30 Day Challenge: Week #2 Roundup

I’m well into week #3, but still want to get this posted.

It was a real challenge for me to get through this week. I missed our calls almost every day, and my energy levels were way down as I adjusted to the workouts and early mornings.

Day 7 (7/28): Short weight workout – 90 reps
Day 8: 1 hour yoga
Day 9: 25 pushups
day 10: 35 pushups
Day 11: 1 hour yoga
Day 12: 15 minutes yoga
Day 13: 25 pushups
Day 14: 1 hour yoga, weights – 174 reps, ran 3.77 miles

Total:
3:15 hours of yoga
Ran: 3.77 miles
349 reps

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Being Unstoppable. What’s stopping you?

I squeezed in a quick weight workout yesterday at the gym at work while waiting for the last build of the day to go through.

What an incredible week. That 20 minute weight workout was a real departure from the past for a couple reasons -

1.) I didn’t have the “right” attire. I left my sneakers at home, so I just worked out in my flip-flops. Guess what? I still got a good workout!

2.) It was completely spontaneous. The yoga instructor yesterday was a no-show. It didn’t bug me that I got up for the 7:00am class and they didn’t show up. I would be there anyway. It just threw off my workout. I had a nice breakfast date instead with my SO. By late afternoon it was nagging at me that I hadn’t worked out, and had no plans to. QA needed another build and I had to hang out to verify it, so I decided the time would be best spent at the gym.

Here’s the 20 minute workout:

Dumbbell Squats: 15 x 20lb (2 sets)
Lunges: 12 x 12lb (2 sets)

Glute Machine: 15 x 50lb
Leg Extension: 15 x 50lb

Upright Row on cable machine: 15 at setting 6
Tricep Pressdown: 15 at setting 5

I ended the night having dinner at Zorba’s with 2 dear friends, followed by a phone call catching up with my brother and his wife.

This weekend 2 members of my family are reuniting after not speaking or seeing each for 5 or 6 years. I can’t believe it! I’m so happy to be a part of it.

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Tonight’s Run: Philly Runners Out & Back

Tonight I’m meeting up with the Philly Runners for the regularly scheduled out and back Tuesday night run.

The entire run is 4.4 miles. Last week I did about 3.0. Tonight I get to track the whole thing with the iPhone MapMyRun app.

Daily Weight Watchers Points:

Breakfast: 6 pts
Fruit Salad with Yogurt: 1 Banana, 1 grapefruit, 2 clementines, 1 tbsp Raw Agave Nectar, 1 container 0% Fat Greek Yogurt (5 pts)
Coffee: 2 tsp sugar (1 pt)
Balance: 14 pts

Lunch: 5pts
3 Tofu Summer Rolls: Cucumber, cilantro, rice paper, glass noodles, carrot, apple, red pepper, dipping sauce
Balance: 9pts

Snack: 2pts
1 Banana, Cup O’ Soup
Balance: 7pts

Dinner: 6pts
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Clif Bar (5pts)
Gingerade GT’s Kombucha (1pt)
Balance: 1pt

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Be -> Do -> HAVE

I found out last night I’ve been doing things all wrong. In all areas of my life as it turns out. But this is a training blog, and I’m here to achieve my ideal weight and be fitter, so that’s what I’m focusing on.

HAVE -> DO -> BE : This is backwards – but the norm!

The typical pattern – for myself and I believe others – is HAVE something (weight watchers, gym membership, new running shoes) BEFORE we can Do Something (go on a diet, exercise, lose weight), and then we will Be Something (slimmer, fitter, faster). And how does this usually work out? Well, not so good. After all, I have the weight watchers membership, the home gym, and the running club. And where has this gotten me? Honestly, not too much closer to where I want to be. And that is a really honest answer. I’ve been “on” weight watchers for 4 weeks. But that’s a big joke. I’ve tracked my points for about 4 days total. And that is the key to the weight watchers program.

So I’m caught in the trap. But I have the ability to free myself from the trap right now, in this moment. I can declare that I am fit and healthy. But that doesn’t make it so, does it? No, it doesn’t. HOWEVER – and this is very important – it will never happen unless I first declare it.  I will never be fit and healthy unless I declare that I am fit and healthy. And once I declare it, then I can do it, and then I will have it. And then I enroll others in my being fit and healthy.

So how am I enrolling others in my being fit and healthy? By tracking my diet and doing weight watchers. By joining Philly Runners, and doing the running. By waking up early and doing the strength training and sharing that with others. If it’s not shared, it doesn’t matter.

So here lies the answer:

BE: Declare what I AM.

DO: Take the action of what I am.

Have: The results of my actions

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Week 1 Day 1: Strengthen & Stretch

Today is the official start of my training for the Lehigh Valley Half Marathon. Currently I can run about 3 miles, at about a 12 minute pace. Really my only goal for the half marathon is to finish somewhere in the middle of my age group, which would mean about a 11 minute mile pace.

Training Week: 1
Weeks to Go: 21

Stretching Workout:

The Exercise.tv Morning yoga workout

Strengthen:

Week 1 / Day 1 of Workout #1 – Body Sculpting Bible for Women

Reps: 12-15
Rest: 90 seconds between each exercise

Back:
One-Arm Rows: 15 reps / 20 lbs

Chest:
Push-ups: 10 full

Shoulders:
Dumbell Shoulder Press: 12 reps / 15lbs; 15 reps / 12.5 lbs

Calves:
1 Leg DB Calf Raises: 15 reps / 20 lbs

Biceps:
Bicep Curls: 15 reps / 15 lbs

Triceps:
OH Tri Ext: 12 reps / 15 lbs

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Sunday Walk

2.5 miles: Kelly Drive, Art Museum to 1.25 marker

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Saturday Walk: Lincoln Drive to Valley Green

Mostly walked, did some intermittent jogging. Went about 5.5 miles

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3 miles, kelly drive

Wasn’t too bad. I have a long ways to go. Looking forward to the Resolution run in 5 weeks

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