Yay Cathryn! You've done so good! I totally know how you feel about the closet full of clothing thing... I have like no clothes left, but it seems wasteful to buy new ones... My exercising has not been so great. I had really good intentions I swear. But, Saturday we were gone all day, Sunday, um, I failed for some reason I forget now, Monday I went on a long walk with both girls (yay!) Tuesday I was unbelievably exhausted, Wednesday I was babysitting, and today I am once again unbelievably exhausted. This two kids thing is kicking my butt. At this point, I'm barely functioning. Lily has stopped napping during the day for longer than like 15 minutes the past few days. Obviously this isn't okay and I'm working on it, but it means no nap for me. She's up until 10:30 or 11 each night, Savannah usually either wakes up crying once or climbs in bed with us and kicks me non stop as she sleeps until I wake up fully and carry her back to bed, and then Lily is awake between 6 or 7. If she wakes up at 6, she falls back asleep by 7 and I try to sleep until Corey leaves at 8. I know that doesn't sound terrible, but apparently I need enormous amounts of sleep, especially when I'm ebf.
I'm thinking full on work outs might not happen a whole lot, but I'm going to try for more walks. And, walks involve me pushing a lot of weight (stroller=27 lbs, Savannah=28 lbs, carseat=9 lbs, Lily=9 lbs) for a grand total of 83 pounds! Once Lily gets a little bigger we can ditch her carseat, but still, hills are quite a workout with that thing.
My eating is not so good. I'm exhausted and drinking Dr. Pepper to stay awake which is bad plus it's easier to eat junk when I'm tired, but I'm trying to make an effort to eat healthier. Well, besides the fact I'm making a cheesecake on Saturday.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Short-term goal
So I found this cool website that measures your running route. This is the one I want to work up to:
Right now I can do about 2/3 of it, jogging about 2/3 of the time (reeeeeally slowly). I want to work up to being able to go the whole route, and then be able to jog the whole route, and then get faster at jogging it. I'd like to get down to a 10 minute mile (that's supposedly a pretty average pace for a 5K, I guess). Right now I'm at about a 16 minute mile I think, because I can't really run, only jog really, really slowly. It's basically walking with my knees moving more I think, haha.
So, let's see. My goal is to exercise every weekday morning (with holidays off--which for me includes next Monday, Columbus Day, because Scott doesn't have work! Yay!), and I feel like I'm improving quickly. So, some short-term goals:
1. "Wog" the whole route (walk/jog--just get it done, as slowly as needed) by this Friday (10/5)
2. Jog the whole route without stopping for a walk break by next Friday (10/12)
3. Jog the whole route in 15 minutes by Halloween
I think those are tough but doable goals. Scott thinks we can do a 5K together on Thanksgiving. Did you know that's a thing? People call it a "turkey trot"--I guess a lot of people want to run a 5K/10K before they gorge themselves on Thanksgiving dinner. Crazies. Oh, wait...
1.5 Mile
Quiet residential streets; some mild hillsRight now I can do about 2/3 of it, jogging about 2/3 of the time (reeeeeally slowly). I want to work up to being able to go the whole route, and then be able to jog the whole route, and then get faster at jogging it. I'd like to get down to a 10 minute mile (that's supposedly a pretty average pace for a 5K, I guess). Right now I'm at about a 16 minute mile I think, because I can't really run, only jog really, really slowly. It's basically walking with my knees moving more I think, haha.
So, let's see. My goal is to exercise every weekday morning (with holidays off--which for me includes next Monday, Columbus Day, because Scott doesn't have work! Yay!), and I feel like I'm improving quickly. So, some short-term goals:
1. "Wog" the whole route (walk/jog--just get it done, as slowly as needed) by this Friday (10/5)
2. Jog the whole route without stopping for a walk break by next Friday (10/12)
3. Jog the whole route in 15 minutes by Halloween
I think those are tough but doable goals. Scott thinks we can do a 5K together on Thanksgiving. Did you know that's a thing? People call it a "turkey trot"--I guess a lot of people want to run a 5K/10K before they gorge themselves on Thanksgiving dinner. Crazies. Oh, wait...
Exercised again today.
I still can't run the whole time (two days in, of course not), but I did go for a walk-jog this morning and did yoga afterward. I am SO SORE. I doubt I even went a whole mile round-trip (anyone know where I can get a cheap pedometer?), but I feel like I've been hit by a bus. Ugh. At least I don't have to get up super early this week, because Scott's going in to work late for some training thing. Next week I have to pay the piper. 5:45, here I come... :-(
Monday, October 1, 2012
I totally jogged this morning!
I totally did! No lie! For like 16 whole minutes! Well, more like wogged...but I jogged for at least half of it, pinky swear. And then I did like 15 minutes of a yoga video. So that means that I TOTALLY WORKED OUT. That is all.
If I ever had to run for my life, I would probably die.
Soooooo...I don't think I've ever run a whole mile in my life. Seriously. I hate running (well, and exercise in general, if we're being honest here). Like hate with a fiery, burning passion. And you guys know me, so you know that I'm not exactly what you'd call a morning person. (More like a "wants to kill everything that moves with the death stare in the morning" kind of person.)
