Moving Forward

Quick and easy at the gym by myself.... 4.5 on the elliptical .50 on the treadmill, barefoot.

5 on the elliptical, the .75 in my stocking feet on the treadmill. The soles of my feet were a bit tender after this run, I might try to run with my shoes on tomorrow. I also need to do more weights tomorrow.
So I'm signed up to run the Ogden marathon in two weeks, and I know that I can't do it, but I think I will be able to do the 5K. So do you think it is wrong to not pick up my timing chip, then run the 5K with my bib? I don't really care about my time because I know I'm not going to be fast. I just really want to participate in some part of the day, and I don't want to spend another 30 dollars. So what do you think... is that wrong?

Have you seen those Windows 7 comercals where the person thinks back and in their mind and they are much more attractive. That is probably how this run was... I just could not stand the thoughts of being in the gym on the elliptical or treadmill today so I talked my daughter into doing a run/walk with me. She wants to do a 5K soon and has not run much so I knew having her there with me would keep me from running too much or too fast on my knee. We did a 5 min run/jog (averaged about a 10:40mm) followed by a 3 min walk. Repeated 4 times for a total of 20 minutes of running. My knee bugged just the tiniest of bits at the first, but by the third/four run it was feeling a bit better. So in my mind I was an olimpic runner, but the reality was an old lady shuffle LOL. I have to say it felt fantastic to be out doing it, even if it was slow. Seeing my daughter want to start running is great! Most 17 year old girls can't stand hanging with their moms, but she really wants hang out and run with me.

Tomorrw I will be on my own, my daughter has some after school things. So I won't run even on the treadmill and give my knee a break. Plan on high intencity on the elliptical for 5-6 miles. Then some upper body weights and abs.

Did some interval training to mix it up a bit. I have a tendancy to do some workouts day after day and I think that is one of the reasons I don't see alot of change in my weight and performances. So I did about 20 min. of arms, sholders and back weights. Moving quickly between machines. Then intervals on the elliptical, 2 min at a moderate pace, 2 minutes at high intencity. It took me a couple of reps to get the right settings for the two paces but after that I did the program 50 minutes, then a monderate easy for the last ten minutes for an hour of cardio. Tomorrow will be an easy workout. I won't be able to take my daughter because I will need to get a quick workout in before I go to the nutritional class again. I'm hoping I like it a bit more this time.

4 on the elliptical, started at a moderate/easy pace and getting progressively harder. Ended with sweat dripping so I figured I was working at a pretty good pace. Then lots of core/abs and stretching.

So I attended the nutritional class again last night, and have come to a few conclusions. First, I'm really starting to hate the phrase "It's a process" or almost as bad "It's a journey" These phrases make me feel left in the dark. What is the process? Just give me the clear cut steps to it and I'm sure I will be able to accomplish it. Left on my own I'm confused by conflicting information that leaves me stuck. I don't know what steps to take to get out of the pothole of misunderstanding. Maybe it is because I work in an Engineering department for 8 hours a day, which is completely process driven. You need to have a process for everything. Clear cut instructions for every job that needs to be accomplished. They want it so easy that someone can walk in the door... read the instructions and complete the job without failure. After 15 years of this I'm now so conditioned that without some sort of work instructions, the fear of failure stops me cold. And that brings me to another thought that has been rolling around in my head. Auntieem had posted the other day that she is someone who charges toward thing that she fears. This statement has been playing over and over in my head since I read it. I couldn't sleep well last night because it got me thinking so much about this. It seems so foreign to me, how can someone be so bold! It also reminded me of my friend that I lost 5 years ago, he was very much like that... so fearless, and I had promised myself that I would try to be more fearless in my life.... but here I am 5 years later, still the same and now getting all stuck in stupid ruts that I can't seem to figure my way out of. Wow this probably has more to do with other things than the nutritional class... sorry for the rant. Maybe I need to seek some professional help.

Nutritional class talked about the benefits of eating raw... getting the live enzymes of raw foods into your diet because then your body doesn’t rob your immune system to help digest food. It makes sense, we are continually eating dead foods, robbing our immune system to help digest the food, then leaving our immune system susceptible. It gets worn out and then we get all the auto immune troubles. (arthritis, fybromialga, lupus, etc) It really gave me some things to think about.

Tomorrow will be a crazy day... going to my daughter-in-laws graduation among other things... hoping to be able to get our run/walk in with my daughter, before hubby wants to go out on a date

Big goose egg today but I don't regret it. I got to spend a lovely afternoon with my son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and my daughter-in-laws family after her graduation. She is an incredible young lady and I'm so proud of her. Then date night with my sweetheart :)

Lovely run with my daughter and the dog this morning. We ran on a trail up above our house. We were a bit slower probably due to the hills, but it was very nice. Knee bugged for the first bit then seemed to calm down.

Busy day! Had to get my blood drawn again, then I go back to the doctor on the 18th. Had to get my daughters blood drawn, she is also going to the doc. So we had a late start to our workout. 5 on the elliptical then stretching and abs. My hip and knee were a bit buggy this weekend. I'm starting to worry about running the Ogden 5K. It might be more then my knee can handle. I guess I can always walk if I need.

Having some stresses that I'm not used to has not helped me with my sleep issues. I think I have slept 5 hours over the past two nights. Not really feeling to well today at work. So I don't know what my workout will be like tonight.

