These Shoes Were Made For Running, But These Legs Were Not!

Day 421: Run ...I have no clue anymore

Well I can't believe I haven't posted in over a month.... however this month and 1 week has been the most hectic one I have ever had. Vacation was nice and I did run on the beach again and then did some yoga... it felt soooo good I didn't want it to end, but as all good things usually do... it did.

I haven't gone running for 12 days because I started my first year or teaching and I am teaching kindergarten of course! It has keep me so tired that I sleep a solid 8 hours every night now... Which is great for my body, but not so great for having a life outside of work. I also have a set of kids that definitely give me a run for my money. I haven't even gotten my first paycheck and I can already tell you that teachers do not make enough!!

But that is not what this blog is about! This blog is about being healthy and losing weight!

Today's run was hard and I just kept thinking about short I am and that my legs really are not made for running or at least running fast. And when I do have kids I had dreamed about being that woman that is like 7 months pregnant and still running for exercise, but I see that dream slowly fading away and it makes me sad... Reality kinda sucks... I don't like it.

Weigh day report #60:
I gained and then dropped again, but I am still not down to my lowest weight.

• Motivation:  Stress relief please!!!!

• Listening to:  A mix of La Roux, Skrillex, Hot Hot Heat, and Nicki Minaj

• Thankful for: Actually getting my butt up and moving again.

Route &Stats:
Ugh coming to terms with being slow is sooo hard!! I don't wanna be slow!

Today's motto is

Lifestyle:
Did you know that getting a good nights rest might help you lose weight?
Researchers have found that people who sleep less than 7 hours a night are more likely to be overweight or obese. It is thought that a lack of sleep impacts the balance of hormones that regulate appetite.

Weighday #55 and New section added!

Day 383: Run 129

Weigh day report:
Back on track and I'm feeling good! I hope my weight loss continues!! Today I weighed 187 lbs.! Just gotta keep going!

 

My run today was annoying because it definitely did not track right. It's a 4 mile run. I know it's a 4 mile run. There is no denying it's a 4 mile run but for some reason my tracker decided to track it at 3.3 and 3.5 this week making me very angry!

• Motivation:  I have to lose weight! I'm tired of being a little tea pot short and stout!

• Listening to:  My angry run mix but it didn't seem to pump me up like it usually does! Guess I wasn't angry enough!

• Thankful for: Running.. if I was wasn't running I would have been trapped by the Jehovah's Witness's. Darn old ladies telling me I should have run earlier in the day and then try to talk religion with me... Get outta here! (said with a thick Jersey accent!)

Route &Stats:

I'm not post route and stats because it says that I was running a 14 minute mile... Oh Reginald!... I DISAGREE!!!!! It's impossible for me to run a 14 minute mile.... I walk a 15 minute mile and even if I walked half the mile I would still be at a 13.5 minute mile!! Here's the math....

SO I usually run a 11-12 minute mile so half a mile would be about 6 minutes. I walk a 15 minute mile and half of that would 7.5 minutes. 7.5+6= 13.5!!!! 14 is out of the question!

When I got home and calculated the run it evened out to about 13.25 minutes per mile. It's hard to stay motivated when your tracker is off.


Lifestyle:
This is a new section I am adding to talk about healthy living. Some of the things might be funny and some of the things might be serious and inspirational. Today I thought I would start off with funny inspired by Mary Dempsey! This is my new theme song! It describes how I must think and feel when I see a plate of cookies or brownies or even a huge bowl of potato salad!

Weigh Day #54

Day 376: Run 127

Weigh day report:
Well I think I'm finally back on track with my eating and am starting to lose weight again. Hooray! Today I weighed 188.8 lbs. I just need to break past by barrier at 182. That's where I got stuck and couldn't seem to lose more, but watch out because I'm taking that number down!!!

 

My run today was partially devastating simply because my phone died on me. It's getting old and I have been having problems with it holding a charge. Also I think that Nike + (which is the tracker I am now using) is draining my battery more than my old tracker. So an old battery combined with a life sucker equals dead. 

• Motivation:  I have a new motivator... it's called pre-pregnancy/pre-conception. Before I even start trying to have kids I have got to get my weight down. I have been reading a book called before your pregnancy and it has been very informative, however it is also quite obvious that the healthier you are before pregnancy the healthier you will be during pregnancy and after. NO, we are NOT trying yet! I am just obsessed with being informed and I think people are reading a little too much into it.

• Listening to:  Until my phone died I was listening to Imagine Dragons, Awolnation, Neon Trees and Skrillex

• Thankful for: The sprinklers on at the park!

Route &Stats:

Sorry because my phone died I wasn't able to finish and save my run, so Nike + doesn't even acknowledge that I started a run today.... LAME!

New Run Tracker

Day 362: Run 121

So I tried Map My Run and Nike Plus as new run trackers and I think I am going to stick to Nike Plus for a little while longer and see how it turns out

Unfortunately the two runs I went on with these two new trackers were horrible runs. I ran super duper slow and it felt like I was lumbering the whole time :( Not cool! I am going to blame it on the hot weather though! Today was much cooler and I ran what I feel is a normal pace for me. For me I feel like a 12 minute mile is pretty average. I have faster ones and slower ones, it depends on what percentage of the mile I walk and what percentage of the mile I run.

So it is weigh day 51 I think and to be quite honest I am very disappointed. I weigh the same. 190.4lbs.  I started to think my scale was broken but it had no problem telling me when I was heavier than 190.4 this week.

