Trudee’s BodyBlog

Every day that I mark my workouts off my calendar is one day closer to achieving my goals whether it be a race or transforming my body.  I just have to keep moving forward and working hard.  In just 3 weeks of lifting heavier just 2 days a week I am seeing huge results.  Yesterday in the weight room when I looked in the mirror from across the room I couldn’t believe what I saw.  I saw a fit looking female and that female was me.  I can’t believe the way my body has changed in such a short time.  Right now I’m lifting heavy 2 days a week and doing 2 days of moderate weights at home.  at 2×15 the 8 lb dumbbells don’t really feel all that light!  I also used my resistance bench and I was breathing pretty heavy!  Once I get some heavier weights for home I will lift heavy all 4 days.  I will try the 10 pound ones on Thursday but I’m sure I can’t go 15 so we’ll see how much I have to back off.

Ball is over for both my girls now so not as much running at night!  We can finally stay home and do some family things together.  Now that my youngest can ride her big bike (ie a normal size bike) bike rides have become a favorite past time.  I also like to play catch and let the girls bat in our big open field.

I sent my Half Marathon reg. in so I guess it’s a go!  I think I may have temporarily lost my mind but on the other hand I’m kinda excited.  I think it will be fun (hey I’m not running to win it, just finish it jogging) so I won’t have as much pressure on myself.  I’m hoping a friend that I’ve been running with will do the 5 or 10K that same morning so I have someone there with me.  So I will be upping my mileage while keeping one day of speed.  I have the 5K this weekend with my oldest daughter and then I have a 7 mile race the 3rd weekend in July, then a 10K the first weekend in Aug, THEN my half the last weekend in Aug and then I’m DONE for the season LOL

Workout:

Back Workout with 8 lb DB

2 mile run with DH

5K timed run with Friend

.6 mile run with DD

(Gotta get my mileage in somehow)

I like that I still get excited when heading to the weight room   Today is Heavy Front Day.  What I am dreading is the 6×400 repeats…UGH.  My legs are still sore from my 8 mile run.  I was SUPER exhausted yesterday and took it relatively easy.  I think once I go 10+ miles at a time I may be FORCED to rest on Sunday because at first I won’t be able to move

My oldest daughter and I powerwalked 3 miles yesterday in 40 minutes in anticipation of the 5K on the 4th.  She did pretty well though she whined and complained about 3/4 of the way through.

Workout:

2 mile DVD

6×400 repeats, 2 sets of bleachers with 1 400 between

Heavy Front Day

Starting my day with an 8 mile run just about wipes me out for the day…I couldn’t imagine running at night-YIKES.  I need to start napping on my long run days because by 6 PM I’m am totally exhausted and CRANKY.  My 8 miles was pretty slow compared to my 6 but I made it and I was still moving!  I did a lot of thinking during my run yesterday and I have decided I am going to run the 1/2 marathon in Aug.  I wanted to do a 1/2 this year as one of my goals and the only thing standing in my way is my own fear and all the what if’s.  My goal for the 1/2 isn’t a time but to finish still jogging.  I’m nervous because it’s the weekend after school starts so it will be a crazy week…at least it will be a taper week!  I will bump my long runs up slowly and bump all my other runs to 5 miles.  It will be tough juggling everything but I think I can do it.  I think I will regret it if I don’t.

I got some good info yesterday from 2 knowledgeable women on here.  I have always had questions about what is considered cheat foods.  It was my thinking (prob. stemming from my sick days) that anything you ate unhealthy was a cheat.  kimm4 informed me that isn’t so.  She said cheats are when you go OVER your calories for the day not the foods you eat.  What a revelation…this would mean I hardly ever cheat, which is good and bad.  I do have the occassional indulgence but it hardly ever puts me over my daily amount…not a big shock huh! Maybe once a month or so I will go all out but I hate the guilt and the way my stomach feels so it’s a rareity.  heidismommy explained to me that "cheat" foods made in a healthy way really aren’t cheat foods…ie pizza, lean burgers, etc.  When I was sick EVERYTHING that resembled real food was a cheat food.  I am getting better at eating which is evident from the way my body is slowly transforming.  I wore my bikini 2 days in a row and yesterday didn’t really think much about it as I layed by the pool for 3 hours…hey running 8 miles is a lot of work, I needed some rest LOL

Still contemplating the whole rest day situation.  I am getting really worn out and it was REALLY hard to get out of bed today and as a matter of fact after my coffee I will prob. go back to bed or at least lay down.

