Oops!!

I was so tired after swimming last night that I totally forgot to write a post!  I realized it just as I was dozing off in bed.  Obviously, it didn't bother me enough to wake back up and type anything!

It was so good to be back in the water.  I ended up swimming about 1 1/2 miles.  There was a lot of pulling (no kicking, just using your arms).  I think there were about 600 yards total.  With my arm challenge, it was all I could do to finish.  My arms were so sore.  My stroke was really sloppy at the end, but I made it.

On Sunday I finished the first week of the running training.  I'm doing 4 minutes walking/1 minute running 5 times fairly easy.  On Sunday, I forgot (yes, again) to start my watch, but I thought it was interesting that I finished almost 2 minutes faster and I was only short .05 miles.  I was surprised by that.

I was supposed to start with 3 minutes walking/2 minutes running 5 times today.  That's a big change!  I was so tired this afternoon that I took a nap.  By the time that I got the dogs walked, I barely had time to get to the bank and the pet store for dog food. I feel like it's just an excuse that life got in the way.

Now I'm trying to decide if I get up early in the morning and do the run and then swim in the evening or if that would be too much.  It's hard when you don't want to put pressure on yourself, but you want to make your goals.  This is an example of am I nicer to myself and give my self a break?  Am I doing to much with the four trainings that I'm working on?

Here's my current schedule:

• Monday - Swim & arm challenge
• Tuesday - Run & arm challenge
• Wednesday - Swim & arm challenge
• Thursday - Run (arm rest day)
• Friday - Warriors game - arm challenge (normally this would be Swim & arm challenge)
• Saturday - 22 mile bike ride & arm challenge
• Sunday - Swim, Run & arm challenge

What do you think?  When I write it out, that is a lot that I have going on.  Basketball will interrupt swim days, but I will still be able to get the run in.  If I was ambitious I could swim at 6:30 in the morning.  For those of you who know me, that would be a challenge!!

Hope your week is going well!

Deb

The Moment of Truth

Well, I was scared, but I did go to WW this morning.  I did screw up with the time, but I still got to weigh in.  The moved the time up from 10:30 to 9:30.  I sat through part of the meeting.  I'm not sure if I like the leader or not.  He's lost over 100 pounds, but he wasn't as personable as the Saturday leaders.  The last time I weighed in was October 26th.  I was 257.2.  Today I was 263 - a gain of 5.8.  Part of me says that isn't too bad since I haven't followed the plan for over 2 months.  The other part of me is worried, intimidated, nervous, scared of failure, etc....  All those feelings are back.

One day at a time.  One meal at a time.  That is what I need to remember.

On the exercise front, it was a great weekend!  I met the Feather Pedals (a part of the Valley Spokesman bicycle team) for the first training ride for the Cinderella Classic in April.  The ride was just over 15 miles and it felt great!  It was mainly flat, with some ups and one hill.  I was so happy that I didn't have to get off of the bike and walk!  Even better, I wasn't the caboose!  This really seems like a good group so I'm looking forward to next Saturday.  We have 22 miles then.

I'm also happy to report that I finished the first week of the running program and on day 5 of the arm challenge.  I really like the arm challenge.  I'm going to have to break the workout up soon so that I get all the dips & push-ups in!

As I wrote earlier, one of my goals this year is to be nicer to myself.  Things seems hard right now.  Overwhelming.  But I need to look at how I've done.  I was nervous about WW, but I went.  I've kept up with my arm challenge.  With the run training.  It may only be a week, but I've kept it up.  I was worried about the ride, but that went really well.

I just need to breath.  I have a plan, so I just need to follow it.

One day at a time......

Have a good week!

Deb

Twice in a row!!

Yes, it's true - I'm back on track.  This is my second post of the new year!

I'm not quite back on track food wise yet, but at lease there was a lot of activity.  Finished day 2 of the arm challenge.  Let me tell ya, I was struggling with the push-ups & dips today!  I'm in trouble!  It's sad when I'm already looking forward to a rest day (Sunday). 

I also started the running plan.  4 minutes walking with 1 minute running.  By the second one, I thought I was going to die.  The third one was much easier.  Of course it didn't click that the first 2 were up hills!  At least I found a good route.  It's one of the longer ones I do with my dog.  I did 1.83 miles in 32:03.  I know that doesn't sound like a lot, but for 5 sessions of running (I did the last 7 minutes as a cool down).

Since I messed up the days on my calendar, I will do this again tomorrow. 

