Another week to get fit!

Monday:
ran 4 miles (!!!!), just under one hour (my legs felt like rubber at the end!)
crunches on an incline:
- 30 regular
- 10 each side
- 10 more regular
- 15 reverse
10 girly-style push-ups

I swam 2 miles on Sat. & 2 miles on Sun.!! I've never swam that far in my life!! I felt really good when I was done!! Had spin class this morning.

Hey paperclippy,
when did you start running? I really want to start but I can never seem to find my rhythm (as far as breathing goes). I get too frustrated and stop. I think I just need to start slowly and build my way up. We have a great track at my gym that I would love to use. Any tips on getting better at running?

Congrats on the swimming Leanne! That's great!! I can't even swim one lap I started running in January. I was only able to run one lap (the track is 200m, about 1/8 mile)! At first I alternated running a lap with walking a lap, but after that I just tried to make sure that each day I ran at least as much as the previous time.

One of the key things I realized that helped me a lot was that you don't have to run fast! Sometimes I am jogging so slowly that the power-walkers on the track pass me. I tell myself it is better (for my running endurance) to jog really slowly than to stop and walk. I never really thought about the rhythm of my breathing -- something that helps me hugely though is to bring my iPod and play upbeat music, so that I try to run with the beat. The biggest help from the music is that I turn it up loud enough that I can't hear myself breathing, because listening to how heavily I am breathing makes me think "wow, I must be working really hard," although when I can't hear it I'm thinking "hey, this isn't so bad!"

Anyway, good luck! Slow and steady wins the race!

paperclippy, thank you so much I will definitely crank up my headset!! I think that will work really well because when I hear me breathing hard, I get discouraged for some reason. Maybe if I can't hear me sounding like I'm going to drop dead, I will be able to keep going. I appreciate your help so much!! Wish me luck...I'll try it out tomorrow at the gym!! Slow and steady will be my new motto!!

Today I jump roped for...maybe 2 min Gotta start somewhere. And I did a belly dancing video.

Monday:
45 min. elliptical

Great job ladies! 4 miles is amazing!! Swimming 2 miles is really great too! You ladies rock!

Monday-30 minutes bike
Lawn mowing (walking mower), weeding, edging and planting a garden took pretty much all DAY....at least I was moving
I'll do better tomorrow! Great job again ladies! Keep up the good work!

Tuesday-30 minutes bike (8.54 miles...personal high)
treadmill-40 minutes-2.05 miles. I did a 18.55 minute mile which is totally slow but it's not quite as slow as last week *smile*

PLUS, I went to a buffet tonight and still only went over my calories by about 100 so...that's pretty good for me. I used to eat until I was stuffed...I don't even want to think about how many calories I used to consume.

Keep up the good work ladies! We are getting healthier every day!

Jumping rope is great exercise Jessie! I do 100 turns to warm up each workout and then again 100 jumps in between cardio and weights and at the end of my workout. It's really been helping me.

Monday
20 min stairmaster
3 miles walking on track
45 min upper body weights

Tuesday:
20 min elliptical
45 min lower body weight training

Wednesday:
30 minutes stationary bike, forest ride program level 4
upper-body weight machines
crunches on an incline

Tues:

1 hr cardio class
toning w/ arm weights
crunches

Monday-
Took the day off

Tuesday-
Bootcamp - 2.5 mile run, various strength exercises with a tire

Wednesday-
Bootcamp - 1 mile run. Didn't do much today because we had a nutrition lecture.

Monday:
30 min. walk
Tuesday:
20 min. walk
Wednesday:
30 min. walk
40 min. strength training

Tuesday:
30-min. walk/jog
20 min. on the elliptical

Wednesday:
20-min. walk

Wednesday-30 minutes bike-Amber's butt kicker program *hehe* Can you tell I named it myself??

Ate way too much!! Dumb TOM...I will do better tomorrow....I know I can....I know I can....*hehe*