Weights

A very good workout yesterday.  I lifted weight for 65 minutes and ran for 3.36 miles burning around 1137 calories.  The weights was a circuit non stop workout from one station to another using medium weights.  I am feeling it today.  Funny because yesterday I weighed 221 and after all that workout and eating really good this morning I was 222.  I don't think I will have a weight loss for November, I might even have a gain.  I can't get discouraged.  I just need to stay consistent and the results will come.  Be Consistent

Fat burning intervals are great once there done

I was up to 221 lbs. this morning and that is discouraging.   I have today and tomorrow to be below 219 lbs.  I ran 20.15 miles last week which I am happy with because of the I.T. Band problem I have been nursing along.  I need to take it slow getting my mileage up to 30 a week where I want it to be.  Tonight I will sign up for the St. George Tri at Sandhollow Res. on May 21st.  We will start swimming at Gunnison Pool tomorrow and do that at least 2 days a week.  It has been to cold for me to ride the bike but that will change.  I am going to keep doing Intervals.  Saturday when I did the hill intervals I felt the burn in my muscles into today.  I ate right after the run.  It wasn't an hour when I felt hungry again.  I felt this way the rest of the night into morning time.  Boy do they work.  I need to get my I.T. and Knee feeling better before I do these more than once a week.  Keep on running

Intervals

Went to Provo shopping yesterday so no run.  Today we have a heatwave of 32.  Put on my warm clothes and went for a very good run.  Did Intervals on Palmer Hill.  I ran to the bottom of the hill.   At the bottom i would run up two telephone poles, the jog back down one, then up two, back down one untill i got to the flat by Palmers house.  End up being a very good workout.  My heart rate would go up between 147 and 150 on the way back down it would be down to 125 or so.  I ran a total of 5.08 miles and burned 796 or so calories.  Will do more intervals, hills and speed work because that really gets the old furnace stoked up.  Keep working out and keep posting.  Just Run

I.T. Band

I did a short 1 mile walk on the treadmill yesterday trying to loosen up my IT Band.  Yes it is my I.T.  I don't know why i have so much trouble with it on my left side, the same side as my bad knee.  Just go together i guess.  I had the heat pad on my leg for awhile today then decided to walk on my treadmill and do a major stretch every 1/2 mile.  I think it helped.  I am bad at not stretching and i need to get better.  I will stretch after the first mile of every run from know on.   I will try a run tomorrow if we don't go shopping.  My miles for the day are: 3.02 miles and burned around 400 plus calories.  I only have 14 mile in so far this week and i need to get with it if i want to get below 219.  Just run

Stuck at 220

I did my first run yesterday using my new Garmin foot pod on the treadmill and I love it.  I am just hooked on gadgets like this.  This Garmin hooks up with any device that has ANT+.  I'm in trouble because now I want the Tanita BC-1000 body scale with ANT+ which automatically loads all my stats to the Garmin and I can download it to Garmin Connect.  Maybe for my birthday if I can wait that long.  I ran 5.02 miles yesterday.  The Garmin says I only burned 460 calories.  I am 220 lbs still and every calulator says I burned around 700+.  I'll have to work with that and see what's going on.  On 10/18/10 I was 220--11/2 i was 219.0--11/19--i was 222.0--11/16 i was 221.2 and this week i was 220.1.  For over a month i have been in the low 220s.  My body must like this weight.  By 12/01 i will be at least 219.0 because my mileage is looking much better and my eating has been reallly good.  I hate goal setting but here we go again.  Just Run  

Changing old habits one at a time

I really like the picture I posted on my blog home page of me running the Goblin Valley Ultra-Marathon in Oct. 09.  I look fairly thin and healthy, but the funny thing is my weight was 225.  I am 220 now and that makes me happy.  No run yet today to post.  My foot pod came yesterday and I can't wait to try it out.  It will have to wait until this afternoon.  Mom bought me a air popcorn popper some time ago.  Air popped is not that bad for you.  I do a big bowl and sprinkle sea salt on it and it is a little over 200 calories.  Alot of fiber so it is not that bad for you.  I think the change from Doritos to air popcorn is a healthy step in the right direction.  If we can make small changes like this until it becomes a habit we are heading in the right direction.

I will be good

My stomach was killing me last night so I stayed home today.  I am filling better today and should have went to work.   I did get on the variable speeding treadmill for a 5.01 mile run and burned 796 calories.  This morning I was 220 which means I lost 1 pound last week.  My max. weight for the last 5 years was 251 lbs. so I think I am on the right track.  My lowest weight in the last 5 years was 217 lbs. so I am pretty close right now.  Come on 216, can't wait.  I don't know if I wrote that I ordered the Garmin Foot Pod ,but I did and it should be here soon.  I would really like to lose 2 lbs. a week.  Holidays are here and that means trouble for those of us that are trying to lose weight.  What can we do?  The first thing I will do is think more about portion size.  I will enjoy the foods I love but smaller portions of each.  I usually don't have a problem with Thanksgiving because I don't eat that much anyway.  My problem is that eveywhere I go there are goodies.  The piecing in-between meals is what kills me this time of the year. Someone brings goodies everyday to work. Walking by the donuts, cookies, fudge, mixed nuts, is hard.  Grandma always has fudge and homemade cookies when we go there. We don't realize the calories we eat when everytime we walk by we take something.  Everyplace we go we eat 1 pc. of fudge, 1 cookies, 1 handfull of mixed nuts, 1 rice crispy ball, some carmel popcorn, 1 piece of candy from a box.   Man does that add up fast.  I will try and be good.  I will be good.  I will be consistent.

