A great weekend was had by all. Friday, my off day, I ended up going clay pigeon shooting and walked a ton. It was a lot of fun. Sunday I ran/walked for 60 minutes. It went really well on Sunday and was very happy.
Time: 60 minutes
Distance: 3.705
Movie: Sharpes Eagle
I also wrote a plan of training over the weekend so I can be a bit more organized on training and hopefully not break anything. Monday went awesome, only a 30 minute walk which was awesome.
Time: 30 minutes
Distance: just over 2 miles.
Movie: Sharpes Company
I have been worrying on a balanced diet using myfitnesspal. My protein is low so we are working on pushing that up. Ive been around 80g a day and need about 130 so I have asked my Aunt Janet and got some ideas from Kathleen. 105 today. I hope this helps with the weight loss and hunger.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
Walk it out
I walked for 50 mins tonight. Not too bad but I was a bit down today. My shoulder still hurts which cant help and Apria still cant get it together. HR was a bit up (110) but Ill take it.
Distance: 2.5
Time: 50 mins
Movie: Sharpes Rifles
Distance: 2.5
Time: 50 mins
Movie: Sharpes Rifles
3mile mark passed
A mixed day of success and failure. I woke up not being able to move as I had blown something in my shoulder. I got that pain under control. Its Breakfast burrito day at work on a Wednesday and I was planning on having 1, maybe 2. I love those things. Anyway I checked the calorie count on myFitnesspal and decided against it. The market at work has some breakfast serial and milk so I bought something there instead, it was free as the allow you a certain amount a month. I was skeptical of this at first as I used to get free soda but now I like it as I don't run out of money in a week drinking soda.
I digress. A healthier breakfast but then a call to go to Chipotle for lunch. Total fail. I blew 1300 calories. I did manage to balance it out with a healthy dinner made by Kathleen.
For the run I decided to add a 10 minute walk to help burn off calories. That meant I went by 3 miles! So not a bad week. Monday passed 2.5 and Wednesday passed 3! Love it.
Distance:3.1
Time: 50 minutes
Movie: Mockingbird catching fire part I.
I digress. A healthier breakfast but then a call to go to Chipotle for lunch. Total fail. I blew 1300 calories. I did manage to balance it out with a healthy dinner made by Kathleen.
For the run I decided to add a 10 minute walk to help burn off calories. That meant I went by 3 miles! So not a bad week. Monday passed 2.5 and Wednesday passed 3! Love it.
Distance:3.1
Time: 50 minutes
Movie: Mockingbird catching fire part I.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Much better
First off, what was I on yesterday? I was going to delete the post but I think it reflects how dark this process can be and yesterday was a dark day. Today was a lot better. Im looking forward to weigh in tomorrow morning. Must remember to weigh myself!
Ive increased my work out intensity a little and my heart rate didnt max out this week. I must have been stressed or tired last week. I have been running/walking 200 on and off but Ive add 600 in the middle to each mile. I plan to increae the intensity for another week and then drop off for a week recovery.
Distance: 2.604
Time: 40 minutes
Movie: end of Starship troopers 3.
Ive increased my work out intensity a little and my heart rate didnt max out this week. I must have been stressed or tired last week. I have been running/walking 200 on and off but Ive add 600 in the middle to each mile. I plan to increae the intensity for another week and then drop off for a week recovery.
Distance: 2.604
Time: 40 minutes
Movie: end of Starship troopers 3.
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Tough weekend
Its been a tough weekend. I didn't need to run on Saturday as we had Footy with the kids. The afternoon was a beer fest where I didn't drink as I was the DD. but walked around a lot and so I got a lot of steps in. There was no parking so I came up with the devious plan to park a mile away and then bike in, it worked well. I managed to keep calories down.
Tough day at home on Sunday. I never managed any of my goals and felt limited and unable to do anything I wanted without permission. I started a task but was immediately told I was in the way so whats the point really? I don't know if whats going on is just me being exhausted, lack of calories or things are just tough at home. I never ran as I am down and cant be bothered doing anything now.
