August

August 17, 2008

I think I did really well today. I drank a lot of water, and had fruits and veggies. I could have done a little better on the veggies. After work today I worked out at 24 hr. I started on the yellow elliptical and did this for 17 mins. Then ran on the treadmill. I walked for the first 2 mins. I hit the 1 mile mark at 15:33, and continued running until I had hit 1 mile 1/2. (Which was about 24mins total). I felt pretty good about the run. I only had to stop one time to stretch my calves, and then one other because I dropped my ipod...oops! After the run, I did a few situps and pushups. The only thing bothering me now after working out is my right knee is having some pain. Must be from the running. For dinner, we ate at Raj's families house. They brought in Chinese food from Ling Garden. It was really good, but after eating, I immediately felt bad. My gallbladder started "working", and I had a lot of heart burn. After a few hours, the gallbladder seems fine now, but the heart burn is still there. I've taken 3 extra strength tums, 1 pepcid complete, 1 fomatodine. Finally Raj gave me some gingerale, and I am finally getting some relief. The heat pack has also helped. I think the food was too greasy, and that's why I'm getting the pain. (Remind me not to eat there again!)

Work out inspiring song: Brittany Spears-Stronger
Goal: Run mile in 12 mins, continue interval running training

August 18, 2008

Today I did a new work-out class at 24 Hour. It's called Turbo Kick. What an intense work out! I don't think I've sweat that much ever before. It's a cross between kick boxing and aerobics. I"m definitely doing this one next week!

August 19, 2008

Well, today I ate out. I stopped by Bruchi's and got a sandwich for lunch. Called the "Western", it has turkey, provolone, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo on it. I got light mayo. It was delicious! I also took a spin class at 24-hour. It was an hour long. I think it's my least favorite class I've gone to. It's insane! It's probably really good for me to do though because it works my biggest areas...(butt and thighs). I don't have the endurance to do it the way I'd like, about 30 mins into the class, I feel like crashing! And those seats, could they make them more uncomfortable? I do need to do better with drinking my water. I seem to drink less of it when it's my day off. I'll have to work on that!

August 20, 2008

Wow, the alarm went off very early today! I had to drop Raj off at the Max train by 5:45am, so we got up around 4:45am. Since I was already up, I took the opportunity to go the the gym after I dropped him off to get a morning work out in. Let me tell you, the only people at the gym at that hour are tottally fit!

I got on the elliptical for 20 mins. I had a hard time keeping focused, and my legs felt really heavy. Probably from the cycle class last night. After the elliptical, I did some weights, mainly for legs. Then some sit ups and stretching at the end.

After I got home, I took Ollie for a 15 mins walk around the block. Right now, I feel pretty good, a little tired, (it's 8:15am), I'm sure if I closed my eyes, I'd go right to sleep! I have plans to work out tonight, so we'll see how I feel after that! It might end up being a "coke" day!

Update: Well, it ended up being a "2 coke" day! Man I was so tired. I ended up taking a quick cat nap at lunch, and finally started feeling better. After work I went back to the gym and did the last 30 mins of the turbo kick and the first 30 mins of the pilates class. I was just too tired to finish the whole class. Tomorrow I don't plan on working out at all, so hopefully the rest will help get my muscles and endurance back!

Work out inspiring song: Smashmouth-Allstar

August 21, 2008

Well, I didn't get any workout's in today. And I ate out...better not make this a habit! We were celebrating Raj's entrance into Pharmacy School, so I think it's ok! We ate at a great Indian restaurant in Hillsboro called Chanai Masala. I feel pretty good after eating there, but I have a little bit of "nagging" pain in my gallbladder. Tomorrow it will be back to the gym!

August 24, 2008

Friday night Raj and I went out with some friends to a dance club. I didn't get to work out at the gym, but I think we burned our fair share of calories on the dance floor! (Oh, yeah!) Only problem was we got home really late, and had to work really early, so Saturday after work instead of working out, I went to bed! (Literally!) Today we visited some friends in Longview, so I wasn't able work out as well. I know, sounds like I'm making excuses! But tomorrow it's back to the gym..I promise! Oh, and tomorrow is my official first day of biggest looser. We are having a friendly little contest at work. Winner gets 50 bucks!

