A day in the life of my lady lumps's.

Day two of the new me

myladylumps — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:53:42 +0000

I was up again this morning ready to have a great workout. I started out with a Kettle Bell class. It felt good, my muscles were burning and my heart rate was up. I have come to realize it is not how fast I do a move but how accurate I do the move….I am going to try to be more slow and controlled. I then head to an x-biking class. Today seemed hard than most, I think because my muscles were tired from the earlier workout and a little sore from yesterday.

My eating is still going well:

Breakfast; yogurt

Lunch; ham, cheese, pickle, carrots, and 1/2 apple ( I am craving something sweet………be strong)

Dinner; soup at hand, carrots, 1/2 apple

Snacks; chocolate pudding cup (60 cal) nuts, 5 crackers

Hello—- I am back

myladylumps — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 18:33:24 +0000

Jan 3, 2011

Hello, I am back. I know you have missed me, well I have started missing myself; my healthy, fit self. It has been a little over a year since I have blogged and boy do I have a lot to say. I have completed 2 tri-sprints, 1 half marathon, and several 5 k’s. I have loved every minute of it but I have become complacent. I continued to work out almost everyday, I just lacked the intensity. Each day I would allow new and unhealthy foods back into my diet. These two components are the real reason I am back to blogging.

Okay now for some hard numbers. I have gained 19 lbs. from my lowest. This is quite disturbing, appalling, and not surprising. Most of my life I knew that in order to be at a healthy weight I need to make good food choices, this is not rocket science, but I fell into the trap of “working out”. Working out is a big component of it but it is only part of the big picture. I can’t have my cake and eat it too, because you know I like cake.

So today I sit here starting all over… I am embarrassed, and disappointed in myself, but I am ready to go at this again.

This morning I was up early ready to face my new start. I hit the pool with a strong 1600 swim. I was tired and out of breath, something I hadn’t felt in a while. I then got on the treadmill to run 1 mile. I know it doesn’t sound like much but I want to set short achievable goals with great intensity. So 1 mile at 6.5 pace (9:13) and I felt good about it. Then I did 3 supersets (basically it is an arm, leg, and an ab) then repeat….three different sets two times each.

I finished the morning with 2 ab moves, (heels to heaven, and scissors)

Great 1st morning work out. I am motivated and excited.

Breakfast; Yogurt (80 calories)

Lunch; 4 ham slices, pickle spear, baby bell cheese, baby carrots, and 1/2 apple

Dinner; steamed peas, carrots, banana, 1/2 apple, yogurt,

Snacks; sugar-free pudding, orange, walnuts

See you in the morning

Day 121 Weigh in.

myladylumps — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:15:37 +0000

Today was weigh in day…….after the long weekend I had with a group of friends I was expecting a 3-4 lbs. weight gain. but to my surprise I was only up .5 lbs. Boy I have never been so excited to only gain a 1/2 pound. Let’s just say I was not too good with my eating or drinking.

Today was hard to get motivated to workout…….my trainer told me in the beginning never to take of 2 days off in a row, well I broke the rule and now understand the rule…once you get out your routine it is so hard to get back.

I swam a 1600…. it felt good, I actually felt fast in the water today…………we then did about 40 min. on the x- bike and I finished up with some ab work. I burned right around 600 calories……..I think tomorrow I need to pick up my intensity level.

Day..uhhhhh I have been missing in action.

myladylumps — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:06:48 +0000

Day 115 Swam a 1600 and ran 5 miles on the treadmill. I actually felt good running, I didn’t seem to get as bored as I have in the past. I also attended a boot camp class later in the evening, I needed to do an extra workout because I got into a bag of Halloween candy, and it was not pretty.

Day 116….today I did a long run with my trainer and her friend ( she is a marathon runner)…we ran in Riverview Park. Everytime I thought we were heading back to our cars we would head down another path. We ended up running 6.275 miles….in about 54 min. It is amazing what your body can do when it is pushed.

