Back to bootcamp this morning after a big weekend of kareoke, mudcake and dinner out. Bad Hannah, Bad! I didnt do the run at West end again - infact, I didn't do any exercise this weekend - decided that I should stay in and work on my thesis which is now nearing completion, thank the gods. I hate sitting infront of my computer at the best of times, but even more so when the sky is blue, the sun is shining and it looks like perfect beach weather!
On friday I had the ultimate healthy eating challenge - did a photoshoot inside a lolly factory... the whole place smelt beautiful, like pineapples and chocolate. I was quite good though and refused most of the free handouts that were sent my way. Fascinating to see how they make stuff though!
For some reason I can't beat my bloody assault course time... can't get lower than 6.41, and today I did bloody 6.47. I'm annoyed at myself because I was slack this weekend. I'm catching myself making mental excuses for myself - wondering if this is just as fit as I get, blah, blah, blah... but I know it's absolute rubbish. I have a tendency to compare my times to the men's too, which never helps. Of course most of them are going to be faster. I went all out on the sprint today and passed a few people... that seems to be where I can pick up some time. I just have to be careful not to wear myself out before the final leg.
Tomorrow I'll go absolutely full tilt, hell for leather and see if that makes any difference.
After the assault course, we had weights which was really intense. One of the trainers wound our trainer up and told her that we'd said she was too soft (which she definitely isnt!) and consequently, she worked us into the ground today!
This afternoon I'm going for a swim, might try squeeze in a run before then... running group is back on this week and I'll also go to kickbox tomorrow night.
Monday, January 31, 2005
Friday, January 28, 2005
I just can't wait for saturdayyyyyy !
Oh, I can't wait for the weekend! I'm looking forward to my sleep in tomorrow morning *grins* Am going up to see some friends on the coast tomorrow and so shall be having a late tomorrow. There's a 5km on at West End that I'd really like to go to, but it starts at 6am so I don't know if I'll make it... I'm going to try.
Reading their calendar, they seem to have the runs divided into novices and not-novices.... last time I missed the start of the novices and ran with the normal 5km'ers (okay, well, make that vastly behind the normal runners! *laughs*) but it occurs to me that perhaps I shouldnt be running in the normal 5km, incase I get in people's way or something. Is there a difference between novice and not novice? Or can anyone run in either?
Mnnn.
Bootcamp was good - the sun is shining again which is nice. Tried stuffing shoes with newspaper, seemed to help a bit. They smell awful though! Bleurgh!
Reading their calendar, they seem to have the runs divided into novices and not-novices.... last time I missed the start of the novices and ran with the normal 5km'ers (okay, well, make that vastly behind the normal runners! *laughs*) but it occurs to me that perhaps I shouldnt be running in the normal 5km, incase I get in people's way or something. Is there a difference between novice and not novice? Or can anyone run in either?
Mnnn.
Bootcamp was good - the sun is shining again which is nice. Tried stuffing shoes with newspaper, seemed to help a bit. They smell awful though! Bleurgh!
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Hips!
This morning my alarm went off at 5am and I crawled out of bed to get ready for bootcamp. As I walked past the mirror, bugger me if I havent suddenly sprouted the beginnings of hips! As someone who is pretty much straight up and down, with less boobs than Ryan off 'The Biggest Loser', I can't express how excited I was to see some sort of undulation occurring between my armpits and thighs!
So I think bootcamp is definitely starting to have an effect, which is lovely, because yesterday, as I was crawling through mud, bark chips and being bitten by bull ants in the pouring rain at 5am, I did find myself wanting to cry, hug the ground and go back to bed. But hurrah, today I feel like a new woman, spurred on by my new found hipfullness.
I went to bed really early last night which I think helped with this mornings effort - we did a team challenge which was basically a lot of sprinting up hills, collecting weights and running back with them. We did about five heats and my team won four of them *weg* I can feel myself getting fitter and fitter, the others have started to comment on the fact I'm getting more tone and I'm getting faster at running. Bargain!
