7.3 miles ~ Still Training

I'm sorry I've neglected posting on this blog. Since I rarely get comments here I've just kind of let this one go. If you are reading, give me a howdy hay!

This summer my hubby and I worked up to running 7.3 miles at a time. We did the long runs on Saturdays and shorter runs throughout the week.

This has been a difficult thing to do but something I desire sooooo badly! We went on two vacations in a row since September and I've fallen off the wagon since then. Not to mention, I've had 2 miscarriages- 1 this summer and 1 this month. I'm working to get healthy again with this running. I found an amazing naturopathic doctor too that I can't wait to start seeing.

Now that winter is moving in quickly here in Colorado, I'm going to still go running, but marathon training will be done at a gym or at home. I got a Gazelle for the days I need to stay home. Time to join the gym again now that I'm not outside running all the time.

More soon!

Training for a Half Marathon

For the past couple of months, the gym workouts regularly were becoming more of a nuisance and less motivating and I knew something needed to change. After dealing with clogged duct issues and mastitis from nursing my little for over a month, I decided that I wanted to get back into running.

I told my husband that it was time, I was no longer going to put it off...I want to run a half marathon. Every Saturday is our long run. I ran 5 miles the first week with him. I struggled here and there. I'd be lying if I didn't say it didn't hurt sometimes while running. When I finished, I felt great! I had never run 5 miles before. It is time to bust through all limitations.

Right now the pain threshold for me is 2 miles. After two miles the endorphins have really kicked in and I'm feeling great!

The next week (last Saturday), I ran 5.6 miles with my husband. I walked into church on Sunday and my sister said I had lost a whole lot of inches. Yay! I'll take that!

Monday, we went running with all 8 kids (Braedon in the stroller)--2.50 miles. Tuesday was Zumba and my shins hurt so bad I barely crawled out of class. I took a rolling mat at the gym and rolled my shins front and back letting it hit all the pressure points. It hurt so bad, but when I finished I was relieved. I used Wed. & Thurs. and recovery days and Friday I walked 1.75 miles with my hubby. Doing all this was perfect because...today I ran 10K's!!! 6.2 miles!!! It was about the same time as last week in how long it took us, but we added half a mile. I've never run this far and I feel great!

Some things I'm doing & learning:

• Take water and water stops, so I plan my route around that.
• Ease into it, don't push myself too hard...I'm going for distance so I have to pace myself.
• The best electrolyte replenisher is coconut water (I like the Naked Coconut water).
• Icing up after a workout will save you on muscle soreness.
• Stretch often, even during a run if you feel tight.
• Wear sunscreen so you don't go to church sunburned every Sunday (like me!)
• Read the book: Marathoning for Mortals

It is so weird finishing a run and wiping my forehead that is saturated with salt.  It's time to replenish! 

More soon, but I had to let you know that I'm still out there working hard!

Me after a 5 mile run

Zuuumba---->

Last week I went to the gym twice. It was not too good of a week for me, but that's okay because this week is on target.

I went to the gym Monday morning. I ran 1.05 miles, biked 3.7 miles, and lifted weights for 45 minutes. Despite it being a smaller workout I went home ravishing. I had a burger for dinner and even chocolate in the afternoon. I woke up Tuesday morning to being a pound slimmer! Woot!

Tuesday night I went to Zumba and burned 750 calories. We are literally jumping around the room; no breaks. I leave drenched in sweat.

Tonight I'm leaving for Zumba again. I may go to spin class afterwards or run, not sure which. I have to leave the house for sanity today. The baby is sick and I've been holding him all day. Sigh.

This Week's Report

The process of creating a new habit has been fun, exciting, and also a bit challenging. It has kind of brought me back to when I was trying to stop biting my nails. It's a nasty habit I know. When I was about 10 I decided to stop biting my nails. I don't recall why I wanted to do this, and I didn't know how. At first, I bit my nails more often than not. But with consistency the desire to bite my nails diminished. I haven't bitten my nails since. Was I perfect the moment I chose to stop biting my nails? No way, but I didn't beat myself up if I did. I just learned a new habit.

This is how my exercise has been. I get my workout in easier if I do it first thing in the morning. I haven't woken up "early" for about 10 years. I really felt like I needed to do this in the last 3-4 weeks. The first week I woke up and worked out 2 times. Those three other days (I'm only working out weekdays) I didn't beat myself up, I just planned to do better the next week. Week 2 I did a little better (3Xs). This past week I did 4 work outs- 3 cardio and 1 weight training. These just happen to be what I love to do. Find what you love and do it. If you hate to run, don't run. If you love to lift weights, then Do IT. It doesn't matter what form of exercise you choose so much as being consistent.