Saturday is my first bike ride with the feather pedals.  I'm getting really excited about it. It's 15 -  23 miles long.  I hope I can keep up!

I'm even more excited to start swimming again on Monday - yea!!!

Hope you are doing well with your goals!

xxoo

Deb

Happy New Year!

Yes, I'm still alive!  The Brazil project has gone live - we have many smaller future releases to go, but at least the largest part of the project is live.  It has been non-stop for the last few weeks/months so I've been avoiding any non-work related Internet activities.  Unfortunately, this blog has suffered.  My eating & exercise has also suffered. 

With a new year, there are new goals.  The first being that I need to get back on WW and start the new year on track.  I'm planning on hitting the 9:30 meeting on Friday.  I have several activity goals for this year:

• I'm planning on the Cinderella Classic on  April 5th.  It's a 65 mile bike ride in the Easy Bay.  To prepare for this, I will be joining Saturday conditioning rides.  It's been a long time since I've been on endurance ride!
• I really miss swimming, so I need to attend a swim at least twice a week.  Three if at all possible.  I'm allowing myself to enjoy things so if I need to miss a swim because of social activity that's ok, but it's not ok if I miss it because I need to work or am too tired.
• The other big thing I'm working on is a training plan for our bookclub.  We are planning to do the Rock 'n Roll in Las Vegas in November.  I've created several training plans for the group, but I'm going to work on trying to run.  We are planning on doing The Color Run in March and the Bay to Breakers in May as our first races.
• To be specific about the events that I would like to do:
• an endurance bike ride - Cinderella Classic - 65 miles - April 5th
• a sprint tri
• an olympic tri
• one half - Vegas?
• RUN a 5k - The Color Run - March 15th
• RUN a 10k - Bay to Breakers- May
• an open water swim - Alcatraz? Kona - swim the Ironman leg - February?
• To keep myself honest, my goal is to blog at least 5 times a week.  This will keep me honest about my workouts & weigh ins!
• My last goal, while not activity based, is to be easier/nicer to myself.  I'm not very good at that.

To help me get started on all of this I'm going to also do the Arm 30 Day Challenge.  I found it on  one of the blogs that I read.  I have no clue which one, so I can't give them credit - I got this from Pinterest!  Do you want to join me on this?

If anyone is interested, here are the training plans that I came up with.  They have been based on the Spark People Couch to 5k plans.  The walking (W) and walking/jogging (W/J) plans were only 5 weeks long, so I changed this around so they would be as long as their rookie running (R) plan.  All credit goes to Spark People on this - I just retyped it.

January
Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
W: walk for 15 min W/J: walk for 4 min, run for 1 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 4 min, run for 1 min repeat 4 times (20 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 1 mile W/J: walk for 4 min, run for 1 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: : walk for 4 min, run for 1 min repeat 4 times (20 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 1.5 mile W/J: walk for 4 min, run for 1 min repeat 6 times (30 min total) R: : walk for 4 min, run for 1 min repeat 4 times (20 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 25 min W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 1.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 1.75 miles W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 1.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 2 miles W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 1.5 min repeat 6 times (31.5 min total) R: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 30 min W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 2.25 miles W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 2.5 miles W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 40 min W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (25 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 30 minutes W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (25 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 15 min W/J: : walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 6 times (30 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (25 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 30 min W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 2.25 miles W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 2.5 miles W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 2 min repeat 6 times (30 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest

February
Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7
W: walk for 40 min W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 2.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 2.5 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 2.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 2.75 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 2.5 min repeat 6 times (31 min total) R: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 40 min W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 2.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 3 min repeat 7 times (32 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 2.75 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 2.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 3 min repeat 7 times (32 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 2.75 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 2.5 min repeat 5 times (27 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 3 min repeat 7 times (32 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 45 min W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (30 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 4 min repeat 7 times (35 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 3 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 4 min repeat 7 times (35 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 3 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (25 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 4 min repeat 7 times (35 min total)	Rest
W: walk for 40 min W/J: walk for 3 min, run for 3 min repeat 5 times (30 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 4 min repeat 8 times (40 min total)	Rest or cross-train	W: walk for 2.5 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 4 min repeat 8 times (40 min total)	Rest or cross-train	Rest	W: walk for 2.75 miles W/J: walk for 2 min, run for 3 min repeat 6 times (30 min total) R: walk for 1 min, run for 4 min repeat 8 times (40 min total)	Rest

Here's to a great 2014!  Do  you have any specific goals for the year?

xoxo

Deb