August 25, 2008

Today I worked out in the morning after taking Raj to catch the train. I was at the gym by 6:45am. I did my cardio for 25 mins on the elliptical, and then did 10 mins on the rowing machine. After that I did some free weights for my arms and finished off with some ab work. Today was also my nephew's fist birthday party. Considering all the food that was there, I think I did really well. I had a garden burger, w/o cheese, and tomatoes and catchup on it. Pickles, grapes, watermelon, pineapple, and water. I had one bite of cake.

August 26, 2008

I went to the Chiropractor today. My hip had been bothering me so I made an appointment. He thinks it's because of running on the treadmill. The jarring motion. So, he suggests that if I want to run I should run outside instead of the treadmill. Reason is because when you run on the treadmill it's the same force over and over again, but when you run outside there are variations in the pavements, so your body adjusts differently. I think I'll limit my running, and start to do more on the elliptical.

I talked my sister Allie into doing a step class today at the club. I haven't done step in a long time and forgot how tough it is! I thought the class was an hour long, but to my surprise, just as I was about to loose all momentum, the teacher yelled out, don't stop now, only 3 more min's left! Great, what a relief, only a 30 min class! After that class, was a 30 min ab class, so we stayed and did that. The teacher was the same guy that does the cycle class. He's very motivating. Both classes were great.

August 27, 2008

Today is Wednesday, which means Turbo Kick class! I really do like this class! It combines dance moves and boxing. You sweat a ton, and it's a lot of fun. My co-worker Kelly joined me today. The only thing I'd change is it's at 6:30 and right now I don't normally get off until 7:15, so I can only do it on Mondays. (It's held twice a week on Monday and Wednesday.) Hopefully once my schedule changes I'll be able to go to both days. I happen to be on vacation this week, so was able to go today! I tried to eat well all day, but I ended up having a snack on chips. (But in my defense, they were baked!) The only other thing I need to work on is eating dinner at a earlier time. Now that our schedules have changed and we are getting up so early, (5:00am), I should be eating dinner around 5 or 6, but since Raj isn't getting home until 9:00pm, it's making it difficult. We are going to have to work this schedule conflict out this week!

August 28, 2008

I had a soccer game tonight. My first one of the season. I could really tell that I hadn't played in two weeks! But it was a lot of fun. Also my legs felt heavy today while playing. It's probably because of the turbo class I did yesterday!

August 29, 2008

Unfortunately I didn't get in any exercise today. I went down to Mcminville to attend the funeral of Raj's great Uncle Bud. He passed away this week of pneumonia. After the funeral we went out to eat at a great Indian restaurant. No problems after eating! I've noticed my right calf has been really sore today. I wonder if it's because of that step class?

August 30, 2008

Finally today Raj and I had a day off together. What a long week we've had! We still got up somewhat early, 8:00am. This is quite a change from our normal sleeping in on our days off, usually its like noon by the time we get up! But we are going to try and stay getting up early so we can keep on a schedule. We went out to Breakfast at Elmer's. I didn't choose that wisely! I had 1 strip of bacon, 1 link of sausage, 1 egg, 1 1/2 pancakes, 1 piece of toast, and 3 refills of frozen raspberry lemonade! It was delicious. Surprisingly even with the amount of animal fat I ate, I didn't have any problems. (Just a small nagging pain in my side for a few min's. It went away after massaging it.) We did go for an hour walk with Oliver. We went down to Clark and then by the Library. It was a beautiful morning.

August 31, 2008

I had to work today. I tried to eat healthy while at work. Had lots of veggies, and fruit. For lunch Raj warmed up some left over Indian food. Delicious! We went for a walk after work, but other than that, no other exercise.