I have to say, I'm killing my new shoes... At times I'm up to my shins in wet grass, mud and stagnant water - I ruined the last pair (although they were cross trainers) by doing similar things to them. I went scouting through CR for some hints on how to stop your shoes smelling awful and drying them out - so shall stuff them with newspaper and some bicarbonate of soda and see if that helps matters.
My new fascination in life is currently counting kjs. Having already lost 50kgs (pity the poor bugger who finds it!) I've never counted calories - but I'll do it if it means I can finally shift these last, three kilograms. I'm actually really interested in nutrition - I sort of want to know how it all works. This is what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast:
Diet Strawberry Yoghurt 333kj
one large banana 545kj
Lunch:
Subway Classic Club Salad (with dressing) 1512kj
Snack:
Handful of Cashews 1500kj
Dinner:
Lean Cuisine Fish fillet 505kj
Large Leafy Green Salad w tomato, cucumber 700kj
Small Diet Icecream 505kj
Totals:
Breakfast 878KJ
Lunch 1512kj
Snack 1500kj
Dinner 1710kj
Daily Total 5600kj
Apparently, for me to lose weight, I'm suppose to consume no more than 6500 calories a day, so I'm actually under my daily limit quite substantially - whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, with the amount of exercise I do, I'm not sure. Generally, I don't go hungry and I try not to eat unless I feel hungry. I think perhaps I should get rid of the cashew nuts and replace with fruit, but I love them!
So I think bootcamp is definitely starting to have an effect, which is lovely, because yesterday, as I was crawling through mud, bark chips and being bitten by bull ants in the pouring rain at 5am, I did find myself wanting to cry, hug the ground and go back to bed. But hurrah, today I feel like a new woman, spurred on by my new found hipfullness.
I went to bed really early last night which I think helped with this mornings effort - we did a team challenge which was basically a lot of sprinting up hills, collecting weights and running back with them. We did about five heats and my team won four of them *weg* I can feel myself getting fitter and fitter, the others have started to comment on the fact I'm getting more tone and I'm getting faster at running. Bargain!
I have to say, I'm killing my new shoes... At times I'm up to my shins in wet grass, mud and stagnant water - I ruined the last pair (although they were cross trainers) by doing similar things to them. I went scouting through CR for some hints on how to stop your shoes smelling awful and drying them out - so shall stuff them with newspaper and some bicarbonate of soda and see if that helps matters.
My new fascination in life is currently counting kjs. Having already lost 50kgs (pity the poor bugger who finds it!) I've never counted calories - but I'll do it if it means I can finally shift these last, three kilograms. I'm actually really interested in nutrition - I sort of want to know how it all works. This is what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast:
Diet Strawberry Yoghurt 333kj
one large banana 545kj
Lunch:
Subway Classic Club Salad (with dressing) 1512kj
Snack:
Handful of Cashews 1500kj
Dinner:
Lean Cuisine Fish fillet 505kj
Large Leafy Green Salad w tomato, cucumber 700kj
Small Diet Icecream 505kj
Totals:
Breakfast 878KJ
Lunch 1512kj
Snack 1500kj
Dinner 1710kj
Daily Total 5600kj
Apparently, for me to lose weight, I'm suppose to consume no more than 6500 calories a day, so I'm actually under my daily limit quite substantially - whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, with the amount of exercise I do, I'm not sure. Generally, I don't go hungry and I try not to eat unless I feel hungry. I think perhaps I should get rid of the cashew nuts and replace with fruit, but I love them!
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
8.44 Assault Course (with 10kg Backpack)
I think my frantic training is affecting my monthly cycle *rolls eyes* sometimes I hate being female. Not much I can do about that I guess, but still a pain in the bum (quite literally!)
Bootcamp was okay this morning. Felt quite smug being there on a public holiday, when the rest of the gym carpark was deserted. We kept seeing very drunk people staggering home, quite amusing to watch. I did the assault course this morning in 8.44 (first wave) but I did have a 10kg backpack strapped to me. Awful, awful thing. Contemplating running with a weighted backpack at home too. Can definitely feel how much quicker you are when you take it off.
