I Did Absolutely Nothing Today

It was great. Well, I did eat, and I did stretch before bed, but other than that, I just chilled. I love this photo of some girl just chillin’ on a deck. That’s exactly how I felt. The rest was much needed.
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Uploaded on June 15, 2006
by unfocused mike

Having a Look at the Calories

Here is a look at my calorie intake for the 11 weeks of the 12 Week Body Challenge. Click the photo to enlarge. The green line is my target at 1800 calories and the yellow line is my weight progress. I was really consistent there for a few weeks, but lately it has been up [...]

Week 11 Progress Report

I changed my profile picture on Traineo today. I guess I was tired of looking at my fat belly on there. For motivation when I started a year ago using Traineo, I uploaded a picture of my belly.
I took this shot a few months after my gynecologist sliced me up to rid me of a [...]

Five for Five

Today I was lucky enough to not have class so I was able to finally make one of Alisa’s spinning classes. It’s the first one in the 11 weeks of the challenge. It probably wasn’t the best one to make since she had us simulating a race and riding at 85% of our max heart [...]

Neglecting the Weights

I think with trying to do everything I’ve let a few things slide, like lifting weights. I know that the best way to burn fat is to lift weights, but lifting weights wasn’t going to help my finish my triathlon. I really felt like I needed to run, bike and swim as much as I [...]

Week 11 Goals & Progress Report

I’ll keep this short and sweet. I need to stretch everyday and run. I’m also going to try to spin 5 days this week. Eat more salads and fruit these last two weeks. That’s it!
Here is my stat sheet for the first 10 weeks of the challenge. It’s interesting so see the patterns, but more [...]

Solo Spin Class This Week

I slacked off on my spin commitments this week in favor of resting up for my triathlon on Saturday. I should have really thought about which class I would attend if I was really going to be cutting back this week. I ended up attending Jody’s spin class tonight, and as usual she kicked our [...]

3 Mile Run with a Little Fartlek

I tried to mix up my 3 mile run today by throwing in a mile of fartlek in the middle. If you remember, fartlek training is speed play where you alternate between short sprints and normal road pace for recovery. It’s fun to look at the graph after a workout like this. The thing you [...]

Got the Nike+ iPod Going Again

I started running more these past few weeks, but I was never able to get the Nike+ iPod set up into the mix. Finally I got all the pieces together and the iPod all charged up. So now I have graphics from my runs again.

I ran 3.14 miles today in 28:38 minutes and I burned [...]

Week 9 Summary

<—-Sample lunch during the week.
Week 9 was a so-so week. I did much better on my first trip than I did on this one. I didn’t get to do any spins on the trip, but I did one before I left on Monday. On Tuesday I ran, Wednesday I did the elliptical trainer and light [...]