More workout records.
I did my run, so the rest of the night is mine to feel like I'm not being lazy if I sit around/zone out/go to sleep early, whatever. Don't have to be up any particular time tomorrow either, that's nice.
Running is definitely easier/don't get tired as fast if I don't do it right after weights. Obviously. I usually do my whole workout together anyway though. Maybe though, since I'm not being all that obsessive and making myself do the workout every single day anyway, maybe I should start going every day but just alternating which days I do weights and running. Weights aren't supposed to be done every day anyhow. Running probably should be, but like I said, I'm not doing it that dedicated right now anyway, so maybe I should just split it up, make each day's workout smaller and more concentrated. Or on days when I have a chance, go at two different times of the day, like today. I don't expect myself to have time for two gym trips on every given day, but on some of my days off, really no reason I can't.
As for other health things:
I'm caught up on sleep again, hopefully will stay in that state for the most part.
I still need to get my eating habits more in balance. I think I need to be eating smaller quantities, more spread out through the day. I think my worst habit that I tend to do sometimes is eat too much at once, whether it's good foods or junk food. Doesn't make a difference in the fact that I don't like the overfull/bloated/slightly sick feeling afterward. Anyway, I'm working on that.
So the running was easier tonight. I was at 3/4 of a mile before I felt really tired, the "I would prefer to stop now" feeling. The first couple of workouts, that was happening at a half mile. I've still kept my distance at a mile and a quarter each time, but I'm gradually doing more of it at a slightly faster pace, too. If I'd stayed a couple of ticks down, I think I could have kept going longer tonight, but I chose to do the faster pace, and was very out of breath at a mile, got through the last quarter, walked some for cooldown.
It's one thing I like about running on a track, is that I can continually speed up or slow down as needed, without having to hit buttons. And just the fact that there's no readout, no pressure of the numbers saying, this pace, this many calories burned, this much time. I know my distance by my laps, and I may have an idea of my pacing by just how I feel, and sometimes if I'm listening to a CD I know well, by how many specific songs I ran through! But it's a far different kind of pacing than using the treadmill. The nights are starting to get chilly for me for outside running, so I'm going to be doing the treadmill thing for now though.
So for working out, my goals are:
1. Improve cardio fitness/endurance over increasing distance and pace.
2. Get some arm strength back! I used to be able to do chin-ups, and I can't anymore, not even one. I'm slinking away in shame to have to admit that. But, I could already pull myself up a little further today than a few days ago. I'm using the chin-up machine that supports part of your weight, and that's how I built the strength to do them on my own before, so I will be able to do them again. Plus I'm doing bicep and tricep exercises of course. If I keep going pretty consistently, I expect this to come back pretty fast.
3. Get some muscle tone back in my legs/hips.
4. My stomach usually stays pretty flat, except when I'm overeating badly. Keep it that way and improve the definition there.
Anyway, whatever... I have some picky little issues with my body about things that I'm sure no one else notices or would think look bad. While I'd like to improve those things, I think I pretty much know that they aren't as noticeable to anyone else as to me. But just as far as working out for health's sake, those are some specific goals I have that will make me feel like I'm taking care of myself, and feel good about how I look too.
I did my run, so the rest of the night is mine to feel like I'm not being lazy if I sit around/zone out/go to sleep early, whatever. Don't have to be up any particular time tomorrow either, that's nice.
Running is definitely easier/don't get tired as fast if I don't do it right after weights. Obviously. I usually do my whole workout together anyway though. Maybe though, since I'm not being all that obsessive and making myself do the workout every single day anyway, maybe I should start going every day but just alternating which days I do weights and running. Weights aren't supposed to be done every day anyhow. Running probably should be, but like I said, I'm not doing it that dedicated right now anyway, so maybe I should just split it up, make each day's workout smaller and more concentrated. Or on days when I have a chance, go at two different times of the day, like today. I don't expect myself to have time for two gym trips on every given day, but on some of my days off, really no reason I can't.
As for other health things:
I'm caught up on sleep again, hopefully will stay in that state for the most part.
I still need to get my eating habits more in balance. I think I need to be eating smaller quantities, more spread out through the day. I think my worst habit that I tend to do sometimes is eat too much at once, whether it's good foods or junk food. Doesn't make a difference in the fact that I don't like the overfull/bloated/slightly sick feeling afterward. Anyway, I'm working on that.
So the running was easier tonight. I was at 3/4 of a mile before I felt really tired, the "I would prefer to stop now" feeling. The first couple of workouts, that was happening at a half mile. I've still kept my distance at a mile and a quarter each time, but I'm gradually doing more of it at a slightly faster pace, too. If I'd stayed a couple of ticks down, I think I could have kept going longer tonight, but I chose to do the faster pace, and was very out of breath at a mile, got through the last quarter, walked some for cooldown.
It's one thing I like about running on a track, is that I can continually speed up or slow down as needed, without having to hit buttons. And just the fact that there's no readout, no pressure of the numbers saying, this pace, this many calories burned, this much time. I know my distance by my laps, and I may have an idea of my pacing by just how I feel, and sometimes if I'm listening to a CD I know well, by how many specific songs I ran through! But it's a far different kind of pacing than using the treadmill. The nights are starting to get chilly for me for outside running, so I'm going to be doing the treadmill thing for now though.
So for working out, my goals are:
1. Improve cardio fitness/endurance over increasing distance and pace.
2. Get some arm strength back! I used to be able to do chin-ups, and I can't anymore, not even one. I'm slinking away in shame to have to admit that. But, I could already pull myself up a little further today than a few days ago. I'm using the chin-up machine that supports part of your weight, and that's how I built the strength to do them on my own before, so I will be able to do them again. Plus I'm doing bicep and tricep exercises of course. If I keep going pretty consistently, I expect this to come back pretty fast.
3. Get some muscle tone back in my legs/hips.
4. My stomach usually stays pretty flat, except when I'm overeating badly. Keep it that way and improve the definition there.
Anyway, whatever... I have some picky little issues with my body about things that I'm sure no one else notices or would think look bad. While I'd like to improve those things, I think I pretty much know that they aren't as noticeable to anyone else as to me. But just as far as working out for health's sake, those are some specific goals I have that will make me feel like I'm taking care of myself, and feel good about how I look too.