Workout:

2 mile brisk walk

3 mile "brisk" walk with DD for 5K training

Well it’s safe to say I def. worked my back side yesterday and worked it GOOD.  My shoulders to my heels are SORE.  I’m glad I don’t work those muscles directly until Tues and that’s at home so it won’t be as heavy.  I have been taking an extra 1/2 scoop of protein powder at day.  I usually do one scoop in a smoothie right after my morning workout which is cardio on weight room days and weights on home lifting day.  I’ve been taking it in a shaker to the school and then adding the water there.  I have to say I’m not a big fan of the shaken ones LOL…I LOVE my smoothies   I’m thinking about taking Xtend now that I’m lifting heavier but I’m not a big supplement taker and I don’t want to take like 10 different things!

I did a killer Ab workout this morning and am getting ready for  an 8 mile run.  My calves are killing me though so it may turn into a 6!  I don’t have much time until my 7 mile race so I really need to be adding the mileage.  I’m adding some extra abs and power walks to shed some flab.  I bit the bullet and wore my bikini yesterday.  It really wasn’t too bad.  I kept looking at the people I thought looked great and comparing…I know BAD me but it actually helped in this situation.  Even the thinner people had a little skin scrunch together when they sat down…not rolls or anything but it was just their stomach plain and simple.  I didn’t do too bad and I didn’t feel too bad so I’m just going to go with it.  I’m going to print my progress pics out from now on so I can make a side by side.  I’m giving myself 1 year from June 1 to transform my body and I’m hoping to do that with the heavier lifting.

Workout:

Jackie Warner Core

6-8 mile run

I have decided that some workouts look much EASIER on paper LOL.  My back workout was a killer for me today.  I upped pretty much all the weight I was lifting by 2.5 to 10 pounds.  Sometimes I’m stronger than I think I am.

Bent over row with Bar 20 lbs upped to 40lbs

Deadlift  20 lbs to 40 lbs (think I could go more prob)

Bicep curl 20 to 25lbs

Lat Pull down 40 to 50 lbs

Seated Row 20 to 30lbs

Hammer Curl 20 to 25 lbs

Curtsey Squat 20 to 30lbs

I’m feeling pretty good.

I also jumped rope up and down the room with 10 fast ones at the end, followed by 50 jumping jacks turning, followed by Big shuffles up and down, then repeated the jump rope

The above exercises aren’t the only ones I did today, just the ones I upped the weights on

I’m hitting the weight room today for my heavy back day.  I’m pretty excited about this whole split thing.  I don’t seem to be as sore.  I am getting the weight set I mentioned in yesterday’s post for my birthday.  I’m still not sure what I’m going to do with the bar since I can’t put it on my shoulders but I’m sure I’ll figure soemthing out.  My resistance bench has been moved to the basement where it can stay set up all the time and ready to go.  My treadmill is also down there

Let’s Discuss Rest Days:

How important are TOTAL rest days?  In 5 years I have NEVER taken a TOTAL do nothing day.  I have 1 take it easy day but I have NEVER woke up and done nothing.  I can’t get my mind wrapped around it.  Worse is I’m not sure if I could handle that as far as eating goes.  I have no problem eating on the days I’m pouring sweat from a hard run or a heavy weight workout but if I do nothing I’m afraid I will eat nothing.  I’m thinking about switching my workout on Sundays to a walk on the treadmill instead of a Cardio DVD that’s an hour long.  I think it’s a good compromise and I LOVE walking on the treadmill because I get caught up on my Fitness Magazines and it aleviates my inner thigh flab some.

I had a rough day yesterday.  My self esteem is shot when it comes to putting on a swimming suit.  Not because I think I’m fat but because of the flabby skin.  I do have a little fat on my hips and a good chunk on my thighs but I can almost live with that because I can keep busting my ass to improve that but no amount of anything is going to get rid of the roll of skin-YUCK.  I talked to DH yesterday about the tummy tuck and lipo I want and told him how I really felt.  He agreed to a consultation.  I hate that I’ve spent 5 years sculpting my body and I won’t show it off because of issues I can’t fix.  There are several women at the pool that don’t look anywhere near fit or thin and trim and they wear bikinis.  I may just give up and wear it…I just can’t get over the "muffin top" skin I have…it makes me look fat!  I almost cried several times yesterday over this

Workout:

4 mile WATP DVD

Back Day

I’m a little sore today but nothing outrageous like I expected.  I shook pretty much all day yesterday especially when doing anything with my hands like writing or eating???  That used to happen in my sick days at a low weight but I’m no where near that now.

