June Workouts Thus Far

June 1:  Started things off right with a swim!  In which I swam a mile at a good rate.  It made me feel incredible to accomplish that!  Swam 2000 yards total.

June 2:  Run/Walk 2 miles.  36 mins. First run with music.  Almost (within 5 feet) got hit by a car.  Last run with music. :) haha actually I would give music another try if a) I weren't so freaking cheap and b) I found headphones that would work for me, but wouldn't cover my whole ear or anything.  I have my tragus pierced in my left ear (that pic is not my ear, btw) and earbuds generally fall out asap when running.

June 3: 5 min warm up on elliptical (boo! hiss!),  Lift 14,460 lbs, swim 500 yards in 8:41.  Later on in the day I walked 3.5 miles in 1:06.  Beautiful day!

June 4:  Pilates for beginner's class at the Y.  4 people, dark class, no music, self-absorbed and late instructor.  Not enough to keep me away though!  I felt it the next day, it was wonderful! 40 mins of that class, 18 mins on the elliptical (ugh) and 8,440 lifting.

June 5:  REST

June 6:  1.5 miles? in 29:31.  Got new high heels that day, made calves hurt and running was unusually painful.  Well, more of discomfort.

June 7:  REST

June 8:  SWIM! I am loving Friday evening swims.  Can you tell I really have no social life :)  I did another mile and swam 2400 yards total.

June 9:  46:21 bike ride with TeenSwimSis at State Park.  The moderate paved path was 3.3 miles.  I'm pretty sure we made it 75% of the way before turning back.  She had 2 bikes (I had just planned on renting one onsite) and made me ride the smaller one.  I kept having to stop and tweak different things (along with walking up hills!).  It was a much easier ride on the way back than it was on the way out.  But geez,  putting 270 lbs of person on a small space (bike seat) not comfy.  Sooo many TWSS jokes I could make here, perhaps another day!  I didn't really go swimming, just stood in the water for 15 mins.  Looked pretty cute in my suit tho!  If you didn't know beforehand, I have some large tatas that I like to see as an asset when it comes to the swimsuit dept! haha

June 10: REST.  Unless you count increasing lung capacity due to 2 hour drive by myself listening to and singing along with any radio station available. 

June 11:  Pilate's for beginner's again!  16 people in class, fabulous instructor, nice music, lights on.  I hope she is there every time!  I was going to lift (it HAD been a week since I had done that) but my legs were wanting to move and my first 5K is in 12 DAYS.  And I've really only run once-ish a week.  My first mile was 15:30 -- a best for me!  I really pushed myself with running.  My longest time running was 4 mins, I feel great about that!  Finished my second mile for a total of 33:05!

Here are some pics of happenings in my world!

My Friday work treat - Iced Coffee!  And new kelly green blazer from Lane Bryant :)

TeenSwimSis ready to roll!

Start of the trail pic.

Me and my smaller bike

DEFINITELY related!

Big Tree!

Swimsuit.  And boobs. ha

Over the shoulder while driving shot of the lake.

TeenSwimSis and the graduate

Lovely outdoor wedding

Beautifully decorated tent.

The groom's a tall guy!

The gorgeous bride and myself (LOVE mermaid style dresses)

Pre-pilates.  Pre-tshirt.  Tshirt needed to make sure boobs and/or stomach is covered up at all times!

Post-run.  Sweaty and thankful for water!

My favorite things so far this month have been: 1) Swimming.  - Every time I swim, I'm inspired to swim more and more.  2) Work? - I have been a temp at the same place since the beginning of the year.  They hired someone, but he quit shortly thereafter. That was like a month and a half ago.  I told my boss that I was considering applying for the job and she said a lot of wonderful things to me and is giving me a chance to do some stuff that I am not really qualified for :) haha  That was a very hard conversation for me to have with her because I'm not really the go-getter type.  Put me up against a room full of amazingly qualified candidates?  Not so much.  See how I have learned and adapted at this job and put me up against myself?  Sure! 3) SwimTot - Oh man.  FAVORITE!  I was gone this weekend and when I came back yesterday she kept running over to me and hugging me and sitting in my lap when she was supposed to be eating dinner.  That kid really missed me and I really missed her.  Being an aunt is awesome.  Very little responsibility for the child, but all of the little kid hugs I can handle!

PS Can I possibly give anyone real women dollars from Lane Bryant?  I used most of mine, but will not use the rest before they expire 6/13. Spend $50, get $25 off I believe.

I wrote a nice, long post and then...

So at work I wrote this whole long post about my workouts and life, etc. 

Then someone came by my desk and I had to act like I was doing work.

The entire post got deleted.

All the funny, interesting, witty things about my week (read: trying to make boring look cool) were gone.

KARMA.

Work karma!


Anyway, I'd write it all again, except it's a million past midnight.  I'm getting up at 7, packing some more, leaving at 8 for my dad's/SwimSis' house.  Picking her up/dropping my stuff off, then heading to a state park.  We are doing some cycling (uh, why is the paved path "moderate" but the mountain bike trail "beginner"?  That worries me!).  And the some swimming.  And possibly some running to make it a fake triathlon. I already packed a healthy lunch because after that we are going home, cleaning up, going to an open house, then to a wedding, then to a movie (Men in Black 3) with my dad.

