Hardly Worthy of a Post

Since my last post I've continued my slacker ways. I've pretty much been doing Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred on Wednesdays and jogging for 20-25 minutes on Saturday mornings and that's it. After my last Saturday run I ended up with a MONSTER headache that sidelined me for pretty much the entire day...talk about sucky! After that I decided that it would probably be in my best interest to slow things down a bit (funny, I know. How could I possibly back down any farther?!? Hang in there, I'm about to explain myself.). Instead of going out just once a week and giving it my all (basically running until I can hardly take another step) I'm going to revert back to one of the earlier C25K podcasts until I get back into the habit of running on a regular basis. I figure I'll be better off for the time being reverting back to good ol' intervals. It's worth a shot!

Instead of ignoring my alarm this morning like I've been doing for quite some time now, I actually got my lazy body out of bed and made it out the door! Go me!! I ran W6D1 without any trouble. According to the podcast I listened to the second walking interval was supposed to be 5 minutes. I remember thinking that was too long when I ran W6 the first time, so I cut that back to 3 minutes. Overall, it was uneventful and so far no headache!! As of right now I'm planning to do it again tomorrow morning. Wish me luck! Maybe one of these days I'll get back in the pool too.

So here's to another re-start!

Just for the Record

This post is essentially just to update my records so I can keep track of when I worked out.

June 29-Aqua Jogger, 30 mins
June 30-Swam/Kicked laps, 30 mins
July 3-Swam/Kicked laps, 30 mins
July 5-Swam laps, 20-25 mins
July 6-Jogged on the beach, 23 mins (first jog since my foot injury)
July 8-Swam/Kicked laps, 30 mins
July 9-Jogged, 30 mins
July 10-Jillian Michaels' 30 day Shred video

Note: I was on vacation from July4-July 11.

Reading through that makes me feel even more guilty! It makes me realize that it has been almost 2 full weeks since I've done any form of exercise...that's really sad! I need to just get over myself and get back to it no matter how tired I am or how many excuses I come up with. I've worked so hard since Mother's Day to get where I am today that I CANNOT give up now! I think this is just what I needed. That being said I'm going to cut this post off right here, get off my ever-growing back side, pop in a dvd, and GET MOVING!! (PS-my daughter is sleeping and it's waaaay too hot to do anything outside...supposed to be like 105 today. Yikes!)

Here I go!!!!!!

Still in Fail Mode

Today was the day I was going to break out of my rut and get back on track. I set out my running clothes and my bathing suit so I could decide what kind of mood I was in once I got up and moving. Well...did you notice the "was" in italics at the beginning of the post? It didn't happen. Nothing happened. The alarm went off and I completely ignored it. Ugh! I'm such a freakin' slacker!

My little princess (I'm gritting my teeth as I write this) was awake for several hours last night for no apparent reason. My hubby and I kept taking turns trying to settle her but nothing seemed to work. Talk about massive amounts of frustration! Ahhhh!!! So needless to say, I was just WAY to tired to get up and exercise this morning. Add to it that I'm working extra hours this week and I can give you a million and one excuses.

So to top it all off, I dropped my little man off at VBS and my little girl and I went to the grocery store where I got myself a diet Coke and an apple fritter. That lovely little combo makes everything better! Maybe this weekend I can get my booty back in gear. Wish me luck with that...I'm gonna need it!!

I'm Still Here!

Just wanted to let you know that I'm still around...I was on vacation for a while and since I've returned I've been really busy catching up on work and things around the house. When I'm not busy with that I've just been ridiculously lazy. It's like I'm trying to recover from my vacation!!

Anyway, I'll come back sometime soon to update you on my physical activity. I actually did quite well while I was away from home, but since I've been back I've been a total slug (no exaggeration). My eating has been beyond ridiculous and I can't seem to get my booty out the door for some exercise. I'm hoping this phase will pass QUICKLY. Wish me luck and send me some of your mojo if you have any to spare!

Update

I followed through with my plan to do a little swimming today. I swam/kicked laps for about 30ish minutes. I did very little with the jog belt, but feel like I got a pretty good workout in . I'm definitely more tired following a water workout than I ever was with jogging. I'm guessing it's because it involves more muscle groups?!? My arms have certainly felt the impact of "freestyling it." I hope that they're starting to show some of that hard work too!

Hope you all have a great night and a wonderful start to a new week!

Short and Sweet

This post is going to be just that, short and right to the point. I'm pretty much keeping up with my activity here on this blog. I should be keeping some sort of a workout calendar for a quick visual of my activities, but I have yet to do that.

So on to the point--I swam laps again on Friday evening. I swam for approximately 25 minutes (including kick board laps). It was a bit difficult because I had worked all day and was pretty tired. On top of that the water was super warm, quite like bathwater. The air was actually cooler than the water so it wasn't very refreshing. Nonetheless I completed the swim.

Yesterday (Saturday) was a "rest" day filled with cleaning and lots of play time with the family. Sometime today or this evening I plan to head to the pool for another workout. I have yet to decide if it will be laps, water jogging, or a combo of the two. My foot is STILL bothering me. I'm beginning to wonder if I'll ever be able to run again. If I do get to run anytime soon how difficult is it going to be? I wonder how much of a setback I'm going to incur. I guess I'll learn that answer once this darn heel heals (haha....heel heals! I'm such a dork).

Anyway, happy Sunday and happy running!!!

Running in the Water

I know that I said I was going to play with my aqua jogger this weekend, but I did it today instead. I swam laps yesterday and had planned to rest today and do more laps tomorrow. Well, as usual, change of plans! Last night I decided I would go ahead and head to the pool this morning for a little experimentation. I took my i-pod, set it to Carli's week 9 podcast, strapped on the aqua jogger, and hopped in the pool. I had forgotten how strange it feels to try to run while floating! I'm still not sure if my form was correct, but surely I had to have burned at least a few calories. Don't you think?

I definitely need more practice with the belt though. I think that I'll try to search online for some water workouts that utilize it or at least some suggestions for how to get a good workout with it. If nothing else it's a good way to mix things up.

Oh, by the way, I did find some time yesterday to catch up on my reading. I enjoy seeing how you all are doing with your runs. Keep up the good work!