Yesterday I could not make it. I had to go home early from work and I slept.
Thus I missed my gym workout.
But I did make some of it up today, after burning about 740 calories on the treadmill and over 300 on the elliptical, I decided to use the dumbells and work my chest.
Not a full workout like what I would have had at the gym but enough.
I jumped on the scale at work and wow, was at 245
Too bad, this is the official weight
Weight: 250.8
Couldn’t sleep last night, I know today is going to be a rough one but I know I have a presentation to do today.
At least I got out and ran,
Time: 25:19.61
Then got gym workout tonight. I should be exhausted by tonight.
Weight: 250.8
Well, ran a 5k, based on the feel of the run I swear I thought I broke my record. To my surprise I did not.
Pretty bummed.
Time: 37:35
Well, may next time. But the rest was badly needed. My psyche may have taken a hit, but my my physical being needed healing.
At least I proved my weight was an anomoly yesterday.
Weight: 252.2
I don’t know why I was so lethargic today. I slept well.
Anyway, after church took a nap and went to party and got home late.
Could only to some quick pushups and situps .
Weight is no surprise, I would say it is an anomaly. It will go down. It was right after dinner.
Weight: 259.0
Just did pushups and situps today. Had a nice long run planned, but sometimes stuff happens, and it stays private.
Weight: 254.2
I don’t know if its the air quality, tired, lazy, or fear of the long running, but I certainly am not running at peak performance.
I did a 2 lap this morning and came in at 27:02.62, within parameters but I wish I could have done better. Maybe I really should have taken time yesterday to truly rest instead of attempting a fast run.
Anyway I pulled up the Army Physical Fitness Test yesterday while I was on the bus
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/army/a/afpt.htm
I think I will make it a goal to be able to pass that test.
Weight: 249.4
Alright, today was supposed to be a light day, but I wanted to see what my legs could do for speed (vs distance) so after work I tried to run as fast as I could for 1 lap (which is a little more than a mile), I thought I would’ve done better then I did but I had a hard time breathing. Worse than usual. Cause after the run I was coughing up some gunk.
I think if I had full lung capacity I would have done better than what I did. Maybe even crack 10 minutes. Anyway my time was 10:53.78. Not disappointing but I thought I could do better, like studying hard for an exam but just got the wrong questions asked during the exam and scored a B+ vs a solid A.
Weight: 251.0
Still dread my workouts. I wonder when this dread will stop because it sure hurts my desire.
Anyway, did pretty good regardless. I ran a 5k in decent time.
Time: 36:41
5 seconds short of beating the record.
Tomorrow is a rest day, normally I take an easy run. I think for my one lap, I am going to push… hard.
Interesting number for the weight. I think this is the first time I hit it on the nose.
Weight: 250.0
Today I ran a 2 lap
Time: 25:17.14
and I got some gym workout this afternoon.
What’s disturbing me is that I seem to be losing that desire to push harder. Note that I still putting in good time and my weekend run is pretty awesome but I do dread those Saturdays.
My fellow runner Lilli made a comment yesterday that I absolutely agree with. I dread Saturdays.
Sunday I was so burned out I could not run and yesterday on the treadmill I barely could start. Saturday’s run had a higher cost then anticipated, specifically, willpower.
I will push on though, maybe it is just a phase. After the half marathon, I get to tone down my workouts.
Weight: 251.0
Getting into the groove today was tough. Normally Monday is a 5k but because of my schedule I switched it with my 1000 calorie workout Wednesday.
But judging by my performance on the treadmill, I doubt I would have had a decent time running a 5k. Mentally I wanted to work out but when I finally started, it was so hard to get going.
Check out what I did
First was the treadmill, I tried to run for 36 minutes but I just could not. I ended up stopping at 18 minutes and if I recall correctly burned about 300 calories. I did run another 6 minutes and struggled mightily for a mere 73 calories. So for this first and second treadmill attempt I would just record it as 292 Calories.
I had more luck on my first shot on the elliptical, not sure if I was warmed up are finally past my lull. But I did burn 413 Calories in 30 minutes.
My third treadmill run was 338 calories at a low 2 incline where I ran 1.5 miles 18 min
I finished off on the elliptical for 12 minutes burning 164 calories.
In the end I did burn my 1000 calories but it was super tough.
Tomorrow is no cake since I have 2 workouts. But at least it is split into two.
Weight: 252.0