I just dont know whats going on anymore.
Tough day at home on Sunday. I never managed any of my goals and felt limited and unable to do anything I wanted without permission. I started a task but was immediately told I was in the way so whats the point really? I don't know if whats going on is just me being exhausted, lack of calories or things are just tough at home. I never ran as I am down and cant be bothered doing anything now.
I just dont know whats going on anymore.
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
Good run/walk
I was able to get a run in today. I did reps again today 200 run - 200 walk, My HR kept going up to 160 when I started running and then dropped to about 145. Walk HR was 120. My legs were like lead today though. I hope it gets better in the next run.
Distance:2.45
Time: 40 minutes
Movie: Starship troopers.
Distance:2.45
Time: 40 minutes
Movie: Starship troopers.
Weigh ins suck
Well its Tuesday and its weigh in day. Ive put on 2 pounds. I dont get it Ive cut down drastically one what I eat and I still put on weight. I havent been able ro walk/run for 4 days but surely that cant be it. I got sick last week and couldnt do much of anything. Last night was a very rare date night and so I did indulge last night and I think that maybe some of that is still in my body.
I will try and get back on the horse but I have no clue how I can do this. I am going to take some drastic action. No more Beer for the rest of the month, hopefully people will still hang out with me! Its mad I keep cutting back on food and thinking Im getting better at eating and then boom more weight on. The more I cut back the faster I put on weight. This just sucks. Ill be tracking Calories from Wednesday.
Im coming up on some big milestones. If I cant do this I will get my stomach made smaller. I really dont want to take that action as I see it as a very expensive way to do what I can do myself. However everyone seems to respect that you cant eat or drink when you do it but just thinks you are being weird if you havent done something drastic. Right I feel so alone in trying to lose this weight (What a lame thing to say). My 7 year old daughter is on the band wagon helping now. I hope I can turn this around. Regardless of what people think of this paragraph its how I feel and when I finally hit 220 I can look back honestly and see what I felt back then.
I will try and get back on the horse but I have no clue how I can do this. I am going to take some drastic action. No more Beer for the rest of the month, hopefully people will still hang out with me! Its mad I keep cutting back on food and thinking Im getting better at eating and then boom more weight on. The more I cut back the faster I put on weight. This just sucks. Ill be tracking Calories from Wednesday.
Im coming up on some big milestones. If I cant do this I will get my stomach made smaller. I really dont want to take that action as I see it as a very expensive way to do what I can do myself. However everyone seems to respect that you cant eat or drink when you do it but just thinks you are being weird if you havent done something drastic. Right I feel so alone in trying to lose this weight (What a lame thing to say). My 7 year old daughter is on the band wagon helping now. I hope I can turn this around. Regardless of what people think of this paragraph its how I feel and when I finally hit 220 I can look back honestly and see what I felt back then.
Thursday, June 4, 2015
Do what you can
I havent entered anything in a few days Ive been a little under the weather, It feels like exhaustion.
Tuesday:
I just couldnt do it so I walked instead. I pushed the time to 40 mins as 30 just never feels like enough. I also ended the night in a ton of pain in my hip, Sharp and nasty - I could hardly walk!
Distance: 2miles
Time: 40 mins
Movie: Priest
Wednesday:
In a real funk at this point. I ran regardless, I went for interval over heart. Run 200 walk 200, It worked out almost the same as heart rate but it was a little easier. I kept with the same theme of 40 mins. The last 10 I walked though. I think my HR would have been to high at that point as it hit 150 at 30 mins.
Distance: 2.345 miles
Time: 40 mins
Movie: Starship troopers 2 (why not)
Thursday:
A horrible day. I felt ill and had a hoodie on during the hottest part of the day. I went for a walk and sweated up a storm. I also phased out at about 35 minutes, that freaked me out as I nearly launched off the back of the treadmill. Im not sure fitbit is covering what Im looking for to Im going to look at myfitnesspal. You cant track exersise in fitbit, it adds any tracking to your step count so in effect adding it twice.
