Weighing In Sickly But Motivated
Sorry I haven’t been posting as much lately, I should be back in action here soon. I’m almost finished with this cold I’ve had all week with a cough, sore throut, and runny nose. It’s been hard enough with the cold, the new job, and two sick kids (and now wife) to get my workouts in, let alone my blog posts … but my workout have been on schedule and I’m eating pretty well.
The weekend wasn’t perfect but we did really well overall considering it was a lazy holiday weekend. We had two meal out when we ate bad but other than that we ate really well and even managed to barbecue a bunch of food on Monday. Are we as perfect as I’d like, no, but we’re doing the best we can while still pushing to be healthy.
Enough banter, now on with this weeks weight-in:
Previous Weight — 288.4 lbs
Current Weight — 285.8 lbs
Change In Weight — -2.6 lbs
After being up last week I’ll take this loss and run with it. Like I said, being sick it’s been hard to workout but I’ve still managed to get something in, maybe not as long as I’d like, but still a workout. No, I’m not crazy and working out with a fever, that part is gone and I didn’t work out then … I slept. This is the aftermath of the sneezing and coughing collateral damage. Nothing a little motivation and determination can’t cure!
Running Update
As you might remember, my wife and I are training for a 5.7 mile race in October. To get us on a plan and an organized schedule we started using a couch to 10k application on our iPhones. It’s a lot like the couch to 5k version except that it’s obviously designed for a longer race. A 10k is a tad over 5.7 miles so we figured it made more sense to use this application while training instead of the the 5k one.
Anyhow, we’ve completed the first three days of the program, actually did day three yesterday. So far so good … the intervals are really easy right now, only 30s of running and 5 min of walking for about an hour. It works up pretty quickly though so I’m not complaining.
After having not run for a few months my feet are still getting used to running on real cement and not a treadmill. I’ve been weight and cardio training for about 6 month now in my Vibram Five Fingers (VFF) but running is still hard on my feet.
After day three yesterday the bottoms of the balls of my feet are bruised again. I think my form is a bit off, maybe I’m coming down too much on my forefoot and not enough on my midfoot. Also, walking fast for me is actually harder than running in the VFF, call me weird. I actually had to switch into my regular shoes yesterday to walk home after we finished running my feet hurt so bad.
We have a few rest days now and then we’ll be back at it doing longer intervals. I’ll keep everyone posted how it goes.
Goals Update
I wanted to writeup a quick blurb on how my short and long term goals are faring. Entering into June I have a goal at the end of the month to be at 275 pounds. Obviously that’s a little over 10 pounds away which will mean that I’m going to need to drop 2.5 pounds per week over the next 4 weeks. Totally doable but certainly a significant challenge. I’m obviously going to keep the goal since I know I can do it but I’m going to have to be spot on this month.
I’m a little behind on my birthday goal of reaching 250 pounds. Nothing to cause me to cancel it but having a few weeks of slow to no losses if putting the goal seriously at jeopardy. Depending on now the June goal goes I may adjust my birthday goal.
How are your goals going for the summer?
Good luck with your C210K training! I’m doing the C25K at the moment, and it’s so daunting. I got real sick a few days into week 2, so now I’m repeating that week while I wait for my lungs to get back into the game.
Have you thought about getting new shoes? It doesn’t sound like they’re working very well, hurting and bruising your feet and all. Or what about different inserts? Maybe if you talk to your doctor or a trainer about what’s going on, they can point you in the right direction of what you’ll need, or maybe show you a different form of running.
I have two summer goals. 1) I want to be at 150 by my birthday (June 23). I’m at 152 now, so I should make that one. 2) I want to be able to walk to work by the end of the summer (12.5 miles from my door to the parking lot). I’m actually giving myself till September to make that one. Walked 5 miles the other day with little issue, so I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to make that one too. Good luck with your goals!
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Smart idea training for a 10k as it’s better to know you can do more than the race requires! Great loss considering your sickness and all the other stuff you mentioned! Keep it up and that Bday goal may just happen still!