well, the holiday season is in full swing. which really makes my head hurt. i'm working more hours (not a lot more, but still more), and weirder shifts and there are more stupid people and less down time and i'm already sick of people that are all bubbly about how great the holidays are. no, the holidays kinda suck for me. they remind me that i'm working a crap part-time job that somehow manages to work me during all the holiday events i'd like to participate in (family and community both) while still not giving me enough hours to be able to buy decent presents for most of my friends and family. they remind me that i don't have kids to take to see santa. i've been thinking about putting up my Christmas tree this year, but i really don't have a reason to put it up....and it honestly sounds like a lot of work.
i've been spending a lot of time in my head lately and generally haven't felt like writing. but i figured i should pop in and post something and let everybody out there who cares know that no, i have not fallen off the face of the earth or given up on my goals. (i have taken a few steps back, but such is to be expected when i'm "down" and stressed) i'm still around here.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
c25k fail
apparently, the mall frowns upon people running/jogging there. i guess it's a liability issue. so now i'm trying to find another place that we can jog indoors. i think i'm going to have to join a gym....i don't have room in my house for a treadmill or something like that, and i don't have the money to buy a decent one anyway.
i kind of don't want to join a gym. when i have in the past, the times i'm most likely to go seem to end up being their busy time. and i really want to RUN....but i'm self conscious about all the noise i make running on a treadmill. and while the idea of "someone seeing me" work out - which i know is a big issue for a lot of overweight folks - doesn't really bother me, the idea of a whole bunch of someones does. and if i have to wait for a machine to be free, i lose momentum and usually end up cutting my work-out short. which doesn't help anything.
i'm seriously leaning towards continuing to walk at the mall like three days a week and then trying to c25k program again in the spring. i mean, there's the track at the civic center that's a full mile - and it's really a pretty nice, central location. it'll be awesome when the weather is nice. and, according to route builder the "block" i live on is half a mile around, so it could be an alright place to do my workouts when my partners in crime aren't up for it. i think i'm going to start walking outside some when the weather is half-way decent now.
i need to do something to keep from gaining all winter.
i kind of don't want to join a gym. when i have in the past, the times i'm most likely to go seem to end up being their busy time. and i really want to RUN....but i'm self conscious about all the noise i make running on a treadmill. and while the idea of "someone seeing me" work out - which i know is a big issue for a lot of overweight folks - doesn't really bother me, the idea of a whole bunch of someones does. and if i have to wait for a machine to be free, i lose momentum and usually end up cutting my work-out short. which doesn't help anything.
i'm seriously leaning towards continuing to walk at the mall like three days a week and then trying to c25k program again in the spring. i mean, there's the track at the civic center that's a full mile - and it's really a pretty nice, central location. it'll be awesome when the weather is nice. and, according to route builder the "block" i live on is half a mile around, so it could be an alright place to do my workouts when my partners in crime aren't up for it. i think i'm going to start walking outside some when the weather is half-way decent now.
i need to do something to keep from gaining all winter.
Monday, November 15, 2010
c25k - w1d1
so....i officially started the C25K program this morning. i don't know if i can really say i finished w1d1 tho. here's what the plan says the workout for w1d1 is: "Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes."
i managed to jog the full 60 seconds on the first two intervals. on the third, i stopped and stretched....since i wasn't smart enough to stretch ahead of time and my shins were already starting to hurt. then i walked my next 90 seconds. the rest of the 60 second "jogging" intervals, i ended up jogging 30 to 45 seconds and then speed walking the rest because my calves hurt so bad i couldn't make myself keep jogging. i was impressed that i didn't have a full blown asthma attack. i *did* get really out of breath, but i didn't need to use an inhaler. so.....i'm impressed.
on wednesday, i intend to get more sleep*, do a slow five minute warm-up and stretch, and *then* go into the brisk five minute warm-up for the program. but i think i'm going to need to find a better place to run indoors than the mall. we seemed to make the old folks a little uncomfortable, and the tile floor was pretty hard on my ankles.
*yeah, an old friend showed up at my house just when i was going to go to bed....and i was already going to bed later than i should have been. so i ended up going to bed at like 4:15 a.m. and only sleeping like 2 hours. PFFLT!
i managed to jog the full 60 seconds on the first two intervals. on the third, i stopped and stretched....since i wasn't smart enough to stretch ahead of time and my shins were already starting to hurt. then i walked my next 90 seconds. the rest of the 60 second "jogging" intervals, i ended up jogging 30 to 45 seconds and then speed walking the rest because my calves hurt so bad i couldn't make myself keep jogging. i was impressed that i didn't have a full blown asthma attack. i *did* get really out of breath, but i didn't need to use an inhaler. so.....i'm impressed.
on wednesday, i intend to get more sleep*, do a slow five minute warm-up and stretch, and *then* go into the brisk five minute warm-up for the program. but i think i'm going to need to find a better place to run indoors than the mall. we seemed to make the old folks a little uncomfortable, and the tile floor was pretty hard on my ankles.
*yeah, an old friend showed up at my house just when i was going to go to bed....and i was already going to bed later than i should have been. so i ended up going to bed at like 4:15 a.m. and only sleeping like 2 hours. PFFLT!
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