I can do it!

I did P90X core synergistics this morning...abbreviated, of course.  I was able to get my heart rate up a little, but not as much as I would like.  I'm excited, though, because I've decided to take the next three months that I can't run and do Bill Phillip's Transformation Challenge!  Might as well do something productive, and it will give me a positive goal to move towards while my back is healing.  I'll be starting the program on Monday.  I'm tired of being a skinny flabby girl.  I want to be a skinny, muscley girl!  Yeah!  :D

I actually got in a "long run" today!  Yay!  I spent 80 minutes water running...I even did some speed work.  I had to quit the speed stuff after about an hour because I felt like I was getting shin splints - in the water! - who knew?  Overall, I feel pretty good about what I accomplished.  Next weekend, I will try to do 100 minutes, and 120 the week after that.  Hopefully all this time in the water will actually help me not to lose all my run-ability....

I've decided to count my water running as running miles...seems fair to me.  Sooo...I started today with an upper body workout.  This time I recorded everything I did and notated where I need to increase weights so that I can actually get stronger - what a concept!  This afternoon we took the fam to the rec center and I walked two miles on the treadmill and then did some ab work and stretching.  After that, we went to the pool and I did 50 minutes of water-running.  I figure I'll count each 10 minutes of water-running as a mile.  I'm also going to count elliptical miles as running miles, at least on the horrible elliptical that is SO much harder than REAL running at the rec center.  I promise NOT to count walking miles as running miles, though...

As a side note, I started eating BFL style today.  I am already accustomed to eating 6 meals a day, but I've been carb-counting for so long, I forgot how my body reacts to carbohydrates.  I felt like I was STARVING all day!  Stupid blood sugar spikes.  The carbs I ate weren't even simple carbs, except for maybe the fruit, I guess...but grains make my insulin levels go crazy.  I wish I knew more about what was going on here.  Ah, well...it's my body, the great science experiment.  :D

Today was a cardio day. I did 24 minutes of the dreaded elliptical, covering only one mile and burning only 50 calories (such lies!) and then did a 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike.  I was already sweating a ton from the elliptical, so I am not sure I got my intensity up high enough on the bike.  I'll lower the level and peddle faster next time....

I started the morning with a lower body workout - quads, hams, calves, and abs.  The weights I used felt pretty easy...I guess all the running has actually made me stronger!  Who knew?  :D  This evening I did my water-run for 62 minutes.  I was planning to do 50, but I thought, "What the hey?"  So I kept going.

Today was what is soon to become a typical Tuesday or Thursday workout for me.  One mile on the treadmill of doom, and a 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike.  And that's all I have to say about that...

Upper Body Workout this morning - Chest, Shoulders, Back, Triceps, And Biceps.  :D

103 minutes water-running in the pool.  That's all there is to it.  Simple and straightforward.  :D

EXCEPT....I noticed that there came a point in my water-running where I stopped breathing hard, stopped sweating, and was able to just phase out and go.  I had to start doing sprints just so that I could keep warm in the water!  I didn't know you could get a runner's high while water-running...

I did a lower body workout this morning.  I still didn't get the weights high enough.  That P90X must have really made me stronger!  I was going to do my water run, but couldn't get to the pool, so I did a 4.5 mile power walk instead.  It is really hard to not be able to run.  :(

Cardio day.  20 Minute HIIT on the recumbant bike, for starters...I did GOOD!  Then this evening, I did a mile on the elliptical devil, which took me 22 minutes to do (and I was being SPEEDY!) then switched to the "easy" one to finish up another mile, which took me 12 minutes to do.  What's wrong with this picture?  :D

Upper body workout today.  I followed it up this evening with 60 minutes of water running at the pool.  Wow.  My workouts lately are really boring to read about.  Oh, well...  as long as I get results.  :D

I did a 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike today.  Then I was filmed for an infomercial!  It's a brand new company specializing in nutritional drinks.  Watch out!  My face might be plastered on your internet in a few short weeks - heeheehee!  I had planned on going back to the gym this morning to do some elliptical work, but I was called in to do more filming instead.  As a side note, my hip flexors were really sore after my water run last night...but after drinking the magic juice I was promoting, I have no discomfort....interesting....

Lower body workout w/ab-ripper!  And that's all I have to say about that.  :D

I take it back.  Sometimes, I AM going to count walking miles as running miles.  Like today.  I wanted to find out how fast I could walk a 5K, since I'm going to register to do one on February 6th, and I'm still not allowed to run.  I was pleasantly surprised to finish in 42 minutes exactly!  (Well, there WERE those 2/100 of a second, but who's counting?)  I think if I train for it, I can shave off another two minutes.  What is funny to me is that two years ago, that was my RUNNING pace!  HA!  I love getting faster.

