I got up yesterday morning and worked-out with my Aunt. We did 45 minutes of cardio. I love working out with someone, let me tell you that is by far the best motivation you can get. Knowing that someone is depending on you to get their workout done really motivates you to get out of the bed in the morning.
This morning we did strength training with resistant bands for 30 minutes. I love strength training days.
At the training last night the plan was to do
4 Minute warm up
4 minute run (7x)
2 minute walk (7x)
4 minute cool down
I was very anxious to see how my calves would feel and how I would do running for four minutes. I started off at a little bit of a slower pace just to make sure I didn't burn myself out again. I stayed with Ashlee and the minutes just flew by as we were talking and having a good time. For the first mile Ashlee and I were going about a 14:57 minutes mile on average. The second mile we were at a 14:19 minute mile average pace. The last two runs Ashlee needed to slow down a bit so I went on ahead and my average pace for the last mile was 14:04 minute mile.
I finished at 48:54 minutes and 3.30miles with an overall average pace of 14:50. And I am very pleased to report that I had NO calf pain! I can't even begin to tell you how happy that made me. I have really been craving (for lack of better word) a run that was pain free and actually enjoyable. I knew I had it in me :) So that's my good news
NO CALF PAIN!
The bad news is that I've been running for 6 weeks and now am on my second week of doing extra cardio and strength training and I've been watching my calorie intake for two weeks and still have seen NO change on the scale. Got up this morning to weigh and 162 was still staring me in the face. Now I know what someone of you are going to say "muscle weighs more than fat" "watch the inches not the scale" "Aren't your clothes fitting better?" "Don't you feel better?"
I know all those lines and have used some of them on friends myself and they're all true but that doesn't change the fact that I still have 40 *POUNDS* to lose. I really do need to invest in a tape measure because I'm sure that will help motivate me but I still desperately want to see the numbers going down on that scale
So I leave you with a little Garfield scale humor
Hey-- So, last week (my 10th week of running), for the FIRST TIME, I saw a change in the scale. I'm not trying to lose weight, but the only change in my routine was I decided to not eat an before bed snack.
ReplyDeleteWe usually have dinner around 6, and immediately after dinner I grab something sweet- sometimes yogurt- frozen yogurt bar- apple- cookie (if there are any around).... and then around 8:30 I want something else. Well I didn't get that something else (which unfortunately is usually a bowl of lucky charms).
Recently read a list of "rules" from Bob Harper, and he says to go to bed hungry. Anyways, don't know if you already do this, but it's worth a try...
Great advise Annie! I've always tried to follow the "don't eat after 8:00pm" rule. I really just think my body hates me :) haha
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