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Saturday, June 14, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Slowly But Surely
I have had an up and down week, but have still managed all my workout and recovery day workouts.
My recovery days have been really good. I am doing a bike ride - 10km in 20minutes, a personal best as well as boxing with my husband. The boxing tested me out. In fact my arms were burning by the end and the muscle in my neck and shoulder are so tight i ended up with a killer headache. I however remained positive and got through my workouts.
I am going really well with my calorie intake, but not so well with the fat intake. I am aiming for 30g a day. The lowest was 31.5g and the highest so far is 44g. Hopefully by the end of the week I will have it under control.
I am waiting for my Rollerblades to come in the mail and am going to incorporate this into my recovery days (hopefully with no broken limbs). I would love to run, but shin splints are preventing this at the moment. Running on the treadmill is fine, but not on the road. Doesnt matter you just have to adapt I suppose.
My recovery days have been really good. I am doing a bike ride - 10km in 20minutes, a personal best as well as boxing with my husband. The boxing tested me out. In fact my arms were burning by the end and the muscle in my neck and shoulder are so tight i ended up with a killer headache. I however remained positive and got through my workouts.
I am going really well with my calorie intake, but not so well with the fat intake. I am aiming for 30g a day. The lowest was 31.5g and the highest so far is 44g. Hopefully by the end of the week I will have it under control.
I am waiting for my Rollerblades to come in the mail and am going to incorporate this into my recovery days (hopefully with no broken limbs). I would love to run, but shin splints are preventing this at the moment. Running on the treadmill is fine, but not on the road. Doesnt matter you just have to adapt I suppose.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Week 3 - Just getting started
It was the Queens birthday weekend here in Oz, so three days off. I am pleased to day, I got through the whole weekend without drinking or cheating.
I started the weekend with an hour of running around kicking the football down at the park. I seemed to be doing all the running however. After that I was stuffed and decided to do a workout that night. workout was tough but got through it. My legs were shattered, so instead of the 30minutes of high intensity cardio I did 5km of bike riding at a cracking pace. I did it in 10mins and 15 seconds. best result ever. Lets just say after that walking was a problem
I had a quiet day yesterday, but made sure a did a small amount of exercise - 20 minutes with the football again.
Going really well, I am certainly starting to work muscle groups that havent been worked ever.
I am feeling good - the desire for sweet stuff is starting to subside, I just have to remember to have some snacks when i am at home on the weekend as I get to around 5pm and want to eat a horse (so to speak)
Got my exercise bike the other day and picked up another DB bar - so i didnt have to keep stealing my husbands. So I am pretty set now.
I will try to get some picks of the gym and post them.
I started the weekend with an hour of running around kicking the football down at the park. I seemed to be doing all the running however. After that I was stuffed and decided to do a workout that night. workout was tough but got through it. My legs were shattered, so instead of the 30minutes of high intensity cardio I did 5km of bike riding at a cracking pace. I did it in 10mins and 15 seconds. best result ever. Lets just say after that walking was a problem
I had a quiet day yesterday, but made sure a did a small amount of exercise - 20 minutes with the football again.
Going really well, I am certainly starting to work muscle groups that havent been worked ever.
I am feeling good - the desire for sweet stuff is starting to subside, I just have to remember to have some snacks when i am at home on the weekend as I get to around 5pm and want to eat a horse (so to speak)
Got my exercise bike the other day and picked up another DB bar - so i didnt have to keep stealing my husbands. So I am pretty set now.
I will try to get some picks of the gym and post them.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Week 2 onwards and upwards
It is truly amazing the results you can get in as little as 1 1/2 weeks. I am not talking weight loss, but rather what one can sustain in intensity in that amount of time.After doing the big 5 circuit for the first tme 1 1/2 weeks ago, I could barely walk for 3 days and had to skip 2 days of exercise. I could only hold the plank for 20 seconds.1 1/2 weeks later, I pull up the next day in no pain and I can hold the plank for 60 seconds. last night i managed 3 planks at 60 seconds each time.
I am feeling a little flat though and am experimenting a bit with my protein and carbs intake. I am struggling on getting enough carbs now that i have eliminated processed food form my diet. I feel fine when i work out as i eat a large meal about an hr before i workout at night, its is just through the day.
I have made the decision not to take measurements or weight until the 6 week mark, I dont want to get obsessive and nor do I want to be disappointed if i have a bad week on the scales.I am lucky it isnt totally about wieght loss for me, it is about fat loss, toning and buidling some muscle.
I am feeling a little flat though and am experimenting a bit with my protein and carbs intake. I am struggling on getting enough carbs now that i have eliminated processed food form my diet. I feel fine when i work out as i eat a large meal about an hr before i workout at night, its is just through the day.
I have made the decision not to take measurements or weight until the 6 week mark, I dont want to get obsessive and nor do I want to be disappointed if i have a bad week on the scales.I am lucky it isnt totally about wieght loss for me, it is about fat loss, toning and buidling some muscle.
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