Then this afternoon, I did two full hours of water running.  It was a little tricky, since I had my two babies with me, but I discovered that, when neccesary, I CAN water-run with a baby strapped to my back.  And THAT is one heck of a workout.  I was "running" like crazy, just to keep my head above water!  Good times.  :D

I had an interesting Upper Body Work Out this morning.  For some reason, all the weights that were difficult to do last week were super EASY this week!  It's like I had a burst of strength!  :D  It will be REALLY interesting to see how it feels on Friday, when I increase all the weights...

I wrapped up the evening with a 60 minute water-run.  Boring, as always, but I got the job done.

This morning I started out with a 20 minute HIIT on the recunbant bike. I'm really working on getting my intensity levels up higher. Then this evening, I did a mile on the dreaded elliptical, and finished up with a half hour of yoga stretching.

Lower body workout this morning.  I think I finally have the weights where they should be to give me a challenge.  This evening I did 60 minutes of water-running at the pool.  I was seriously tired, but I forced myself to do it anyway.  :D

I started out this morning with a HIIT on the recumbant bike. I'm getting down to that weight where I start feeling dizzy. Weird. My energy levels are high, though - for the most part I feel pretty good. I just have to be careful not to stand up too quickly. This evening I went back to the gym and did my one mile of torture on the elliptical, then cooled down with another mile of the recumbant bike. Good day.

I found out last night that I'm scheduled to work the half-marathon tomorrow, so it kind of screwed up my plan to do my own half-marathon in the pool in the morning.  So I decided to do it today.  But first, I did my upper body workout, and I made sure I did it hard, since Monday was so easy.  I was shaking at the end.  I thought, "There's no way I'm going to be able to spend two hours in the pool."  But then I did it anyway...because I'm cool that way.  One hundred and thirty-one minutes!  Yeah.

Well, I did the bulk of my training yesterday, so that I could work as a volunteer for the Saint George Half Marathon today! It was fun...I got to hand out "blankets" at the finish line, so I was in a great position to see Ben and the three kids come across!  What a great, inspiring day.  I sure do wish I could have run it, though...

I DID manage to get to the gym before the race to do a 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike.  My legs were tired from the workouts yesterday, so I lowered the resistence levels and pedaled my buns off.  Well, not really, but it's nice to dream.  Later on that day, Ben wanted to run some more (crazy!) so we went back to the gym and I walked a mile and a half while he ran four....hmmmm.

Ahhhh!  Lower body workout this morning.  Then this evening an hour of water-running.  Geez.  My entries are getting so...BLAH.

HIIT on the recumbant bike this morning. This evening, I went back to the gym to do the elliptical-of-death, and after 5 minutes and .25 miles, I was done. (But I decided to count it anyway!) So I ended up going to yoga instead. I was very careful not to do anything that might injure my slowly-healing back, but I found that I am much stronger in many ways than I was the last time I did yoga (YAY!) and that it felt great! So I'm glad I skipped out on the tortuous elliptical and did yoga instead. :D

I THOUGHT that I had a meeting to go to tonight, so after my upper-body-workout early this morning, I went over to the pool and did my 60 minutes of water-running. As it turns out, the meeting is TOMORROW night, so my extra efforts were in vain. Oh, well, at least I had a night off...until Ben came home and started dressing for the gym. I thought, "Why not?" And I followed him out the door. I did a 3.1 mile power-walk on the treadmill (not going to count it this time) in 43:33, then added another couple of miles. I spent 76 minutes total on the treadmill. Then I thought, "Three hours of working out is enough for one day," and called it quits. :D

All I did today was my 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike.  Afterwards, I thought about doing the elliptical - as a matter of fact, I actually got ON the elliptical...but then I thought, "Nah.  Not today."  And I got off and went home.  I feel a little like a slacker.  But not really.  My body needed a rest.  :D

I did a lower body workout this morning.  It was good and hard, and left me sweating.  When I went in to the doc's to get my B-12 shot, I weighed in at the exact same weight as I did two weeks ago, but my body fat % dropped by 2%!!!  YES!  I'm glad all this weight training is actually doing something.  Cuz it's NOT my favorite.  Maybe when I actually get around to running again, I'll be lightning fast because I'm so strong.  Yeah.  That sounds pretty good right there.  :D

Ahhhh....last entry of the month! I did my 140 minutes of water-running this morning. It was surprisingly easy, and equally surprisingly not as boring as it usually is! I had a great time, but felt like I needed a little something extra to get my heart rate up....so I went to the gym this afternoon and did a 20 minute HIIT on the recumbant bike. I left there sweating like a pig and feeling fantastic! Good day. :D