After the assault course, we did another cardio circuit. My knees are almost bleeding from doing army crawl over bark chips. I'm quite looking forward to finishing the bootcamp - running when you're really tired to begin with isnt much fun, although I'm sure it does wonders for stamina. I find myself daydreaming about running sans bootcamp fatigue, bouncing effortlessly down the street (ha, well, a girl can dream!) As soon as this is all over I'm going to start seriously recording my times and distances.
Running group isnt on tonight, being a public holiday and all :( Shall have to make the effort to go for a walk anyway :)
Bootcamp was okay this morning. Felt quite smug being there on a public holiday, when the rest of the gym carpark was deserted. We kept seeing very drunk people staggering home, quite amusing to watch. I did the assault course this morning in 8.44 (first wave) but I did have a 10kg backpack strapped to me. Awful, awful thing. Contemplating running with a weighted backpack at home too. Can definitely feel how much quicker you are when you take it off.
After the assault course, we did another cardio circuit. My knees are almost bleeding from doing army crawl over bark chips. I'm quite looking forward to finishing the bootcamp - running when you're really tired to begin with isnt much fun, although I'm sure it does wonders for stamina. I find myself daydreaming about running sans bootcamp fatigue, bouncing effortlessly down the street (ha, well, a girl can dream!) As soon as this is all over I'm going to start seriously recording my times and distances.
Running group isnt on tonight, being a public holiday and all :( Shall have to make the effort to go for a walk anyway :)
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
6.41 (again)
I had a bit of a rough day yesterday, all in all. Was really tired from the weekend, but mostly caused by PMT. My ovaries actually physically cramp when I exercise at the moment. Quite a bizarre sensation really and not very nice! Consequently, I buggered my diet slightly by eating naughty things but meh, got to have a little bit of junk now and then or I'd go insane. 0.4kg heavier again today as a result, but live and learn!
I've realised that I've been recording my assault course times wrong because they send us out in four waves, twenty seconds apart. Sometimes I'm in wave one, sometimes wave four. So when I've been saying I've been doing 7.41, I'm actually doing 6.41. So to correct my times, yesterday (being buggered) I got 6.43 and then today back down to 6.41 (which is the same as the assault course before that). It's an improvement on yesterday, but I really would like to get to at least 6.30 this week. We shall see!
At the end of all this, I'll post the summary of my results - which'll be a clearer indication of how I went.
After the assault course, we did a cardio circuit which was an absolute killer. Again, I find everyone leaves me for dead on the sprints, but after two sets when they start to slow a little, I can push through and fly by them. My fitness just doesnt seem to kick in until I get my second wind or something.
Didnt swim today, opted for a bit of a rest - because of bootcamp, I havent been doing as many dedicated runs as I'd like (although I'm running a lot during the bootcamps!) so I'd like to try and get out for a nice long run/walk this evening. Nothing insane, just a gentle effort.
I've realised that I've been recording my assault course times wrong because they send us out in four waves, twenty seconds apart. Sometimes I'm in wave one, sometimes wave four. So when I've been saying I've been doing 7.41, I'm actually doing 6.41. So to correct my times, yesterday (being buggered) I got 6.43 and then today back down to 6.41 (which is the same as the assault course before that). It's an improvement on yesterday, but I really would like to get to at least 6.30 this week. We shall see!
At the end of all this, I'll post the summary of my results - which'll be a clearer indication of how I went.
After the assault course, we did a cardio circuit which was an absolute killer. Again, I find everyone leaves me for dead on the sprints, but after two sets when they start to slow a little, I can push through and fly by them. My fitness just doesnt seem to kick in until I get my second wind or something.
Didnt swim today, opted for a bit of a rest - because of bootcamp, I havent been doing as many dedicated runs as I'd like (although I'm running a lot during the bootcamps!) so I'd like to try and get out for a nice long run/walk this evening. Nothing insane, just a gentle effort.
Monday, January 24, 2005
The weekend
Friday
Bootcamp 6-7am
300m swim
Saturday
Personal Training (60 kgs dead lift!!!)
Sunday
Rest Day (light hiking)
Meditation (1 hour)
Monday
Bootcamp 6-7am
300m swim
Saturday
Personal Training (60 kgs dead lift!!!)