So that pretty much has me booked all day from 7am to midnight.  Who's idea was this?  Oh yeah, mine!

So until then, I will leave you with this:

I timed my 50 yard? freestyle today: 47 seconds.  My best ever time? 30.
I swam a swimmer's mile.  My time: 32:51. That's pretty much a PR because no one really races that before college (and I didn't compete in college). 
It's cool because:  I can't even run a mile.
Now I am: tired.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Another Round of Wednesday Confessions aka Weirdo Wednesday!

1.  Sometimes I am so sleepy driving home that I wish my car would break down so I could nap right then and there. 

This was the case yesterday.  I knew I needed a rest day either Tues, Weds, or Thurs.  I kept trying to talk myself into planning on some type of exercise for the evening hours, but with my 40,000 yawns and almost putting my car in park at a stoplight so I could rest my eyes safely, I decided a rest day it was.  In my bed.  With a nap.  Like a 3 hour nap.  I didn’t wake up until after 9 when SwimSis, SwimTot, and the Coach (who recently got a new coaching job!) came home.

2. I’m an elevator dancer as of late.

In the past couple of weeks, whenever I am on the elevator at work, alone, I get my groove on!  Seriously, as soon as those doors shut, I just shake it, fist pump, put my hand in the air like I’m hitting a high note, etc.  It feels like the first time I ran.  I was just walking and then my body told me to start running.  Same here, just standing there and I HAVE to move!  Sadly, there is no music in the elevators.  I hope to God there are no cameras either!

3.  I’m still getting the hang of blogging at a proper amount/rate.

Somedays  I feel like I have nothing to talk about.  Others I do, but want to save them up for a good post, and end up having too much to post at once.  I would love to go into detail soon about my exercise so far this month, the Snikiddy snacks that I won from Shelley at My Journey to Fit, and how I bought new workout pants because I didn’t have time to wash my other ones.  And by no time I mean I was watching the marathon of the Hatfields and McCoys series.  Seriously good!

May in Review

I feel like May went SOOO quickly!  Here are some things I accomplished:

Yay!

That says I completed over 1000 workout minutes!

-I had 20 days of working out in May!

In 20 days, I did:


-run/walk: 13.71 miles (combination of treadmill and outdoor)

-row machine: 28 mins (2 rowing sessions of 2000m. i beat my first time by 26 seconds!)

-recumbent bike: 90 mins total

-strength circuit: 8 times (that last day that I lifted my total was 22,625lbs!)

-splash around with SwimTot twice total treading time 26 mins

-swim laps: 268 mins (I should have recorded how many yards/miles that was!)

-play tennis 90 mins

-Lost 5 pounds!

I feel so amazing about May and exercise!  One of my goals is to make exercise a regular part of my life and I think May was a success on that matter!

My other big goal was to try something new.  I did rowing and tennis!  I had done both before, but not for many, many years (let's say somewhere between 10 and 15 years ago!)

WHAT MAY TAUGHT ME:

-My time management sucks.  I usually came home from work, checked fb, blogger, etc for 45mins and then would head to the Y.  An efficient Em would have her stuff packed and go straight there from work!

-I need to work on my nutrition.  For me, adding exercise is a lot easier than working on my nutrition.  I need to get a nutritionist as well as a swift kick in the ass.

-I can do stuff!  Before I started exercising, I held myself back from a lot of activities where I thought I would not be able to accomplish anything.  One thing that is just random that jumps out at me is that I used to say I NEVER ran in airports to catch my flight -- the last time I did some speed walking and was the very last person they let on the plane!

-I am, and should be, proud of myself.  I rock!  1000 fitness minutes?  All star!  Now speed and endurance?  That's a work in progress!  Even when people look at me funny when I mention working out or going to the Y (hey, I'm 270 pounds, I don't really look like a person who goes to the Y!) I just shrug it off because I know how hard I have worked.

Who's excited for June?  I can't wait to see what this month has in store, I have a lot of exciting things happening!

And here are a random assortment of pictures I would like to get off of my camera:

Foggy Morning!

I can't believe people that that much to fill up!

Coffee + Hot Chocolate = Treat at work!

My grocery haul one week

Is there such a thing as too many peas?  No!

There was a BYOC question the other week on products for your hair.  I didn't answer the questions, but I did document a fairly normal hair routine.

Step 1:  Wake up.  I had showered after swimming the night before, but not brushed my hair.

Morning person?  Not so much!

Step 2:  Brush the hair.  And hang up still wet suits from the night before.

Step 3:  Straighten, make weird face at camera, head out the door.

This not so good for you trail mix saved me from starving/heading out for fast food one day. 

Hero trail mix!

This poptart was smushed, but delicious.

I like these bangles, 2 pics in a row!

This was my snack several days this week.  Strawberry yogurt plus blueberries and peaches/mandarin oranges.  The only drawback was licking the leftover on the lid and it straight up tasted like soap.  I'm glad it was clean, but ewwww!  That happen to anyone else?