I did 4 on the elliptical then one on the treadmill in my stocking feet. Hubby was able to join me and our daughter at the gym so after the cardo portion, we did some back and sholder weights. Then hubby and I had a plank challenge... seeing who could stay in the plank position longest. (elbows and toes)... I won :) we didn't time it, I told him we needed to next time. But I think it was right around one min before he put his knees down.

Sleep was slightly better, but still not what I need it to be.

Not a good workout... I really didn't feel very well, I think my lack of sleep is really starting to take a tole on me. I did sleep a bit better last night but I'm still not feeling refreshed. Hoping that meds will be adjusted soon and I will get feeling better.

Just did 41/2 on the elliptical and then tried to do a bit on the treadmill... but it was a no go. My gait felt completely off and I just could not relax, knee started bugging quite a bit so I ended up stopping, I was quite depressed after this workout, felt like a bit of a set back. I'm worried about running the 5K this Saturday, I have not had any expectations, just wanted to participate, and in the back of my mind I kept telling myself I can always walk for a bit. But you know that you really don't want to do that. It looks like I might have to anyway.

On a side note: Still going strong with the no soda/caffene, if fact I really don't miss it at all. But I'm struggling with the no sugar. I knew this one would be more difficult and I thought that I had mentally prepared myself for this. But it is a strong drug!! and it is everywhere! Everyday I try to recommit myself to this goal, because I know I will do/feel much better when I can do this. But I'm failing miserably... augghhh!!

Knee had been buggy all day... so I took it very easy and just hung out on the elliptical with my daughter for 4 miles. Very easy/moderate pace. Feeling very discoraged about this race. I know that I will be having to walk at times, and worried that it might just be too much for my knee. Lots of streaching after we were finished.

Easy four on the elliptical with my daughter :)

OK... I'm not doing this as a race report because I was not officially timed. I pulled off the timing chip from my marathon bib, then ran the 5K with my friend and her daughter. So I met Sue (my running friend) and her daughter at a store then hubby drove us to the start area. There is not alot of parking there so it worked out nice. We huddled into the middle of the people and waited for the start. I told Sue there was no need to stick together because I knew that I would be slow. So when the gun went off they took off, and I started my slow run. It just felt fantastic to be a part of it, I have to say I was so happy to be out there. Cardio wise I felt fantastic and just wanted to GO, but I knew that my knee would not like it so I just kept my slow pace. About at the half way mark I caught up to Sue and her daughter... funny how young adults are... they think they can run without much training. Sue's daughter was having trouble and they were walking. So we did a run walk thing to and finished all together!! It really felt wonderful!!! I didn't time myself, didn't wear my gamin and made an effort not to look at the time, because I didn't want to get sad that I was so slow, I think I was running about 10:30 mm.

Sunday family decided to hike to Timpanogos cave... I probably should not have done this... it's a 1.6 mile hike but I can't remember the grade, I think my son said we gained a foot of ellivation for every five steps we took. Anyway going up was no trouble, but come down really bugged my knee and I'm paying the price for it today. I will have to take it easy on it for a couple of days and hope it gets feeling better.

Knee was still a bit buggy after all the weekend activity, so I took it easy on the elliptical. Then did arms and shoulders, abs and lots of stretching after.

No gym time today, had to get me and my daughter to the doctor. Found out that she has thyriod issues also, was not too surprised, but a bit sad that she will be dealing with this now. She took the news better then I thought she would. My meds were adjusted so fingers crossed that I start feeling back to normal soon. Then we had to go to the cornea specialist. Good news!!! her eye is doing tons better!! Her vision is back to were it was before all this happend. Now we are just stepping down gradually from the drops that she is taking and hoping that there won't be any more flare ups. The NP doctor wants to get her thyroid in order before we start any suplements for her eye thing. All in all a busy but good day in the fact that we are at least on the right path to better health for bother myself and my daughter.

Too much homework for my daughter so I was at the gym alone. Did intervals on the elliptical. 2 min moderate, 2 min hard. Trying to keep my RPM the same between the easy and the hard intervals. My knee was feeling OK so I thought I would get a mile on the treadmill, but it was a no go :( It's still a bit buggy so I decided to back off and hope that it will feel better soon. Then did upper body/back machines, abs and tons of stretching.

We are going on vacation to California Saturday... I hope I will be able to get some gym time in at the hotel or some biking/running along the beaches. Also just looking forward to some down time.

No time to workout today, off work early to pack... go to concert tonight, then off the Cali  in the morning. I might workout at the hotel a bit, bike on the boardwalk, walk alot, but mostly I just want to enjoy and relax!!! So I won't be posting for a while, but I hope everyone has a wonderful week... stay safe and see you soon :)

Back from vacation! We had a fantastic time in SoCal. Not alot of time exercising... but I walked a ton at the Getty museum, Disneyland, and along the beaches. Then one day we rented bikes and rode for about 40 miles round trip, we didn't go fast but it was beautiful!! All along the ocean. If I lived there I would be on the every day either biking or running. 

Spent the morning at the gym with hubby... lots of upper body and back work, then 4.00 on the elliptical. Did the interval setting so got a pretty good sweat on :) Now I have been working on dolls!! I love vacations!