Day 13...Drained

This has been several days of feeling tired. I am not sure what the reason is behind it. Maybe not eating enough. Maybe emotional. This is my first Mother's day without my Mom and that maybe draining me emotionally and leading to feeling tired. I am trying to figure out how to up the cals and nutrition and continue to eat clean. Typically what happens when I cut out junk is my cals go too low for my workouts, but I don't feel hungry so i don't want to eat...if I eat junk I feel crappy and gain weight...got to figure out this aspect of what I am doing!

Workout today was a 3 mile run in about 28 minutes...I was suppose to long run today, but saw a festival going on and thought my youngest would love this, so I turned around and went back home to get her and take her to play! I can long run tomorrow as I take some time to think about my Mom and deal with my emotions...

Nutrition wise

Breakfast: blueberry oatmeal, banana and dark chocolate almond milk

Lunch: Veggie omlette, made with 1 egg and 1 egg white, mushrooms, onion, brocoli and tomato, one slice all natural wheat berry bread.. (This one actually turned out like an omlette :) )

Dinner: Sweet potato, mushrooms and sirloin steak

I have been studying today for my personal trainer certification...my brain is spinning right now....biomechanics...and all that goes with it!

Day 12....Life Interrupted!

Today has been one of those days where life happened and plans had to change. It was a non run day to start with and the plan was to get in a good chest and back workout, and some light cardio...

Friday mornings are always grocery shopping and bill paying, so I got up and got that done, thinking I would hit the gym on the way to pick up my step son. Then I got a call from my oldest son and his fiance. They were coming up to spend the afternoon with me for Mother's Day...I don't get to see them often so I couldn't see pulling myself away to hit the gym. It will be there tomorrow. I decided to just make it a complete rest day. I am still feeling tired today and thought maybe it would help me recoup and be ready for a good weight workout when I get back to the gym.

Nutrition has been okay today, although I have been wanting sugar like crazy! I actually made sugar cookies for my oldest son, who ate a few, but the girls ate one and went for the watermelon instead! That was awesome to see them choose the real treat!

Breakfast: Cheerios, almond milk and banana

Lunch....chicken breast, grapes and veggie straws

Dinner....chicken, sweet potato fries, watermelom

I haven't drank as much water today, about a half gallon, maybe because I am not working out...not sure...but I can tell I am more thirsty at this point in the day than usual...

Planning a loooong run in the morning!

Day 11...A Rough Day

Today has been a hard day for me. I woke up feeling tired and drained. I am not sick....just not myself today. I really wanted to skip the workout and crawl back in bed. I didn't want good clean food, I wanted comfort food! This was one of those days that I had to say "Whatever it takes!" I really waited until the afternoon to workout because I was trying to figure out if it was my body tired from training or if it was more an emotional tired as I have been dealing with some crisis stuff this week...By the afternoon I was ready to hit the gym. I did keep my run short today (3 mile in 30 min!) and I did a leg workout:

Squats (weight increase)
lunges (weight increase)
Standing calves (Weight increase)
Leg press (weight increase)
Seated Calve press

Incline crunches
Crossover crunches
hanging abs
rv. crunches

The weight increasing so quickly on my legs is because I am slowly adding weight to see where I need to be with the weights. I don't want my legs sore and stressed going into my half, so I know what I am doing is low for me, but it is safe until after the half....

I felt better after working out...still tired...I think I really need to work on the nutrition side of things....I knwo the calories are low, that is going to have to change, just got to figure out how to get enough and still eat clean..

Nutrition:

Breakfast: cheerios, almond milk and banana

Lunch: 1 egg plus 1 egg white, 1 slice all natural wheat berry toast

Dinner: Baked chicken breast, green beans, apple and walnut brown rice stuffing.

1 + gallon lemon water...

That is it for today! I am going to bed now and hope it is warmer in there than here in my kitchen/office~

Day 10....Whatever it takes

A person I am blessed to call a FB friend posted a blog recently entitled "Whatever It Takes". I read that blog and really thought about just what I want and what I am willing to do to get where I want to be. I took it as a challenge to be committed to doing whatever it takes to get where you want to be, realizing that is different for each of us. For me what ever it takes has become my motto when I want to cut a run short, go light at the gym or have that piece of cheesecake or diet coke....I am going to do whatever it takes to get where I want to be fitness wise. That means getting up and running early and hitting the gym daily. It means eating clean and saying no to some of my favs along the way...but for now that is what it takes and that is what I will do!

Now on to the day....I ran 5 miles this morning in 58 mins and walked another 3 this afternoon in 42 min...the walk wasn't planned, but a call I needed to take and be able to talk alone led to a long walk!

Weights was bicepts and tricepts today....
Bicepts: pulley curls, incline curls, bicept curls (all weights went up!)
Tricpts: Tricept press, dips, tricept extensions

I did 10 minutes of streaching at the end.

I love seeing that I am getting stronger as the weights get easier!

Nutrition wise (sorry no photos of meals....phone didn't save them!)

