Feb 28, 2011
Do I have a blog?
LOL I have been so busy I have so many things to talk about. I have like 3 separate posts started. I need to finish one. Ill do that today!
Feb 23, 2011
Major Milestone - Onederland
I have been avoiding posting this. On Feb 19th. I weighed in at 199.4 lbs. I was really excited but my day turned out not so good. Some people very close to me showed little to no excitement for such an incredible goal. In fact it kind of went over like your 27th birthday. To busy to celebrate really unimportant did anyone really know or care? I told lots of people. I facebooked it and texted it and posted it on MFP. Lots of responses from my online friends and my MFP community of friends.
My lovely wife was very supportive.
Additionally...I cant stop zigzagging back across the 200lb mark. It is so frustrating. I need to sit down and re-evaluate my diet. I still think Im not eating enough but Its so difficult to correct this issue. <-- That sounds dumb "I cant eat enough"
My lovely wife was very supportive.
Additionally...I cant stop zigzagging back across the 200lb mark. It is so frustrating. I need to sit down and re-evaluate my diet. I still think Im not eating enough but Its so difficult to correct this issue. <-- That sounds dumb "I cant eat enough"
Feb 18, 2011
The week in review
I feel great. This week has been awesome.
The introduction of swimming at a training level has been a boon to my metabolism. I have lost 3 lbs since Sunday. The best losses Ive had in a while! I know its because of the swimming. My muscles hurt all over. The kicking drills have really been putting it to me. My legs hurt in places Ive never had them hurt before. I know I'm burning fat and strangely I think the week before I was building muscle. I feel firmer just about everywhere.
This morning during my swim I could tell that my swimming has already improved. I'm faster and more fluid in just a weeks time. I didn't time myself but I can tell I'm getting to the end of the pool much quicker than before.
I lost 3 lbs this week so far. On top of that. The scale flickered back and forth between 199.8 and 200.0 ...It stopped on 200.0
Im almost under 200.
The introduction of swimming at a training level has been a boon to my metabolism. I have lost 3 lbs since Sunday. The best losses Ive had in a while! I know its because of the swimming. My muscles hurt all over. The kicking drills have really been putting it to me. My legs hurt in places Ive never had them hurt before. I know I'm burning fat and strangely I think the week before I was building muscle. I feel firmer just about everywhere.
This morning during my swim I could tell that my swimming has already improved. I'm faster and more fluid in just a weeks time. I didn't time myself but I can tell I'm getting to the end of the pool much quicker than before.
I lost 3 lbs this week so far. On top of that. The scale flickered back and forth between 199.8 and 200.0 ...It stopped on 200.0
Im almost under 200.
Feb 15, 2011
Swim Lesson #1
I am having a Great morning!
Thanks to my awesome swim coach Keegan!
I had a great session with my swim coach. HE really showed me a lot of things and did an incredible job of boosting my self confidence.
Apparently my stroke is a lot better than my kick. So I need to do a lot of kick drills. He was also thrilled that I wasnt a horrible swimmer and when I told him my goals he said "this is going to be easy".
Made me feel good at least someone has confidence in me.
Thanks to my awesome swim coach Keegan!
I had a great session with my swim coach. HE really showed me a lot of things and did an incredible job of boosting my self confidence.
Apparently my stroke is a lot better than my kick. So I need to do a lot of kick drills. He was also thrilled that I wasnt a horrible swimmer and when I told him my goals he said "this is going to be easy".
Made me feel good at least someone has confidence in me.
Feb 14, 2011
I miss the Sun!
Oh my we are having some incredible weather. Its such a relief from this bitter winter ick! I miss the Sun so much my Heart is broken!
The last 2 days have been like a bright sunny day in the middle of winter. I suck at simile!
So yesterday it was like 50°F and sunny. I had to get out and run. It was perfect. I picked a route that had some hills long and steep. Normally I try to avoid hills but I wanted to push myself. I pushed myself alright. I felt like a million bucks
Check my run out here
1st Victory! This is the longest distance I have ever run. 4.2 miles.
2nd Victory! Fastest 5k time 32:07 I completely expect to be sub 30 min easily in a race Im hoping for 28 min in my first race :)
3rd Victory! I realized at about 3.5 miles how much further I had before I got back home and how good I actually felt that I needed to start looking at 10K races.
So about the run. Over all went very well. At about 1.75 I turned a corner and headed back south and right into a head wind. It really put it too me. It took me several minutes to kind of get my speed back up and push through through it I know I was pushing it harder caus eI could feel it physically taking it out of me. The last big hill wasa struggle for me. The head wind and the distance and the hill all coming together to defeat me almost worked. Around the 5k mark I think I hit a mental wall cause I really felt like I wanted to give up and walk the rest of the way home. I pushed through and Im so glad I did. I got past the hill and turned the corner again. Slowed my pace a little unknowingly. I was able to finish at a faster pace than I expected so that was great.
Plus I lost another pound. Woohoo!
The last 2 days have been like a bright sunny day in the middle of winter. I suck at simile!