 

SO my goal for this week is to track every single little morsel of food that crosses my lips. Every last crumb or drop will be documented!! I have to get down to my goal weight, I just gotta!!! I'm so tired of being large! My height doesn't help when it comes to being large. You think oh she's 5'2", she's little, well being 5'2" makes me WIDER!! If I were just a few inches taller I would not be so LARGE!

• Motivation:  DON'T WANT TO BE LARGE NO MO! (Yes, I understand double negatives, but you get the point, don't be so nit picky. Sheesh)

• Listening to:  Skrillex, Volbeat, Icona Pop, and Britney Spears

• Thankful for: The cool weather!

Route and Stats:

This is cool because it shows you where you ran the fastest and where you ran the slowest. Green is the fastest and red is the slowest!

Also the calories on this one are much closer to what I really lost. My fitness pal says 581 and this says 559, where as Endomondo would have said like 800.

 

Fierce, Yet Frustrated

Today is actually Day 357 and July 20th will be my year mark(my counting was off by a week)

Day 357: Run 118

Let's start with the frustration. I currently weigh 190.4lbs... what the explicative?! WHY? I have been running my arse off. Yes my eating is not perfect, but it's not horrible either. I should be maintaining not gaining.

On top of that my tracker made me want to throw my phone across the park today! It totally screwed up how many miles I went. It said I only went 5.56, but I know I went farther than that. It also said I was running a 14 minute mile.... uhhh  YEAH RIGHT!!! It is not possible for me to run the entire mile and have it last 14 minutes. I walk a 15 minute mile.

Any suggestions for new tracking apps. I'm thinking about Nike Plus, but feel like a sell out going to Nike. Don't get me wrong, I love Nike (especially their dri-fit t-shirts) and they have great products however, there are times when I just can't stand the complete commercialistic outlook of their company. (I understand that they are a business but I'm pretty sure they would sell their soul to Satan to make a huge profit. Why do my shoes cost so much if there are little kids in china making them?)

Any suggestions or personal inputs for a new tracker are more than welcomed!

Moving on, I felt rather fierce while I was running today, it could have been that I was extremely pissed off by my tracker, but I felt athletic and unstoppable... even when I stopped to talk to this old guy who told me I was ruining my knees by running and that I should just walk. Well yeah that's easy for someone who is in shape and walks all day long and probably doesn't have to worry about what he eats. He's currently walking 23,000 miles for MS. Go Don!

• Motivation:  I just want to be in shape and healthy. In all honesty have been lacking motivation lately. My plan was to hit the summer running and exercising and going to the gym, but that's just not happening. I need motivation and I need it bad!

• Listening to:  La Roux, Neon Trees, Matt and Kim, and Awolnation

• Thankful for: Going

Routes and Stats:

I'm Back!

Day 358: Run 117

First of all... today I ran 7.28 miles!!!! WOO HOO! I had the time and decided to try to run a 10k..... and so I did... and then some!

For those who do not know I also got a teaching job this last Tuesday and will be working as either a kindergarten, 1st or 2nd grade teacher. They're not sure where they will need me, but the important part is that I got a job! Pray for me to get kindergarten!!!

No I have not lost any weight... in fact I gained some.. This rut thing has got to go!! Because it has been so hot here I have been drinking water like crazy and hope it helps! Also I need to be better about tracking my food. Food is my killer!! I could run a marathon, but if I eat a cookie I'm screwed!

• Motivation:  Getting a tan.. It has been so sunny that my motivation for staying out longer is not the extra calorie loss, but the extra exposure for a golden tan! Of course I use sunscreen, I'm not stupid and because I was so white to begin with, but I am loving the outdoors!

• Listening to:  I really love these 5 songs:

1. I Love It! - Icona Pop
2. Don't Slow Down - Matt and Kim
3. Bangarang - Skrillex feat. Sirah
4. Everybody Talks - Neon Trees
5. Going In For The Kill - La Roux

• Thankful for: The sunshine and the time to be able to run!

I can't go 7.28 miles and not show the crazy route and stats! HOLLA!

Excercise Makes You Happier :)

Day 350: Run 113
In 15 more days it will be a year since I started! WOW!!! What a year!

In the last 43 days I have finished student teaching, finished working as a para, graduated from college and had 4 job interviews with #5 on Tuesday! My husband also graduated last night so life has been a little busy.

Today was the first time I exercised in 17 days... I gave myself the permission to run as much as a usually do A. because of how long it has been and B. because it is 86 degrees outside... needless to say again... I'm not happy with myself, but I deal with the choices I make.

I forgot how incredibly happy exercise makes you! I don't have a care in the world right now!

It's time for another reset. So here it is press the button and start again! (PRESS HERE)

Due to the weather difference I had to rethink my running attire. I think that it is important to be comfortable while you run. For me I like a snugger fit on what I wear when I exercise. That being the case I am also a little self conscious because I know what people think when they drive by a fatty who is wearing too tight of clothing. I am trying to get over what other people think because the reality is that I am getting healthy! I also think if they ever say anything I will tell them to get out of the car and fight me! 9 times out of 10 no one will mess with someone who is exercising and why would you... they already have adrenaline coursing through their veins. They will beat you and then run away!

Okay enough of the rambling... Here is a t-shirt I upcycled to wear today! It was like three and half sizes too big and now it fits great and I use it as my running shirt! Yay!

I love it and I look bad ass in it!

• Motivation:  Gotta get back in the saddle!

• Listening to:  A new mix I made called Sun Run... artists include: Awolnation, B.O.B., Fall Out Boy and La Roux

• Thankful for: The pleasant breeze!

No route and stats today... :( sorry