Breakfast....blueberry oatmeal, banana, coffee

Lunch...left over chicken and stirfry with brown rice

Dinner...eggwhite omlette...3 egg whites, mushrooms, brocoli, onion, tomato and feta

Snacks...Whole wheat crackers with all natural peanutbutter

1 Gallon of lemon water!

A picture of my beautiful daughter getting in on the whatever it takes mentality on her first trail ride!

Day 9...tried something new

Today was interesting...messing with my schedule a little to figure out what is going to work workout wise for me. I got up and went running this morning, then went to the gym to lift this afternoon...I was working legs today...squats...went up 10lbs!, lunges, leg press, leg curls...up 5lbs, calve press, standing clave raises, incline crunches, hanging abs, side crunches, reverse crunches...then I went out on the trails on the mountain bike for a 6 mile ride....

Nutrition wise...

Cheerios, ALmond Milk, Banana

Lunch...2 boiled egg whites, 1 homemade bran muffin and a banana

Snack...peanutbutter crackers before workout...whole wheat crackers with all natural peanutbutter

Dinner....chicken stirfry (brocoli, snow peas, carrots, red peppers, mushrooms and onion) over brown rice..

I drank over a gallon of lemon water today :)

Trail riding was new for me...not sure if I like it or not, but I will give it a try again...like mixing it up a little and it was fun being out there!

Day 8...loving it!

Today has been good! I hit the trails for a run and got 4.64 miles in 43 min...that is a 9.33 pace...Amazing for the day after a long run!! It was a hard run because I forgot my headphones and had no music to push me through...had to self talk!

Weights...I did chest, back and shoulders today...

Chest..bench press, dumbell flyes, dumbell press and pec deck...
Back...seated rows, dumbell rows and lat pulls
Shoulders...military press, shoulder press and dumbell press

It was amazing to relize I am stronger than I thought! My shoulders are weak due to an injury, but today I was able to increase the weight and still complete 3 sets of 12! That felt awesome! I am realizing I really like lifting now that I have gotten over my fear of the free weights...I don't like the machines!

Food wise...sorry still no pics, my phone is still messed up and won't send pics!

Breakfast...all natrual wheat berry toast with all natural peanutbutter and coffee

Lunch....an omlette made with one whole egg + 2 egg whites, mushrooms, spinach,onions,tomatoes and feta...not pretty to look at as my omlettes always turn into a scrambled mess, but it was sooooo good!

Dinner...We made a veggie mix today for veggie sandwiches...it consist of brocoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, cucumber, green pepper and onion all chopped up in the food processer and then mixed with yogurt cheese... I had some of this with whole wheat crackers for dinner....

Snack was a banana and dark chocolate almond milk before my workout...

1+ gallon of lemon water

Another exciting part of my workout was seeing my daughter on the new mountain bike hitting the trails! It is awesome to see the whole family finding something they like to do to get out and get moving! My youngest rode her bike up and down the driveway for 45 minutes today! She says she can't wait to get big and be able to hit the trails like sissy!

It is amazing how much we are watched even when we don't think they are looking!

Days 6-7...Been a crazy weekend

Sorry for no post Saturday...it was insane around here. I got up with the best of intentions to get my day going early and get my long run in...I got sidetracked big time!! I went to a thrift store down the road from me to look for some summer tops and found a nice mountain bike. My daughter and I have both been wanting on so I decided to get it. This meant a trip to the bank and back. Got it, went to put air in the tires and blew the front tire...it was dry rotted. Went to buy new tires, and got them and training wheels for my youngest ones bike. Back home, then to a friends to get the tires and training wheels put on...a simple thing turned complicated and took most of my day! The bike is awesome though and I am sure we will enjoy it! Decided to mow the grass. Now we have over an acre of land that has to be push mowed. That was almost 3 hours of mowing grass!! Needless to say I never made it to the long run...Mowing grass was my workout!

Nutrition wise for this crazy day...not bad choices, just no where near enough food...:(

Breakfast: all natural peanutbutter on all natural wheat berry toast and almond milk. (I just found this bread and all the ingredients are undestandable, whole grain and soooo good!

no lunch

Dinner: squash, mushrooms and butternut squash with a little bit of pork rib. I was very carful to pull out the lean meat and trash the fat! This was a delicous dinner, sorry no pic!

Sunday...Day 7

Got up this morning at 6am to go for a long run! I am not a morning person so this was flippin amazing! I ran 11.56 miles in 2 hours and 2 min! It was so awsome watching the sun come up while I ran. At one point I had to stop and just enjoy the beauty in front of me! God is an amazing artist! That was my workout today!

Breakfast...before run....Cheerios, almond milk

Snack...after run....banana and dark chocolate almond milk

Lunch...chicken, mushrooms, squash, and sweet potatoes! YUMMY!

Dinner...this will probably be a salad...

Snack...watermelon

Both days I have gotten my gallon of water in....

On a different note...my non fitness hubby discovered the joys of hiking this weekend and rock climbing. He had the opportunity during a layover this weekend to hike and rock climb in the Utah Mountains! He thought it was awesome and now can't wait to come home and go hiking with me! I tell you God answers prayers and gives us the desires of our hearts when we seek Him!!

I don't have pics for meals because my hubby bombarded my phone with pics of his hike and blocked up my phone...I can't send or recieve texts right now and that is how I do my pics...