Just remember to be gentle with yourself thought wise when you're beginning a new habit.

From one Hot Mama to Another

Susannah xx

An Intro

Hi all... I'm Susannah. Shiloah talked with me about joining the Hot Mama's team and I said why not.

A year ago a friend of mine invited me to run a marathon with her. I had never been one to run. I thought that people who run for fun MUST be crazy. I would run if there was a purpose (get a child out of the road, soccer need to make a goal right?) You get the idea. In the back of my mind though I always had this dream, this vision to be a runner someday. So I said YES.

So began the training. First mostly walking with a little jogging. Then came more jogging less walking and finally I was running for 3 miles without stopping. That was a huge milestone for me. I made it to 13.65 miles in the training and then I felt like I was sacrificing too much of my family time. (Training in the summer for a marathon= not a great idea for a mom with littlish children) So I decided that it wasn't my time for a marathon. And I stopped running. I've been on and off running/exercising since last Aug. Now I have someone (or maybe many people) to be accountable to as I work on turning this body of mine into a fit and fabulous body. I'll keep track of what I eat and how I work out. I hope someone finds some inspiration to do something for herself. Exercise has been the best gift I have given me. From one hot momma to another

Susannah

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Work It

In honor of my hot hubby, I worked out hard at the gym for his homecoming tonight. I'm so excited. I never like sending him away, but I always love his homecomings!

Today I lifted weights first. I did supported dips and pull-ups, worked the back, shoulders and biceps.

This was followed by 5 minutes on the stair-climber. I have two huge sets of stairs in my house and because I'm not into self-torture I figured five minutes was good enough. I only burned 20 calories anyway....

I followed that up with 7.2 miles on the bike in twenty minutes. The music is going great and I felt great too so I hopped on the treadmill and ran 2.25 miles in 33 mins.

On the way home turning my discouragement in my slow speed into a way to improve it I did a little calculating on the iPhone. I want to get back to my 5K in 36 minutes pace so I'm calculating I need to increase my speed 2 hundredths of a mile a minute. Sound right? So, that means less stopping and more running, baby!

Have a great weekend! I'll write tomorrow after Zumba and honey and I lift some weights in the weightroom.

Zumba Zoo

So, despite recovering from another UTI, I asked my doc if I could go to Zumba still. It was an affirmative. So, I went on Tuesday. Wednesday I had a meeting to go to so I had to miss Zumba again---sniff, sniff.

Thursday, a day of transcribing and writing with lots of deadlines. I felt like my head was going to explode and my legs were hurting from circulation issues. That's a perfect time for Zumba, right? Thursday night my favorite teacher Lana teaches, but at a different gym. I made the trek up there, getting lost along the way. I ended up at the right place, but fifteen minutes late. It was a very different crowd at the gym---kind of rough around the edges, thuggish, big, and slightly mean looking. Okay, maybe that was my perception because I was new at that gym, but it was definitely a rougher crowd.

Sneaking into the room, I hoped to just ease my way into the dancing but was having a hard time getting my bearings. I knew all the moves, but I was still backwards. Finally, I leaned over to the lady next to me and asked which was the front of the room. She showed me that I was in the front. Ooops. Awkward! Once I knew that I jumped right in and had a great time!

After Zumba I hit the weight room and worked my legs and chest.

For the sake of one of my girlfriends who would like to know what kinds of songs are played at the Zumba classes, here are some that I know of:

Prrrum 3:58 by Cosculluela
Fuego 3:40 Kumbia Kings
Bon, Bon 3:36 Pitbull Armando (Deluxe Version)
The Time (Dirty Bit) 5:08 The Black Eyed Peas

It's a Lighter Day: Lost another Pound!

This morning I woke up to a happy scale showing me that I was one pound lighter! Ohhh yeah!

So, today I took it a little easy and did Zumba, weights, and 1.75 miles on the elliptical. It was our Zumba teacher's last day so she video taped us. It was a fun and high energy class. You can't really see me...I'm in the back, but you can catch a glimpse of me here and there.



Now for a current picture. No make-up...sorry. :)

I'm getting closer and closer! 30 more pounds to lose to my goal weight! 32 pounds lost since having baby #8. :)


Today's stats:

Miles: 1.75
Minutes: 118
Calories: 900

Zummmmbaa!

I just love Zumba! I enjoyed tonight's high energy class. 50 minutes of hip shaking! :) I was ten minutes late trying to get my kids in the nursery. Oh well, it still was good. That brings up my burned calorie total to 1275 calories burned. Woot!











