Monday 28 May 2012
Marathon training and stuff
Hi.
Ok, so I started the diet on 21st March, it's now the 28th of may, I'm officially 27 lbs lighter, my next weigh in is not until Wednesday, but I've already lost 2lbs this week. So the first 10 weeks of my diet will lead to a 29 or 30 lbs loss. I'm over the moon with that and it's twice the rate I wanted to loose at and was told that was a lot. So around another 40lbs to go.
Training.
I did it on the first of May I started jogging. I'm 40 fat, and not athletic, well the first time out it killed me. Set my asthma off and I felt awful :-) this was jogging 50 yards walking 200 etc.. To complete a mere 1k. My legs have been aching most of the time since but in a good way.
Last Friday the 25th of May I jogged 3km. On Saturday I hiked 10k through some Derbyshire Hills, Sunday morning I went out for a Jog 4k, and warmed down with a 1k walk. Then in the evening I took the dog out for a 5k walk. So 23k in total over the weekend. I could not have imagined that just a month ago.
To give you some idea of the training plan I'm on in the next five weeks the minimum I need to do beginning with this week is 11, 13, 17, 19, 22. The last of these 1st of July is a 10k jog.
This is the end of my Pre-conditioning phase, then I'm spending until the 5th of August getting faster, allegedly ;). August is spent increasing my distances, for example the week beginning the 20th of August is 41k including a 24k run on a day I'm working so cannot do it until the evening. September is about going at the speed I want to complete the marathon in.
Am I nervous, yes of course it's bloody hard work, my legs feel like jelly at times, but I am loving it. I have bags more energy then before I started, and I feel bloody wonderful.
Just imagine if I load a rucksake with about 14 bags of sugar and carried it on my back I would not be happy, that's how much I've lost.
How have I done this, well it's simple the weightwatchers app and forum, they help me stay on the straight and narrow. But, in truth it's down to me knowing I've let myself down over the last 10-15 years and the least I can do is spend this year looking after myself and changing my life. It's called willpower :-)
Wednesday 2 May 2012
Dieting
6 Weeks in - 21 lbs down. Another 50 or so to go. Oh i'm also training for a marathon.
Well, this was a hard week.
I was 41, in the middle of the week, and I spent 3 days in Scotland celebrating it.
I've not had any alcohol in the first 5 weeks of my diet, and in this my 6th week I somehow only had 1 pint of bitter, and 3 whiskys whilst celebrating my birthday.
I did use all of my weeklies on treats and 1 Activity point. I was in all honesty expecting to gain wait but somehow lost another 2 lbs.
So I have lost 21 lbs in 6 weeks now.
Today I earned 7 Activity points. I jogged / staggered around just under 2km for my first ever attempt at Jogging for 25 or so years. I also walked my dog for an hour.
So today was day 1 of marathon training. I just signed up for one last week as I know that if I don't have a target I just will not be bothered to train. Training just for the sake of it I cannot do. So finding a marathon and signing up meant I have no choice I have to get fitter to do it.
I started at 218 lbs. I am now 197 lbs. Under my bust has shrunk by 10cm, my waist has shrunk by 7.5 cm. The rest has hardly changed I still have huge fat thighs and big flabby upper arms. It's typical i'm fat and flat chested and that's stayed the same, getting flatter by the day, oh well!! Being healthy is better :)
I am still a size 20, but now i'm Size 20 all over at the beginning of this I was 22 in most skirts, 20 in some, and a 22/24 top. But now i'm a 20 all over, and close to being down to an 18 in skirts, which will be a big psychological thing for me.
Regarding my stupidity at signing up to do a marathon. I am running it on the 14th of October for Myasthenia Gravis. I have no idea how I will get round the 26.2 miles, as they seem to stop tracking after 6 hours. So I know that's my maximum time, but I will do it. The fact I have an end target is so encouraging. I have created a training program on asics.co.uk and hope that I can stick to it. It's 3 runs a week of various lengths, i'll try to do some extra training in-between and will just have to go for it. I've even created a just giving website. http://www.justgiving.com/Stephanie-Gelder Closer to the time i'll start hassling everyone in the world to donate :)
So that's this week. Getting skinnier and starting to try and get fit. If from week 1 I lost 1.5 lbs a week I would reach my target in march next year. If I stay where I am which is 12 lbs (8 weeks of 1.5 lbs per week ahead) then I will get to my target on 26th of December. So If I get 3 lbs more ahead then i'll be at target 12th of December. Now of course this doesn't take into account any bad weeks etc.... but hey I am just being optimistic and thinking good.
So i'm feeling good, and starting to get fit. What more can one ask for :)
I was 41, in the middle of the week, and I spent 3 days in Scotland celebrating it.
I've not had any alcohol in the first 5 weeks of my diet, and in this my 6th week I somehow only had 1 pint of bitter, and 3 whiskys whilst celebrating my birthday.
I did use all of my weeklies on treats and 1 Activity point. I was in all honesty expecting to gain wait but somehow lost another 2 lbs.
So I have lost 21 lbs in 6 weeks now.
Today I earned 7 Activity points. I jogged / staggered around just under 2km for my first ever attempt at Jogging for 25 or so years. I also walked my dog for an hour.
So today was day 1 of marathon training. I just signed up for one last week as I know that if I don't have a target I just will not be bothered to train. Training just for the sake of it I cannot do. So finding a marathon and signing up meant I have no choice I have to get fitter to do it.
I started at 218 lbs. I am now 197 lbs. Under my bust has shrunk by 10cm, my waist has shrunk by 7.5 cm. The rest has hardly changed I still have huge fat thighs and big flabby upper arms. It's typical i'm fat and flat chested and that's stayed the same, getting flatter by the day, oh well!! Being healthy is better :)
I am still a size 20, but now i'm Size 20 all over at the beginning of this I was 22 in most skirts, 20 in some, and a 22/24 top. But now i'm a 20 all over, and close to being down to an 18 in skirts, which will be a big psychological thing for me.
Regarding my stupidity at signing up to do a marathon. I am running it on the 14th of October for Myasthenia Gravis. I have no idea how I will get round the 26.2 miles, as they seem to stop tracking after 6 hours. So I know that's my maximum time, but I will do it. The fact I have an end target is so encouraging. I have created a training program on asics.co.uk and hope that I can stick to it. It's 3 runs a week of various lengths, i'll try to do some extra training in-between and will just have to go for it. I've even created a just giving website. http://www.justgiving.com/Stephanie-Gelder Closer to the time i'll start hassling everyone in the world to donate :)
So that's this week. Getting skinnier and starting to try and get fit. If from week 1 I lost 1.5 lbs a week I would reach my target in march next year. If I stay where I am which is 12 lbs (8 weeks of 1.5 lbs per week ahead) then I will get to my target on 26th of December. So If I get 3 lbs more ahead then i'll be at target 12th of December. Now of course this doesn't take into account any bad weeks etc.... but hey I am just being optimistic and thinking good.
So i'm feeling good, and starting to get fit. What more can one ask for :)
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