Day 117………today I completed my first Mock Tri-Athelon. We swam a 1200(non-stop).. a little bit more than a normal tri, then we ran to the bikes and biked for 30 min. and then off to the treadmill for a 3 mile run….I finished the entire thing in 1 hour and 28 min. It was a little longer that a real one, but it game me a good idea what to expect. I burned about 850 calories.

Day 118………leaving for vacation today, but I did make time to workout, I must say it was not my best workout but it was a workout. I swam and did a circuit.

Day 119………..Day off…….on vacation, stayed up until 3:30 last night, therefore I did not get up to workout…..too tired.

Day 120………….Day off…oh my this is my second day off in a row. This is the first time I have taken 2 days off in a row……on the road traveling back from vacation……..ate fast food twice today, boy do I feel gross.

Day 114 Weigh in day.

myladylumps — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:23:44 +0000

Okay so remember I gained 2 lbs. last week, so that means I really need to make up some ground today. I got on the scale and I was down 4lbs. YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I made up the 2 lb. gain from last week and then some. I was so happy. It was the motivation that I needed. So I am down 36 lbs. and I couldn’t be happier. Thank you Sherri for the continued motivation and support.

Workout: I swam and 1600 and then did a complete circuit of lifting, some ab work, and finished up with some stretching…..it was a nice easy Monday.

Day 112,113 Day off and a run outside

myladylumps — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:23:00 +0000

Saturday………I took today off. I did go downtown to the Folk Life Festival and we bought almost 1 of everything. The best part was that I only took 1 bite of everything. Pork Burger, Cheese Soup, Rootbeer, Beer Bread, Fish Sandwich….then my husband and I went out to dinner and a movie. It was so fun to have date night. We went out for sushi…..I did really well, I think I only ate 5 pieces, and then of course we had to get popcorn at the theater.

Sunday…..up and off to church and then out to breakfast. I have learned not to order my own meal but clean my kids plates when they are finished. Because on a normal situation I would order my own meal and finish their plates until I was just miserable. So again I was proud of myself and not over doing it at breakfast. I later met up my sister in laws and ran 4 miles outside….it was windy and my pants kept falling down but other than that it felt good to run outside. I finished in 35:53. I was very pleased with that time considering there were several hills.

Day 109, 110, 111 I see a pattern with my posting.

myladylumps — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:21:37 +0000

Okay sooooooo it is getting harder and harder to post everyday. It seems like either I don’t have time or I don’t make time. So I will probably start posting 3-4 times a week combining days.

Wed. I swam 1600 endurance…..I swam 100 warm up, 100 pull, 100 kick, 100 swim, and then a ladder 50, 100, 150, 200, 150, 100, 50 and then a 100 kick, 100 pull, 100 swim, and 2×50 for my cool down. We then joined an x-biking class for 30 min.

Thursday………..ughh my legs felt like bricks. I swam a 1600 and was then supposed to run 4 miles on the treadmill. What was going on with me? It was so hard to run, my legs felt heavy, I didn’t know if I was going to be able to finish 2 miles. Well I did finish 3 miles but not 4. This was the first time I had the feeling of “I can’t” It is frustrating to want to do something but your body just not be ready to do it. So I was done for the day.

Friday… sleepy, sleepy, my alarm went off at 4:30 a.m. and I pushed the snooze button. I had decided to sleep in and take today off. As the day went on my eating habits got worse and worse. I had made these chocolate mint cake squares…I was going to just have 1-2…..well, that was wishful thinking. By the time 4:00 p.m. had rolled around I had eaten 10-12. Really???? My husband had asked my how many I had, and I told him 10-12 and he didn’t believe me. He doesn’ t understand how I could have eaten so many. I told him that I had to finish the pan so that I wouldn’t be tempted anymore. He doesn’t understand that either. By 8:00p.m. I was starting to feel guilty about my poor eating and my lack of exercising so I decided to head to the gym. Do you think anybody class=”hiddenSpellError” pre=”anybody “>worksout on a Friday night at 8:45 p.m. ? Well no, I had the gym to myself. I ran 3 miles on the treadmill, I biked 20 mins. and lifted for 15 min. I was able to burn 600 calories by 10:00 p.m. Oh I felt so much better and was glad that I made the effort to go to the gym.