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Terrible Spin Class Today

I've been doing Spin since 2009 and I have never had a really bad spin class. I've had one with a teacher who didn't stay on the bike because he was out of shape and out of breath, one who listened to scary death metal music, one that ended 10 minutes early because she ran out of music, but never one this bad.

This was an elderly lady {age 60+ } who I've had once before. That time in spin was my first spin class since having the baby so I was thankful for the ultra light workout. So, today things started out okay, we were just starting to work up a light sweat into the second song when her CD started skipping. Yes, I wrote CD. I only had one other lady who used a CD for her spin class, everyone else uses IPOD's. She hopped off the bike and tried to fix it. She finally skipped to the next song. It worked 3/4 of the way through and again started skipping. She kept apologizing over and over and was very agitated. After no music for several minutes, she kept trying to keep us motivated, but without music it is very difficult to do. The atmosphere was thick with irritation. People were starting to leave.

She sent someone out for the technician to try to fix it. She hopped off the spin bike and led us into 4-5 minutes of speed drills with no music. Finally, the tech gets up and says there is nothing he can do. Someone asked who brought IPODS to class. I raised my hand so did another guy. The teacher said, "No absolutely not. I don't know your music or how fast or slow it is." I told her mine was upbeat and motivating and the other guys said the same. She refused. Another couple of minutes went by with our struggling to motivate ourselves through heavy weighted peddles. A couple more people left.

Finally, another lady speaks up and says, "Let's vote! All in favor of IPODS raise your hand." All hands went up. The teacher finally agreed and told us that she'd use both of our ipods. The other guy took his up. It was heavy and pretty motivating. She just let us do our own thing.

I brought mine up and put on the song I always wanted played in a spin class. Scandalous by Mis-Teeq. She really liked this song and had us do some jumps with it. I always thought it was the perfect song for spin jumps. We had one more of my songs and class was over. Most of the hour was spent in mental torture trying to workout with irritation and no music. Only a quarter of a full class was left.

Why didn't I leave? I'm an optimist and kept hoping it would get better. It really didn't, but I did like listening to my music. :) I was also trying to be supportive and not be rude. So, because I stopped several times: once to get a drink from up front, twice to show her the IPOD, and because it wasn't a super fast class I estimate it was 20 miles instead of 25. I estimate burning 500 calories instead of 600-700.

We followed it up with weights. I worked the legs, chest, and shoulders.

Then I hopped on a new elliptical. It felt a little different so I was moving a little slower. 23 minutes, 1.5 miles, and 200 calories burned.

Total:

Minutes: 118
Miles: 21.5
Calories: 825

I told you....

...I got my mojo back! Go mama!

Lifted weights for 30 minutes.

Worked on abs, bi-s and tri-s, and back today. I also did supported dips and pull-ups. Burned 215 calories.

Speed intervals on the elliptical: 6.1 mi 1 hour 5 minutes.

I had some pumping music and was raring to go! I really enjoyed it and went faster on the elliptical than I have since I've had my baby boy who is 9 months. :) Yay! I burned 700 calories- woot!

Finally, I got on the stair climber.

After the six miles on the elliptical and weight lifting I thought I'd try this. It was boring, difficult and I didn't have the energy to stand around and climb stairs. I did it five minutes and called it good. :) Burned 40 calories.

Total: 6.10 miles, 945 calories, 2 hours

Hope your workouts are going good!  What have you done this week?

Reviewing this Week

One thing I love about going to the gym and shrinking is watching other regulars shrink too. While we're shimmying and shaking our hips in Zumba, the calories are burning and the thighs are burning off! I can count at least five ladies I see regularly that are shrinking fast. One is an older lady. She looks amazing!

I've joined another tracker. I'm at the Daily Mile now. Add me as a friend if you are too!

Okay, so I've had one of the best weeks of exercise than I've had in quite a while. I'm already seeing a difference in my legs and stomach. So, here is what I've done since Monday:

Tuesday: Spin --- miles: 25 calories: 600 min: 60, weights--- calories: 75 min:20
Wednesday: Zumba (was late) calories: 450 min: 45
Thursday: much needed rest
Friday: Ran 2 miles calories: 200 (30 mins? I need to start counting)
Saturday: Zumba (on time plus she went over 10 mins) calories: 500 mins:70 + elliptical: miles: 2.55 calories: 282 min: 30 + weights: calories: 108 mins: 30

Including Monday's workout it breaks down to this:

Miles: 56.55
Mins: 345/ 5 hours 45 mins.
Calories: 2415

Runner's High

 

I just enjoyed an INTENSE, Quick, two mile run and feel AmAzInG :)

There is nothing like pounding the pavement with your feet.  I was getting back to my Latino roots and enjoying Pitbull's music along with my other favorites.  My son was running with me and he's a good little runner who stays right up there with me. 