Ive been struggling to eat correctly but Im getting used to thinking healthy. Im not quite there but I can see small changes.
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 40 mins
Movie: Starship troopers 2
Tuesday:
I just couldnt do it so I walked instead. I pushed the time to 40 mins as 30 just never feels like enough. I also ended the night in a ton of pain in my hip, Sharp and nasty - I could hardly walk!
Distance: 2miles
Time: 40 mins
Movie: Priest
Wednesday:
In a real funk at this point. I ran regardless, I went for interval over heart. Run 200 walk 200, It worked out almost the same as heart rate but it was a little easier. I kept with the same theme of 40 mins. The last 10 I walked though. I think my HR would have been to high at that point as it hit 150 at 30 mins.
Distance: 2.345 miles
Time: 40 mins
Movie: Starship troopers 2 (why not)
Thursday:
A horrible day. I felt ill and had a hoodie on during the hottest part of the day. I went for a walk and sweated up a storm. I also phased out at about 35 minutes, that freaked me out as I nearly launched off the back of the treadmill. Im not sure fitbit is covering what Im looking for to Im going to look at myfitnesspal. You cant track exersise in fitbit, it adds any tracking to your step count so in effect adding it twice.
Ive been struggling to eat correctly but Im getting used to thinking healthy. Im not quite there but I can see small changes.
Distance: 2 miles
Time: 40 mins
Movie: Starship troopers 2
Monday, June 1, 2015
Day 5: American Flyers
I missed the last 2 days. I was tired and stressed so didn't get it in. A 30 minute run right now is killing me. My legs cant take it, my heart can.
Today's run was tough as I walked the last 10 minutes even though my HR dropped to 120 I could keep it up. I nearly pulled my groin. The body needs time to adjust and eventually the 2 will match. I was reminded of American Flyers - "res firma mitescere nescit" when you've got it up, keep it up! I couldn't do it tonight.
I don't have high expectations for tomorrows weigh in but Im on the right track.
Time:30 mins
Distance 1.755
Movie: Priest
Today's run was tough as I walked the last 10 minutes even though my HR dropped to 120 I could keep it up. I nearly pulled my groin. The body needs time to adjust and eventually the 2 will match. I was reminded of American Flyers - "res firma mitescere nescit" when you've got it up, keep it up! I couldn't do it tonight.
I don't have high expectations for tomorrows weigh in but Im on the right track.
Time:30 mins
Distance 1.755
Movie: Priest
Friday, May 29, 2015
Day 2:
Still tired but I slept all night. I was still tired getting up but it was a slightly better day. The run was better, I ran a little further and its seemed a little easier. I took a different attack today. I ran until HR hit 150 (5mph) and then slowed down until HR hit 120 (3mph).
Afterwards I am very stiff, I think I may need to work on some specific strength work in my upper leg. Im walking like an old man!
Movie: GI Joe
Distance: 1.835
Time: 30 minutes.
Afterwards I am very stiff, I think I may need to work on some specific strength work in my upper leg. Im walking like an old man!
Movie: GI Joe
Distance: 1.835
Time: 30 minutes.
And so it begins; Day 1: Hell on a treadmill
Well I got my first workout in. Fitbit reports 13500 steps for the day. Awesome. The workout wasnt so much about HR but more about can I survive this. I kept my HR below 140 for the most part but I will push to 150. The biggest issue was cardio though, its strength. I have a lot of rebuilding to do. My legs did not like walking/running for 30 minutes. At a 12 minute mile it took 200 meters to push my HR above 150. So I slowed down and walked keeping the level up by using a steep incline. My legs couldn't handle it! Sheesh. So first few weeks are going to be getting used to moving and getting my body used to exercise again. Mentally and Physically.
Movie: GI Joe
Distance: 1.633 miles
Time: 30 minutes
Whats going on?
