I went over 100 Miles!!!

I am woman. Hear me ROOOOAAARRR~!

I pushed myself to the limit this month!

I went 125.99 MILES in the month of JUNE!!!!!

This mileage is from biking, running, walking, and the elliptical.

Never if my life would I have thought I could do this and I did!!!

You can do anything you put your mind to! I carried and gave birth to 7 kids and can still do this-you can too!!!

July, here I come!!!!!!!!!!!

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Ran 3 Miles Today

I've been running a 1.5 miles in the community I live in. I mapped out another route in my mind last night to run today and happily it was 3 miles! I now know how to make it four miles for Thursday's run.

Some notes on running today:

1) Tuesday isn't a great day for running in the neighborhood as it is trash day and I get to smell everyone's trash. Yuck!

2) The new route has some new construction still. Not my favorite part- running by all the sweaty, dirty gross guys yelling "Slow down, honey!"

3) I have my water break mapped out...that is helpful!

4) The hills are huge and challenging, but I will win!

5) 85 degrees with a slight breeze feels nice normally, but when running - it may as well be the Mojave Desert! Next time, I'll wear shorts not black pants.

6) The breeze made me smell my own funky sweat. Ewwww


Stats:

Running: Miles: 3 Calories: 350 Minutes: 45

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Monday was Tough

Gym Stats:

Elliptical: Miles-1.00 Calories-112 Minutes-14
Bicycle: Miles-3.96 Calories-151 Minutes-20
Treadmill: (walking) Miles-.75 Calories-58 Minutes-15

Rough start today. Tomorrow will be much better- I'm going running and getting my hair done!

Totals:

Miles: 5.71
Calories- 320
Minutes-49

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Friday

Would have been a hard workout had I not still felt sick. Ugh.

Elliptical: Miles-3.53 Calories-404 Minutes-35
Bike: Miles-4.00 Calories-153 Minutes-20
Weights: Calories-33 Minutes-10

Totals:

Miles- 7.53
Calories- 590
Minutes-65

Thanks to Juneathon I have workout so much this month and pushed myself more than I have yet!!! I have gone over 117 miles this month alone with the elliptical, walking, biking and running! Yay me!

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Good Running Song

Love Pink!

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Dang it!

I ran 1.5 miles and half way through I ran into the community center to get some water and felt so nauseated that I ran to the bathroom to gain control. I smelled poop and lost it. Mostly dry heaves, thank goodness. *Pull your crap together, Shi*

I planned to go another 1.5 miles but I still feel like puking so I better not. DANG IT!

Stats:

Ran (mostly hills)- Miles: 1.5 Calories-180 Minutes-15

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8 days

I have eight days that I can get a work out in before the hubby makes it home! I'm holding steady at 152. I just want to lose those two lbs that are haunting me. So I'm dedicated to stick to a strict calorie count ( which I've been slack on over the last few weeks) and doing at least an hour of some type of work out each day. I am worthy of this and will do all that is in my power to reach my goal!

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
~ Thomas Jefferson

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I'm a naughty girl

But you know- it's a good naughty, even if I feel a smidget of guilt.

I have a person from my past who hurt my feelings long ago. Words were shared about how fat I was... in a nut shell. Time moved on and I came across this person recently.

He-she-it is fat. He-she-it is very fat. He-she-it is fatter than me.

And I danced a 10 minute jog when I found out.

My husband, who loves me, and wants me to be nice, just rolled his eyes and walked away. But I know (and he confessed when I was done dancing) he was a little tickled for me.

MY MOJO IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*and I promise to be nice, and to never share this event again. Except to myself, except in my diary, except to my mirror when I giggle uncontrollably.

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Tuesday

Today's Stats:

Elliptical: Miles-2.50 Calories-280 Minutes-20
Bike: Miles-6.80 Calories-283 Minutes-35
Arc Trainer: Miles-.94 Calories-346 Minutes-30

Miles- 10.24
Calories- 909
Minutes-85

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Today!

This weekend I did little by way of exercise. I had wisdom teeth issues so migraines ruled for the time being.

Today was great! Even though I did not get a lot of good sleep, I woke up with my attitude changed and put my workout clothes on right away.

Wii Fit 30 mins- 127 calories
Treadmill 20 minutes- 121 calories
I was wearing my step counter all day and reached 5795 steps- 2.7 miles- 154 calories

Total for today-402 calories

I was watching an episode of a weight loss show, cannot remember what the name is... but the lady on it wanted to lose about 100 pounds, which is a little more than I want to lose, but around there would be fine. I will have to burn at least 959 calories a day, so I need to really focus on that. My first goal is to lose 30 pounds by christmas. I am being realistic this time around.

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Monday

Done with wimpy workouts. That's all I have to say.

