Thursday, July 5, 2012

Boot Camp Drop Out

Every year around my birthday I take stock of what is going on. Most people make their goals and plans on January 1, but I choose July 2. This year the goal is to be in better health. I have never really cared much since I moved away from St Louis and quit running. I keep thinking "I will run again", but then I get started and fizzle out after less than a week. Now my family is my reason to be healthy. I want to be able to play with Cade as he grows up, and every indication is that he is going to be full of energy and hard to wear out. So I am starting now to try and keep up. I started Boot Camp at the beginning of June thinking that would be a good jumping off point . . . I only gained weight. I gained because I was killing myself in the mornings and so I had it in my head that I could then eat whatever I wanted. So I quit. I watched Run Fatboy, Run on Monday to get my modulation back. I am now running on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So far it has felt really good. The other weekday mornings I do some long stretching sessions and some arms and ab work. For the weekends I'm not sure what I am going to do yet. Maybe it is time to buy a basketball again and challenge Adam to a game.

I guess this is my accountability place. So here is the dirty truth: I weigh 188 pounds today. And every week that number has to go down. My goal is to be back to the weight I was before getting pregnant (170) by November. That is a very doable goal. After that I will set another whenever I hit it. But what is my incentive? What is my treat for making it? Any thoughts?

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 5, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    Think how far you have come since you had Cade. You will do it.

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  2. UnknownJuly 5, 2012 at 2:48 PM

    I feel your pain! I now weigh more than I did when I was 40 weeks with Brogan! I have been struggling these last 8 months! I will be rooting you on!

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  3. UnknownJuly 11, 2012 at 7:53 PM

    How about signing up for a race (and maybe enlisting someone to train and race with you). For me I've found that a monetary commitment and the fear of coming in last keep me motivated. My sister and I used a training program by Hal Higdon, he has them for all race lengths. I printed out the program and hung it on the fridge so I could mark off days as I went along. The program we followed had running days on Tue, Wed, Thur, and Saturday (Mon & Fri were rest days and Sunday cross training).which worked great with work...who feels like running on a Monday?!! He also has great advice like, "don't run so fast you can't carry on a conversation.". My sister and I did our long Saturday runs together and used them to catch up...made the runs much more enjoyable.

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  4. UnknownJuly 11, 2012 at 8:00 PM

    Oh, and the treat for doing it...make all available family members and friends come to your race with signs, cowbells, you name it, then an hour long full body massage to treat those sore muscles and a pedicure/massage for those tired feet after the race.

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  5. UnknownJuly 11, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    Sorry...one last thing if you don't already do it...I've been running with my iPhone (just hold it in my hand so I can look at it easily) and use RunKeeper. It's really helpful to keep track of how far I've run, my pace, and to look back at how I've progressed (or digressed in some cases, whoops). My sister and I are training for another race but she now lives in another city so we post to FB to keep each other accountable...neither one of us wants to be the one to miss a run, especially if the other ran.

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  6. UnknownJuly 11, 2012 at 8:17 PM

    This is really the last thing, read "Born to Run" if you haven't already. It's a little slow to get into but it's worth it. It got me excited about running again and also made me change up my running style which has helped me have fewer injuries.

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