Tight Ass and C25K - W6D3

Well, as the title says, I have a tight ass today...the muscles at least. There's still some omnipresent jiggle, of course. I did a weight lifting session last night (Stage 1, workout B of New Rules of Weightlifting for Women - NROWL4W). I did deadlifts, dumbbell shoulder presses, lat pulldowns, lunges and crunches. The lunges are what got me, hence the tight ass. I didn't think they would be as hard as they were. I should know better.

I'm attempting C25K W6D3 tonight...25 minutes with no walking intervals. We'll see how it goes. I'm worried about it but I've come to realize that running is just as much mental as it is physical. My body says "Hell yea!" to running long intervals but my brain says, "stop this torture!" I wish I had something to occupy my brain more while running. I'm a scientist so I'm always thinking about random stuff and I wish there was a way I could run and do Sudoku puzzles at the same time. That would be ideal. Oh no, wait...ideal would be to not run but still get in shape...that would be ideal. I need my brain to be focused on something challenging other than running. My brain is confident about solving puzzles but not about running.

Still trying to get food back on track. I need to be better about this like right now. Like right now, seriously...now...

I've started eating hard-boiled eggs for more protein since I am not a fan of meat. I need to throw in some fish (barf!) too. If only fish didn't smell like a dumpster...then I'd eat it with no problem. Chicken is good but fish is better. I do fancy tofu a great deal and have become quite proficient at jazzing it up.

Mmmm...I want some chocolate milk...wait! NO! AH! Ok, I gotta go drink some water...

Sick Leave

Just as the title says, it's been a rough few days. I've been sick since Thursday (1/21) and in that time I've only been to the gym twice and also managed to scarf down more comfort food in those few days than I have in the past month. WTF?

I'm feeling better though. I did Week 6 Day 2 of the Couch to 5K last night and it was hard. I should have pushed myself to go to the gym. The more days I take off in between runs, the harder they are. I don't really see that with weights though. Unless I stop lifting weights for a few weeks or few months, I don't really notice a huge difference like I do with running (thank God!).

I also need to be more disciplined with my diet. It's so easy to be lazy and eat whatever I want. I should know this after since I've been doing it for way too long. I read weight loss blogs a lot and I realize that I will slip-up and eat bad stuff sometimes but I just need to do that less often. Thankfully, my fiance is a health-food nut and our pantry is chock full of healthy stuff. Minus the Newman's Own Hint-O-Mint cookies! Ah! These are sooo good! Maybe I'll throw one in my protein smoothie tonight...just one would be ok, right?

Need to drink more water also...been slacking on that too much lately too. Sigh...geez...stupid rhinoviruses make me fall into a rut...blah.

Wacky Weekends

For some ungodly reason, the weekends screw me up royally. I stay up until 2 or 3, sleep in until 12 or 1 and rarely make it to the gym. Plus, I eat junk...albeit it's all-natural, chemical and preservative-free junk, but it's still junk and empty calories. I love my fiance to death but he's a bad influence. We stay up late watching movies and talking because of our lack of time spent together during the week. It's just not a good situation on the weekends, when it comes to my fitness and diet at least.

I ate out twice this weekend, more than I have in the past 2 months. WTF? I was also allergic to the gym and decided to spend my time watching a Little People Big World marathon today, among other things. I did attempt Week 5, Day 3 of the Couch to 5k but failed miserably, so we just won't go into that...

I'm glad to have the time off (especially this weekend...a 3 day-er!) but I was just so unmotivated and that seems to be a trend on the weekends. I need to work on this, fo shiz. I didn't get anything constructive accomplished this weekend. I wanted to finish The New Rules of Lifting for Women, but I'm only about halfway through and I haven't gotten to the workout plans yet...something I wanted to start this week.

There is a chance of a new job on the horizon...a job that will suck up more time than my current one so I might have to face working out in the mornings. Something I have always wanted to do but have not been successful with thus far. We'll see though.

Happy Fitness everyone!

Introductions are in order

Hello fellow losers (of weight, that is) and fitness fanatic wannabes. My name is Jules and I'm on a journey to lose weight and probably some insecurities along the way also. I tower over toddlers, standing just a hair above 5 feet tall and I weigh an astonishing 180.8lbs. My, oh my, it hurts just typing it, let alone seeing it on the scale!

2010 will be my year. I do not want to wear a size 14 anymore and I want to feel comfortable in my own skin. I never thought I'd let myself get to this point, but alas, I have and now it's up to me to do something about it. I am (or more accurrately, was) a three sport varsity athlete in high school. I started playing sports when I was old enough to run around. I always had kind of a stocky build and used it to my advantage. My legs are powerful and I was once told that I was built like a "brick shit-house." Thank you, Grandpa. Now, thanks to college (see laziness, beer, pizza and ice cream) I'm more like a wobbly tree-house with a LOT of fluffy insulation.

I don't really have a goal weight in mind. Right now, my big goal is to lose inches, body fat, gain muscle and cardiovascular stamina. I'm currently on Week 5 of the Couch to 5K running plan and I am set to finish in 4 short weeks. I also just picked up a copy of Lou Schuler's book; The New Weightlifting Rules for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess. I plan on starting this soon and will post more about it once I read through it. I've already been doing some weight training, thanks to my wonderful and built fiance.

So, there you have it, my very first blog post. I'm sure I'll have thousands lining up to "watch" my epic transformation from lazy-ass to fit-ass (but still keeping intact my smart-ass).