Totals for 30 Jun 2010

Well today was a rough one....period. After yesterday's interval training I just about wiped myself out tonight. Luckily I only had to get out and do cardio tonight. I really don't think that I could of hit the weights if I had to tonight. The positive thing I am taking away from tonight's workout is that I got out there and did something. It may not have been a lot of running but at least I got something in. My totals for today are as follows: I rode 5.38 miles & burned 570 calories. I jogged / walked 5.28 miles & burned 863 calories. I just didn't have a lot of energy tonight and it showed. I guess my fitness level can only go up from here. I need time to rebuild my endurance and strength and it isn't going to happen over night. Perseverance, that's my word for this week. I forgot to add that I weighed in on Monday and I am starting out at 269 lbs. I hope, I hope, I hope to see that number go down come this following Monday. Until next time...

Totals for 29 Jun 2010

Well today was a killer workout day. I am still not finished with my 200 push ups but then again I am about to head to work and in the 6 hours I have at work I only have to knock out 80 more. Easy peasy! I spent my workout time tonight at the gym because I had to get in a weights workout, one of three for the week. It went pretty good because it went quick. I also got in a 30 minute interval training run and then another 30 minute run on the treadmill run after my lifting session. My totals for today was 5.59 miles and I burned 1,026 calories during my run portion of the workout. My lifting session went as follows:

Week 1:
(all are one set of 20 reps)
-Leg Press
-Seated Calf Raises
-Chest Press Machine
-Roman Chair
-Smith Machine Upright Row
-Lat Pulldowns
-Machine Bicep Curls
-Tricep Extension Machine
-Shoulder Press Machine
-Ab Machine

Like I said it went pretty quick which was great. As the weeks go on I will do more sets but for the time being it is only 1 set. Now all I have to do is ride my bike to work *sigh* I know it will be worth it in the long run. Until next time...

Totals for 28 Jun 2010

Well this Monday marks a new beginning for my fitness. Heather told me about one of her church friends (Liz Tennyson) is a personal trainer and she is working with people in the branch trying to pad her resume. So we gave her a call and met with her today and worked out a plan, or should I say I gave her my plan of what I want to accomplish and she will help me be accountable to what I want to do. I think that is what I need to keep on track is someone asking me why I am not doing what I am supposed/ want to be doing. So here we go. She has me doing 200 push ups a day, I am running one of Hal Higdon's modified training programs (modified because I took out a lot of longer runs because that is not what I am going for right now), and I am lifting 3 days a week. There is a runner's lifting program on Bodybuilding.com. So I am hoping that now that I have someone to keep me focused and accountable for what I am doing, I hope to keep on track and get to where I want to be. It is time to get serious and make a habit of this. Tonight I did my 200 push ups, I ran 5.26 miles, & burned 993 calories. Until next time...

Totals for 18 Jun 2010

This will be quick because I am running a little late tonight. Today I biked 5.37 miles & tonight I ran 5.27 miles and I burned a total of 1,631 calories. I ate better today also. No fast food or soda just water chicken, veggies, and fruit. I just need to get focused and get back to where I once was. Just Run/Bike. Until next time...

I finally made Tech Sergeant!!

Well I finally got a good enough score this year to get promoted to Tech Sergeant. It only took me 6 tries but at least I got it done this time. I should put it on in October, so yay me!! I didn't get a chance to post last night so I thought I would take the chance and post this morning before I head off to bed. I got in a grueling run/walk last night in the horrid humidity that is plaguing Okinawa now. I think I will keep my outside runs to one day a week right now and spend the rest of my workouts at the gym on the treadmill in the A/C. I got in 5.3 miles & burned 1,076 calories. Not too shabby and I ran quite a bit more than last time. I just hope it doesn't take me forever to bounce back into running shape. I will keep my fingers crossed. Until next time...

Totals for 14 Jun 10

Well today was hell day because it was my first day back to working out and boy did I feel it!!! It is amazing how bad my ride to and from work hurts my quads. It is killer! The hill over by my work coming home just about does me in and I have just enough energy to get back home in one piece. I am sure it will get better with time but I am sure looking forward to that day. My run "mostly walk" tonight took its toll on me also. The hills of Okinawa are trying to kill me!! The positive thing to take away from today was I got out there and did something. My totals are as follows: I biked 5.37 miles & I burned 693 calories. I ran/ walked 5.27 miles & I burned 889 calories. It's amazing that 30 minutes of strenuous bike riding burns almost as many calories as 70 minutes of run/walking. It must be the different exertion levels. Anyways I am off to bed to die! Until next time...

Totals for 08 Jun 10

Obviously I have been away for quite awhile and it is total lack of motivation. Well I hope I solved that problem by getting rid of my car and buying a Cannondale F4 to ride back and forth to work. I needed something that is a change of pace from my norm because it just isn't working. Having the bike forces me to get in some sort of exercise on my work days. And I hope, hope, hope that on my days off I will get in some exercise because I have nothing but time. I have been in a major funk health wise. I have gained back all my weight once again from Afghanistan and it is quite depressing. There is nothing I can do about what has been done, I just need to look forward and get back on track GRADUALLY and things will get to normal fitness wise. I need to do this! Not only for myself, but for my family and my career. I have 4 months almost to the day until Mom arrives in October and I will be in the 230's or less by the time we go and pick her up from the airport. That is my mission and I aim to accomplish it. I got in a 5 mile bike ride today (it's a start. that's the distance from the house to work and back) and I also got in a 3.79 mile walk with Blu. I wanted to go farther but she laid down and refused to move and I would hate to carry her back home all that way. She is getting big!! I burned 568 calories on the walk. I have to wear my Heart Rate Monitor on a ride to work to find out how many calories I burn. Anyways I hope to get my head on straight and get back to being fitness minded. Until next time...