Monday 3/4/2013 and Wednesday 3/6/2013

So, I’ve been good and listening to the Dr. and haven’t lifted since last Friday! It kinda…makes me sad, but at the same time, the back’s getting better. We’re down to a dull ache and the occasional twinge. I was planning on ellipitcaling for a week straight, but by Tuesday I was feeling pretty strung out from working two weeks straight so took a day off. Today though, I felt a bit more energized, but still pretty fried. Running made it feel better though!

I plan on hitting the elliptical for the next two days, then getting outside for the warm up this weekend, then hopefully easing back in to some lifting on Monday!

On the weight front, I’ve been frustrated. I got down to 250 and last Saturday, I had some popcorn at the movies. (No butter mind you!) I made sure to have the calories free but without fail, the salt hit me where it counts and the water weight has ballooned me up to a good 254. We’re working back down to normal though. It’s funny now that I can tell exactly what’s going to happen when I eat something like that. As much as I Loooooove popcorn, I think I need to lay off of the movie theater variety At least until this pesky plateau is over. Heck, sneaking in a Cliff Bar is probably cheaper and healthier at any rate!

Gooch2k2 Tracked a Workout for 216 pts Today
Elliptical Trainer:
- 0:54:00 || Easy
- http://runkeeper.com/user/CinemaFromage/activity/154807988
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Gooch2k2 Tracked a Workout for 240 pts Mar 4, 2013
Elliptical Trainer:
- 1:00:00
- http://runkeeper.com/user/CinemaFromage/activity/154161887
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- propped this.
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Thursday 1/10/2013

So last night I got out for my run after work. The weather had warmed considerably and the snow had started to melt, so it was all in all rather nice! My legs felt were a bit sore for the first part of the run, the loosened up well. About the time I hit the 3 mile mark though, they turned to lead and really started to become achey as I went. I got my miles in though and after I got home and stretched out well, they were all right. That was day 4 of my attempted 6 days straight, so I was pretty excited to see that I could do it, even after squats. Today, I woke up pretty tired and I think I may have a bit of a cold bug, which would suck. I drugged up though and so far, so good. The snot went away at least! I’m still feeling pretty beat and I have been positively RAVENOUS all day, which is odd for me! My breakfast has changed up a bit today; same amount of calories, maybe not quite as much protein, but other wise it’s all been the same. I’m hoping that this is a sign that the ‘bod is starting to gear back up and screaming for fuel! I saw a bit of a drop on the scale this morning, so maybe so.

At lunch today, despite being pretty tied and feeling a bit under the weather, I hit the treadmill at the gym for two easy miles (it wasn’t actually as slow as run keeper states in there, I had a cooldown mixed in with that time) to make sure I hit day #5 of my 6 day hopes. I didn’t feel like running too much more on my sore legs, but the bike seemed reasonable, so I jumped on that for a bit. I used to ride the stationary bike pretty heavily back when I started this journey, so it was kind of cool to jump back on today to see home much my output’s changed since then. In the end, I burnt some calories, felt a bit spent and again…REALLY hungry! I supplemented my typical packed lunch with 2 hard boiled eggs for some protein and a 100 calorie cookie pack for this afternoon. That should help, plus i’ll still hit all my numbers.

Tomorrow’s plan a day at the gym, so more squats and bench press followed by day #6 in my running attempt. I think it’s quite doable, though this cold bug feeling worries me, so I’ll be sure to drug up some more tonight. I’m thinking soaking in a hot bath will help as well! This weekend, I plan on sleeping in good and late on Saturday and doing little else physical wise, (aside from walking the dog that is). Sunday is more podcast recording in the early morning, then I”m going to see if I can hit a 5-6 mile run to kick off the next week!

That’s all for now, I could sure go for a nap.

Here’s a two parter for ya…

Wednesday 1/9/2013

Running:
- 0:38:54.2 || 3.7 mi || 10:32.9 min/mi
- http://runkeeper.com/user/CinemaFromage/activity/140952923
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Thursday 1/10/2013

Gooch2k2 Tracked a Workout for 411 pts Today
Cycling (stationary):
- 0:20:00 || 7.1 mi || 21.3 mph
- http://runkeeper.com/user/CinemaFromage/activity/141115070
Running (treadmill):
- 0:28:51 || 2.1 mi || 4.3 mph
- http://runkeeper.com/user/CinemaFromage/activity/141108969
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