So yesterday it was like 50°F and sunny. I had to get out and run. It was perfect. I picked a route that had some hills long and steep. Normally I try to avoid hills but I wanted to push myself. I pushed myself alright. I felt like a million bucks
Check my run out here
1st Victory! This is the longest distance I have ever run. 4.2 miles.
2nd Victory! Fastest 5k time 32:07 I completely expect to be sub 30 min easily in a race Im hoping for 28 min in my first race :)
3rd Victory! I realized at about 3.5 miles how much further I had before I got back home and how good I actually felt that I needed to start looking at 10K races.
So about the run. Over all went very well. At about 1.75 I turned a corner and headed back south and right into a head wind. It really put it too me. It took me several minutes to kind of get my speed back up and push through through it I know I was pushing it harder caus eI could feel it physically taking it out of me. The last big hill wasa struggle for me. The head wind and the distance and the hill all coming together to defeat me almost worked. Around the 5k mark I think I hit a mental wall cause I really felt like I wanted to give up and walk the rest of the way home. I pushed through and Im so glad I did. I got past the hill and turned the corner again. Slowed my pace a little unknowingly. I was able to finish at a faster pace than I expected so that was great.
Plus I lost another pound. Woohoo!
Feb 10, 2011
Should I push it?
Ok I am sold! That HIIT is a really good workout. Im not sure I can do it again tonight I'm so sore.
Im really suprised this has carried over into a 3rd day. Im actually sore in new spots. Granted I rode the bike last night and did 5 sets of 1 minute sprints, but this is from the HIIT work out on tuesday.
The arch of my foot is even sore this morning. It's not injury just muscle soreness. Im definitely going to keep doing this. Any suggestions? Should I push it tonight or 1 more day of recovery?
Im really suprised this has carried over into a 3rd day. Im actually sore in new spots. Granted I rode the bike last night and did 5 sets of 1 minute sprints, but this is from the HIIT work out on tuesday.
The arch of my foot is even sore this morning. It's not injury just muscle soreness. Im definitely going to keep doing this. Any suggestions? Should I push it tonight or 1 more day of recovery?
Feb 9, 2011
The past week
Well I behaved all last week and did nicely with my diet. I do feel like my losses are becoming more stagnant. I'm not sure If I'm shorting my cals or if I'm just not bringing it. I do feel like I'm not feeling soreness anymore I guess I'm not pushing myself hard enough but I should still be burning calories
So this past week I found a friend who was telling me about HIIT workouts and after doing some reading I thought I could easily implement a HIIT type workout into my running days. In fact I thought you know this will probably help with my speed.
So last night I did my first HIIT workout before my 3 mile run. I did 20 sec full speed sprints followed by 1 min of fast walking. I did that for 6 sets. As this was my first one I will probably change things up a little. Rather than walk I will being jogging slowly on the cool downs and I will do a little longer 30-45 sec. Additionally I'm going to try to do 10 sets.
So how did I feel. Well for starters I haven't dont much if any full sprints for a long time. YOu would think that my previously spry 300 lbs body would easily be able to sprint around all over the place. You would be incorrect. Ive never felt agile enough until recently and when I have tried they hurt my shins severely. Its been several months since I last tried. Last night I got right up on the balls and was leaning forward into the run really driving with my quads I could feel it burning as I pushed off. It felt great!! After the 6th set I could feel muscle soreness SO I quit at 6 I dint want to injure or over do it. I walked a couple of laps and then set off to finish burning.
I finished up with a 28 min run for 2.25 miles. I gotta say my legs weren't used to the sprinting before hand. I'm sure this is going to help me!
I did my Hundred push ups sets (I'm up to 75)when I got home.
This morning my shoulders and legs Sore Good!
So this past week I found a friend who was telling me about HIIT workouts and after doing some reading I thought I could easily implement a HIIT type workout into my running days. In fact I thought you know this will probably help with my speed.
So last night I did my first HIIT workout before my 3 mile run. I did 20 sec full speed sprints followed by 1 min of fast walking. I did that for 6 sets. As this was my first one I will probably change things up a little. Rather than walk I will being jogging slowly on the cool downs and I will do a little longer 30-45 sec. Additionally I'm going to try to do 10 sets.
So how did I feel. Well for starters I haven't dont much if any full sprints for a long time. YOu would think that my previously spry 300 lbs body would easily be able to sprint around all over the place. You would be incorrect. Ive never felt agile enough until recently and when I have tried they hurt my shins severely. Its been several months since I last tried. Last night I got right up on the balls and was leaning forward into the run really driving with my quads I could feel it burning as I pushed off. It felt great!! After the 6th set I could feel muscle soreness SO I quit at 6 I dint want to injure or over do it. I walked a couple of laps and then set off to finish burning.
I finished up with a 28 min run for 2.25 miles. I gotta say my legs weren't used to the sprinting before hand. I'm sure this is going to help me!
I did my Hundred push ups sets (I'm up to 75)when I got home.
This morning my shoulders and legs Sore Good!
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