Sunday- didn't forget about Juneathon so I did 20 crunches. I won't bother counting those calories burned. Moving on....

Today's Stats:

Treadmill: Miles-1.52 Calories-117 Minutes-29(walking)

Arc Trainer: Miles-1.05 Calories-265 Minutes-30

Elliptical: Miles-8.50 Calories-987 Minutes-71

Weights & Push ups: Calories-132 Minutes-20 (triceps, seated row, shoulders, 35 push ups)

Totals:

Miles-11.07
Calories-1501
Minutes-150

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Saturday

Despite being in a sick household and not feeling so hot myself, I pushed myself today and ran to the gym in 100 degree weather. I knew it was pretty warm, but thank goodness I didn't know HOW hot. I didn't know how far it was until later, but it was very hilly. At the gym I did some cardio and felt to sick to continue to we went home.

Today's stats

Ran: Miles-.70 Calories-70 Minutes-10?
Elliptical: Miles-2.19 Calories-250 Minutes-20
Treadmill walk: Miles-.98 Calories-68 Minutes-20 (I was gabbing the whole time LOL)

Totals:

Miles- 3.87
Calories- 388
Minutes- 50

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Earbuds

This is how i feel at the gym because I don't wear the white little earbuds they fall out of my ears in the middle of a run. So I stick to something that looks like these:

Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

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Tuesday through Thursday

Sorry ladies, its been a busy and tough week for me. Here are my stats:

Tuesday

Bike: Miles- 6.18 Calories: 239 Minutes: 30
Weights: Calories-32 Minutes-5


Wednesday- recovering from being up with sick kids and trying to avoid a nervous breakdown. Technically I did nothing. I didn't do so well as far as Juneathon is concerned, but I've been trying. :)

Thursday- today

Elliptical: Miles-3.18 Calories-420 Minutes-30
Bike: Miles-3.93 Calories-147 Minutes-20
Run/Treadmill: Miles-.50 Calories-50 Minutes-5
Weights: Calories-130 Minutes-20
(stomach, individual curls, bicep curls, traps)

Total for today:

Miles: 7.61
Calories: 747
Minutes: 75

Totals for all days:

Miles: 13.79
Calories: 1018
Minutes: 110

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Friday through Monday

I was still focused on Juneathon!

Friday- a busy day filled with a birthday party, pool party and traveling. I did tread water for 20 minutes and did some leisure swimming for 1 1/2 hours. The swimming totaled to the calories burned score. After our trip (I packed my running gear) I ran 1.14 miles.


Swimming: Calories-811 Minutes-110
Run: Miles-1.14 Calories-114 Minutes-15

Totals:

Miles: 1.14
Calories: 925
Minutes: 125


Saturday I spent recovering from this week. Juneathon is kicking my butt! LOL I did 20 crunches and called it good.

Crunches: Calories-19 Minutes-5 (Feel the burn, baby! ROFL)

Sunday was my daughter's baptism and church and cooking for a crowd, so I count that as my exercise.

Catering, entertaining (at baptism) and cleaning up: Calories-189 Minutes: 150


Monday (today)

Burned it up at the gym. I did level nine on the elliptical for an hour for the FIRST Time! I didn't know if I'd make it, but I did! Today's stats:

Elliptical: Miles-6.00 Calories-789 Minutes-61
Arc Trainer: Miles-.36 Calories-86 Minutes-11
Weights: Calories-66 Minutes-10 (then I started talking and quit working out. LOL)

Total:

Miles: 6.36
Calories: 941
Minutes: 82



Total for the last four days:


Miles: 7.50
Calories: 2074
Minutes: 362

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Where does the time go?

Summer break is here, and it's my time to really post. I told myself I would do it once a week during the school year- but really, when you have 175 kids all claiming to "really need you to..." what can you do?! But I love my job & I love those kids. Toss in the family, doctor appts, putting in a 30x30 garden, the death of a student that really shook me up, and everything else-- the last 2 months of school were busy, busy, busy.

But, I am back and will be posting MUCH more regularly!!

May 3rd I did a 12K in Spokane: Bloomsday. It was my 1st race ever. I'd done 10K's around Texas with my mom when Nathan was an infant, but nothing since. Tomorrow I am doing a 5K race here in my hometown.

My family and I are having a biggest loser contest- 5 of us- and the pot is almost 200$ and I'm gonna win it. Just so you know!

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Lower Your Expectations?

"When you treat weight loss as a problem with a bundle of calories, you’re going to get stuck. Because the calories you eat are tied to the human person holding the fork. It is the motivations of the human person that drives every successful weight loss effort. Plus, every failure."

"When you treat weight loss as a problem with a bundle of calories, you’re going to get stuck. Because the calories you eat are tied to the human person holding your fork. It is your strong motivation that will drive your successful weight loss effort."

