Bootcamp ended at the beginning of December. I'm through with holiday eating and ready to hit the gym again.
It's closed today.
I don't make resolutions, but I do have a goal: I want to be able to run a 5K by summer 2008.
Bootcamp starts again in mid-January, and I'm still stoked about the new kickboxing class I've heard tell of.
Bonus: In all that eating frenzy, I gained two pounds. Now it's time to burn it off...
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
Where'd it go?
I weighed myself this morning and seem to have lost two pounds.
I don't know how. It just sort of went away.
Cool!
167
I don't know how. It just sort of went away.
Cool!
167
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Last day
I came to bootcamp tonight completely prepared to get my butt kicked for missing two nights.
I didn't expect it to be my last. Class was light tonight - only 9 of what used to be 20+. It was the final evaluation.
Here's how I did:
weight: 169 (+/- 0 since midpoint, -2 total)
body fat percentage: 33 % (Seriously? No really. There's no way that can be accurate. Staton says you aren't supposed to eat or drink for five hours prior to using the calculator. We'll throw out this number.)
sit-ups in one minute: 35 (+/-0 since midpoint, +5 total)
push-ups in one minute: 44 (+4 since midpoint, +15 total)
laps in 10 minutes: 13 (+2.5 since midpoint, +1 total)
Something a little scary happened during the run. Around lap 11 I started hyperventilating, much like I used to lose my breath in high school during soccer games. Staton kept pushing me not to quit, and when there was about 30 seconds left my lungs felt clearer and I ran as hard as I could to finish out the 13th lap.
I don't know what caused me to not be able to breathe. I was pacing my breathing the entire time. I felt it come on and I couldn't make it stop.
Oh, bonus: Remember how I was worried about staying on the wagon once bootcamp was over? Another six-week bootcamp begins in mid-January.
Double bonus: Until then there's a kickboxing class. I LOVE kickboxing class.
I didn't expect it to be my last. Class was light tonight - only 9 of what used to be 20+. It was the final evaluation.
Here's how I did:
weight: 169 (+/- 0 since midpoint, -2 total)
body fat percentage: 33 % (Seriously? No really. There's no way that can be accurate. Staton says you aren't supposed to eat or drink for five hours prior to using the calculator. We'll throw out this number.)
sit-ups in one minute: 35 (+/-0 since midpoint, +5 total)
push-ups in one minute: 44 (+4 since midpoint, +15 total)
laps in 10 minutes: 13 (+2.5 since midpoint, +1 total)
Something a little scary happened during the run. Around lap 11 I started hyperventilating, much like I used to lose my breath in high school during soccer games. Staton kept pushing me not to quit, and when there was about 30 seconds left my lungs felt clearer and I ran as hard as I could to finish out the 13th lap.
I don't know what caused me to not be able to breathe. I was pacing my breathing the entire time. I felt it come on and I couldn't make it stop.
Oh, bonus: Remember how I was worried about staying on the wagon once bootcamp was over? Another six-week bootcamp begins in mid-January.
Double bonus: Until then there's a kickboxing class. I LOVE kickboxing class.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Personal best
My husband tends to think of himself as my fitness coach, much in the same way Terry "Hulk" Hogan does for his wife in their hilariously staged show.
So when I came home from the gym one day content with my 10-minute mile, he asked when I was going to try to step up a little. Instead of running faster for shorter periods, why not try running a little slower and longer?
I tried it out yesterday. When I stepped on the treadmill I told myself I would try for 15 minutes at 5.5 mph (about an 11-minute pace) instead of 6 mph (which is a 10-minute mile). It started getting tough around three-quarters of a mile, as it always does, but I pushed through.
As I approached 15 minutes, I thought about my husband. The man gleefully plugging away on a stationary bike watching TV would be impressed if I ran the entire 20 minutes.
I did it.
Let's see if I can do it again...
So when I came home from the gym one day content with my 10-minute mile, he asked when I was going to try to step up a little. Instead of running faster for shorter periods, why not try running a little slower and longer?
I tried it out yesterday. When I stepped on the treadmill I told myself I would try for 15 minutes at 5.5 mph (about an 11-minute pace) instead of 6 mph (which is a 10-minute mile). It started getting tough around three-quarters of a mile, as it always does, but I pushed through.
As I approached 15 minutes, I thought about my husband. The man gleefully plugging away on a stationary bike watching TV would be impressed if I ran the entire 20 minutes.
I did it.
Let's see if I can do it again...
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Yikes!
Blame it on the sports writers!
I have to miss Tuesday's bootcamp for another game of the week (this time it's girls basketball: Statesville at Lake Norman, if you're interested in watching the highlights afterward).
Other than missing two bootcamps in a row, I think it's safe to say I'm back on the wagon. I dropped all my Thanksgiving weight and am back down to 169 (-2). Next week is a weigh-in for Maintain Don't Gain, so I'm hoping to do "double-time" and drop maybe one pound more before then.
It's hard to lose weight in the winter. Cold weather means hot soups, and my favorites are cream-based. It also means weekends filled with football tailgating (well, hopefully if App keeps chugging in the post-season).
So while I'm on a tiny involuntary vacation from bootcamp, here's how I did yesterday:
cereal with skim: 200
Brookdale's french onion soup: I'm guessing 200, with half of it coming from the cheese on top. It is divine on a cold day.
Brookdale's half chicken salad sandwich: 500
bag of M&Ms: 250 (does it make it better if I say I was walking around the block while I ate them?)
Can of potato, broccoli cheese soup: 360
total: 1,510 calories
exercise:
1 mile on treadmill and 15 minutes of abs: -175
A fast-paced walk around the block with a friend: You didn't think I was really going to count that did you?
I have to miss Tuesday's bootcamp for another game of the week (this time it's girls basketball: Statesville at Lake Norman, if you're interested in watching the highlights afterward).
Other than missing two bootcamps in a row, I think it's safe to say I'm back on the wagon. I dropped all my Thanksgiving weight and am back down to 169 (-2). Next week is a weigh-in for Maintain Don't Gain, so I'm hoping to do "double-time" and drop maybe one pound more before then.
It's hard to lose weight in the winter. Cold weather means hot soups, and my favorites are cream-based. It also means weekends filled with football tailgating (well, hopefully if App keeps chugging in the post-season).
So while I'm on a tiny involuntary vacation from bootcamp, here's how I did yesterday:
cereal with skim: 200
Brookdale's french onion soup: I'm guessing 200, with half of it coming from the cheese on top. It is divine on a cold day.
Brookdale's half chicken salad sandwich: 500
bag of M&Ms: 250 (does it make it better if I say I was walking around the block while I ate them?)
Can of potato, broccoli cheese soup: 360
total: 1,510 calories
exercise:
1 mile on treadmill and 15 minutes of abs: -175
A fast-paced walk around the block with a friend: You didn't think I was really going to count that did you?
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