Its 3am at night. I'm watching TV and wondering why I am so fat and how I am going to get through another day exhausted. Things at home from the new year have been hell, they are better now. Why does my work want me to pick up and move to another state? The bad times coincide with me giving up footy and diet coke.
The Diet Coke obsession got the point I was drinking over 24 cans a day. They were free at work and we always had tons at home. So I stopped it cold turkey, this time I didn't give up caffeine too, that was hell the last time. What replaced football and Diet Coke? Massive bags of chips. One of my issues is I can eat, I can really eat - at an Olympic level and that usually what I go to when things are tough or bad.
Between the home, work, footy and Diet Coke I managed to eat myself through enough food to put on 50 pounds. I was already heave so that's left me weighing half a pound shy of 330 pounds. That's why I'm up at 3:30 am. I wear a CPAP at night so I don't die or get heart decease, I have high blood pressure and just generally in a funk. The CPAP isn't working right and its taking forever for the medical end of my life to get it together.
Then there is the stress of flying. Will I get thrown off as I hear about, will the buckle fit? Well on my last flight it didn't. I'm not bothered about the extender but I was bothered about having to ask, that stressed me out even more.
What am I going to do about it? Well I'm going to start a blog, start exercising and generally feel better. I have a fitbit, its a gimmick but I like gimmicks to see how I'm doing. I have set myself 20 pound goals. Every time I hit one I get a gift. My first gift will be a Polar M400 or a Garmin 310xt. The final goal - 210 pounds will be an Omega watch. Right now its a seamaster but that might change. The blog is just a written way for me to answer to myself and as I did in my Ironman when I'm successful turn it into a book.
I haven't been 210 (15 stone) Since I was 19 years old so although people are crying your still overweight there we can talk about that when I hit 15 stone.
I have ran 2 Ironman events and that hasn't helped me lose weight so by the end of this Id like to crush a 1 mile run to under 10 minutes, In fact Id like to run with a stride again instead of shuffling out 12 minute miles. It would be nice to talk to people about Ironman and not feel like a hypocrite as I am so heavy too.
So hear goes, wish me well and lets hope I can get it together.
The Diet Coke obsession got the point I was drinking over 24 cans a day. They were free at work and we always had tons at home. So I stopped it cold turkey, this time I didn't give up caffeine too, that was hell the last time. What replaced football and Diet Coke? Massive bags of chips. One of my issues is I can eat, I can really eat - at an Olympic level and that usually what I go to when things are tough or bad.
Between the home, work, footy and Diet Coke I managed to eat myself through enough food to put on 50 pounds. I was already heave so that's left me weighing half a pound shy of 330 pounds. That's why I'm up at 3:30 am. I wear a CPAP at night so I don't die or get heart decease, I have high blood pressure and just generally in a funk. The CPAP isn't working right and its taking forever for the medical end of my life to get it together.
Then there is the stress of flying. Will I get thrown off as I hear about, will the buckle fit? Well on my last flight it didn't. I'm not bothered about the extender but I was bothered about having to ask, that stressed me out even more.
What am I going to do about it? Well I'm going to start a blog, start exercising and generally feel better. I have a fitbit, its a gimmick but I like gimmicks to see how I'm doing. I have set myself 20 pound goals. Every time I hit one I get a gift. My first gift will be a Polar M400 or a Garmin 310xt. The final goal - 210 pounds will be an Omega watch. Right now its a seamaster but that might change. The blog is just a written way for me to answer to myself and as I did in my Ironman when I'm successful turn it into a book.
I haven't been 210 (15 stone) Since I was 19 years old so although people are crying your still overweight there we can talk about that when I hit 15 stone.
I have ran 2 Ironman events and that hasn't helped me lose weight so by the end of this Id like to crush a 1 mile run to under 10 minutes, In fact Id like to run with a stride again instead of shuffling out 12 minute miles. It would be nice to talk to people about Ironman and not feel like a hypocrite as I am so heavy too.
So hear goes, wish me well and lets hope I can get it together.
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