Sunday
Rest Day (light hiking)
Meditation (1 hour)
Monday
Bootcamp 6-7am (Long Slow Distance with 10kg backpack, hill sprints and assault course: 6.44)
I'm really sore today from PT on saturday. My trainer decided to do heavier weights with less reps because apparently, that makes you less sore than many reps of a lighter weight and he didnt want to cripple me for bootcamp - but having said that, I deadlifted a new PB of 60kgs, and consequently, the muscles up either side of my spine are really tender.
I think that's why I actually took 3 seconds longer on the course this morning - that and the fact I had quite a big weekend and am pretty tired. Will get lots of sleep tonight and try to be full of beans for tomorrow!
Will try and get out for a long walk/run tonight at some point, or go and do BodyBalance, but may opt for lots of sleep instead. The good news is that I'm almost 2kgs lighter after starting Bootcamp! I did cave and have some caramel popcorn at the movies on saturday, but managed not to put any weight on.
Friday, January 21, 2005
No More Dodgy Ebloggy!
Hurrah! Have managed to set up a blogspot blog on my old PC and can now access it from my Mac. Which means I don't have to use dodgy old ebloggy anymore which constantly crashed.
Trying to remember what I've done this week as a sort of summation - can't be bothered trying to move posts from the last blog. This week I've done bootcamp every day, followed by a swim. I'm slowly increasing the swimming distances bit by bit. When I swim without having done prior exercise, I can usually knock 2k on the head easily, but because I'm already a bit tired when I hit the water, I'm currently doing 500m.
I'm no where near as sore as I thought I would be from the amount of exercise I'm doing - the only parts of me that hurt are my upper abdominals (chin ups are to blame I think) and the tops of my thighs, under my hip bones. I was delighted to notice last night that I'm actually getting muscles in my legs that werent there before! I keep poking them to see if they're real!
Loving the running group. Loving it. Have coerced a few of the bootcamp people to come along on the next run too. I just can't stop smiling afterwards... it makes me feel so happy :)
Also managed to knock ten seconds off my assault course time - down to 7.41. It's the long sprint at the end that's the killer - but I'm getting there. The first time I did it (a few months back) I had to walk the second half of it. Have also decided that I'm never running in normal cross trainers again - I did it on the first day of bootcamp and it make me realise just how good my running shoes are at what they do - so much more comfortable and much less impact.
Tomorrow, I've got weights with my personal trainer which is bound to cripple me for monday. But I'm going to take Clairie's advice and make sunday my rest day. Extra nice because I'll get to spend it relaxing with my current flame who is coming around to raid the mango tree in my back yard :)
Trying to remember what I've done this week as a sort of summation - can't be bothered trying to move posts from the last blog. This week I've done bootcamp every day, followed by a swim. I'm slowly increasing the swimming distances bit by bit. When I swim without having done prior exercise, I can usually knock 2k on the head easily, but because I'm already a bit tired when I hit the water, I'm currently doing 500m.
I'm no where near as sore as I thought I would be from the amount of exercise I'm doing - the only parts of me that hurt are my upper abdominals (chin ups are to blame I think) and the tops of my thighs, under my hip bones. I was delighted to notice last night that I'm actually getting muscles in my legs that werent there before! I keep poking them to see if they're real!
Loving the running group. Loving it. Have coerced a few of the bootcamp people to come along on the next run too. I just can't stop smiling afterwards... it makes me feel so happy :)
Also managed to knock ten seconds off my assault course time - down to 7.41. It's the long sprint at the end that's the killer - but I'm getting there. The first time I did it (a few months back) I had to walk the second half of it. Have also decided that I'm never running in normal cross trainers again - I did it on the first day of bootcamp and it make me realise just how good my running shoes are at what they do - so much more comfortable and much less impact.
Tomorrow, I've got weights with my personal trainer which is bound to cripple me for monday. But I'm going to take Clairie's advice and make sunday my rest day. Extra nice because I'll get to spend it relaxing with my current flame who is coming around to raid the mango tree in my back yard :)
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