February 6, 2013 - Training HARD!

Hi everyone! Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the always entertaining Super Bowl (Go Ravens!)

Well like my title says today I’m training hard. Kelly has me training 6 days a week now. I work out with her in the morning Monday thru Friday and I power walk on Saturday in my neighborhood. This week alone I’ve done two a day’s both on Monday and Tuesday. I bought the Polar FT4 this past weekend. It monitors your heart rate and will tell you how many calories you are burning. It lets me know if I’m working in my target heart range, if I drop below it starts to beep at me. Kelly wants me to burn 500 calories during my workout, so if I don’t reach that number with her then I have to work out at night too, hence why I’ve had two a days this week. I like being able to see while I’m working out what my heart rate is and how many calories I’ve already burned J It’s a great motivator!

 

I love getting gold stars from Kelly! :)

 

Last week at weight-in I lost 3 pounds! I’m now at 289. From those of you that have been keeping up I’ve put on some weight since November. But no fear I am back on track after getting through the holidays. I can’t wait to see what Friday’s weight-in has in store! Between eating right and training really hard I’m hoping to see some good results! If not well then I know I just have to stick with it and next week will really show the progress that I’m making.

I’m still running 3 days a week and weight lifting the other two. I’m up to running 2 miles and it’s starting to get a little easier. And by little I mean little ;) I’ve come to realize that weight loss is mainly mental. You have to make the right decisions to eat right and not cave when you have bad food around you. I have to keep pushing myself to keep running even thou my legs are screaming at me to stop! That I know as long as I focus on my breathing and stride the burning will eventually stop. It’s just me and the road no one else, I have to push myself to keep going. I look at these other people and see how many miles they run and I think ugh how you can do that. They make it look so easy! But I have to remain positive and know that I will eventually get there. It’s not always easy to be positive with your legs are burning and your head is pounding, but if you stick with it you feel so much better in the end. Now don’t get me wrong when Kelly asks me at the end of my run don’t I feel great, at that exact point no I don’t, I’m tired and I hurt but after I cool off I do feel better! I’m proud of myself that I even ran as far as I did. I never thought that one day I’d be a runner and look at me now! J It really goes to show that if you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything and this year I’m going to lose 120lbs! ;)

So until next time remember to stay focused and stay motivated!

-The Dish