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Week 19: 10K Training Slow But Continued, Nov. 11-17
By Cindy | November 20, 2007
As you may have noticed, my weekly reviews are always exercise centered. I found Roni’s Weight Watchen Page last night and am inspired by her great blog. She has done a phenomenal job tracking her weight loss journey. She also has a great tracking excel spreadsheet for your weight. It’s similar to one I have on paper and I’m excited to have an electronic version. I realize that I am weak in facing the Nutritional/Food Intake part of this Fitness Journey. I haven’t seen much change in the scale. I’m slowly losing inches which I know is a result of my love for strength training, but I do want to start seeing a change in the scale. I’m tired of hanging out at 170!!!
Sunday: 3 mile Run/Walk completed in 38 minutes. At the beginning of the run, I was so frustrated with myself because I’ve slacked off so much since running the 5K. By the time I was into the 2nd mile, I stopped beating myself up and remembered that I was actually out in the neighborhood enjoying the fresh air and over half way through a 3 mile run even if I had to walk for about half a mile.
Monday: Toddler Playtime Workout #2. We spent about 25 minutes with the workout/playtime.
Tuesday: 50 squats, 25 oblique side bends for each side, 25 crunches. No specific routine.
Wednesday: 1 hour Pilates class.
Thursday: 1 hour speed walk on the Greenway trail. We walked 4 miles.
Friday: Nothing.
Saturday: 2 mile run completed in 19 minutes. A strength training routine of 1 set of 12 repetitions. I completed the circuit on machines in 35 minutes:
- Leg Press (185lb)
- Hip Adductors (30lb)
- Hid Abductors (50lb)
- Lying Leg Curls (80 lb)
- Leg Extensions (70 lb)
- Seated Leg Curls (60 lb)
- Angled Lat Pull Downs (50lb)
- Seated Rows (50lb)
- Machine Curls (25 lb)
- Seated Tricep Extensions (20lb)
- Nautilus Lateral Raises (25lb)
- Vertical Chest Press (50lb)
- Incline Press (40 lb)
- Pec Deck Flys (40lb)
- Machine Back Extension (90 lb)
- 24 Inclined Adbominals
The Hal Higdon training required that I get a full 6 days of training. Unfortunately, I didn’t find time during the week to complete the scheduled days. I can continue with excuses, but that’s not what I’m here to do. I accept that I missed workouts and I hope to continue with the plan. I have the chart printed and up on my refrigerator. I pencil in the days that I complete as I go. Therefore, I will complete the training.
Ideally, I would be able to complete at least 5 days worth of training in a week, but realistically, I have not been able to find the motivation/time to achieve the desired results. I am working through this fitness journey and feel that I’m still very much in the Babystep Number 7: Take it Slow. I’m moving more than I did several months ago. I’m more conscious of what I’m eating, although I find myself indulging in high fat foods. I am incorporating new activities into my lifestyle and I’m striving to accomplish small goals. I think it’s time for me to review my goals and make more manageable one week/two week specific goals.
Thank you, Roni, for showing me what I need to do when it comes to meal planning. I look forward to trying your recipes on your new site, GreenLiteBites.
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NO PROBLEM!!
Thanks for the links.
Just starting the workouts myself your site is inspirational. I’m going poke around in your archives!
Cindy, this is a great post. I like the way that you don’t beat yourself up over missing workouts and continue to review your goals. Like you say, it’s a journey! Keep up the great work!
Thank you Roni and Lisa for the positive vibes. I like this journey. It’s helping me realize what I need to work on and how I need to continue in this journey.
Excellent job! The hard thing is keeping motivation going when training for an intensive challenge like this. Find a way to keep yourself motivated as it will help you towards success. Have a great day and God bless!