7mph 3/15 1/30

I LOVE running! LOL! OK so today was a running day! Did my HIIT program, none of my sprints were below 5.5mph, in fact only my first one was 5.5, the others were 6.0mph then after each 5 minute segment the last 30 second sprint was split at 6.5 for 15 seconds and 7.0mph for 15 seconds, then on my last minute sprint to end the first 30 seconds was at 6.3mph and the last entire 30 seconds was at 7mph!! What a rush to actually run that fast for 30 seconds! and for more than one time! In total I ran at 7mph 3 times for 15 seconds and 1 time for 30 seconds! Have I mentioned that I LOVE running! LOL! Sorry I guess I did! Ate my 23 points today and 1 activity point. Thought I could afford that one activity point since I earned 5 of them!

Weekend

Well lets start with yesterday's weigh in. A whooping .2 I can hardly contain my excitement! Well, at least it was a loss! Was gone all day yesterday after my meeting helping Bruce hang some crown molding up for a friend then today I have been on the go all day, planned to go to the gym but didn't get there in time before it closed! Just now getting around to getting online and posting, of course it seems like I am just talking to myself so I guess there was no big hurry! On to another week!

7MPH!!!

OH MY GOODNESS! I ran today at 7mph! OK it was just for15 seconds but I did it!! Wednesday when I ran my sprints were 5.0mph to 5.5mph Today I thought I would "test" myself on that! Most of my 30 seconds sprints were at 5.5 The last 2 sprints of each segment I ran at 6.0mph Then on my very last one minute sprint I did this 5.0mph for 15seconds, 5.5mph for 15seconds, 6.0mph for 15 seconds, the I was going for 6.5mph but I pushed the button too many times! LOL got up to 7.0mph for 15 seconds! I felt like a hamster on a wheel my short legs were moving so fast!! WoHooo!! It felt amazing!! Can't wait to do it again!

So tomorrow is weigh in day! I have had a great week eating and working out! But, I am still nervous! Wednesday, Thursday and Today I really bumped up the workouts so I am really sore, especially my legs---which in the long is a good thing the whole fat turning into muscle thing! But, short term no so good, sore muscles=water retention=weight GAIN! So I guess we will see what happens tomorrow on the scale!

I have really started noticing a difference in my body! Even though the scale is slow moving I am really seeing some fat reduction in a lot of places! If I could only not dwell on the scale number!?!

Power Running

So today I did day 2 of HIIT with my running routine! WOW! I get way more out of those intervals than just the straight running. I did 3 different 5 minute segments of jogging/sprinting intervals. I was planing on 1 minute walks to recover between each set but I needed 1 minute and 30 seconds before I was ready again. So here is what I did. Walked 3 minutes, jogged 2 minutes, 5 minutes intervals of 30 seconds sprinting and 30 seconds jog, then walked 1 1/2 minute, jogged 30 seconds, 2nd 5 minute intervals of sprinting/jogging, 1 1/2 minute walk, 30 second jog, 3rd 5 minute interval of sprinting/jogging, walked 1 1/2 minute then i finished off with 2 minutes of jogging and 1 full minute of sprinting, then walked 2 minutes to cool down and stretching! Its was amazing! I love it!! I am only running 22 minutes instead of the 25 I was doing before but nearly half of that was sprinting so it makes up for it I think! LOL! I pushed it up to 5.5mph tonight my short legs were a MOVING! was going to try for 6mph but chickened out! Maybe next time! Right on track with my points today too so I am feeling good tonight!

I'm Back

I have now started my new job. I have not done well on eating or exercise as I have been sick again for over a week. I have a very nasty and very contagious chest congestion that is going around and seems to hang on forever. Hopefully, I will be back to normal soon. I really wanted to get a jump on the new routine, but am learning patience again. I am eating at the office this week and most of the lunches are the Smart Ones meals or Lean Cuisine's, so that will help.

All Alone

Where are you guys??? I have been deserted! This isn't any fun with out you all! Hope you all come back soon!

