Tonight I started training for a 5k. The Klop family has been having a 5k the last few years and this year I would like to try to run it. It's not until September, so I have plenty of time to train.
I hate running though. So much! I feel like I'm drowning when I run and my body hurts. The jarring, the side aches, the throat closed up, oh I hate it!
I downloaded a c25k training app and started it tonight. It's a 9 week course that is 3 days a week. Tonight started with 5 minutes of brisk walking and then alternating 60 seconds of running with 90 seconds of walking. It was pretty easy. It lasts for 25 minutes and I timed my route perfectly to make it back to my driveway at the last buzzer.
I mapped my route when I got home and got these stats. 1.8 miles in 25 minutes. Average pace 13:53. Average speed 4.32 mph (like a cheetah!) I have no idea if this is good or not. I know that I walked the mile in 13 minutes in high school because I hated to run back then.
I mapped another route from my house that is half a 5k, so eventually I will run it twice. Hopefully with better stretching it will be even easier next time.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
16 week results!
Aren't you dying to know how the last 16 weeks went? I turned 31 yesterday and my present to myself was my total fitness transformation.
The results are in! Drumroll.....
... I'm a food addict. I probably gained weight. I need an accountability partner. :(
However, the juicing I've done over the last few weeks has completely cured my IBS. I have had no symptoms or problems at all. It's amazing.
The results are in! Drumroll.....
... I'm a food addict. I probably gained weight. I need an accountability partner. :(
However, the juicing I've done over the last few weeks has completely cured my IBS. I have had no symptoms or problems at all. It's amazing.
Friday, April 20, 2012
Juice Fasting
I decided to do a 3 day juice fast. I wanted to do a quick detox and also just to see if I liked the juice.
This was my Day 1.
Breakfast
3 carrots
2 apples
1 in of ginger root
This juice was so yummy! I would drink it everyday. I really like how sweet carrot juice is and the ginger gave it some zest.
Mid Morning
1 cucumber
4 celery stalks
2 apples
6-8 leaves kale
1/2 lemon
1 tbs ginger root
I was a little leery of this one because it smelled like grass clippings, but it was surprisingly good. The kale gives it that smell but I would put kale in every juice if I could.
Lunch
4 plum tomatoes
1 large cucumber
2 celery stalks
1 red bell pepper
1/4 small red onion
2 cups parsley
1 lime
This juice was a lot like v8. I would have liked it a little more spicy so I would throw in a hotter pepper next time.
Afternoon snack
6-8 leaves kale
6-8 leaves swiss chard
1 cucumber
6 clementines
Again another winner with the kale. I couldn't really taste the swiss chard which is good because I was a little nervous about it.
Dinner
1 lg sweet potato
1 med carrot
1 red bell pepper
2 lg red beets
2 golden delicious apples
1 orange
I have never had beets and immediately didn't like the smell. They smelled like dirt. This one had a dirt taste to it so it was not good. I would have replaced the beets with some kale for the next time.
Day 1 was a success and I thought I would be in the bathroom a lot but never was. Bonus!
This was my Day 1.
Breakfast
3 carrots
2 apples
1 in of ginger root
This juice was so yummy! I would drink it everyday. I really like how sweet carrot juice is and the ginger gave it some zest.
Mid Morning
1 cucumber
4 celery stalks
2 apples
6-8 leaves kale
1/2 lemon
1 tbs ginger root
I was a little leery of this one because it smelled like grass clippings, but it was surprisingly good. The kale gives it that smell but I would put kale in every juice if I could.
Lunch
4 plum tomatoes
1 large cucumber
2 celery stalks
1 red bell pepper
1/4 small red onion
2 cups parsley
1 lime
This juice was a lot like v8. I would have liked it a little more spicy so I would throw in a hotter pepper next time.
Afternoon snack
6-8 leaves kale
6-8 leaves swiss chard
1 cucumber
6 clementines
Again another winner with the kale. I couldn't really taste the swiss chard which is good because I was a little nervous about it.
Dinner
1 lg sweet potato
1 med carrot
1 red bell pepper
2 lg red beets
2 golden delicious apples
1 orange
I have never had beets and immediately didn't like the smell. They smelled like dirt. This one had a dirt taste to it so it was not good. I would have replaced the beets with some kale for the next time.
Day 1 was a success and I thought I would be in the bathroom a lot but never was. Bonus!
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Battle cry of a woman
I am soon to be opening a business focused primarily on women (more on that in another post). In doing some research I bought a few fashion magazines. Reagan popped up on my bed one day as I was looking at them and she began to peruse one as well. She oohed and ahhed over all the ads. She just loved Gucci, Prada, and of course all the make up ads. Fingernail polish ads got really high marks too.
When she was all done flipping through the first magazine she closed it, hugged it to her chest, closed her eyes and cried out "FASHION!!!!" It was hilarious! She loved it so much she said she wanted to have a girls date with just me to read fashion magazines. She recently tried some onions in a supper we had and so we decided to go to Panera and have some french onion soup.
We got all ready to go and of course had to put on makeup and nail polish! She was so excited and I was too. Nothing like a girls night out. These pics aren't great because they were taken on my phone but you get the gist of it.
She had such a good time. She loved the soup and we looked at every page of two magazines. She asks to go on another girls date all the time. She always says "ok let's go on Saturday!"
I love that she loves girly stuff. I always wanted to have only boys and had a hard time when I found out she was a she. But I love having someone to shop with and do hair and nails, etc. It's fun being a girl.
Reagan would love to have a sister. She begs. She has already decided that her name should be Crystal Fashion. She wanted her last name to be Lipstick but I said that the rest of us would have a different last name. She kind of growled and said "fine it can be Barrett!" Love her!
When she was all done flipping through the first magazine she closed it, hugged it to her chest, closed her eyes and cried out "FASHION!!!!" It was hilarious! She loved it so much she said she wanted to have a girls date with just me to read fashion magazines. She recently tried some onions in a supper we had and so we decided to go to Panera and have some french onion soup.
We got all ready to go and of course had to put on makeup and nail polish! She was so excited and I was too. Nothing like a girls night out. These pics aren't great because they were taken on my phone but you get the gist of it.
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| Excited for Girls Date! |
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| Me and Reagan |
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| Fashion mags! |
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| That amazing onion soup! |
She had such a good time. She loved the soup and we looked at every page of two magazines. She asks to go on another girls date all the time. She always says "ok let's go on Saturday!"
I love that she loves girly stuff. I always wanted to have only boys and had a hard time when I found out she was a she. But I love having someone to shop with and do hair and nails, etc. It's fun being a girl.
Reagan would love to have a sister. She begs. She has already decided that her name should be Crystal Fashion. She wanted her last name to be Lipstick but I said that the rest of us would have a different last name. She kind of growled and said "fine it can be Barrett!" Love her!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
hello there
Just wanted to pop on and say hello and Happy Easter. I have a few posts planned for this week so stay tuned.
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