Found a great article on losing weight: Rule # 12: Lower Your Expectations

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Wii Fit Thursday

Got a Wii for my hubby for Father's Day, but I also got myself a wii fit program. It was very nice, and a lot of fun. 30 minutes went by really fast.

wii fit 30 minutes- 105 calories
Treadmill 27 minutes- 130 calories

Total calories- 235

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Wednesday and Thursday

Still doing the Juneathon! Thank goodness for that or I might not have gone to the gym today. It's been a super busy week for me and I'm kind of tired.

Wednesday's stats: Went to the gym early, pool afterward and had way too many calories at a Brazilian lunch.

Arc Trainer: Miles-1.04 Calories-418 Minutes-50
Elliptical: Miles-1.34 Calories-174 Minutes-20


Today I was a little tired so I hopped on the bike and then did weights which I've neglected a lot this week.

Stats:

Bike: Miles-10 Calories-384 Minutes-50
Weights: Calories-197 Minutes-30

Totals for today:

Miles-10
Calories- 581
Minutes-80


Totals for both days:
Miles: 12.38

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Wednesday the 10th

I finally found my treadmill key, and so I was on that thing again today!

45 minutes- 300 calories

The last few days, I have done alternate forms of exercise:

Monday-
1 hour- 437 calories
30 minutes- 75 calories

Tuesday-
1 hour- 437 calories

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Checking in

Hi Ladies

Its been a long time since I've checked in with y'all. Anyway a recap: I started at 165 (167) lbs. Today I weighed in at 152. My goal is 140. I've been walking the kids to school, and skipping the junk food. Stress also seems to help... unfortunately. Anyway, wanted to check in!

Rachel

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Tuesday I'm in Shock

Shocking my body is my goal so I can get past this plateau and kick it in the butt. I went up to level 8 on the elliptical for 45 minutes + arm blaster which took me to level 22. BUTT Kicker!! Or should I say BUTT BURNER? Speaking of butts, I strained mine during today's workout, luckily I have a chiropractor who puts me back together when I finish tearing it up at the gym. :)

Today's stats:

Elliptical: Miles- 4.60 Calories-562 Minutes- 45
Treadmill: Miles-.87 Calories-71 Minutes-15
(I was kind to my shins today so it was just a walk.)
Arc Trainer: Miles-.46 Calories-120 Minutes-15
Weights: Calories-97 Minutes-15
(triceps push down, triceps machine, shoulders)


Totals:

Miles: 5.93
Calories: 850
Minutes: 90

For those who wonder where I get the calories burned, I used the stats on the machines (except the bikes- they are not accurate) and www.caloriesperhour.com

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Taking the challange!

I'm all in for the Juneathon! I've set a goal for 8 lbs this month. With this challange I'll have no choice but to burn off every calorie possible! Here are my stats since the first:
1st ~ 45 min bike, and 1 mile running (8min 5 secs) and p90x yoga (90 minutes)
2nd ~ 30 min elliptical, 40 min weights, and p90x legs &back, ab ripper X (75min)
3rd ~ 45 min bike, Kempo X
4th ~ 1hr elliptical, X stretch
5th ~ 30 min elliptical, 25 min treadmill
6th ~ 1hr 15min doing laps and running stairs at the track.
7th ~ did the standing calf raise 3 sets of 15
8th ~ 30 min running, 25 min bike, 45 min elliptical.
9th ~ 30 min elliptical, 45 min bike, 25 min weights
10 ~ 45 elliptical, 30 bike, 30 at the pool chasing kids in the water (that counts right?)
11th ~ 20 min elliptical, 20 jogging
12th ~ Just ran around getting things put together for my baby's 1st birthday
13th ~ I slacked, had a graduation party for my sister
14th ~ 1hr on elliptical
15th ~ 30 min treadmill, 30 min bike, 1 hr elliptical
16th ~ 30 min elliptical, 30 min weight training, 2 hours walking around the mall shopping (that totally counts!)
17th ~ 35 min bike, 22 min treadmill, 35 min weight training.
18th ~ I stripped down wallpaper, sanded, spackled, sanded again, whipped down the walls, painted, then caulked around my bathroom sink. Oh and removed a mirror and medicine cabinet. No real exercise today. But that was a lot of work!
19th ~ 30 min elliptical. Did the exercise of the day, crunches, scissors, bicycle exercise, vertical leg crunch, and reverse crunch
20th~ walked
21st ~ walked
22nd ~ 1hr elliptical
23rd ~ 45 min of the plyometrics DVD (kids started going crazy on me so I couldln't finish it). 30 min bike (8 miles) ran 8.5 min (1 mile) did weights then ran another mile in 8 minutes!
24th ~ nothing.
25th ~ 30 min bike, 30 elliptical

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Monday Pushing Past the Plateau

I think the muscle memory kicked in a little so I did things different today and pushed myself a little harder. I will update this post throughout the day as I am now adding the 10 minute workout bursts at random times of the day. That helped me push through the last plateau.

