Chasing away Chubby

Extra long post.

Tomorrow is “start” day.  Tomorrow I go hard core.  Which means I am working out, setting goals, eating healthy-eating clean… no more crap.  I will begin to treat this body as the temple that it suppose to be and get with the program. 
Treating my body nice also means treating myself better.  I am sick of looking [...]

upper body strength training
pullovers w/ 5 lb ball       25
crunches w/ 5lb ball        25
twisting crunch                25
ball pickup                       10
bicep curl             50 each arm
kickbacks           25 each arm
tricep ext          25
flye on ball       35
chest press      25
bicep curl    15
back crunch        25
leg lifts             10
Food today was not great.  I  ate too much, but stuck to the 2 meal plan.  I did the above strength [...]

Puny workout

Tonight this is the itty, bitty, workout I did while watching the biggest loser.
Upper body strength training with 5 pound weights
bicep curls     50   set of 2
Tricep ext.    15    set of 2
cross punch   50   set of 2
Jump rope 1 minute     set of 2
boys push up      1   Yay!  First one in years!
plank               to count of 25
I ran 3.4 [...]

How bad do you want it?

My new mantra is “How bad do you want it?”  How bad do I want to be healthy and lose weight?  How bad do I want to be a size 10?  How bad do I want to run a 5K?  How bad do I want to feel good about myself?  If I want it bad enough I will do [...]

Hell week workouts

Friday 12/21   60 minutes exercise ball workouts; 10 mins flexibility; 10 mins butt & thigh; 10 mins arm & shoulder; 10 mins abs; 10 mins total body cardio; another 10 mins flexibility. 
Saturday 12/22  50 mins Running- 3miles; 10 mins stretching/yoga: Total: 60 mins!
Sunday 12/23  30 mins WATP; 20 mins Yoga; 10 mins flexibility on ball.  Total: 60 [...]

The rollercoaster of weight loss emotions

Yesterday I was at an all time low, today I feel pretty good.  I journaled my calories, and had a little over 800 in before dinner which left over 800 for dinner and I think I probably came in somewhere around there. 
The cool thing is I ran this afternoon. It was an awesome day.  Partly sunny, light wind, 70 [...]

Hopping back in…

It has been 2 weeks since I ran outdoors.  So tonight I go out to run.  It’s 5:45 by the time I find the time.  I am anxious.  How well will I do after 2 weeks not doing much running?  So i take a look at couch to 5K and decide if it is too [...]

Workout 11/3-11/9

Weekly mileage goal: 8 miles; 2 strength training workout
Sat 11/3    Ran 3 miles
Sun 11/4    Day off
Mon 11/5  Day off
Tues 11/6   Ran 2.25 miles
Wed 11/7     day off
Thur 11/8   day off
Fri 11/9      2.8 miles ran!
Week’s mileage:      8.05 miles total!   

Chocolate is the DEVIL!

I have been complaining about the drought for months now.  Last night it started raining.  There is water everywhere!  We have gotten 6.6 inches in 24 hours.  A small stream flood statement has been issued.   Such a sharp contrast from the conditions 2 days ago!  It will help the drought, but it won’t “cure” it.  We [...]

exercise log 10/13- 10/19

Sat  10/13   Run 2 miles/warm-up/cool down/…35 mins total; walking the ghost tour 45 minutes.  Total workout time 80 mins!
Sun 10/14
Mon 10/15
Tues 10/16
Wed  10/17
Thurs 10/18
Fri  10/19
Total minutes…