The usual

Went to the gym this morning. Almost thought about taking my boots and then changing into my sneaks because there is so much snow. But, I made it.

Ran 2 miles on the treadmill and did 5.5, almost 6 miles on the darn bike. Have I mentioned how much I hate that thing!? Haha. But it's good that I hate it because it's almost like everytime I get on it, I can't let it defeate me. I MAKE myself do atleast 20 minutes on the Rolling Hills which gets up to a level 5 resistance. Blah.

So after the treadmill and bike, I just did my normal arms and went home. Was at the gym for an hour. Normally I only go for about 45 minutes. Ive decided today that the least amout of time I'll go to the gym is going to be an hour. No less..

I try and keep my heart rate at 165-170. Not sure if that's good or bad.. but when I drop below, it gives me more motivation to push just a little harder.

Also today on the treadmill, I did most of my run at an incline of 1. Normally I just run flat but it's time to step it up since the warm weather is coming and I want to run outside. Got to be able to make those hills!

Aaron was supposed to start running outside March 1st but that was delayed because of the crazy snow and he had a wicked headcold. He still works his ass off at work when he has duty. He brings in his Iron Gym and Perfect Push ups and does those all night.. the kids pretty buff =]

We'll see how tomorrow goes. Not sure how Aaron's work day is going to be like so I might make it to the gym or I might just do my Biggest Loser Dvd..

beat

I'm slacking big time!

Before lastnight, I hadn't been to the gym in 4 days. (although I did work out a home in little spirts after the boys went to bed)

So lastnight I went. Did 2 miles on the treadmill and 5.5 on the stupid bike. I hate that thing! I do the Rolling Hills option and it just kicks my butt. I only do it for 20 minutes but it really is a workout.. Feels nice when it's over though. On top of the bike and the treadmill, I did my arms. 1 set of 15 on each..

Might go tonight depending on what time Aaron gets out of work and how long dinner takes to eat and clean up..

Aaron's ben slacking too. But he's starting to run outside on March 1st. I'll probably do the same once I can lay out a running route.. thats one thing I hate about here! There is no place to run!

So this morning, I was up at 6 because poor Benji is very sick. I took him down, cleaned him up and fed him some breakfast. Then he took a bottle around 8:30 and I put him up to sleep.

Aaron and Noah were still sleping so I hopped into my gym clothes and hit it up. Brrr it was a cold walk though!

I ran 1.5 miles on the treadmill -which was nothing compared to the 3 I did the other day- I had ful intentions of running 3 again but my darn haedband flew of and my hair was in my face and that was all I could think about. It kept distracting me.. and thats a crappy excuse but whatever.

I stopped at 1.5 and got off and did my arms. Then walked over to the bike and did Rolling Hills for 20 minutes which equaled out to 5.5miles. So all in all I think I burned more calories today than I did just running the 3 miles the other day. So I'm happy with myself.

I'm trying to change my eating habbits but man, I just love to eat and that kind of makes it hard. I took Ramee's advice and had my cup of Cheerios this morning before the gym but afterwards, I get so hungry. After my shower, I ate one of my Special K bars (which a SO delish!) and now I'm Jonesing for something else. It is almost lunch time. I think I'll have a ham sanwhich or maybe even turkey on some whole wheat bread.. we'll see. .

Gotta get back to wiping runny noses!

3 miles!

I did it! I ran 3.05 miles today without stopping! Can you belive it?! I can't. I mean, just the other day, I was so discouraged because I was only doing 1.5 miles. And today, I just blew that out of the water! I did 2 miles without looking down. I looked down and saw 2 miles, and was like, "well, I guess I could try and do 2.5".. and when I hit 2.5, I said to myself, "well, you might as well try and make it to 3.. just try" and I did!

So needles to say, I'm wicked proud of myself. I think Ive got a method now, too. Well, this is what I did today- I did the first 1.5 at a speed of 5.8 and then I slowed that baby down to 5.4.. I ran at 5.4 for another half mile. And then sped it back up to 5.6-7 for the rest of the way. So it was nice not to have to stay at a certain speed.

I ran for 33 minutes! Now my goal is to run for an hour. And at the way I'm going, hopefully I can reach that goal in the next 2 months. I mean, Its only been a little over a month since I even started running and I can run 3miles.. When I first started (Jan 6th) I could hardly even run one mile..

I'm excited to be keeping up with this. On days like today, I feel good - I feel like this is something I can keep doing and something I WANT to keep doing and more importantly, something I NEED to kep doing.

4 days!

It has been 4 days since I hauled my butt to the gym! That is unacceptable. And pathetic.