I’ve been looking at some different weight sets online.  I can’t lift heavy at home right now because I don’t have heavy enough weights.  I’m not sure I want to 4 days of heavy lifting…not sure I could handle that right now.  I want it more for in the winter if I can’t get into town because of weather or if I change my workouts to a 5 day split or just change my days, so I don’t have to work with anyone else’s schedule.  My birthday is coming up and I think I have DH convinced to buy me the set I want.  If you want to take a peek and let me know what you think USW 115 pound weight set with dumbbells on wal-mart.com.  Please keep in mind I’m still at a low weight compared to most of you on the site and I think this amount would be perfect and get me through for awhile.  I’m also look at the Gold’s Gym utility bench???  I can use my stability ball for now!

I’ve been trying to youtube some moves with the barbell but a lot of them include putting it on your shoulders.  I have neck and shoulders issues so that just looks dangerous and painful to me.  If you have any ideas feel free to share!

Workout:

2 mile brisk walk

3.5 mile hill run with friend

1.25 mile run/walk with DD

I’m heading into the Weight Room today and I’m going to increase my weights a little and lower the reps.  I’m going to try supersetting instead of circuits today.  I lay in bed for a good 45 minutes working it out in my head-UGH…this was after spending 45 minutes redoing my July workout so it would include my front/back split.  I will be doing 2 days of heavy lifting and 2 days of medium.  1 Front day Heavy at the Weight room and 1 day Back Heavy at the Weight Room.  The other 2 days I will be doing at home.  I also had to revamp my running schedule so I wasn’t putting all the hard stuff in a row.  I abandoned the 1/2 schedule I was following a little.  I cut back to 4 days of actual running.   As I’m increasing the mileage my legs are turning dead on the short runs.  I would rather have a good 10 mile run than a normal 3 mile run.  I’ve also been doing an extra 1.25 miles a day with my oldest DD since we are training for a 5K we are doing together on the 4th of July.

I better get to writing my workout because the urge is about to kill me LOL.  I’m also redoing Aug and then will have to wait for Sept. to see what my hours are at work.  If I get off early I may switch my runs to after school while it’s still decent out.  Then I can get out longer instead being stuck on the treadmill Oct-March   Or I might run after the girl’s go to bed and just do my long run on the weekend…aaahhh the ideas keep coming LOL

Workout:

2 mile WATP DVD

Track Workout: Speed and Bleachers

Front workout at Weight room

I just have to add that I made BOTH of my goals!  I’m so proud of myself and PUMPED!

I ran the 3 miles of hills in March in 27:30.  My goal today was 28 minutes for 1 reward (it was already 80-82 degrees out) and anything under 27:30 for my 2nd reward.

HOLY MOLEY I came in at 27:09!  I’m pretty excited!  This helps me keep going knowing I’m getting stronger and better at my sport.

Just had to share that today!

It’s supposed to be a scorcher today.  It was 93 for most of the day yesterday and it’s supposed to be hotter today-I LOVE IT!  90 degrees is ideal for me!

My oldest DD and I had our first run together yesterday morning.  It was painfully slow for me but we made it.  We went 1.25 miles all together and we walked/jogged it and all in all she jogged about .75 of it.  She’s a trooper.  3.1 miles is going to be rough but I think she can do it!…no let me rephrase that I KNOW she can do it.

My training has been going fine.  I itch to get in the weight room EVERY day but I just can’t get there.  I have to run to get better which I LOVE but since it doesn’t open until 6:30 am it makes it almost impossible to go in more than 1 day a week because it gives DH a late start on farm chores which once a week I think is ok but not EVERY day.  I’m doing a timed runned this morning!  I have a few rewards layed out if I can make goal and if I can BEAT it.  My stamina has greatly improved so I’m hoping I can beat it ..now if the deer just stay away LOL

Workout:

2 mile WATP DVD

3 mile timed run with 1/2 mile finish

1.25 training run with DD

Laying by the pool  and going down the slides LOL