Taking the stairs to success!!

ijustwannabefit said:
My personal inventory:
Age- 31-40
Gender- female
Weight- 51+ lbs over my ideal weight
General health- currently healthy
Injuries- currently injury free
Activity level- some form of continuous aerobic activity 1-3 days/week
Past activity level- I have been regularly active for a few months
Training goal- I would like to finish a half marathon
How many days per week can you commit to training- 3 running and 2 cross training
How much time can you commit- 6-8 hours/week
Top 3 factors of motivation- have a goal, follow a plan, be healthy/loose weight
Top 3 challenges- myself, family, myself.
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Looks like I am my own biggest obstacle. I will need to create some strategies around that.
For the training side of things I have a plan that runs from now until next year that includes my two 10K races and my 1/2 marathon. Let's do this!
 
Feeling the chest back and hams today. Ouch! Not too sore just enough to know that they are there.

Today's workout:
Walk 40 minutes @ 3 mph 3 pickups @ 4 mph for 30 sec each.

Muscles feel better now that they have some increased blood flow to them.

I am making a motivation board to inspire me to workout, eat healthy and remind me of my goals.
 
Weight loss is going to be a byproduct of my healthy lifestyle changes. I would like to be a healthy weight and for me that is 145lbs. I don't have a goal time frame for my weightloss. I am sticking to behavioural goals as I have more controls over my behaviours than I do over the scale.
 
Today's workout:
Warm up, run one minute at 4 mph walk four minutes at 3 mph repeat six times. Cool down and stretch.

Felt too easy, but this is an easy day in the cycle. If the next couple feel too easy I will talk with a trainer to see if I should modify my program.
 
I just thought that I would pop over and meet you since we are going to be on the same team on the challenge.

We are going to do so well in this challenge it is silly. I can see that you are a former fitness instructor getting nicely back into her groove and getting some very nice weight loss going.

I can see our team getting maximum exercise points at this rate (which always helps)...

Take care
Margaret
 
Nice to meet you Margaret! I will have to head on over and check out the details of the challenge. We are going to rock it!

Today's workout:
Walk 50 minutes-awesome!
 
Today's workout:
Rest. Was a good day to rest. I was a little sore from the walk yesterday. We did it outside, fully suited up for the snow and cold and there were lots of little hills.
 
Don't worry too much, mate. Every now and then things go a little wrong, it's how you handle it that matters.
 
You are correct mrxian - and it was delish! Today my nutrition was right on track, I had no desire for food not in my plan today. I will have to plan more food days like that!

Today's workout:
Warm up 5 min, run 2 min - walk 4 min repeat 9 times and cool down 5 minutes.
Was a little sore in the left knee today on the runs. Could have been from whacking it on the wall last night when playing with the kids. This was a hard run (and long). Over one hour with the warm up and cool down, went over 5k. Stretched out really well tonight. I need to remember to do the IT band so that it doesn't cause me problems later.
 
Yesterday's workout:
Supposed to do my weight training DVD, but life happened and I had to work a 14 hour shift. Compromised and did body weight squats, lunges, modified dead lifts, light curls, push-ups and office dips. Not the workout I wanted but at least I did something. :)
 
Thanks Quercus! I figured it was better to do something than nothing.

Today's workout:
Walk with pickups. Did 3.33 miles in 58 minutes. First mile @ 16:07 second mile @ 17:01. Not too bad.
 
Pick ups are when you pick up the pace for a 30 second burst.

Today's workout:
45 minute aqua fitness class. Cardio and resistance combined, warm up, cool down and stretch. Lots of fun. Good music!
 
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