Good morning my faithful! So the big news - I weighed in at 321.6 - I am not super happy about that, but I will roll with it. Friday morning I weighed in at 321 even. So it would look like I gained .6 over the weekend - but I don't feel like I did??? I worked hard and am going to chalk it up to water weight and body fluctuation. SO! Friday evening I do some Kenpo before we headed to the race - I did not eat good at the race, but the last race I went to I ate MUCH worse. So I am proud of myself over all. Saturday we slept in late, got up and ran our couch to 5k, then I mowed grass and worked in the yard. We went to Red Lobster for dinner and I had a normal dinner - But that is all I ate that day! So I don't feel guilty a bit! Sunday we did not move a ton - hung out with my M&D and snacked some around their house. We didn't eat bad, but we didn't eat great - then when we got home I did some Plyometrics work out and sweated up a storm! So I felt good this weekend - I hate that my numbers don't reflect that, but I feel good this morning and my clothes are already fitting better!
Today I had a couple granola bars for breakfast, I have a couple apples packed for snacks, I have soup and green beans with carrots for lunch! We have a showing at our house this afternoon - Please say a prayer that it shows well and maybe we will get an offer! So when I get home we are going to load up the dogs and head to M&D's house. We will do our P90 there (today is pushups and back I believe) then we will go for our couch to 5K in Maiden. By the way, if you are interested in the program we are following here is the link:
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
I have read several other peoples blogs about getting started in the program and they have all had fantastic results! I am excited to be able to say that I can run a 5K! In high school when I was playing football and in pretty decent shape - I was still beastly, but in better overall shape - I could run a mile in a little over 9 minutes. That is pretty slow, and I was about to pass out after the one mile! So I am freaking excited about being able to run a 5K (3.1 miles) in roughly 30 minutes, which is what this program strives to help you do! KSTS is signing us up for the 5K they run in the Lincolnton Apple Fest - I believe in September sometime. And we are going to do a Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning before we pig out! Then one day the Iron Man in Hawaii!!!!! maybe that "one day" is a LONG ways off..... But I think I can manage a 5K in 4 months! Week one is really easy so there really isn't much to report. I will tell you more as the weeks go on, but week two is pretty easy as well. I tell you the toughest part is my big toes have been bothering me.... My brother and dad have the gout! And I hate to admit it, but I must also be developing a touch of it... Getting older sucks!
I hope everyone is moving more this week! The experts for health and well being say you should strive to take 10,000 steps a day. That sounds like a bunch, but it really isn't. Especially when you start earlier in the day. I know when I sit in my office all day long and don't start moving till I get home it is super hard to break even 7,000 steps a day. But in my typical workout of just P90 I get in 3K steps, doing the couch to 5K gets me another 3 - 4K, and then just your regular moving around gets you the rest. I get up from my desk and move around the office and shop and go look at how the guys are doing on a job, etc... Just get up and move! I know that the internet and really my blog are enthralling! But when you sit around all day long then start moving in the afternoon it is nearly impossible to get in your steps! But if you tell yourself you are going to take 5 ten minute walks around the yard or down your street a day then you will get in your steps with ease! It sucks to think about devoting yourself to an hour of working out, or even just 30 minutes some days. But ANYONE can take a ten minute break a couple times a day! That is nothing! Just a thought. Maybe keep 5 dried beans in your pocket and every time you take one of your 10 minute breaks to go for a stroll you throw a bean out, when all your beans are gone you have accomplished something! Good luck my peeps! It is super easy to dictate what YOU should do from behind my keyboard - obviously I am not perfect! But I am trying! I hope you are too!
Today I had a couple granola bars for breakfast, I have a couple apples packed for snacks, I have soup and green beans with carrots for lunch! We have a showing at our house this afternoon - Please say a prayer that it shows well and maybe we will get an offer! So when I get home we are going to load up the dogs and head to M&D's house. We will do our P90 there (today is pushups and back I believe) then we will go for our couch to 5K in Maiden. By the way, if you are interested in the program we are following here is the link:
http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml
I have read several other peoples blogs about getting started in the program and they have all had fantastic results! I am excited to be able to say that I can run a 5K! In high school when I was playing football and in pretty decent shape - I was still beastly, but in better overall shape - I could run a mile in a little over 9 minutes. That is pretty slow, and I was about to pass out after the one mile! So I am freaking excited about being able to run a 5K (3.1 miles) in roughly 30 minutes, which is what this program strives to help you do! KSTS is signing us up for the 5K they run in the Lincolnton Apple Fest - I believe in September sometime. And we are going to do a Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning before we pig out! Then one day the Iron Man in Hawaii!!!!! maybe that "one day" is a LONG ways off..... But I think I can manage a 5K in 4 months! Week one is really easy so there really isn't much to report. I will tell you more as the weeks go on, but week two is pretty easy as well. I tell you the toughest part is my big toes have been bothering me.... My brother and dad have the gout! And I hate to admit it, but I must also be developing a touch of it... Getting older sucks!
I hope everyone is moving more this week! The experts for health and well being say you should strive to take 10,000 steps a day. That sounds like a bunch, but it really isn't. Especially when you start earlier in the day. I know when I sit in my office all day long and don't start moving till I get home it is super hard to break even 7,000 steps a day. But in my typical workout of just P90 I get in 3K steps, doing the couch to 5K gets me another 3 - 4K, and then just your regular moving around gets you the rest. I get up from my desk and move around the office and shop and go look at how the guys are doing on a job, etc... Just get up and move! I know that the internet and really my blog are enthralling! But when you sit around all day long then start moving in the afternoon it is nearly impossible to get in your steps! But if you tell yourself you are going to take 5 ten minute walks around the yard or down your street a day then you will get in your steps with ease! It sucks to think about devoting yourself to an hour of working out, or even just 30 minutes some days. But ANYONE can take a ten minute break a couple times a day! That is nothing! Just a thought. Maybe keep 5 dried beans in your pocket and every time you take one of your 10 minute breaks to go for a stroll you throw a bean out, when all your beans are gone you have accomplished something! Good luck my peeps! It is super easy to dictate what YOU should do from behind my keyboard - obviously I am not perfect! But I am trying! I hope you are too!
Bunkin! You are great! This is the best blog ever! I really have looked up to you for years and cant thank you enough for all the kind and wonderful stuff you have brought into my life! You are my favorite child and I cant thank you enough for being the man that you are!
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