Never Fear....I am still training!!

As I have said multiple times...it is baseball season...hence this is only my 2nd or 3rd post for May AND it isn't even May anymore!  I just wanted to say briefly I have been training regularly and will get you up to date soon. I have some housework to do right now but just wanted to get a quick post out in case anyone was beginning to wonder!!

...........................I'm STILL here!!!!

Wow...I got some catchin' up to do!!
May 2 - lap swim, 1/2 mi.
May 3 - walk 3 mi.
May 4 - weights, full body (f/b)
May 5 - bike 12.5 mi. & walk 1 mi.
May 6 - DOR
May 7 - f/b weights
May 8 - yoga in a.m. & bike 11.4 mi. & walk 1.4 mi. in p.m.
May 9 - TriBabes swim workshop 1/2 mi. total
May10- run/walk 4.29 (ran most)
May11- f/b weights
May12- ran intervals 3 mi.
May13- yoga in a.m. & bike 8 mi. in p.m.

Whew....glad that is over!! So last Saturday I attended an open house for a local yoga studio and won a punch card in a drawing for 10 yoga classes!! I had never taken an organized yoga class and I really enjoyed it so I went back today for my second class. I think the yoga will help with my shoulder & knee flexibility. They aren't too troublesome but just slight limit of mobility.

Oh, I almost forgot...I am officially registered for my second triathlon!!  The Tri Turtle Tri here in Seabeck, Washington AND my sister and three cousins will be joining my friend Sharon & I!!! We are going to have a ball!! I can't wait!!

Well, that should do it for now. Going to a TriBabes bike workshop on Saturday and baseball OF COURSE! Had a WW weigh-in today and didn't do as good as I felt like I would...I still lost .6 but I just knew it was going to be about 2. I guess with the weight training I'm swappin' fat for muscle.  I will measure again on Monday.

..............I AM A TRIATHLETE!!

I am beginning to really feel like I am a triathlete! So Tuesday I had a Fitness Assessment at the Y and all and all it turned out pretty good.  Their body fat findings were quite a bit different than the one I get with my little hand thingy but at least mine can give me an idea of change. My cardio was good and for the most part my flexibility was good with the exception of my shoulders. Strength was pretty good too! Just need to keep whittling away at the body fat and work on my shoulders.

So, other than the assessment, I did not exercise on Tuesday. Wed. met my friend and fellow triathlete, Lesley Doyle, at the Y to swim laps, Thur. walked 3 mi. w/a friend in the a.m. and then met Sharon to walk/run 3 mi. (my were toast 1/2 way through our work-out!), Fri. DOR, and today, Sat., 9.24 mi. bike w/Sharon. Planning on swimming tomorrow (Sun.) w/ Sharon & Lesley.

All in all training is going well. I am very anxious for our first Brick & Lake Swim!!

Did not lose any this past week but plan on a nice loss this week!!

.......................................GEARIING UP!!

Okay, time to catch-up!! I will need to be quick as I have an tune-up appt. for my bike & a Fitness Assessment for myself at the Y. That should be interesting!! I'll let ya'll know how it goes!  So I left off with last Monday....
Mon. - interval track w/o
Tues. - elliptical for 30 min. burned 430 cal.
Wed. - bike w/Sharon 8 mi.
Thur. - DOR
Fri. - ran 2 mi. on indoor track @ Y
Sat. - walk 2 mi. around ball field b4 game
Sun.- bike w/Sharon 10.5 mi. burned 360 cal.
Mon. - ZUMBA @ Y
And here we are at Tuesday.  I have my assessment so will probably do something after that for my work-out for the day!
Was down another .8 lbs so down a total of 20.2 lbs.  I want to lose another 15ish but am going to work on toning soon so weight loss may slow or reverse once I start building muscle.

Got my Mothers Day gift already!!  Check it out!!  I'm wearing it in the photo!!

