Thanks to the "$20.10" fitness pass that gets you into ALL the municipal facilities plus the Y and whatever else for a month, I actually went to a gym tonight (Esquimalt Rec Centre) and OMG was it ever good. Treadmill! Rowing erg! Stationary bike! IPod! All good. Oh gym, how I missed thee... yes, I was seriously Pissed Off at VI Fitness at the end there, but I do so love going to the gym even if I honestly believe that it shouldn't be necessary to be healthy.
So, I had a really good first day back on the wagon. I didn't eat very much, I had a good brisk walk this morning, "swam" with Rowan this afternoon, and had a real workout this evening. Oh and I did my pushups this morning too.
Um, maybe tomorrow isn't going to feel so good. Hello, ibuprofen, I've missed you too...
Monday, April 13, 2009
I'm pretty sure it's not ACTUALLY dead so I'll keep flogging it.
I was never able to quite get back on the wagon after Christmas. And now I feel like absolute shite, which is generally enough to kick me back on. Seriously, I am not feeling well. Most of the time I want to just whine a lot - it's not FAAAIIIIR. Millions of other people can eat crap virtually all the time and they survive apparently fine. I eat a bit too much sugar and flour consistently and don't get much exercise beyond chasing Rowan on her Skuut bike, and I feel bloated and gross and I start getting heart palpitations. (I did some reading and they're most likely harmless, since there is no associated pain, dizziness or shortness of breath.)
Well, it sucks to be me doesn't it? So today I'm back on the wagon. And I've come to the conclusion that I probably need to do some portion control in order to actually lose weight.
For what it's worth, I'm only cranky about this because I'm PMSing. It's not the ideal time to restrict my food intake, but if I can make it through the next couple days, I'll be fine.
Well, it sucks to be me doesn't it? So today I'm back on the wagon. And I've come to the conclusion that I probably need to do some portion control in order to actually lose weight.
For what it's worth, I'm only cranky about this because I'm PMSing. It's not the ideal time to restrict my food intake, but if I can make it through the next couple days, I'll be fine.
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Happy, uh, Chinese New Year....
Well it looks like I missed the western New Year with the blog so we'll start back in at the Chinese New Year (which is technically on Tuesday, if you're keeping track.)
The last month was not so good, health-and-fitness-wise. Snow, travel, family gatherings, holiday celebrations, colds, food poisoning... the good thing was that I didn't quit exercising altogether - I went to the fitness centre once while we were in Whitehorse - but generally, yeah. Not good.
So, back on the wagon. Yesterday I did a strength test for pushups - 22, which is not all that bad - and so I'll start back on the pushups program tomorrow at week 3, column 2. This morning I did a run, setting myself back to week 4 of the couch to 5K program but I think I'll go for the beginning of week 5 next run because that was pretty easy.
On the food side of things, I succumbed to the lure of the christmas goodies and while I'm not mad at myself for doing it, it is REALLY hard getting off the starches again. The last couple of days haven't been too bad but I really need to have about a week of NO starches or sugars before I feel comfortable with it again. The food poisoning last week certainly didn't help - although it only lasted a day I wasn't able to face much except toast for another day or so afterwards.
As for New Year's resolutions, the only one that really concerns this blog is that I'm going to run the Times Colonist 10K. Yikes! I have barely 3 months to get myself up to running 10K. Right now, I could run 5K, with some difficulty. So I need to get myself first comfortable with 5K, then work up to 10K pretty fast. It will definitely be challenging!
To that end, I really need to start waking up earlier and going running in the morning. Not every day, but it's light early enough now that if I run Tuesdays and Fridays during the day and once on the weekend, if I can add one weekday morning run in, I think I'll be good for a while. Closer to the race I'll be needing to run every day, but I think this will suffice until mid-March.
The last month was not so good, health-and-fitness-wise. Snow, travel, family gatherings, holiday celebrations, colds, food poisoning... the good thing was that I didn't quit exercising altogether - I went to the fitness centre once while we were in Whitehorse - but generally, yeah. Not good.
So, back on the wagon. Yesterday I did a strength test for pushups - 22, which is not all that bad - and so I'll start back on the pushups program tomorrow at week 3, column 2. This morning I did a run, setting myself back to week 4 of the couch to 5K program but I think I'll go for the beginning of week 5 next run because that was pretty easy.
On the food side of things, I succumbed to the lure of the christmas goodies and while I'm not mad at myself for doing it, it is REALLY hard getting off the starches again. The last couple of days haven't been too bad but I really need to have about a week of NO starches or sugars before I feel comfortable with it again. The food poisoning last week certainly didn't help - although it only lasted a day I wasn't able to face much except toast for another day or so afterwards.
As for New Year's resolutions, the only one that really concerns this blog is that I'm going to run the Times Colonist 10K. Yikes! I have barely 3 months to get myself up to running 10K. Right now, I could run 5K, with some difficulty. So I need to get myself first comfortable with 5K, then work up to 10K pretty fast. It will definitely be challenging!
To that end, I really need to start waking up earlier and going running in the morning. Not every day, but it's light early enough now that if I run Tuesdays and Fridays during the day and once on the weekend, if I can add one weekday morning run in, I think I'll be good for a while. Closer to the race I'll be needing to run every day, but I think this will suffice until mid-March.
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