A Few Days

Bruno *says* I'm doing well teaching him about swimming.  I'm a little skeptical.  We're kind of putting the whole awkward floating thing on the back burner for now and working on his kick, instead.  Being the slacker I am (I was busy, but I should have made time for it), I did not do the Week 2-Day 2 run today.  I'll have to make sure I do it tomorrow, even if it's after work.

There isn't a new post in Recipes this week, but I well be adding some minor wedding stuff once I'm done with this post, so go check out Wedding Spot.


Annnnnnd, since this is more to hold me responsible for completing my food log, here's the last couple days--though I'm sure it's completely uninteresting to you.

BTW I was sweating like super crazy after I did the Week 2 Day 1 run.  It's only an extra half-minute of running for each of the four cycles of  run+walk, but I was crazy overheated.  I was breathing fine and didn't feel like it was too hard, but I caught my reflection  (WHY MUST THERE BE MIRRORS EVERYWHERE IN THE GYM? I'M GETTING A WEIRD HABIT OF STARING MYSELF DOWN WHILE I RUN) and let's just say "hot mess" would not have been an understatement.

On the other hand, I also did that run after work (19:30ish) and so the gym was packed.  They guy doing some sort of actual interval workout on the treadmill next to me didn't have headphones and kept looking around.  And, I'm assuming because I looked like a winded walrus, he kept checking my screen to see what I was doing and seemed very proud of me every time I did the sprint section...he would do this half-nod of approval before pretending not to be looking at me again.  It was actually very encouraging.  Anyways:


MONDAY

 

 


TUESDAY

 


WEDNESDAY

 


And, before you even say it....I didn't eat breakfast today (Wednesday), because it was my day off and so I didn't have to get up until it was time for my 11:30 class, so I had brunch-ish kind of timed lunch.  Simmer down.  That's also why a turkey burger is listed as a "snack" lol.

Swimming, Swimming, in a Swimming Pool

Bruno went with me to 24Hour Fitness with a seven day pass to try out the pool.  And we discovered--he's terrible at floating!  So strange!  So we're going to have to figure out how to teach him to float better---his hips keep sinking, and I can't quite figure out how to explain "hips up!"

We swam around for about 45 minutes, so that was nice.   I made two things tonight, so make sure you check out Recipes!

I'm not really sure what to do about the food log...I'm using the "My FitnessPal" app, but there are some things I can't find or I'm not sure the name of so I have to substitute...especially since we had dim sum today.  There are a couple things more I'm sure I should have added--I'm positive I don't have a whole meal's worth of calories leftover today--but I have no idea what would even be similar enough to use as the log.  I suppose I'll just have to be careful to find workarounds from now on...

 

Whoopsies!

I did not go to the gym today, which put me a bit over-budget in my food-tracking journal.  I suppose one bad day per week isn't too terrible.  Bruno said he'd go to the gym with me tomorrow--try out a seven day pass and maybe check out the pool (he is going to try that mini triathlon, remember?)--and that should be fun.  When Monday comes around, it would seem I'll be able to get on a proper track with my C25K app.  It looks as though the app has three workouts runs a week, and my early morning class is T/R, so running will fit perfectly on a MWF basis.  And because we went out to dinner--a super tiny place off Lawrence called Tasty Pizza--I will (promise!!) post something up in the recipe area for you on Sunday.

 

Stay on track...sort of!

Since I had more time, I did the actual day two workout for C25K.  It was okay, but pretty embarrassing how winded I was getting for running at a pace two minutes slower than the mile pace I used to run in high school.  I didn't cook anything today, since Dragon came over to watch Game of Thrones with us.  Meaning it was pizza night.  So my food log probably isn't right for dinner, but whatever...I tried to get as close as possible.  I'll try making something on Saturday or Sunday to post up in the recipe section for you.

 

Quick Post

Before I head off to the gym, here's a link to the mini-triathlon Bruno and some of his coworkers will be doing:

The Silicon Valley Sprint Triathlon!

Day One! And Kebabs!

Soooo, today I woke up at my normal time thinking I would have time to do the "Week 1, Day 2" run from my Couch to 5K app, but I completely underestimated what items I would need to gather before leaving and ended up having to just jog for a while on the treadmill.  Bruno is planning to do a mini triathlon in April, so I figured it will be a good goal to work towards.  I probably won't be able to get off work for it, but I'll try going to the gym to complete the same stuff using the treadmills, cycle machines, and swim laps.

In the mean time, and I'm sure it's completely uninteresting to you, here's my food log for the day.  I'll do a separate post with recipes for anything I cook after each daily entry, so be sure to check the "Recipes" section in the sidebar ;)

First Post!

Hey everyone!

This is more for me--to hold myself accountable--but you're welcome to follow along while I work on getting healthy.

You all know by now that we've gotten engaged, so I feel like it's really time to buckle down and get serious about getting fit and eating better.

This year, Target started out the year with an organization and getting fit theme in its seasonal section, so that's been a nice little boon by itself.  I've bought a bunch of large sized healthy snacks--like Special K bars and plain popcorn--to keep at work to help keep from  munching.  Our work is notoriously food fixated and prone to an excessive amount of snacking--candies, baked goods, McDonalds runs, you name it!  Add to that the fact that my school schedule puts my meals all out of whack and it's easy to see how my food intake gets really weird.

So instead I have a good supply of granola bars and such things in the car and at work.  I'm starting my Couch to 5K app this week (I'm on day 2, haha!) and will try to start incorporating what I learned at my personal training sessions next week.

Mostly I'll be doing easy posts about working out and tracking my food, but I'll be sure to post up recipes when I cook anything!

If you're curious about recipes in general, I'll link you to my old blog where I used to post up recipes.  You can find that here.  I'll also link it in the sidebar.

Wish me luck! <3