BUT. It's been a year and a half, and not only can I not lose the baby weight, I've started putting more back on. It's the second or third time that's happened since Luke was born. It's like I can lose a little weight veeeeerrrrry slowly, but then all of a sudden I'll have a particularly gluttonous weekend or something and I'll have put on another 7 pounds. It's kind of scary to me, because before I got pregnant, my weight had stayed within the same 10-pound range for my entire post-puberty life, no matter what I ate or how much (or how little) I exercised. Getting pregnant seems to have flipped some kind of grown-up switch in my body to where I can't eat like a teenager anymore.
And ok. (We are being honest here, right?) If this were the weight that my body decided was the right weight post-baby and that was just my comfortable size for the rest of my life, I would be totally okay with it. I don't feel like I've got my self-esteem pinned to a dress size or anything. But I'm not physically comfortable where I'm at. I'm more tired than I should be, and I really can feel the weight slowing me down when I put on more pounds like this. I feel sluggish, you know? It's like I've gone from Tigger to Eeyore, while still trying to keep up with Luke. I lose my breath running around the playground (trying to keep him from falling to his death, ha ha). I'm chubby in places where I never have been before, and it's starting to affect how flexible I am. Not to mention the fact that I've got a closet full of clothes that I can't really wear, because they're all a size too small. It makes me a lot more self-conscious and it zaps my confidence in social situations, because the whole time I'm thinking about how chubby I feel (or how my pants digging in at my waist is making me nauseated) instead of thinking about making new friends and being kind to other people and having fun. I can't even find bras that fit anymore, because I'm too big around through the ribs for the size of bra I should be wearing. Not cool.
I'm 25. I'm too young to feel worn-out and flabby. Something's gotta give.
I've been trying half-heartedly to diet the weight off for the better part of a year, but obviously that's not doing enough. So. I can't really get the cardio exercise in that I am going to have to do while Luke is up and about (not yet, anyway...maybe when I'm amazing and really good at exercising I'll figure that out), and I'm too tired by the time he goes to bed to be motivated to work out then. That leaves mornings...EARLY mornings. Le sigh...
BUT. It's been a year and a half, and not only can I not lose the baby weight, I've started putting more back on. It's the second or third time that's happened since Luke was born. It's like I can lose a little weight veeeeerrrrry slowly, but then all of a sudden I'll have a particularly gluttonous weekend or something and I'll have put on another 7 pounds. It's kind of scary to me, because before I got pregnant, my weight had stayed within the same 10-pound range for my entire post-puberty life, no matter what I ate or how much (or how little) I exercised. Getting pregnant seems to have flipped some kind of grown-up switch in my body to where I can't eat like a teenager anymore.
And ok. (We are being honest here, right?) If this were the weight that my body decided was the right weight post-baby and that was just my comfortable size for the rest of my life, I would be totally okay with it. I don't feel like I've got my self-esteem pinned to a dress size or anything. But I'm not physically comfortable where I'm at. I'm more tired than I should be, and I really can feel the weight slowing me down when I put on more pounds like this. I feel sluggish, you know? It's like I've gone from Tigger to Eeyore, while still trying to keep up with Luke. I lose my breath running around the playground (trying to keep him from falling to his death, ha ha). I'm chubby in places where I never have been before, and it's starting to affect how flexible I am. Not to mention the fact that I've got a closet full of clothes that I can't really wear, because they're all a size too small. It makes me a lot more self-conscious and it zaps my confidence in social situations, because the whole time I'm thinking about how chubby I feel (or how my pants digging in at my waist is making me nauseated) instead of thinking about making new friends and being kind to other people and having fun. I can't even find bras that fit anymore, because I'm too big around through the ribs for the size of bra I should be wearing. Not cool.
I'm 25. I'm too young to feel worn-out and flabby. Something's gotta give.
I've been trying half-heartedly to diet the weight off for the better part of a year, but obviously that's not doing enough. So. I can't really get the cardio exercise in that I am going to have to do while Luke is up and about (not yet, anyway...maybe when I'm amazing and really good at exercising I'll figure that out), and I'm too tired by the time he goes to bed to be motivated to work out then. That leaves mornings...EARLY mornings. Le sigh...
Friday, September 28, 2012
Lose the baby weight take 2
Okay, last time I didn't ever really lose the baby weight. Not cool. This time, I'm determined to not let that happen! I just exercised on my Wii Active Game. It was a 30 minute workout and was pretty intense (especially considering I don't remember the last time I worked out. Like, it seriously might have been over a year ago. Yep.) Anyway, my goal is to follow the video game's 30 day workout. Each day it gets harder and harder. And, I'm going to try to get the extra calories my body craves from vegetables instead of cheese. Wish me luck!
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wii
I convinced Ryan that we should have one and so now we do. (Good thing it is a one time purchase or that would have never gone down.) So, now I shall experiment with using the Wii as part of my exercise routine. Suggestions?
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