Day 108 Clone of a Cinnabon

myladylumps — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:53:26 +0000

Yes I am now referencing myself as a Clone of a Cinnabon. See I have this obsession with baking….I consider myself a pretty good baker, however I can’t make yeast breads. I can’t seem to get my yeast to activate. So today I challenged myself, I was going to make cinnamon rolls……………and they are going to rise! Well I try out my first package of yeast and nothing, nothing happens, so I throw it away and start again. This time the yeast starts to get creamy looking and slighty bubbles. Humm, do I try it or throw it out and start yet again? I decided to take a chance and make the rolls. Okay they did rise, but I still have some fine tuning to do …….( too much cinnamon and sugar mixture)

So why am I challenging myself on yeast breads instead of making better food choices? Ughhhhh I exhaust myself, I am my own worst enemy.

Well, my workout was great……….I ran a 5 mile speed workout………..pace 6.5 for the first mile, and then bumped it up to 7.0 for a quarter of a mile, then back down to 6.5 …..then to 7.1…..and so on and so on. I finished 5 miles in 44:00 min. I then got in the pool to swim……..wow!!!! Someone forgot to take the bricks off of my legs. It was so hard to swim, it is crazy how much of a difference it makes to swim 2nd rather than 1st. So after swimming I treated myself to 5 min. in the hot tub!!!!!!!!!!!

Day 107 Weigh in day………

myladylumps — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:04:17 +0000

Well today is weigh in day………….and……….. I was up 2 lbs…..yes I said up. I knew my time was coming when I would have a gain rather than a loss. I was disappointed but not surprised. I didn’t eat and drink the best over the past week so it wasn’t a complete surprise that I didn’t lose weight this week.

Workout: I swam a 1600 endurance…….then we hop onto the treadmill. My trainer told me to run 3-4 miles at a constant pace. So I set my pace at 6.5 (9:13) mile pace. I got to 3 miles….I kind of wanted to stop after 3 but my trainer didn’t stop so I kept going.. I slowly kept increasing my pace so that I would finish faster…..I couldn’t be the one to stop first. So after 4 miles I was finally able to stop….I finished in 35:00 min.

We then did an 8 min. circuit workout……..boy 8 min. is not very long, but it sure is a workout.

I burned a total of 800 calories. I am off to a good start for the week.

Day 103,104,105,106…….ummmm..what did I do all of those days?

myladylumps — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:53:06 +0000

Okay lets back track a little bit.

Thursday: I worked out in the morning…I swam a 1600, ran 3 miles and finished up with a quick circuit….We headed to Columbia for the MU-Nebraska…uh yes it rained all day and all night. We went out to eat at Chipolte.. I had never eaten there before. It was really good and I think I did pretty well….I know if we had gone to a different restaurant I would have eaten a lot more…………

Friday: A day off………..remember I went to the MU football game………well we didn’t get home until 3 am and I was not heading in the gym………….I had daycare kids show up at 7:15 am and that was rough.

Saturday: Off to the Lake of the Ozarks…….it’s a girl weekend. I know this weekend was going to be tough….We start of eating at Chili’s………..I order an appetizer sampler……as soon as I got my meal I asked for a box and put half of my meal in the box so it would be out of my site. We then head off to a day of shopping……..we shopped for 5 hours, I had to have burned some calories. So we finish up shopping and head back to the condo. I had not worked out yesterday and from the beginning my trainer told me to never take more than 1 day off in a row. So I had to get a workout in. I put on my running shoes and ran from the condo to the outlet mall…I am not sure how far it was but it took me about 23:00. So if I were to guess I would say 2.5 miles. Back from my workout it was time to get ready to go out for the night…….Oh boy…. I did not eat my calories but I did drink my calories………let’s just say I had a good time.

Sunday: Time to head home and see my boys….before we leave we stop in at Bob Evan’s……….pancakes here I come….well I only at half so I didn’t completely ruin my day. When I got home I headed to the gym, swam a 1600 and then lifted pretty hard.

Tomorrow is weigh in…..