OUT OF FUNK & ON A ROLL!!! ;-)

I think I am officially out of my funk!  Actually I recently learned that it is good to take a "step back" from your training and periodically take 2-3 days off.  So that is my new mindset...I was just "stepping back".  I guess I kind-of stepped back a little this past week as well, so will have to kick my work-outs up a notch this week.  So here is the run down on my work-outs from the past week:

Tuesday - swim, Wed.-DOR, Thurs-DOR, Fri.-DOR, Sat.-elliptical, Sun.-Bike 9 mi., Mon. not sure yet.
So there you have it, however, with all my efforts the prior week, I ended up losing 3.5 lbs., achieved my 10% body weight loss, waist down another .75" for a total of 3.5", hips down another .5" for a total of 2.25", bust down a total of 1.75", thighs down total of .75" and arms down another .25" for a total of 1.25".  Here are a few  more new numbers for you; new BMI of 25.9 and new BF of 28.4%.

I guess that is all for now.  Like I said, I will be trying to step up my work-outs the remainder of the week to make up for my 3 days off.  Until next time....

Easing out of Funk....I hope ;-)

Well, well....it has been another week what do ya' know! My how time flies when you're having fun and it is baseball season!!

I did get to the pool early last Monday a.m....did not have the most productive swim as I forgot to grab that banana on the way out the door so didn't have a whole lot of energy but was in the water before 7am which is a 1st for me!!  An accomplishment all the same!

Tuesday I did the elliptical for 30 minutes on one of the programs and burned another 440 calories!!
Wednesday did a bike ride with Sharon...8 miles then we walked for a little bit just to keep movin'
Thursday - DOR
Friday - another not real productive swim...I'm not sure what is up with my swims lately.  I had a couple VERY good swims and now I'm backtracking.  My only thought is that I haven't been doing interval track work-outs lately and those were really helping with my breathing in the swim.  I am going to start them up again and see what happens.
Saturday - MS 5K Walk
Sunday - 12.5 mile bike ride (it was a BEAUTIFUL day & I was able to wear bike shorts & a T ;-)
Monday - Zumba class @ YMCA...OMGosh...let me just say I am hurtin' today!!  Obviously used different muscles for zumba than all the other above stuff!!  I haven't been sore for over a month now and it actually feels good!!  It is a good reminder that I am working toward something!!
So here we are at today, Tuesday....I am off to take kids to school & then to Y to swim.

Regarding weight loss...on Thursdays WI I lost the .2 lbs that I'd gained the previous week so I am still 1.4 lbs. away from my 10% body weight loss.  I have been staying more on track with both WW & BFC plans.  Still need to track better & record what I eat.

Well, I must run along now.  Going to start adding abdominal exercises in daily & some Yoga!!

Officially in a FUNK...I think??

This is going to be short & sweet as I haven't posted for WAAAAY too long and I figured I should but I am really tired.  So, as my title says, I think I am in a Funk.  Not being as good about getting at least 5 work-outs in a week and weight was up for the first time in 12 weeks at WI on Thursday...SNAP!! BUT (there is always a big one of those around and it belongs to me most of the time!!) it was only .2.  I can rationalize it all day & night  in my head that it is muscle weight increasing which weighs more than fat BUT I still feel in a funk.  I ate stuff on Thursday after WI that I hadn't eaten for weeks...I pretty much blew WW and the BFC (Belly-Fat Cure) AND a little not so belly-good stuff on Friday and more today, Easter Sunday! I did however get on the elliptical this evening and burned 440 of those belly-bad calories!!  And am planning on hitting the pool early tomorrow morning before kids get up as they are on spring break this week.

A quick back track on my training...nothing Sat., nothing Friday, elliptical Thursday, Biked on Wed., can't even remember Tues. and Swam on Monday.  That is as good as it gets when I don't post for so long.  Sorry!

Hey, is there any of you that I send a copy of these posts to that could actually get on my blog and become a Follower??  I would love it...mom, I know we tried and couldn't figure it out so you are off the hook.  Thanks for trying...