I repeat again, running is cocaine for the soul.  Man, I love to exercise!  My MOJO is back, baby!  Bring it!

First Three Days

Monday I started the week off right with a really awesome workout at the gym.  5.12 miles on the elliptical with 645 calories burned.  I also did between 40 minutes to an hour of weights burning at least 125 calories.  I felt amazing!  780 calories burned.

Tuesday, I went to spin.  It was a great class!  We followed that with weights.  25 miles with 650 calories burned + 65 calories burned lifting weights.  715 calories burned.

Wednesday I went to Zumba even though I was exhausted.  It was a highly energetic class too.  At least 550-600 calories burned.

Today was my rest day.  Tomorrow is Zumba or running, I haven't decided which yet. :)

Hope your workouts are going great!

P.S. "Belly Dancing Chick" is now coming to class fully covered.  I am quite grateful!

Picture, Excuses and New Motivation

Okay, I understand, no one wants to hear excuses.  There is no excuse for excuse.  Well, sometimes there is.  I've been consistently working out the best I can inspite of and despite life circumstances.

We have been sick off and on in our household for two months which finally landed my baby in the hospital with RSV.  We sat there and gained a few pounds for five days and then they let us go home, but he had to go home on oxygen.  He was on oxygen for a little over a week.  I still hit the gym, but only like twice during the "home" time since someone had to be with him at all times.  Hubby was blessed to stay home and I was able to exercise then.

Since then, life is busy as usual and while I slowed down a little, I didn't stop.  Here is my progress.  I've lost 31 pounds since baby was born in June 2010:

 

But, while I gained a few pounds at the hospital, I also have lot most of it.   Those who follow this blog know I'm an Army wife and I don't know what it is about when hubby leaves I do great at losing weight.  So, my goal is to hit the gym hard for the next month and my workout friend is with me!  Twice a day workouts many of these days.  Wish me luck and I promise to check in.  If I haven't feel free to remind me on the comments! LOL ;)

Caveman At the Gym

Okay, I know you're wondering what Caveman is doing in this post.  Well, I added him because he looks almost exactly like Monkey Man who goes to the gym I frequent.  You think I'm exaggerating?  No.  He even wears brown shorts with tan palm leaves, exactly what Tarzan would have worn to the gym should he had one other than the vines he swung from and the logs he picked up over his head and threw (instead of lifting weights).  ---> insert hoooh, hooh! <----  It is very fun people watching at the gym, it definitely makes it more than routine.

Then on our Zumba nights there is also the Communist Dictator and his son (roughly 12 years old).  They always come with the Dictator's butch wife who is in the army.  (Not saying Army women are butch- but this particular one is.)  The father is short, thick and heavy.  He comes wearing those dark glasses that never seem to be non-tinted even at night:

His mullet his down to his butt.  His son must look up to daddy because his mullet is just as long.  The dad watches over his son while he lifts weights with his hands clasped behind his back, watching with a serious face.  Oh, he has a beard too because you know, mullets and beards go hand in hand.   Wife has a mullet too, only it's short so she can wear her Army beret.

Then, finally, I can't leave out belly dancing chick.  I have to admit I never noticed her when we went into Zumba although I practically tripped on her every time we went into the door of the Zumba room.  You see, she loves to dance right in front of the door for the whole gym, especially all the drooly men in front of the glass door.  She also takes her white t-shirt and tucks it under her bra so she can show off her belly while she dances staring straight at everyone.   After the third time there with my sister (probably the 20th time in general for me), I said something and my sister said she noticed her there trying to get everyone's attention every week.   The next week, the same thing.

The funny part of this story is that this week we walked in the door and .... instead of belly dancing chick it was an old lady completely covered in a turtleneck-long sleeved shirt with pants.  She was smiling and waving at the "usual" audience.  It think it was planned and I am still giggling about it right now.

