I've been getting some last minute training in this week. The main emphasis has been on my muscles, especially my upper body. Strength training is my weak point. It's not that I am bad at it, I just have a "deer in the headlights" kind of reaction to it. I never know what I should be doing and find myself asking my husband to give me some ideas for good muscle workouts. Maybe what I need to do going forward is develop a plan, maybe complete with some basic instructions. I tend to forget HOW to do the moves - stupid, I know. And of course I don't want to just do the same exercises over and over, so maybe I will have 3-4 different rotations, or set up some flash cards and pick different ones each time, and add new stuff to it as I go. Keep my body guessing. All I know is, I need a better plan for muscle work going forward. I'm getting into the final stages of my weight loss and will need to ramp up my lean muscle mass to burn off those last bits of fat and tone up.
Here's what I did this week -
Sunday - 4 miles in 34:42. After not running at all last week (since my 10k!), I felt this one! It was like my body needed a 3 mile warm up before it realized "Oh hey, we're running now!"
First run in my new shoes. I love having some more support and cushion for concrete running, and some more tread on the shoes for trail running. My old shoes were really really minimalist compared to these. The toe box is narrower. But these shoes are much more "breathable". Right away I can tell that my muscles need to adjust to the new style of shoe, and I currently have a hot spot on my left foot that might be caused by some rubbing. I hope that goes away in time because I really like the feel of these shoes!
Monday - Muscle work. Arm work. Core. Pushups. Weights. Pullups. ALOT of burpees (as many as I could do, anyway)
Tuesday - Was supposed to run, but legs were still sore. Tuesday is also my run errands day, so I just decided to take the day off. Except I did more burpees.
Wednesday - Today was a combo day. 2 mile run, not timed but I'd guess it probably took me about 15-16 minutes? More muscle work! Similar to Monday but with a few extra things thrown in. Tried to keep up the intensity, didn't take breaks, just kept working. My heart was pounding the entire time, having just come off of that run. This is the type of thing I will be doing on Saturday so it is how I have to train.
This is my cat, Eve. She is super curious and affectionate. Every time I am in our extra bedroom working out, she comes in and starts rolling around and rubbing up against me because she thinks it's playtime. I try to do planks and pushups and she gets right underneath me and rubs up against my face. It's freaking adorable... but it kind of interferes with my progress so I usually have to kick her out :(
Yep. This is what she does!
Also, today was an official weigh in day. My goal for this week was 163 and I came in at 161.8! My BMI is also very very close to being within the normal range! I've been eating well this week and have been feeling the need for a cheat meal, especially since I am ahead of the game a little bit. So I went to Bojangles for lunch today. It's a fried chicken and biscuit place we have here in the south. I had eaten there once before and didn't think it was that great, but we have one right by my work and I was really craving a chicken biscuit sandwich. It wasn't very good at all. The chicken was really tough, and for "Cajun" chicken it was pretty bland tasting. I did get a sweet biscuit which was pretty tasty. All in all it kind of felt like a waste of a cheat meal, but I can't allow myself to regret it too much. The craving is out of my system now. And I learned once and for all that I'm a Popeyes girl - their spicy chicken is always delicious. For dinner I had a nice healthy smoothie with veggies, fruit, and protein powder in an effort to "clean up" a little. And now, no more bad foods until Saturday night! I will have earned it!
4 comments:
Oh, I LOVE Bojangles- but my downfall and my favorite thing there are the seasoned fries. and as long as it's not dry the grilled chicken is pretty good as well! We dont' have a popeyes here in KNoxville.
Seasoned fries are the best. I don't think I've had theirs before, both times I've been there I ended up getting something else. Lucky for me there's a popeyes pretty close to my work too, so next time I get that craving that's where I'm going!
Your cat is so cute! Mine used to do the same thing. I used to run around the kitchen (it was a loop) and she would chase me and attack my feet. Whenever I did planks or anything she'd come and sniff my face. Oh those kitties!
Good job on your weight goal :)
Sounds like you had a great week in workouts. And 4 miles in 34 minutes is super speedy!! Congrats on the weight loss too!
I can't wait to hear about the Spartan Race!!
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