Extreme Accountability - February 2015 edition
FromHereOnOut
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^I liked these images for early in the year. I like the thought of planting seeds with every workout and every good decision. After all, there can be no harvest unless the seeds are planted. I like that I can (for the time being) take the focus off of current results and put the focus on the effort that is necessary for future results.
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Okay. Let's do this thing.
1. (*) Keep off the coffee!!!
2. (*) Calories between 1700 - 2000 five days per week; upto 2500 two days per week.
3. (*) Continue with heart rate/aerobic training; run as often as possible.
4. (*) Weights/gym 2-3x/week.
5. (*) (drumroll) Lose 3 pounds.
Phew. Okay, so I'm trying not to be too strict with myself about steps per day or sleep or running X number of days per week, mainly because I need to focus on getting my diet consistently into a deficit. I really, really want to run every possible moment, so setting a goal is unnecessary anyway. But the big change is that I'm setting a weight loss goal, which is tricky for me psychologically, but I really have to get the ball rolling.
The other thing that I've been mulling over for a very long time and trying to figure out a way to make it work is: morning runs. I want so badly to make this work, but there are so many factors. I'd have to be back by ~7:45am so DH wouldn't panic (b/c he has to take son to school and can't leave lil girl alone), but that'd require getting up very early and going to bed very early (which would cut into my "no kids" time at night, which is already short b/c when son is in tkd, they don't got to bed til 10pm, sometimes 11; Jan was no tkd and ever since DH's travel they've slept at 9pm which has been soooo nice!!!). Anyway, since DH signed up for the gym, and is considering going at night after the kids are asleep, it would make it much easier for me to go to bed earlier, right after he leaves to go to the gym. Then maybe I could get up early. Sleep is a major issue for me. If I sleep before midnight, I always wake at 2am or 3am and can't go back to sleep the rest of the night, til like 6am(!). If I stay up a little, I get a second wind around midnight and don't sleep until I'm exhausted and pass out around 3am. Ideally I could sleep around 11:30 and NOT wake in the middle of the night, until 6 or 6:30. I don't have high hopes, but if this could work it'd make me very happy and I'll just have to wait and see.
Anyway, there it is. Back in a week to see how it's going.
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Well, my goals for February....hmmmm....
1. Do not neglect my strength training each week.
2. always count my calories each day...even if I don't meet my daily goal.
3. get a decent amount of sleep each night!
4. follow my training plan!
I worked out this year's training plan, and my goals are doable but will still push me. I'm excited to see what I can do this year without all my bleeding problems getting in the way!0 -
Goals for February, well I just committed myself to doing the King Crab Challenge this year, so I'm going to start training now!
King Crab Challenge:
1) Half Marathon at the Frederick Running Festival (May 3, 2015)
2) Baltimore 10-Miler (June 6, 2015) and
3) Half Marathon at the Baltimore Running Festival (Oct. 17, 2015)
It's now 13 weeks until the first Half Marathon. I have not been running anywhere near enough! So this week and next I'm going to do the first week of the 12 week Half Marathon plan I'll be off and running.0 -
FromHereOnOut wrote: »Okay. Let's do this thing.
1. (*) Keep off the coffee!!!
2. (*) Calories between 1700 - 2000 five days per week; upto 2500 two days per week.
3. (*) Continue with heart rate/aerobic training; run as often as possible.
4. (*) Weights/gym 2-3x/week.
5. (*) (drumroll) Lose 3 pounds.
1. (*) check
2. (*) I give myself "check" because I was well under most days and went over 3, instead of 2, days, but nowhere nearly as much as I allowed, so it averaged out really good for the week.
3. (*) Check
4. Complete fail
5. We'll see.
Regarding the gym, I was taking advantage of good weather to run, and aerobic training is my focus right now so I can't even workout at the gym the way I like (must do 3x12 instead of 5x5), so the gym is not as interesting for me nor as beneficial. BUT, I still can't totally let it go. Rain coming this week should rectify the situation.
The food situation has gotten easier and I hope it stays that way.
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Well, my goals for February....hmmmm....
1. Do not neglect my strength training each week.
2. always count my calories each day...even if I don't meet my daily goal.
3. get a decent amount of sleep each night!
4. follow my training plan!
