Running Totals for 10 Aug 10

Well I can't seem to get motivated to string together some workouts so I guess I will try again and see what happens. No mileage goals or anything of that sort just trying to get to the gym 6 days a week from here on out. Just get over there and do something. My main focus will be running but even if I get over there and just walk on the treadmill to get my heart rate up will be better than nothing. I just want to work on being consistent right now and once I have made working out a habit again then I will set some obtainable goals. I ran 6.37 miles today and I burned 1,342 treadmill calories. My starting weight is 274 lbs. I hope I can work on that number and start to get to where I need to be before I PT test again in either December before I deploy (if I deploy this time) or by January 2011 when my 6 month PT test comes due. The main thing is starting now so it is not a problem in four to five months. CONSISTENCY!! Until next time...

Totals for 7 Jul 2010

Well today was a pretty good day. It seemed to work out pretty good this morning lifting. I think I will stay with it and see how it goes. I think the harder days will be my days off because I will have to go when I wake up and not screw around the house and talk myself out of going. That will be the key. It's easy to go after work because I am already close to the gym and awake. We will see how it goes. My sets went up to two sets of 15 reps. I had to cut back on some of my weight to get through the exercises but it feels pretty good so far. Not a lot of soreness yet. I hope that since I am going at it pretty regular that the soreness will stay away. I rode to work and I went for 5.76 miles and I burned 699 calories. I also ran tonight for 6.26 miles and I burned 1,265 calories. So you could say it was a pretty good fitness day for me. I just need to make this a habit and life will be good. Until next time...

Totals for 6 Jul 2010

Well I have been out of it for the past couple of days. Friday I had another session at the Dentist and it took me a couple days to bounce back. Monday I just didn't feel like doing anything so I didn't. Today I decided to crank it back up though. I am trying something new this week and if it works out then I will keep doing it. After I get off in the morning I head over to the gym and lift, then I sleep, then at night when the family goes to bed I run. It seemed to have worked out pretty well today so I hope to keep it up from now on. We will see how it goes. Tonight I pushed myself pretty good. I did 30 minutes of Intervals on the treadmill, then I went out to the track and did over 2 miles of bleachers, then I went back in to the treadmill and cooled down for 1.5 miles. All in all I got in 6.49 miles and I burned 1,349 calories. I didn't ride my bike to work yesterday but I will ride it tonight. I hope to get things on track and stay there finally. I weighed in yesterday and I am down 4 lbs. to 265 lbs. So I hope to keep that number dropping. Until next time...

Totals for 1 Jul 2010

Well today was a pretty good day even though I am super sore, but that is supposed to be expected after the week I am putting my body through. I hope that it pays off on Monday when I weigh in. I know this sounds funny but I need to take in more calories than I currently am because I don't want my body to go into starvation mode and not lose any weight. I will have to work on that in the coming weeks. It is a learning process right now. Plus I am trying to be better about eating every 2-3 hours. Today I rode my bike 5.38 miles & I ran 6.09 miles. I burned a total of 1,838 calories today. Not too shabby even though that number is probably a little eschewed because of the treadmill calories. But regardless I burned a lot of calories today. I just need to keep it going. Fit test is the 14th of July. That is scary!! Until next time...

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...