Today was a fairly good day! Ate on points plus a few extra activity points because I felt hungry and weak, but that could have been the cold I am fighting! I did make it to the gym for 30 minutes of weight training, then I was going to go out to ride my bike, but instead I just did an easy 30 minutes on the elliptical. I say easy because I left it on the lowest tension possible and didn't push it! Thought since my cold is a product of allergies it wouldn't be wise to go outside to ride so that is why I did the elliptical instead. If there is one thing about Texas I do not like it would be spring time! The air is SOOOOO bad, I get sick every spring from allergies! Oh well, just going to push through it and keep going because this time last year I couldn't do a thing I had no energy to do anything at all and was in the process of finding out I had cancer. So now nothing is going to stop me not even a springtime allergy head cold!

HIIT

HIIT-High Intensity Interval Training. I have been doing alot of reading on this lately. This seems to be the way to loose body fat! Regular cardio at a constant steady pace eventually your body gets used to that and doesn't burn fat. HIIT is short spurts of low, medium and high intensity in a short amount of time to burn maximum fat! So I gave it a try today as it was my running day, so instead of just running at a steady pace for 25 minutes I spent that 25 minutes walking(very fast) for a few minutes then spent 10 minutes of 30 second SPRINTS!(wow I was going fast) and 30 seconds jogging, walked again for a few minutes then did another 10 minutes of Sprint/Jog intervals every 30 seconds. Eventually you start increasing the High intensity intervals to longer times. It was awesome! Great workout and it really seem to make the time go by faster! Its recommended that you do this for 20 minutes no more than 30 minutes each time for only 3 days a week. Too much will hurt not help! I am looking forward to the next running day so I can do it again! The straight running was starting to get boring making it even harder! I have new motivation now!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter all! God Bless!

Today I did NOTHING! Just chilled out and relaxed! Partly because I haven't really felt so good today and had no energy to do anything! So I decided to listen to my body and not push myself! Ate good today though, right on track with points and had all my water plus a little bit more! Tomorrow is a whole new day and I will be ready for it! Even though Spring Break is over and I have to go back to work! Bummer! But just 10 more weeks and its SUMMER VACATION! WoHooo!! Everyone have a blessed week~!

Diovan and Down

Well I was hoping to maintain this week! I did a little better than that! I lost .4! Considering the week I had I will take it!! The biggest news though is this......
I AM OFF DIOVAN! For those of you that don't know what that is, its the high blood pressure meds my doctor put me on last year! I have officially been taken off them by my doctor my blood pressure is down enough that I don't need them anymore! WOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

Back on Track

Well I have manged to be on track all day today! Hopefully it will be enough for tomorrows weigh in! Today for exercise I went running, was also going to ride my bike but after riding it the last 2 days my posterior end needed a break! LOL! So again here we are tomorrow is the big day!

UGH!

Man when will I learn! Started off good! Light healthy breakfast and lunch, the problem was they were both light enough and then we had some expected things come up so it was hours later before I had a chance to get anything else to eat so I was STARVING! and when I get that way I can't control myself! So I had a Big Mac and Fries! UGH!! I guess it could have been worse because as light as my breakfast and lunch were I had points for the Big Mac and half the fries! Which then forced me to go ride my bike for 5 miles to earn the points to "pay for" the other half of the fries to break even! But I still feel guilty! And this week has been so horrible it sure doesn't help much!

MidWeek Exercise Good Eating No So..

So let's get caught up on the past week. Saturday was the worst ever for eating! Totally out of control, got in one 30 minute walk and that was it. Sunday was just as bad as Saturday for eating. Way too much of very bad things. Got in 2 30 minute walks that day. Monday was back on track ate on points and got in a 30 minute run and 30 minute walk. When running I felt like I was going to be sick from all the eating on the weekend but I pushed through it and finished! Tuesday off track eating but not even close to what I did on the weekend. Exercise I got in 1 hour of Walk Away the Pounds, 30 minutes on the elliptical and 30 minutes of pilates. So here we are on Wednesday, on track with points ate exactly my daily points and no more. Got in 30 minutes of running and 40 minutes of riding my bike outside! Not looking forward to this Saturdays weigh in, I am hoping all the extra workouts will off set the bad eating so I at least maintain, not looking for a loss just praying for no gain!!