Sarge - Private Diyana reporting in....I haven't been AWOL. I've been out on medical leave with bronchitis since Tuesday. Home on bed rest...without even energy to post. Feeling a little better today. I've been on antibiotics, prednisone and steroid nebulizer breathing treatments. Since I've got asthma...any cold goes straight to my lungs and delivers a knock out punch. Thanks to all the steroids I'm on...I can't make any promises for weigh in tomorrow...other than that I will weigh in. I can't wait to get back to exercising...but right now, I get winded just walking to the bathroom. Just breathing is a workout for me.
Congrats to all who are working so hard and doing so well!!
Missed my pledge by 0.4 this week. Can't be unhappy. Looking back, I've lost for 5 weeks straight. Not as much as I planned to, but I don't know if, in all my mixed dieting history, I've ever lost for five weeks straight. So, I am happy.
Hi everyone! Good news that I managed to stick with my pledge this week. Thanks to all of you who wished me luck in my first 10k, it went well!
The track itself was rural which was nice, had good scenery to distract me! There were some challenging parts of it, including a few steep hills both up and down. There were about 200 contestants and let me tell you - these guys were not fvcking around! I think I was one of the few who just looked like average every day people (and one of the few overweight people too). The rest were all part of running clubs, looked very much in shape and it was very intimidating.
When we started people went sprinting off and I felt very awkward just taking my time and jogging the first 2 miles. I was actually last for a lot of the race. The route was a loop, and there was a point where it crossed back on itself. Just past the 2 mile mark and heading up the rear I crossed with a guy who was in the lead heading BACK. He was so so fast it was crazy!
When I hit the 3 mile mark I felt like giving up - I felt a bit disheartened that I was in last and I just started to feel really sick and tired. But I quickly slapped myself metaphorically speaking - I didn't want to give up on something I had been training for for 7 weeks, I didn't want to tell my family who had come to support me and I didn't want to come crawling into this thread telling you all that I gave up!! So I persisted through! *red dwarf salute*
I managed to come in 2nd to last with a time of 1:11:20 (on my watch, might be a bit different to the officials). On my way in a lot of the runners who had finished were applauding me and encouraging me to the finish line - which I thought was super awesome. I got my medal which I was over the moon about, I thought I might have got a t-shirt but wearing a medal just felt amazing!
I'm not too disheartened about the position I came in, because 90% of the contestants were serious runners and considering I did 5 miles in 1 hour 9 minutes I'm proud of the time I did it in.
But what was important to me was in the 7 week training period I've lost a total of 6 lbs, 0.8 inches from pudge and 0.5 inches from boobage! So I'm hoping to continue training to keep the results coming in.
Now time to train for that half marathon! =D
Last edited by Riestrella; 08-14-2011 at 09:43 AM.
Riestrella -- MAJOR CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I'll add your loss report later (we were posting at the same time). Wear that medal with pride all day long! I know exactly how you feel, Years ago I finished a race in last place right in front of the police car re-opening up the roads. He wanted me to move to the sidewalk and there was NO WAY I wasn't gonna finish. The term "DNF" (Did Not Finish) has never followed the name of any runner in my household and I wasn't about to be the first one!
Congrats to all of you have been finding your inner Sarge and conquering new heights whether it be finishing a race, sticking to weight loss efforts for 5 weeks in a row, or simply bettering your fitness level etc.
Lost: 3
Pledge: 1
Minutes Exercised: 120 (though I didn't try to count any of the exercise I did outside of the gym)
Trekked: 7.07
Nice job, Riestrella! I think a 10k is 6.2 miles, so you actually went even further than the distance for which you are giving yourself credit! I am pretty intimidated about signing up for an 11 mile mud run, for the exact scenario you described, but after reading your story, I'm going to do it.
Maintenance Poundage (Pokey, I love that phrase)
Pledge: Continue maintenance and intervals, can't bust A** for fitocracy, must stick to the plan . . .
Trekked: 77.58 (also on the spreadsheet)
Riestrella: you inspire me . . . OMG I don't even think I can run a 10K . . . last or second to last, YOU FINISHED and should be so PROUD!!! and can definitely understand the "intimidated" factor . . . Too cool, they were cheering you on at the end . . . WAY COOL!!
diyana: 4 pounds . . . OH I'm so jealous . . . I hope you're feeling better!!!
UrthWurm, BudgetBaby, mya: Congratulations on the losses . . . as long as the trend on that scale is downward, who cares !!!
Mallikap: Plan to MELT SOME BUTT-ER THIS WEEK !!!!
Jeanettey: I would like to order one bottle of the "Pills that block the kitchen door" . . . Oh so funny in my own head
SPANKY: Where are you . . . Are you OK? You threw the gauntlet woman so let's dance!!!
I got a quick 5+ miles in last night on my bike, after work. Oh yeah!! Night time bike riding, no wind, full moon . . . I'm working on new routine adding in weights and toning. I'm also going back to intervals for running and biking . . . I got a little caught up in Hardcore's rantings, but I'm over that now . . . being the leader on fitocracy is NOT my goal . . . I must keep FOCUSED on my ultimate goal!!!
Sarge - Thank youuuu! And amen to that, there was a woman at the finish line who said "Congratulations! ...I didn't finish" Kind of awkward, but at the same time made me feel a lot better about myself!!
Anon - I'm glad I could inspire you =). Honestly, I'm just super proud of myself that I didn't give up, and believe me I REALLY was thinking of stopping half way through. Setting yourself your own goal and sticking to it is the best feeling, no matter what happens. And you can get your own medal, and they make you super happy. Like me for example:
Go for it girl!!
MadamB - I think you definitely could do a 10k run! I think the people who get the most applause are the ones at the front and the ones at the back, it was awesome how many people just stopped to clap for me and cheer me on!! I just had a big stupid grin on my face!
I can imagine moonlight biking would be fun, just gotta be careful! And good mentality on your goals, competition is good but if you push yourself too hard and lose track of the person you are doing it for (yourself!) then it gets difficult. You're so close to that goal of yours, keep it up!
Last edited by Riestrella; 08-14-2011 at 09:52 AM.
KITTY KAT 
Plan to MELT SOME BUTT-ER THIS WEEK !!!! 