Gym Stats:

Arc Trainer: Miles-1.00 Calories-168 Minutes-21
Circuit Training: (With 1 mile run total) Calories-173 Minutes-20
Treadmill/run: Miles: 1.60 Calories- 190 Minutes-20
Bike: Miles-3.63 Calories-154 Minutes-15


Totals:

Miles: 7.23
Calories: 685
Minutes: 76

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Saturday I was Late, but I Did It!

Thank goodness I committed to do the Juneathon or I wouldn't have done as good this week. Today I was slow at getting my workout accomplished, but I did it late this evening after taking care of everything on my list for the day.

Note to self: "Quit working out on a full stomach!!!"

My husband and decided to go to the gym for the last hour it was open tonight. We shared the gym with two guys who were workout buddies. One was quite a noisy dude. He was lifting heavy weights while loudly yelping and huffing and puffing. It was really quite distracting. If I can hear him over the TV AND my personal ipod concert of the Gin Blossoms singing "Hey Jealousy"...point being those guys were pretty loud. All I could do was shake my head and laugh to myself. Poor guy, if you have to scream, you're pushing yourself too much.

Stats:

Elliptical (Level 7 w/ arm blaster)- Miles: 3.28 Calories: 397 Minutes: 30
Bike (Level 7- Kalorie KILLER)- Miles: 3.38 Calories: 138 Minutes: 15

Totals:

Miles: 6.66
Calories: 535
Minutes: 45

I'm so excited that June is already yielding some great mileage! Just this week I've gone 36.24 MILES! *Doing a happy dance*

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Friday

Enjoying the Juneathon today!

Bike: Miles-5.78 Calories: 213 Minutes-30
Elliptical: Miles-3.88 Calories: 468 Minutes-40
Weights: Calories-55 Minutes-15

Totals:

Miles: 11.16
Calories: 897
Minutes: 130

***Edited later in the evening***

Went on a family walk in the neighborhood and tracked it at:

Miles: 1.5 Calories: 161 Minutes 45

Changed the total above...

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Thursday

Today was a down day with my sunburn and healing shins. Ben and I walked this evening one mile while we talked. It was rainy and we found lots of frogs. It was too fun to be exercise. :)

Walking: 1 mile, calories 86 Minutes ?

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Wednesday is HOT

as in over 90 degrees...Whew!

I went to the gym....

Elliptical: Miles- 7.18 Calories: 813 Minutes: 65

Later went running with a friend outside in 85 degree weather- it was great while running, when I stopped my sunburn from the pool today really hurt.

Walk/run: Miles-2.28 Calories: 228 Minutes-40

I want to join this - check it out girls- can you do it with me?
Juneathon

Totals:

Miles: 9.46
Calories: 1041
Minutes: 105

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Tuesday Strong

I had energy galore! Lost 1/2 a pound last night...YAY! Worked out hard today- it was fun!

Walking on Treadmill: Miles-.56 Calories-41 Minutes-10
Arc Trainer: Miles-1.49 Calories-379 Minutes-40
Elliptical: Miles-4.08 Calories-470 Minutes-36
Weights: Calories- 98 Minutes-15

Totals:

Miles- 6.13
Calories- 988
Minutes- 101

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55 days left

My husband is due to return in roughly fifty five days! To date I've dropped 35 pounds, I have 15 more to reach the goal I set for myself when he deployed in January. So my stratigy is to push myself to the max. Today I biked for 45 minutes, ran a mile in 8 minutes, then did 90 minutes of yoga. Whew am I exhausted! But it will be well worth it to see the suprise in his face when he comes off that plane.

"The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire." ~ Ferdinand Foch

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Run This Evening

I probably shouldn't have put off the running till this evening when it got dark on me, but life happens. I was up most of the previous night with a toddler who was sick. My 6 year old ran two laps with me and I ran the third by myself while the kids watched Wally in the truck- it was too dark for them to be out by then.

Running the track: Miles: 1.83 Calories: 183 Minutes: 20

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Thursday and Friday

I did workout Thursday and Friday, but I was slacking in writing the stats. Here they are:

Thursday:

Arc Trainer: Miles: .91 Calories: 186 Minutes: 20
Circuit Training: Miles: .25 (in between weights) Calories: 219 Minutes: 25


Friday:

Elliptical: Miles: 3.49 Calories: 420 Minutes: 33

Totals for Both Days:

Miles: 4.65
Calories: 825
Minutes: 78

Once I recuperate from the long night with a puking toddler, I am going to the gym.

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