July 12, 2013

FromHereOnOut

July 12, 2013

FromHereOnOut

hey all!

mostly walked today. walked w/hubby and waited for bus with him. hes commuting to work from here. afterwards i ran only along the coast where there are no dogs, but its a 3min lap and gets boring, so didn't run but about 15min. :-/ didnt even breathe heavy. oh well. today is HOT, no breeze and so no waves either. the sea looks lie a lake. will hit the water later on.

the dogs r a problem. i guess i got lucky the first days. hubby suggested mace too, but dunno if it can be bought here. anyway, back to athens sunday for e days anyway, for a fotoshoot for my son.

trying to read the daily threads. love to read you tuff girls & lifters. i want to lift as much as i wanted to start running, so it WILL HAPPEN, in time.

well, gotta go referee some drama w/ mother-in-law. hope to read ya later.

agingwithfitness

I was going to say last night but thought no one would read, I love greek yogurt but rarely eat it cold!

I use it like sour cream on my eggs for breakfast, I put some in my soup and it makes it taste yummy, sounds weird I know but I love the soury taste. I guess I just love sour cream and stopped eating that years ago because of the fat.

Costco sells two dips made with it and I buy those two sometimes to eat with carrots or small wheat thins.

When it heats up slightly its not like yogurt at all. I buy Kirkland brand plain nonfat at Costco.

I was sick yesterday, got headache from drinking wine night before without enough water, I know better, so taking day off exercise today feeling better but tired and I go to work at 1 for 8 hrs.

LizardQueen4PointOh

Sherry - Your suggestions for the Greek yogurt sound great! I love cinnamon and honey, so those may be my go-tos!

I'm working days today and I took my break early so that I could get my run in. I'm on week 5, day 3 of Couch to 5K and I did a five minute warmup walk, ran for two MILES straight in 18:30 minutes, and then a 5 minute cooldown walk. I can't believe I ran two miles in that time! That's only about one minute slower than I ran it at 20 years old in the army and I think at that pace I still would have passed my AFPT! :bigsmile:

Anyhoo, it's a good day!

PamHealthMission

Okay...ya'll can keep the greek yogurt....LOL!! None of the suggestions make it sound appealing at all. I have the Fage brand plain naked yogurt just like the one Liz is getting ready to test out. I will stick to my cottage cheese. A friend is coming for a visit next weekend and I may be able to pass it off on her...heehee....or possibly keep one of three containers to use as sour cream on top of a Taco Salad.


Liz - look how strong your stamina and endurance has gotten with those runs....WTG! I see you are doing the StrongLifts 5x5....not really familiar with the program but see it mentioned a lot on MFP. Lifting is IT!

Marla - hope you do feel much better throughout today...rest rest.

Sherry - good walking/run day at a nice pace...there is nothing low impact or low intensity about any length of run to me...you got it in so enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Recap of my WO:

Fri – Week 2/Day 4…TUFF Lower Body 2 is my last WO for this week then rest on Sat & Sun. It worked the upper & lower legs, hamstrings, calves, glutes, shoulders, back, and abs. I tell ya those Goblet Squats are kind of fun to do but not easy when holding a weight in your hands. During Set 2, I lost form on Rep 7 but pushed out Rep 8 in good form…lol.

I am going to have an issue going heavier with the Seated Calf Raise from home only because I cannot stack the amount of weight higher than 52.5 on my knees without assistance from someone bringing me another dumbbell…hmmm. I may have to do this particular exercise when a family member is around to help. I can definitely lift over 52.5 lbs on my knees for this exercise. A great lower body session this morning.
Dumbbells sets in use: 7.5, 8.75, 16.25,23.75, 25, 42.5, 47.5, 52.5.
*****

Have a great day everyone!:bigsmile:

LiftHeavyWeights

I did strength training a little later in day. I ran in place to get my HRM started. I think with my low blood pressure, which runs in my family, makes the HRM work hard to find my heart beat.

I was able to lower the foot loop on my pull-up assist band to my knee level from my thigh level. So while I did fewer assisted pull-ups it is still progress. The 'pull up revolution band' is still, of course, supporting the majority of my weight. (If you are interested in this 'chin-up max band' is basically the same thing & I have seen that it's now available on Amazon at least in Canada)

Pamela, I would switch to doing stand up calf raises. That's what I think I will do for next time. In fact, I think I will do one leg at a time where you cross one ankle in back of the leg you are working & hold a DB.

Holding a heavy weight while doing a sumo squat it proving challenging. Today I put both arms under the top part of it as I went to a heavier weight.

I hope all of you are doing well working on TUFF. I think you will love the results of your hard work. smile