This week was good at the start but went downhill as far as training goes. To start it off I ran 3 miles Monday morning!! which is good but then work got in the way the rest of the week and no running. I got blisters on my feet during the run which is due to loose socks and soft feet. The problem I had later in the week is that at dark they close the park where I run, but, I think I have come up with a solution. There is a track that goes around Rice university and is about 3 miles long, and it is litterally a stones throw from the building where I work. So now when ever I get off work M-TH I will change and get my run in there and then drive home or to the gym.
This week was a week of insight for me, I learned that while it was probably wiser (right now, until I get some moleskin) to lay off of running due to the blisters, it was so easy to let that become an excuse . I learned that I have to start developing knowledge of different areas to train at so if one falls through then I just go to the next one with out missing a work out. Last and definately the most important realization was that while I talked a good game and worked half assed to achieve my goal of competing in Tri's I did not really believe in myself and that I was going to make it happen. Yes it is a Major undertaking just to get to the point where I can train hard for the triathlons. 120 pound weight loss minimum!!! But I am over half way there!! and I did that, no surgeon, no tricks, to gimmicks, no pills and no harsh fad diets that I starve on. Not only did I do it but I am having success at it and have dropped these 68 pounds in 7 months and if you figure in the two months of self induced plateau, then I have lossed 68 pounds in 5 months of work and lost 52 inches off my whole body. That is success any way you want to look at it. yes, the work is not done and yes, it is too easy to just say that that is good enough but it isn't. But, I would have to be plain dumb not to look at those facts and doubt my ability to be successful at getting there. It is time for me to BELIEVE in ME!!!
And I am starting to. It takes a while to change years of not believing you are good enough or strong enough, or smart enough to do something successfully. It does not happen overnight but it will.
Friday, October 12, 2012
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Back at it again!!!!!
Hello again! Let me quickly get you caught up with my current stats ; have lost a total of 68 pounds so far. Found a paper from a weight loss company that I went to in January 2012 that said I weighed 360. I disputed that number at the time probably due to denial of reality and shame, but in any sense I will now use that as the starting mark!!!
I have lost a total of 52 inches over my body but since I have started to add three weight work outs a week to my routine I have added to my forearms and biceps slightly.
OK, now to get into it and let you know whats been going on and where my head is at.
I hit a plateau for two months starting around the 15th of July, some of this was self induced ie, fewer work outs, loosening up on my diet, and slightly any intensity to the few work outs I got in. I wished it was because of some reason beyond my control but that is just not the truth. I refuse to beat myself up over this, yes it was dumb but it is over with and I did learn a few lessons. How valuable logging your intake is, while it is better than nothing you cant expect results from no intensity work outs, and yes, you can restart your metabolism again when it slows down, But, I think that the most important lesson I learned is how much mental focus means in your ability to make physical gains.
For months all of my training has been done in a gym and to be quite honest that became such a drag, I came to hate workouts on the week days because I would get home at about 8 or 8:30. I have changed it up and now spend only about 4 day out of 7 in the gym but there is only two nights a week that I go to the gym and the other three days are outside running. Friday's session starts outside and then goes to the gym but that is an afternoon workout so it is cool. As you may be able to tell, I have started to shift my focus on to my running in order to get that worked out and up to par. Still have not bought a bike yet but that is coming in the next few months. I am almost up to par in the hour long spin class and have measured out on one of the bikes there in the gym that I average about 20 miles per hour, yes, it is slow by race standards but it is a great place to start and I think that by the time my first race does roll around I may well have it up to 25 or 26 mph.
There will be three times a week that I add to this blog, Sat. Sun. and on wed. so keep up and give me your feed back.
I have lost a total of 52 inches over my body but since I have started to add three weight work outs a week to my routine I have added to my forearms and biceps slightly.
OK, now to get into it and let you know whats been going on and where my head is at.
I hit a plateau for two months starting around the 15th of July, some of this was self induced ie, fewer work outs, loosening up on my diet, and slightly any intensity to the few work outs I got in. I wished it was because of some reason beyond my control but that is just not the truth. I refuse to beat myself up over this, yes it was dumb but it is over with and I did learn a few lessons. How valuable logging your intake is, while it is better than nothing you cant expect results from no intensity work outs, and yes, you can restart your metabolism again when it slows down, But, I think that the most important lesson I learned is how much mental focus means in your ability to make physical gains.
For months all of my training has been done in a gym and to be quite honest that became such a drag, I came to hate workouts on the week days because I would get home at about 8 or 8:30. I have changed it up and now spend only about 4 day out of 7 in the gym but there is only two nights a week that I go to the gym and the other three days are outside running. Friday's session starts outside and then goes to the gym but that is an afternoon workout so it is cool. As you may be able to tell, I have started to shift my focus on to my running in order to get that worked out and up to par. Still have not bought a bike yet but that is coming in the next few months. I am almost up to par in the hour long spin class and have measured out on one of the bikes there in the gym that I average about 20 miles per hour, yes, it is slow by race standards but it is a great place to start and I think that by the time my first race does roll around I may well have it up to 25 or 26 mph.
There will be three times a week that I add to this blog, Sat. Sun. and on wed. so keep up and give me your feed back.
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