased my running vs walking time.  Today I jogged a total of 6 circuits, which equates to 6/16th of a mile or just a little over 1/3rd of a mile.  No great shakes when you see that The Princess jogged a mile in 10:40 which is about 2 minutes better than what she did last fall in gym class.  Her goal is to be below 10 minutes when she has to run again in the spring.  If she gets into the single digits, that will get her an A in the class.  She is majorly stoked about that.

Me, I am just stoked that we are going to the gym together.  She is a great workout partner.  Now if we can get MLW to go with us we will be a force to be reckoned with.

Weigh in tomorrow morning.  I will let you know what happens.  Today I am going to be drinking fluids like they are going out of style trying to flush out the sugar that I ingested last night.

Wish me luck.  Sugar is the devil.

Namaste.

Well, that didn’t take long, now did it?

Sugar has kicked my flabby butt once again.  Did well all Thursday.  Got home, was feeling a little peaked, made some egg salad and had that, thought the getting some protein and fat into me would make it all better.

And then the damned cookies started talking to me.  And I know that it is the sugar from Christmas that is still in my system making me crave more.  Sugar is just plain evil.  I am not happy.

So, I succumbed.  And now I am paying the prce.  I feel like I have been drinking, and am hung over.  Queasy stomach, achy joints, and just plain blah.  Great.   And today I have a longer jog planned.  Gotta get better at the willpower stuff if this is going to be successful.

Ok.  Done beating myself up, now it is time to go jog.

Namaste.

Planning my runs

I am already looking for runs for The Princess and I this coming summer.  I am thinking that the first one we will participate in will by the Jubilee Day run.  This takes place the third Thursday in June every year.  I don’t think that I will be ready for the 5k, though my trainer thinks other wise.

Yeah, right.  I just jogged 1/16th and 1/2 of a mile last night.  And he thinks that I can be ready for 3.3 miles in June.  Some folks are optimists to the nth degree.  Me, I think that the mile fun run will be the ticket for me for june.

We will see.  Today is a day off from the gym.  Friday The Princess and I will head back and do it all over, though we will be working our back and bi’s on the weights this time.  The Princess is not a big fan of training a different muscle group every time we go to the gym.  If she had her say in the matter we would do the assisted pull ups, chest press, leg press, and leg curls every time.  I try to tell her that we need to do the other exercises to even things out, but it is all invisible to her right now.

Gotta scoot.

Namaste.

Today is another day

Back on the train.

So what does it feel to weigh 300+ lbs?  Every morning, when you get out of bed, everything hurts.  Your back, your joints.  The soles of your feet hurt from the amount of pressure you put on them every time you take a step.

How does it feel to weigh 45 lbs less?  No more aches and pains in the morning.  More energy, which is a good thing considering we are going to the gym in the evening.

Tonight I jogged 1 and 1/2 circuits at the gym.  Then I jogged 1 and    1/4 three times.  Then we went in and worked on our shoulders and legs.

Tomorrow I will hurt.

Friday I will be going to a shoe store called “The Inside Track” to look for some running shoes that I can wear on the track, and on the road.  Right now The Princess and I are running on an indoor track, but in the spring we will most likely be running outside.  Consequently I want a shoe that is more versatile than the ones I have now for in the gym.

I am sounding like an old woman right now, aren’t ?  Going on about shoes and the gym.  Suffice it to say that even though I am choosing not to eat certain foods right now, the way I feel is worth any discomfort I might feel.

At least that is my story right now.

Namaste.

Living in castles, a bit at a time

Christmas has come and gone.  Everyone is happy and healthy.  The dog just ate part of an almond joy bar.  Life goes on in our household.

When I stepped on the scale today I had lost another 2 lbs.  This brings the total up to 47 lbs.

Then we went and ate Christmas dinner.  So much for the weight loss.  But tomorrow I am back on it, The Princess and I will be going to the gym Wednesday, and Friday this week.  I talked today with a guy who is going to work with me on running long distance this summer.  My training is set at this time, all I have to do is to follow through.

So, lets review.  Total weight loss- 47 lbs.  Though I am expecting to weigh in heavier tomorrow.

Namaste

In which I drop more weight

I just don’t know how much yet.  I am estimating that it will be around 2-3 lbs because I am in that stage of my weight loss.  At least I remember this from my last journey down Atkins lane.

Today I was finally hot at work.  I have been cold for the last few days.  But the fact that I was cold was telling me that my body was doing something, and it did.  I won’t go into what happened shortly after that feeling of heat, just suffice it to say that it was very relieving.  And then I had another bout of being cold.

I am such a wuss.

This week is back to the gym with The Princess, and doing some jogging.  That will also speed some things up.  I will keep you up to speed with how that is turning out tomorrow.

Namaste.

The gym is going to miss me for a few days

I just can’t squeeze any more time out of the day.  24 seems to be the static number of hours, and I am using them all up right now.

It will all be ok after we get through New Years.  Then I can get on a regular, or as regular as my work schedule allows, schedule at the gym.

Even though I was self-deprecating on my jogging the other night, I am actually pleased with what I was able to accomplish.  I didn’t think that I would be able to jog one complete lap, which I did.  So now the goal is to run 1 and 1/2 laps 4 times around.  Walking inbetween each one.  And the move up to 2 laps with walking, and so on and so forth.  I like to plan these things out so that there is measurable results.  Not that I am an analytical person, I just want to be able to see my improvement with not a lot of wiggle room.  I have, over the years, given myself wiggle room in the past.  It is not a good thing.

Wish me luck.

Namaste.

Lurching around the track

I would like to say that I went jogging tonight with my daughter.  But it would be a lie.

She jogged.  I lurched.  I managed to lurch the total of 1/16 of a mile before I had to speed up to a walk.  Yes, that is 1/4 of a 1/4 of a mile.  I hate math at times like this.

I lost another 5 lbs.  It has been hanging around for the last couple of weeks and I was pretty glad to get it gone.  I felt that something was going on all day yesterday.  I was frozen at work.  My fingers just would not get warm.  It was making me nuts.  And I am not usually a cold person.

Anyway, now I am of two minds as to what I should do for Christmas dinner.  When I was stuck, I was thinking that I would eat carbs on that day.  Realizing that it would probably cost me a few pounds, but being willing to sacrifice it.   But now that I have broken through, I am not feeling so altruistic about putting back on those pounds that I just lost.

Double bummer.

This will take more consideration.

Namaste.

I would rather jog my memory

Than to jog, but I did just that this evening.  Go jogging, that is.  I have been stuck weight-wise for the past couple of weeks.  I knew that I needed to get some exercise worked in besides work.  So, I decided to start running.

Besides having to train for next years 5k runs that my daughter wants to do with me.

I took the hound out, let her do her business, and then jogged the length of the block.  Walked another block, and jogged a block.  And that was tonight.  Tomorrow is another step forward.

I hate jogging.

One more of lifes pleasures taken away

Let us be as honest as we can.  Farts are fun.  Farts are good.  But when you are eating on the Atkins program, farting is not allowed.  For one very specific reason.

Sharting.

That is, squeezing out just a tad bit of fecal matter along with the methane.

Gross, eh?

You Betcha!

Namaste.