Rambling Post

I listed to a podcast called Get-Fit Quick Guy's Quick and Dirty Tips to Slim Down Shape UP and.... yada yada yada.  It's pretty good and the podcast are short and easy to listen to on the ride to work.  He had done several podcast about running, one in particular about how to run faster.  #1 was Lose Weight.  Sounds harsh, but if you are carrying less weight you exert less effort, so you can go faster.  One benefit of the Biggest Loser competition was losing 5-7 vanity pounds and also getting faster.  Another benefit is that I have somehow managed to drop a lot of body fat - according to my scale at home anyway.  A few months ago the magic body fat scale put me consistently between 25-29% body fat.  I was annoyed by this, so I decided to tell the scale it was stupid and ignored it.  2 weeks ago, I noticed that my body fat now comes up at 12.5%.  Which is insane.  I figured it was one day and the scale is known to be stupid.  But it has always been consistent at least.  My fat% has stayed around 12.5%, so I sort of want to believe the stupid scale now, cause I like what it says.

If it's accurate, I can attribute this to two things.

1. Adding weight training into my workouts.  I have been trying to do weights or a Jillian Michaels video at least twice a week since Biggest Loser.  This helped me lose those vanity pounds, and has made my core and arms feel stronger.
2. Changing my diet.  I do have bad eating days (see Saturday and Sunday).  But I have been making a huge effort to eat more fruits and vegetables, pay attention to what I eat, eat more organic and less processed foods.  I am still tracking my calories in My Fitness Pal and that keeps me honest.  I skipped the Diet Soda for 5 days last week, which sucked big balls but was able to eat less afternoon candy - I still ate the candy, just not 10 pieces.  I'm reading Jillian Michaels  Master Your Metabolism, and gotten both scared and inspired to make some changes. 

Workout Recap

Recap:

Monday: Ripped in 30 #1
Tuesday: Ripped in 30 #2
Wednesday: Run 4.25miles, 40:14min, 9:28/mile avg
Thursday: Evening Spin class at the gym
Friday: Run 5.00 miles, 46:08, 9:14/mile avg
Saturday: Morning Spin class
Sunday: Run on treadmill 6.44 miles, 60:00, 9:22/mile avg

I did not get a rest day this week so that will be first thing next week.  While I have the gym membership I really want to take advantage of it and the few chances I had to run outside this week I really wanted to get out there.  Sunday was scheduled to be a long run day but I didn't want to over do it.  Frankly by Sunday afternoon if I didn't leave this house and get away from the kids for a couple hours I was going to turn to the bottle.

Next weeks plan: John is back this week and we are planning some family activities for the weekend.  I'm not sure how much I can do this week but this is my goal -

Monday: Rest Day
Tuesday: Ripped in 30 or Spin Class
Wednesday: Ripped in 30 #2
Thursday: Run (Pace Workout)
Friday: Run (6-7 miles, 9:21/mile)
Saturday: Walk day
Sunday:   Rest Day

Monday workout: Ripped

Did Ripped in 30 last night after the kids went to bed.  So far I am not as sore as I was the first time, but I suspect it will creep up on me. 

I got up at the usual 5am today, but instead of running out the door I got up to WORK.  My plan is to catch up on email, do my morning conference call, take the kids to school, go running, then go into work.  The obvious chink in this plan is that the kids will be here while I'm working, and I anticipate they will not politely wait for me to finish my call so they can inform me that so-and-so pushed me, took something from me, or to hear Little J yell "POW-POW" as he runs through the house.  Should be an interesting morning. 

Wednesday: It's RAINING

Last night it RAINED in Pflugerville and we were long overdue.  Thunder, lighting and the power went out for awhile.  When I got up to run it was still thundering and raining a little.  I thought about going back to bed and eventually decided to workout anyway.  I did Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30 workout 1, 34 minutes.  Good workout but not as killer as The Shred, so far anyway.  After I finished that I still had some time and energy left before having to make breakfast for the kids so I did a 15 minute run around the neighborhood.

Ripped in 30: ~ 30 min
Run 1.6 miles
13 minutes
8:45/mile avg