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This is a chronicle of a squishy girl's journey to become a little less, well, squishy.Following
tentative fitness schedule for the week:
monday: 1.6 miles run, strength training biceps & triceps
tuesday: core strength training
wednesday: 3.2 mile run
thursday: rest
friday: 3.2 mile run
saturday: rest or strength training shoulders, chest, & back
sunday: 5 mile run
i’ve been being pretty good with eating well, incorporating my new nutrition plan, and working out. but a lot of my motivation is so that i can make it across the finish line this sunday at the shamrock shuffle.
i’m kind of nervous that i’m going to fall off the wagon again after this weekend, so i’ve been trying to think of strategies and goals to work towards after the shuffle.
some of my ideas:
and… i’m out.
any suggestions yalls?
theme: destress, sleep, snap out of my funky attitude, relax, chillllll
fitness plan for the week:
today: rest or if i feel up to it, strength training at the gym tonight!
tuesday: 3.6 mile run
wednesday: strength train
thursday: 3.2 mile run
friday: rest or if i feel up to it, strength training
saturday: rest
sunday: shamrock shufffffle!
things i am going to do in february:
what are some things that you are going to do in february? =]
scrabble night with my bestie and play parents was a great way to end this weekend. we had some super yummy pizza and chocolate chip cookies, and i don’t feel guilty at all about it =]
my fitness plan to keep me on track this week!:
monday - strength training biceps & triceps before work; 2 mile run after work
tuesday - strength training shoulders & chest
wednesday - 3 mile run & strength training core
thursday - strength training legs
friday - strength training biceps & triceps
saturday - 4 mile run
sunday - strength training shoulders & chest
thehealthexperiment said, “you’re so lucky! i want a workout buddy..i get all lonely working out by myself” in regards to my last post about my new running buddy.
i go to the gym in my neighborhood, and although it’s a chain, it has the feeling and atmosphere of a neighborhood gym. it’s pretty small. the other week i passed by an l.a. fitness and couldn’t believe how huge it was. and at first i didn’t like that my gym was so small and that it didn’t have all the latest equipment. but the price and the community there totally trumps all that.
i’m usually the only girl in the weights room, and i think that at another gym, i would feel intimidated. but there aren’t many meatheads at my gym, and the guys are usually pretty kind and considerate to help me out with pointing out my form and showing me different exercises.
and that’s how i met m! he helped me with an arm exercise that i wasn’t doing properly and the next few times that i saw him at the gym, he would always show me a different exercise or give me a pointer. he’s lost 50 pounds since he started at the gym, and so i feel as though he can relate to my own weight loss and healthy lifestyle goals. i told him last week about the shamrock shuffle and asked him if he would run it with me, and he said he would! and so that’s how we became running buddies =]
so mayhaps you could find a workout partner at your gym? or even post a craigslist ad looking for a workout partner that goes to your gym? i’m also doing a sort of spring shape up challenge with my girl A. we live in different states, but it’s been helpful to have someone to exchange emails with every sunday when we weigh in together and go over our goals. and having tumblr buddies, like you =] have been super helpful. let me know if you find yourself a “in real life” workout buddy!
“tuesday - strength training core before work; 2 mile run after work
wednesday - strength training legs
thursday - rest!
friday - strength training biceps & triceps; 2.5 mile run
saturday - 3.5 mile run; strength training shoulders & chest”
this was my original plan for the week, but i decided today was going to be a rest day!
theodora had a great post about recalculating your weight loss journey plan when things don’t go how you plan. she writes:
Even if you don’t have a GPS you have probably been in a car at one time with one. If so, then you know what happens when you go the wrong way…
Suddenly Tomtom (or whoever is directing you) says, “What the hell you loser?! I told you to go left, why did you go right?! You are stupid…”
No. That is not what happens. The GPS actually says, “Re-calculating” and finds you a new way to your destination.
What do you tell yourself when you go the wrong way on your diet plan? Do you calmly re-calculate and get back on track or do you berate yourself?
i’ve been trying to remind myself that slow and steady weight loss is lasting weight loss. lately i’ve been stressing out about weight loss and my appearance in generally, and i probably would be berating myself for not sticking to my fitness plan. but i’m going to try not to be my own worst critic and enemy.
so here’s my rescheduled fitness plan for the week!:
today: rest day =]
wednesday: 3 mile run & core training
thursday: 2 mile run & strength training legs
friday: 2 mile run & strength training biceps & triceps
saturday: 3.5 mile run & strength training shoulders & chest
i’m going to jump on the wagon with all these fitness schedule posts =]
today - strength training biceps & triceps
monday - strength training shoulders & chest before work; 3 mile run after work
i’m running on five hours of sleep today, so if i don’t get up before work to strength train, i won’t beat myself up for it. but! i really want to go for that 3 mile run. isn’t it weird that i actually i want to?!
tuesday - strength training core before work; 2 mile run after work
wednesday - strength training legs
thursday - rest!
friday - strength training biceps & triceps; 2.5 mile run
saturday - 3.5 mile run; strength training shoulders & chest
sooo happy to read that losingweightinthecity is having her own spring shape up challenge! i really enjoyed and appreciated your nutritionista’s’s winter shape up challenge. it kept me accountable, and having a community of other people with similar goals really encourages me to stay on track and achieve my own.
this is what i wrote to theodora:
my overall goals are:
fitness: to complete the Shamrock Shuffle 8k in March in under 1 hour 15 minutes (which is the cutoff time), run a 12 minute mile, and be able to pull half my weight on the lat pulldown machine
nutrition: stay mindful of what i eat; and take a walk, call a friend, meditation, or exercise when I feel the urge to stress/binge/emotional eat
healthy thinking: be my own personal little cheerleader and express any unhealthy thinking to my mama, my roomie, my friends, tumblr
my goals for this week:
fitness: run 3 miles at least once this week
nutrition: stay under 2000 calories
healthy thinking: write two things that i am proud that i accomplished during this weight loss journey and post it up next to my mirror
this spring shape up challenge goes through march 20th! which is a week before the shamrock shuffle. i’m hoping that having this challenge will keep me on track with training and losing weight. also, i know that losing weight will help increase my speed, too! =]
good luck to all the spring shape up challengers! who else is doing it? =]