I worked out this year's training plan, and my goals are doable but will still push me. I'm excited to see what I can do this year without all my bleeding problems getting in the way!
1. Check. I have upper body today and then I will have gotten all four strength training workouts in this week.
2. Check. I didn't count them on Sunday but that was a planned "treat" day. Otherwise I have counted my calories every day.
3. Nope. But each day I've gotten better. Last night I actually went to bed on time.
4. Check. I got my time trials in and did every workout I planned this past week!0 -
FromHereOnOut wrote: »Okay. Let's do this thing.
1. (*) Keep off the coffee!!!
2. (*) Calories between 1700 - 2000 five days per week; upto 2500 two days per week.
3. (*) Continue with heart rate/aerobic training; run as often as possible.
4. (*) Weights/gym 2-3x/week.
5. (*) (drumroll) Lose 3 pounds.
1. (*) success!
2. (*) success!
3. Not success.
missed nearly a full week for various reasons
4. Utter failure. Maybe I can just shoot for 2 days this week, just to get IN there! But, FWIW, at least DH got started, thanks in part to my motivating him.
5.
looking good for this! TBH I already weighed in 4lbs lighter but figure it was lots of water, so just gonna keep moving forward til the end of the month for the official result.
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FromHereOnOut wrote: »Okay. Let's do this thing.
1. (*) Keep off the coffee!!!
2. (*) Calories between 1700 - 2000 five days per week; upto 2500 two days per week.
3. (*) Continue with heart rate/aerobic training; run as often as possible.
4. (*) Weights/gym 2-3x/week.
5. (*) (drumroll) Lose 3 pounds.
1. (*) success!
2. I went over a bit more than I planned (mainly thanks to today and a piece of irresistible chocolate cake at the gelato place), but I also ran far more than I had planned into my calories, so...judges say: okay.
3. (*) big success!! I ran much more than I thought I would! Hoping to keep it up til DH leaves.
4. Half. I decided to get just two days. In fact I got one, the other was supposed to be today but I just wanted REST today!
5. Fingers crossed.
Just really need to use the Dumbbells for upper body at home so that I can get that done while still using my "me" time for miles. I need to get strict with myself about it and do whatever I can. God knows I don't want to lose strength or muscle! Otherwise, a solid week but unfortunately I see rain in the forecast this week.
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I see I made zero goals for February. Huh.0
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Me too0
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FromHereOnOut wrote: »Okay. Let's do this thing.
1. (*) Keep off the coffee!!!
2. (*) Calories between 1700 - 2000 five days per week; upto 2500 two days per week.
3. (*) Continue with heart rate/aerobic training; run as often as possible.
4. (*) Weights/gym 2-3x/week.
5. (*) (drumroll) Lose 3 pounds.
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Okay, I still have another day, but I'm ready to get on with March goals, so here goes.
1. (*) check! My reward will be a Starbucks trip one day soon.
2. I'll say (*) check to this too. My "over" days were over by more than that, and some normal days got up into 2100 range, but running was creating a crazy deficit so I gave myself some wiggle room.
3. (*) check. Wish the weather had cooperated to run everyday, but the days I had were great!
4. Total failure again.
I'm trying to come up with ideas for this for next month. Because of the aerobic training, I'm not going heavy and it just feels sorta pointless to me. I know it's not pointless, but just can't get motivated to do it so light.
5. Soooooo, here goes...... (*) success! I lost somewhere between 3 and 7 lbs. it depends on when I weigh and what I think my true weigh-in weight was, which I admit to taking a weigh in that was taken in the evening and after eating (so probably high). Anyway, seeing the scale go down and STAY down has been a big boost!
I'm going to work on March goals, which will stay about the same except I want to add a few incentives like I did with the coffee. Needing a good one for the weights/gym goal reward since I keep failing at it.
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Congrats Sherry!!! Awesome month with your goals.0
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Well, my goals for February....hmmmm....
1. Do not neglect my strength training each week.
2. always count my calories each day...even if I don't meet my daily goal.
3. get a decent amount of sleep each night!
4. follow my training plan!
1. ✔️ I got all my strength traiming in except one. I'll take it!
2. Not so much. I got better about this the past few days but was not very consistent this month.
3. Also struggled with this one. Did better then previous months, but still struggling to get enough sleep in!
4. ✔️Got in my workouts even when I didn't feel like it!0
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