In the Groove

Goodness gracious how time flys when you are in the groove!! I completed 10 days of Insanity, that is almost 2 full weeks, you do it 6 days in a row then take a day off. What happened? Overtime at work!! I'm ok with that, while Insanity is a great cardio workout it doesn't have much for strength training. Since I will be running my 1st 10K on Sept 1st I need to find a balance between running outside and cross training which includes strength training. So I will put Insanity on hold for now so I can prepare for the race. With that said I had an AWESOME run yesterday!! 6 miles in 1 hour and 8 minutes!!! When I left the house I didn't know how far I would go, farther than I thought!! I did get blisters on both feet from the run so I need to figure out why. I tend to always get them when I run outside, I'v tried different shoes, different socks, glide- which is suppose to help with friction so far. Any suggestions?? Today I had a great work out with my trainer at the high school. We did bleacher runs, ladder run, sprints, TRX-yes you really can do it anywhere, and tire jumps!! What are tire jumps? Me, jumping on to a big tractor tire then down!! Looks easy until you actually do it. I have come so far!! I LOVED today's workout. Next week I will do another outside session with my trainer!! Football players make that stuff look so easy!! Someday I hope I can to!!! I still struggle with my eating, it's a work in progress. I bought Bob Harper's book The Skinny Rules. I am going to follow his plan, yes every week I have a "plan". Well it just so happens that I spent the afternoon pre paring my meals for the next few days. It's normal food and he gives a couple different options for each meal and snack. The hardest rule for me will be #7 No Carbs After Lunch!! Hey at least you get carbs!! Today I had a "moment" where I realized I work my ass off exercising, and it's almost all for nothing if my eating doesn't change!!! Mindset girl, mindset!!! With that said I have 2 parties to go to a graduation where they are having ribs and smoked crap, not my thing so safe there, the other one is a birthday party for my friend the big 40!!! Yikes, mine is creeping up, anyway it is at another friends house it's burgers and corn on the cob and dessert! This is my plan, stay on plan during the day, eat the burger with no bun, no corn on the cob- not really my thing, a small piece of dessert, which I'm bringing in a throw away pan so the b-day girl can take the rest home and possibly a beer. The nice thing about Bob's plan is that there is a built in "cheat" day. With that said it doesn't mean you can go hog wild but you can have the not so good for you stuff as long as it is portion controlled!!! I do measurements again August 1st- wow August already! Let's see those numbers take inches off this body!! I'm still having problems with blogger so I 'm doing this from my I pad, I do how to make paragraphs, which I do but when I post it, it all runs together!!!! Darn it!

Think Before Speaking!!!

Do you ever have days when you wish you could just scream because people can be such insensitive assholes??? I do and today is one of them!! I am excited to tell you that I signed up for my 1st 10K on Sept 1st!!!!! I am really excited to be doing this with two great co- workers, who hope we don't die, haha. Love these girls I assured them that we will NOT DIE!!! It is a very attainable goal for all of us to work towards!! With that said when I was telling others about signing up, I got " you better start training", " are you serious" "you?". You know what "assclowns" say what you want because I am doing a hell of a lot more than you and I am not an idiot and I know I have to trian!! Thank - you for believing in me!!!!! Now it's not that I dislike these people it's just I think " good gaud think before you speak"!!! I also told some I was going to be starting Insanity and the reaction was the same. You know what I know it's going to be hard and I might not be able to do all of it but I can do some and I'm willing to give it a shot!!!!! I am having problems getting blogger to work for me uploading pictures and links, I wish I weren't cuz I have the perfect picture/ quote I could post!!! Darn it!! Along with people being insensitive have you ever supported someone and got nothing in return, other than them to turn around and support others without giving you a second thought!!! It is so hurtful!!! Ok enough negative Nelly for the day!!! I will and can do this with the support of people who believe in me!!!!!! I had a .8 loss for the week, not great but it is something!!!!!!! Here's to a great week!!!!!

Staying the same

So far this week has turned out better than I thought it would. I met with my trainer today and I did not gain weight, I did not lose any either but I am ok with that. I did not track, I did not exercise as much as I should have and I ate crap and drank beer!! I think what saved me is the heat!! Yes, I said the heat, even though I ate crappy, I didn't eat as much, it was to HOT to even eat. I had a rough workout this morning. It was so muggy and sticky in the workout room, I struggled the whole hour. I had went to the gym and did 20 minutes of cardio before meeting my trainer so that might have had something to do with my struggle. My heart rate monitor showed that I burned 824 calories for both the gym and my trainer. I will take it!!! I have not had time to start Insanity yet, but it is still in my plans. I am still dealing with the hip pain, some days it is good and others it is sore, really sore. Here's to a cooler rest of the week and beginning of next!!