Sunday, August 17, 2008

Sore

I'm pretty sore today. I put two good days of running together Thursday and Friday and my calves are pretty sore. Yesterday, I finally found the chain to hang up my punching bag, so I go to use the heavy bag for 15 minutes or so, then spent some time working out with the tractor tire, so my shoulders are pretty sore this morning as well. Everything is going well so far. I haven't really started trying to lose any weight yet, but I can tell by the way my clothes are fitting, that the weight is starting to come off a bit. My jeans are starting to get pretty loose, but my shirts actually seem to be fitting about the same. No big surprise, because between swimming and the weight lifting I've been doing, I feel like my shoulders have been getting pounded pretty hard.

I almost bought a new pair of jeans last week for the first time in over a year. I've been wearing a 40 waist for awhile now. I've gone through stretches when they fit comfortably, or even a little loose, but right before starting this challenge, I spent a couple of months wearing a belt to hide the fact that I couldn't comfortably button them anymore. How embarrassing is that? I couldn't button my pants and sit down without cutting off circulation to my lower extremeties!! But last week I tried on a pair of 38 waist jeans, and while the waist was actually too loose, they were still a tad snug in the legs. I'm hoping that if I have another good week of eating and working out, I should be able to actually get into a new pair of jeans by Friday.

I haven't been getting much sleep this week. I've been staying up way to late every night watching the Olympics. I've really been enjoying watching Michael Phelps, and I think my new favorite Olympic sport may be trampoline, but the track and field was what I was really waiting for. I've enjoyed watching Bernard Lagat run the 1500 and I spent over 2 and a half hours last night watching the women's marathon, but the highlight so far has to be Usain Bolt running the 100. I can't fathom someone running so fast and doing it so effortlessly. Makes you want to do some speedwork!!

Here is my favorite commercial I've seen during the Olympics so far. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ae3tFI8wXE

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Back to the Plan

I've decided to give up on the 240 by tomorrow plan. It wasn't going to happen anyway, but post wedding rehearsal dinners are never going to help the weight loss. That's OK, though. Trying to lose a bunch of weight this week has taken me out of my game plan. I want to just lose a couple of pounds a week without having to get ultra-strict on my diet. I know me, and I'm not ready to stick to that kind of plan yet. So no weight update this week. The running/walking is starting to go well, and I'm still experimenting with ways to use the tractor tire, so that is fun. Still no pics yet. Not my fault, though. I'm not the family photog. Maybe next week!!

Sunday, August 03, 2008

One Down

245.8. A little over a pound better than I hoped. Now let's see if I can have a really good week and get down into the 230's. Bought some new running shorts and a sleeveless running shirt today, so I'm getting ready to go try them out. Pics next time.

Here's a video to get the runner's out there pumped up a little (in other words Aaron, the other one or two people out there don't care). I'm not fancy enough to add it correctly, so you will just have to click on the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7A_QUlMbvY