Provo shopping

Got in a 2.25 miles run on Thursday and burned about 300 calories.  Not much but it was something.  We went to Provo shopping Friday and not able to workout.  A storm is coming in and the wind is howling outside.  I will put on some windproof clothes and at least go for a walk in a bit.  I have to do somethng with my treadmill to get it so it doesn't keep slowing down in the middle of a run.  Still at 221 so I need to work harder.  Be consistent

Good workout

Finally got in a good run yesterday.  I ran/walked for 5.46 miles and burned around 700 calories.  My weight was 221.4 which is better than the 224 the other day.  I will start my Biggest Loser today at 221.4 pounds.  So here we go to hopefully my last time having to lose this much weight.  I want to get the weight off and have the joy of maintaining my goal weight for a change.  I think that struggle would be more fun.  I need to get on the ball so I have a loss for December 1st.  I order the foot pod for the Garmin 210 so I can use there cool web site to track my miles indoors.  Mine is compatable with new treadmill programming but our treadmill are not that new.  Brandon what model Garmin did you get and do you still like it?  Just Run

11/16/2010

I was disapointed today when I went to weigh in because the Biggest Loser was a continuation of last years contest.  They are calling it maintain don't gain.  Anyway I am starting my own contest today anyway.  This morning I was 224.2 lbs. which sucks because I have gained 5 lbs. in a little over 2 weeks.  I played all day yesterday with my new Garmin here at work and didn't get in a workout.  I could have went down at anytime to workout so there is no excuse that I was to busy.  I need to get back on track.  I have this tendency that when things go wrong like the dryer heating element going out and the computer being down that I lose focus.  I cannot do that anymore if I want to get healthy.  Lets try this for motivation.  Billy and I decided to train for a spring triathalon.  Talking to Rowdy about this he wanted to do it also.  He found one in Hurricane on May 21st.  The Programming Captain Devin Blood and his brother wants to join us to.  It will be fun having all these people for motivation.  I hope I can get my swimming down because we swim in Sand Hollow Res. 750 meters a 12.4 mile bike and a 5k run.  I can run ok and I can ride ok but swim ????

Old computer finally crashes

I have been trying to fight off a computer virus for the last month.  Using my Internet Security and my knowledge I finally lost the battle.  Today I am taking it to a computer repair shop in Ephriam and see if they can at least get the pictures and music off.  The sad part is I have had a external harddrive for at least 3 months.  Mom said it we lose the pictures she will divorce me.  Anyway that is why I haven't posted any workouts.  I did not do much training for having 4 days off.  I did a 2.25 mile run and burned almost 300 calories.  We bought me a Garmin 210 for Christmas and I had to try it out even if I felt like I was coming down with a cold most of the weekend.  I love it.  It is not like my huge 101 Garmin that I have had for at least 5 years.  I got the watch and the heart rate monitor.  I need to get the shoe pod next.  I think it will be great.  I will post my weight tomorrow.  I am joining our employees association biggest loser which starts tomorrow.  I am going to win it this year

Blog motivated

I had talked myself out of working out today.  I kept thinking about Brandon's post, the more I thought about it the guilt started piling up.  Because of his post I did a 3.06 mile run and burned around 400 calories.  We do motivate each other.

Gained 3 pounds

I had to do some work on the treadmills here at work yesterday.  I only got in 2.12 miles and burned a little over 200 calories.  It's a start.  Two workout in 2 weeks cost me a 3 lb. gain.  I can't believe how fast it come on.  Ate better yesterday.  Probably not enough.  I have a tendency to under eat after I have over ate.  Doing this for any length of time puts me in a starvation mode.  The charts say I should have a minimum of 2100 calories a day.  If you figure a workout on top of that of 500 calories and you only eat 1500 or 1600 it doesn't take long to go starvaton mode.  When that slows everything down to a stand still, your metablism almost stops burning calories.  It is a delicate balance.  Consistency is that answer

No workouts

I haven't been good with my eating since she has come home and it is not her fault, it's mind.  I told myself that I would eat really good while she was in Oki and I did.  Since she is back I guess that makes it ok to gorge myself again.  I will take care of that starting today.  I didn't get in any workout last week.  Will take care of that this week also.  I forgot to weigh myself this morning to see if I gained any weight.  We will see tomorrow.  Back on track starting today because the gains can go away so quick.  Being consistent is what works

October result are good

Well I didn't get the results that I wanted while Carolyn was gone, but I did lose some.  I started 8/1 with my blood pressure at 140/93 and for the last 2 months it has been 124/80 or so.  My waist was 47.5 inches and yesterday it was 44 inches.  Weight started at 234.6 pounds and it is now 219.  I am on the right track and I need to keep this up until I get to where I want to be.  Making the changes that I have the abilitiy to change, is the way to go.  The Asthma and allergies I don't have much control over, even though not packing around that extra weight help the Asthma.  Carolyn will be home soon and my world will be whole