Ok. I am putting it all out there just to have a record. I did some measurements this morning and have found that my waist/hip ratio is 1.04. My height/weight BMI is 31.8.
That puts me in the range of a lot of health risk problems. If that doesn't motivate me to continue, I don't know what will.
My 5k training schedule for this week includes the following:
Monday - Brisk walk for 15 minutes. Jog for 1 minute of each 5 minutes (walk 4 jog 1, walk 4, jog 1, walk 4 jog 1.)
I did it and survived. The dogs went with me down the driveway and back up, back down and back up. They were so confused. I was tired. That gravel is hard to run on.
Tuesday - got up early and went downstairs to work out. Fairly light, but working on increasing intensity.
Wednesday - Brisk walk for 20 minutes. Jog 1 minute for each 5 minutes.
I moved to the hay field for a much easier run. The ground is so dry from lack of rain that it is like pavement, but a softer landing if I trip. I need to mow my path out to get rid of some tall weeds. I did a repetitive sort of figure 8 from one fence line to the other on a flatish area. The dogs gave up on my very quickly though, they went and sat in the yard and watched.
Because Pipestem has some long hills future field work, not too soon, will include going down the slope along the driveway and across the bottom and then up the slope to the top at the other end.
Thursday is off - I will be walking though, just not hard or running.
Friday is Brisk walk for 30 minutes with same 1 jog for 5 minute theme.
Saturday is weights again
Sunday is off again - we are going to the Flea Market in Hillsville, so I will be walking easy.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Shopping
I am tired of shopping in the women’s section. Nothing really fits right. It is all made for short women with big butts. I am 5’11” and have a smallish butt with a big middle so I am screwed when it comes to buying clothes in most regular department stores. I end up buying men’s pants to get the smaller hips and women’s tops that don’t fit right. I am going to start shopping in the Misses section or not at all!
See more progress on: Shop in the Misses section instead of the Women's section in the department store.
Friday, August 24, 2007
8 Weeks and Counting
I have been walking off and on for several years. I started back in 2002. Mostly to get out of the office without hanging around the smokers on break. I walked all over the small town that I work in, even the dogs got used to me after a while. It is a safe way to excercise and I lost about 20 pounds over the months that I was diligent about it. I walked a couple of 5K races and felt good even though it took me about 45 minutes each time. 15 minute mile, not speedwalking, but not crawling either.
Through all the walking and noticable weight loss I never really changed my diet. I cut out some things and considered cutting portion sizes, but other than eating from the cabbage soup diet (don't laugh it is cheap on calories and filling) for lunch every day for a year (cheap on the pocket too), not much else changed. So when I changed contracts and found myself busier I made excuses to not walk so much and the weight started coming back.
This picture is me in 2005 at the Pipestem State Park 5K/10K Pumpkin Run wearing the 2004 t-shirt. I think the trophy is for 3rd place in my age group, there were probably 3 of us racing. I am pretty heavy in the picture, about 245 I think. I hadn't really trained much for the race that year. I agreed to walk it when a friend wanted to give it a try for the first time. We finished, but I felt bad after that one.
That leads me to my next goal, which is to run the 2007 5K Pumpkin Run. Yes I said run. Now my disclaimer is that just because I sign up to run doesn't mean I have to run the whole thing, but I do want to aim for a 10 minute mile. I have an 8 week training plan prepared, actually I found it in a book, but it is perfect. A nice mix of walking with a little running, some off days, some weight training, and then a little less walking and more running.
I will be posting my weekly plan and progress. Hopefully there is some. Hopefully there is a much better picture to post at the end of the 8 weeks. I am shopping for a heart rate monitor to keep an eye on me while I excercise so I will be reviewing that when I get it too.