So I went this mornin. I did a mile and a half on the treadmill to start off with and then 15 minutes on the bike. After the bike, I did one set of 20 on each arm weight machine and then hopped back on the treadmill for another half mile. So all in all, I think I did okay. Just 2 miles all together on the treadmill but I also did the bike(which I don't normally do)

And one thing that flipping rocks issss I'm down to a size 8 American Eagle jeans!! Heck yea baby! I put 'em on and they aren't too tight, or too lose.. just right! Now if I can only keep it that way..

In bad news though, I'm up 5lbs.. so I'm exactly at where I started at a month ago. I guess maybe it's muscle? Because even when I was at 140, I wasn't quite fitting into these size 8 jeans..

Who knows... but now I have a problem.. not to sure exactly what it is but my right knee is busted.. busted like it's difficult to walk up the stairs, busted.. but it didn't effect my running today. Which I totaly thought it would. Aaron says it's because I run wrong. And I'm sure he's right but I just can't quite grasp the way he's telling me to run when I'm actually on the treadmill.. I don't know..

I'm so discouraged

You read right, I broke down in tears after I got home from the gym tonight. I ran a mile and a half and that was it. I couldn't go any farther. I don't know why, I just couldn't. And I feel so defeated. I mean, I really feel awful about it.

I hate that I quit. That I couldn't even push myself another half mile. My legs hurt like crazy for some reason. Even after I did the mile and a half, I stretched and got back on only to do.25 miles before quitting again. I don't know whats gotten into me. Ugh..

Please tell me that I'm going to get some motivation back. Please. And how? I mean, how did I become so unmotivated? Is it because I'm going to the gym every other day now? And not every single day.I thought maybe a day of rest inbetween might help my legs and knees. Apparently not though. It just makes me yearn for another day off.

I guess you could say, I'm out of the "zone" I thought that running was becoming a permanent thing in my life. I mean, in just a short month, I went from not even being able to run a single mile to running a mile with no problem whatsoever. And then when I got up to 2 miles, I told myself I would never let myself drop below that. that my goal everytime had to be 2 miles or above.. what happend? How did I let it happen? I dont know..

Anyway, tomorrow I wont be going because Aaron has duty so I guess I'll do my biggest loser dvd.

Another thing is - my goal this month was to lose what 4-6lbs? Not happening.. not right now anyway. I can't seem to lose ANY weight. I even started that Special K diet thinking that eating that and exercizing would help me lose some. Granted, I JUST started the diet like two days ago.. sighhhh.. I dont know..

Anyways, sorry for the downer post. Any help with getting my motivation back would be greatly appreciated :) Thanks!

Getting there

I'm running out of titles for my blogs. Lol.

Lastnight, I hit up the gym about an hour earlier than I normally do thinking no one would be there but as soon as I walked out my front door, my neighbor two doors down walked out of his and followed me there. I thought that he was probably just going to the office but whn I got to the gym, he followed me in.

I asked him what he normaly does while he 's there and he said, "a little bit of everything" and I said, "well, do you use the treadmill?" and he says," I'll just use the bike, you can use the treadmill" so that was nice of him.. but I felt bad because he was only on the bike for about 10 minutes and then he did the arm machines...so I ran 1.50 miles and got off so he could use it.. when I go off, I noticed he was putting on his coat to go so I said that I was finished with the treadmill if he wanted to use it and he said that he was done.. so I kinda jumped off when I didn't even have to. They really need to get another treadmill in there but there isn't any room for one.

So anyway, I did 1.50 on the treadmill and then did my usual 2 sets of everything for my arms and chest (but added more weight) and then decided to hop back on the treadmill.. I did another mile. So all in all, I did 2.50miles! Yay! I dont care if I stopped and then started back up again.. I still did it and I'm proud. Pretty son, I hope to be able to run 3. Then I'll have to start getting some better times if I want to run in the 5k... can't wait!!

I'll probably skip the gm tonight and do The Biggest Loser. Aaron's working late and we just wont have time to fit both of us in tonight..

But I have a question:

What kind of music do you lisen to when you work out if any at all?

I thought that I needed real like intense, crazy motivating music to workout.. something high in energy so I was listening to Metallica and (my girly music) Hole and Bif Naked but th other day, I realized that I do better when I listen to my more mellow music like Wilco and Bob Dylan. Infact, all I listen to now is Dylan. I listen to his Blood on the Tracks album and I know that after 6 of his songs, I've done 2 miles. He also has a 9 minute song that I am determined to run a mile to before it's finished.. I tried it yesterday but I think I still did the mile in 10mins. oh well, I'll get there..

So, what do you listen to?