We also have an old man who comes to Zumba too.  He is awesome!  We miss him when he's gone. :(

Anyway, the rest of February & this month looked like this:

Monday: Run 3.4 miles
Tuesday: Spin 25 miles + weights
Wednesday: Zumba + spin (25 miles)
Thursday: Elliptical 3.2 miles

Saturday:  Zumba + 1 hour weights

Monday: Run 4.6 miles (end of Feb.)
Wednesday: Zumba
Thursday: Elliptical 3.2 miles

This week & have of the last I was sick, sick, sick -fever + congestion sick so I just started feeling better by my birthday on Wednesday.  Now I'm suffering from a UTI & clogged milk duct.

Wednesday: Zumba
Thursday: 15 minutes Elliptical 1.25 miles

Total miles in February 169.25

L-O-N-G Time!!

Well, it has been a little long for this post! Whoopsie!

A ton has happened in the past few months. I lost about 20-ish pounds from August to December, but it leveled off there. In October I was told by a doctor to not exercise since I was hurting myself over and over again. Which is why I leveled off! I was getting pains where my leg met my torso, but more in, like a groin/hip area. Hard to explain! Anyway after ultrasounds and exams, the doctor did not know what the issue was, and assumed I tore a muscle and kept tearing it. So I stopped exercising. In November I had, had enough and the army doc's were no help, so I went to a plastic surgeon. He said he could help me with a Wedge Tummy Tuck and would not know if my muscles would need to be sown together until he was in there. I signed up! I wanted to be back to working out and getting into shape! My surgery was December 27th and all went well. They removed about 4 pounds of skin and fat, and I later found out, there was no need to sew my muscles! They looked great and the skin removal should help since it was pulling on everything. Well, he was right.. after my 6-8 week wait, I slowly started to exercise again, and not once have I felt this pain that I felt before! I am down another 20 pounds, so total is 40 lost, since August.

I have a goal to lose 20 more by my birthday in late June, and be at goal by Christmas time. I still have a LONG way to go, but I am headed in the right direction and that is fantastic!

Thanks for letting me share!

Tales from the Gym

I was sick at the start of the week with a double ear infection and fever. Yuck, it was awful.

By Wednesday I had been lying around for too long and I needed to sweat and get moving. I went to Zumba and Spin that night. I sweat so much and even after a shower and going to bed I sweat all night. I woke up Thursday morning 80% better. The energy was back and I felt a huge difference.

Thursday morning I did some weights and a spin class.  Man, I felt great leaving the gym!

Friday was our "free" day.  My workout friend and I now have my sister joining us- yay!  My husband is enjoying time at the gym with me too.  We had a group! LOL   I enjoyed my husband being the "personal trainer".  We did the dip machine (for my first time) and I also did some assisted pull-ups.  Wowsa that's a workout!  We worked the back, chest, biceps and triceps for weights---45 minutes worth (300 calories).  I did 3.50 miles on the elliptical and burned 400 calories in 45 minutes.

This morning I was up for Zumba!  Love that Zumba!  500 calories burned and we called it a day.  I'm going to enjoy my day off tomorrow and let my sore muscles rest. 

Recap:

Wednesday
Zumba-  Calories: 400 Minutes: 55
Spin- Calories: 700 Minutes: 60 Miles: 25

Thursday
Weights-  Calories: 120 Minutes: 20
Spin- Calories: 700 Minutes: 60 Miles: 25

Friday
Weights- Calories: 300 Minutes: 45
Elliptical-Calories: 400 Minutes: 45 Miles: 3.5

Saturday
Zumba- Calories: 500 Minutes 60

Total for the week:

Calories: 3120
Miles: 53.50
Minutes: 345

I haven't Been Blogging, But I've Been Working the Thighs Off

Hello my lovely blogging friends!

I apologize for the absence of writing!!!  So, what have I been up to?  Well, we moved into a bigger house and just as exciting- I found a workout friend!!  She lives down the street from me.

Here we are after a great workout at our gym: 24 Hour Fitness

So, I've lost a total of 5 pounds and 3 1/2 inches in the last 3 weeks of working out.  In January, I averaged around 200 miles.

This month so far, here are my stats:



Feb. 2- Zumba and Spin:  Total calories burned: 1000  Miles=25
Feb.3 -Spin + weights:  Total calories burned: 750 Miles= 25
Feb.5 -elliptical + weights:  Total calories burned: 200 Miles=1.25
Feb.7 -elliptical, row + weights:  Total calories burned: 485 Miles=2.25
Feb. 8-Spin + weights: Total calories burned 750 Miles=25
(sick for two days)
Feb.11 elliptical + weights:  Total calories burned: 200 Miles=4.25

Calories burned so far this month: 3385
Miles so far this month: 82.75

Go GIRL!

I will be more regular from now on. :)  14 pounds to Pre-Pregnancy weight!