Through all the walking and noticable weight loss I never really changed my diet. I cut out some things and considered cutting portion sizes, but other than eating from the cabbage soup diet (don't laugh it is cheap on calories and filling) for lunch every day for a year (cheap on the pocket too), not much else changed. So when I changed contracts and found myself busier I made excuses to not walk so much and the weight started coming back.This picture is me in 2005 at the Pipestem State Park 5K/10K Pumpkin Run wearing the 2004 t-shirt. I think the trophy is for 3rd place in my age group, there were probably 3 of us racing. I am pretty heavy in the picture, about 245 I think. I hadn't really trained much for the race that year. I agreed to walk it when a friend wanted to give it a try for the first time. We finished, but I felt bad after that one.
That leads me to my next goal, which is to run the 2007 5K Pumpkin Run. Yes I said run. Now my disclaimer is that just because I sign up to run doesn't mean I have to run the whole thing, but I do want to aim for a 10 minute mile. I have an 8 week training plan prepared, actually I found it in a book, but it is perfect. A nice mix of walking with a little running, some off days, some weight training, and then a little less walking and more running.
I will be posting my weekly plan and progress. Hopefully there is some. Hopefully there is a much better picture to post at the end of the 8 weeks. I am shopping for a heart rate monitor to keep an eye on me while I excercise so I will be reviewing that when I get it too.
The Beginning
What a non-creative, uninspired title for the first entry on a blog that is supposed to keep me moving!
Well, at least the Blog title itself is okay. Progress. Funny, the first definition of Progress that comes up in Wikipedia is "Evolutionary Progress". Well, that fits. This will be me evolving into another view of the person that I am. I can see me - but not when I look in the mirror below my neck. I have plans that will bring the person I see back out where I should be. Not exactly, but very close to who I was back when the Air Force told me I was over weight. I have video to prove they were wrong.
I started working on my weight several years ago, but have been more off than on the band wagon since then. Now I have decided enough is enough.
Several weeks ago (16th of July 2007 to be exact) I read an article about a place in Ohio that had banded together to use the number of miles to Baghdad as their goal for number of miles walked. I forget how many they calculated, but I found a website that told me Baghdad is 6,432 miles from my home. So I got the idea to count the number of steps in my office building. There are 60 steps. Then I split that up and found out it would take me 107.2 trips on those steps to hit 6,432, I only counted the Up steps.
The first week I managed 17 laps on the stairs.
The second week = 26
The third week = 41
The fourth week = 63
The fifth week = 80
The sixth and final week = 107.2
Results after the stair climbing adventure, I dropped a few pounds down to (oooh should I really post that? why not ok, here goes) 228 by my home scale and am wearing my size 38s again. Ok, that sounds really bad. I should add that I am 5 foot 11 inches tall! No excuse, but better than being short and better than wearing the 40s for sure!
Next week I start a new adventure with a new goal. I need to go hit some more of those stairs before the day is done - Stay tuned.
Well, at least the Blog title itself is okay. Progress. Funny, the first definition of Progress that comes up in Wikipedia is "Evolutionary Progress". Well, that fits. This will be me evolving into another view of the person that I am. I can see me - but not when I look in the mirror below my neck. I have plans that will bring the person I see back out where I should be. Not exactly, but very close to who I was back when the Air Force told me I was over weight. I have video to prove they were wrong.
I started working on my weight several years ago, but have been more off than on the band wagon since then. Now I have decided enough is enough.
Several weeks ago (16th of July 2007 to be exact) I read an article about a place in Ohio that had banded together to use the number of miles to Baghdad as their goal for number of miles walked. I forget how many they calculated, but I found a website that told me Baghdad is 6,432 miles from my home. So I got the idea to count the number of steps in my office building. There are 60 steps. Then I split that up and found out it would take me 107.2 trips on those steps to hit 6,432, I only counted the Up steps.
The first week I managed 17 laps on the stairs.
The second week = 26
The third week = 41
The fourth week = 63
The fifth week = 80
The sixth and final week = 107.2
Results after the stair climbing adventure, I dropped a few pounds down to (oooh should I really post that? why not ok, here goes) 228 by my home scale and am wearing my size 38s again. Ok, that sounds really bad. I should add that I am 5 foot 11 inches tall! No excuse, but better than being short and better than wearing the 40s for sure!
Next week I start a new adventure with a new goal. I need to go hit some more of those stairs before the day is done - Stay tuned.
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