Fan of running shorts!

So I got my first pair of running shorts for Christmas this year and I wore them to the gym today.  I am a HUGE fan!  I want like 20 more.  I will have to invest in some more (as well as new shoes because mine are giving me blisters)

Night at the gym with Eric today.  I was totally not in the mood to go to they gym.  Its like Friday since I'm off tomorrow and I'm not so into workout out on my Fridays.  If I didn't have a date with Eric, I would not have made it to the gym.

Start out on the lovely stairmaster.  15 minutes, level 10 on speed interval (it was fun, let me tell you).  With 6 minutes left, he decided to bump up the level to level 12.  Next, off to the meaty weight room, although it wasn't too crowded with the upcoming holiday.  I did one lap around the track of backwards lunges.  Then we did some arms, legs and abs.  A lap of forward lunges and more legs, arms and abs.  It was a total body workout today!  I finished of the workout with 10 laps around the track, then a rest, then 7 laps in under 5 minutes (17 laps equal 1 mile).

I spent about 5 minutes in the sauna, then called a day and most likely a year.  I don't think I will be going to the gym tomorrow.  Happy New Year!!

Why am I so hungry??

So I feel like I'm hungry a lot lately.  I think my stomach must have grown over the past couple of days and I need to shrink it again.  I can't get enough chocolate.  Its awful!

Treadmill day today at the gym.  2 minute warm up, 33 minute run and a 2 minute cool down.  I did walk for 2 minutes in the middle of the run.  Final stat line: 37 minutes, 3.3 miles and 455 calories.

I also ran into Eric at the gym (who was supposed to be in California) and he harassed me about training, so I will be training with him tomorrow.  Ugh, don't know if I'm up for this torture at the end of the year! Hopefully he'll take it easy on me.  I doubt it though.

Christmas Monday

Ah, back to the grind.  Yesturday, I drug Stephanie to the gym where we did 15 minutes on the arc trainer.  We then did some weights, leg exercises and arms.  It was a good workout for Sunday post Christmas, but not quite the Sunday night normal run.

Today was interval spin with Janet.  Small class, I was one of six people there.  There was one guy who was a bit of a freak that I've never seen before.  He was talking about the 'reading' he does on fitness and he had some questions for the trainers to talk about.  Then I felt like he was staring at me during the class.  Talk about stalker!  Anyways, it was a good spin.  Lots of intervals and lots of climbs.  One of the songs we did a tough interval.  Climb for 45 seconds with a fast pedal speed, then climb for 15 seconds on a normal pace, then repeat. 

Unsure about the workout tomorrow, Steph's last day in town, so it may be an off day.

Ah, the holiday break!

So nice to finally be on holiday break, although not as nice as the college break, its a much needed 4 days off!  No workout yesterday- I felt a little rushed post work and didn't want to be stressed out about having too much to do, so I skipped it.  I did take advantage of the off day and went to the gym early today with all the retired people.  I did a treadmill run, but it didn't go quite as planned.  I started running and was planning on doing a 45 minute run, but after about 25 minutes, the treadmill just shut off.  I had to jump over to the treadmill next to meand finished for another 25 minutes.  I really have no idea what the workout summary was.  I believe I burned about 450 calories, but I'm not really sure about the time or distance.  I couldn't get the summary off the first treadmill because it totally shut down.  Oh well.

Christmas starts today for me, off to my grams.  Merry Christmas!

Kick it up a notch!

So, the day didn't start on too good of a note.  I ended up gaining a pound this week.  Clearly, I can't lose weight when I don't track calories.  My goal for the end of the year is to maintain my current weight and start tracking again as soon as the holidays are over.  The food journal will be back real soon!

Kickboxing today with Janet (with special guest, my sister, Stephanie).  She was really good and I enjoyed it.  Definitely different than spinning, felt a little uncoordinated at the beginning of the class.  It took me a while to get the one move, kick with one leg, punch with the opposite arm.  I think it took me until the last time through to get the move.  Janet would do three different series of moves, then we would put them together for a couple of times through.  Apparently last class she burned 1000 calories.  I find that VERY hard to believe.  She did have weights on her hands, but I wasn't too sweaty afterwards.  Maybe it was just the different workout, but I don't think I burned even close to that many calories.

Tomorrows agenda: Running.  Depending on when I get out of work, it will be a 35 to 60 minute run.  Run hard before the holidays!!!  Only 4 more days :)

5 more days!

It's been a while, I know.  Thursday, no workout, I wrapped presents at the mall, although, no one stopped to get their gifts wrapped.  Apparently I didn't look like I could do a good enough job, so opted to do it themselves.  No weekend workouts either, although I did brave the holiday crowds Saturday and Sunday.  They almost eat you alive, but I made it out! All my presents are wrapped and under the tree!

Office Christmas party at lunchtime today.  Not too bad with the eating, I didn't eat too much, but did eat some cookies :)  I made stuffed mushrooms which were good, at least I thought so.  There was a veggie tray, which always helps!

Spinning day today with Janet.  I was a bit sluggish today, I had to have tea in the afternoon to wake me up! I think since I didn't work out for a little while, I had some pent up energy that released really quickly at the beginning of the class and left me with no energy at the end of the class.  It was a 'race class' today, which meant lots of climbing and hills.

Switching up the workouts this week.  Stephanie is home, so we're doing kickboxing tomorrow night.  Janet is the instructor, so it should be fun!

24/7

Running day today, marathon training continues today.  It was just a short workout today, total ending stat line: 38 minutes, 3.57 miles, 490 calories burned.  I start out with a 2 minute warmup, then ran at a 6.2.  I did walk for 2 minutes in the middle at a 3.5 before ending it with a 6.2 run (the last 10 minutes).  Cool down for 3 minutes.  Good workout, it was the gluteal workout program, so the incline was a 4 for most of the run.  A little more challenging for the shorter time, but a good workout.

Question of the day (at work):  How many underwear do you own? Apparently the average person owns 21 pairs.  I think I may be around that or slightly above.

It was dunder mifflin day at the office again today.  Michael, aka my boss, distracted everyone with trying to figure out all the characters of the 12 days of christmas.  It only went on for like 20 minutes though.  Then it was learn chinese in the afternoon.  Productive day for michael.

24/7: The road to the winter classic starts tonight.  You watching??

Blah Tuesday

Good new today: I lost 1.2 pounds this week.  Good to finally see some down numbers, now seriously, I need to get below 170.  Its been way to long that I've hovered around 170 without going under!

It was a pretty blah day at the gym.  I have bad underwear on, bad shorts for spinning.  The combination gave me a wegie (weggie?) the whole class.  And the room was a frigid 53 degrees when we got in there.  Although I guess this felt warm compared to the -5 outside today.  Spinning was a little rough today.  It was an interval ride with lost of hills and sprints.  She also went long, about an hour class instead of 45 minutes.  I guess she was really into it.  Yoga as a cool down.

Stay warm today!