Changing My Life

Stepped up to the scale at the fitness center this afternoon.  Slid the weight to the 300lb position  like normal and stepped on.  The scale moved slightly, but didn’t tip.

Talk about starting an exercise with a rush of excitement.  I went back to my friend the eliptical, and with legs still burning from yesterday’s strength session on them, pushed harder, and faster than I have before, and in addition cranked up the resistance.  I worked through it, and ended the week on a very strong note.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/27/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:33:00.00
• Average Heart rate: 131
• Max Heart rate: 148
• Distance: 2.25 miles
• Average Pace: 14:40.2/mile

I have been reading The New Rules of Lifting And really worked hard on the Strength training portion of today’s exercising. My legs really feel much firmer, and I’m loving the changes I’m both seeing and feeling.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 06/26/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00

Really felt myself power through the exercise. Felt great about it and it and went farther and faster than ever before.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/25/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:33:00.00
• Distance: 2.2 miles
• Average Pace: 15:00/mile

Worked on Pushing, Pulling, and Squats

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 06/24/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:45:00.00

It’s funny.  I first started a blog here almost a year ago.  After a couple weeks, I quit exercising, and I quit posting here.  This time around it’s almost opposite.  I’ve been so busy exercising, getting out of the house, and doing other things, that I haven’t been posting what I’ve been accomplishing.  So I’m trying to catch up with everything I have done this week.

On Monday I spent a good amount of time on the eliptical.  I had worked out twice on it the previous week, but after a couple days off, I just felt like I powered through the exercise.  It has a heart monitor on it.  Last week it was telling me to slow down because I was working my heart too much.  This week I felt like I was putting more effort into it, and it was telling me to speed up because I wasn’t working my heart enough.

A pretty good feeling actually to notice such dramatic changes in my body already.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/23/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:30:00.00
• Distance: 2 miles
• Average Pace: 15:00/mile

Due to family birthdays I knew I would not be able to able to work out at the fitness center on Friday, so I left it all out on the machines to finish out the week.

I also forgot to bring my workout clothes to work on Thursday, and was very proud of myself because instead of using that as excuse to not work out, I instead went home at lunch and got them.  It’s a little thing, but once again it’s a step in the right direction.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 06/19/2008
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 00:35:00.00

Worked through the entire “Weight Loss” workout on the spin bike.  After hitting everything much harder than any previous week in my life, it was a struggle, but one that I was really proud of when I completed it.

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/19/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:28:00.00
• Distance: 6 miles
• Average Speed: 12.86 mph

I had my mind set that I was going to lift weights Mon-Wed-Fri and do cardio Tue-Thurs.  But after getting all my muscles burning, I still felt like exercising, so I hopped on the eliptical again.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 06/18/2008
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 00:20:00.00
• Distance: 1.48 miles
• Average Pace: 13:30.81/mile

Various machines at the fitness center at work.  I want to get more of a routine down than “Grabbing a machine and lifting until I can’t lift anymore” but it’s a start.

Workout:

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 06/18/2008
• Time: 16:00:00
• Total Time: 00:35:00.00

Continued the workout for the day with 20 minutes on the bike

Workout:

• Type: Cycle
• Date: 06/17/2008
• Time: 16:30:00
• Total Time: 00:20:00.00
• Distance: 4 miles
• Average Speed: 12 mph