I love, love, love this quote. I seriously have been debating putting it up in my kitchen somewhere, but I think that Mike (and our dog, Mr. Dude) would object. I have stated before that I am going to treat myself in other ways than food and when I saw this quote it just all made sense.
I have some fun activities coming up this month. I have the Just Cuz 1/2 marathon on Saturday. I believe that it will be my 7th 1/2 marathon. Then next week I will be running in my 1st Ragnar in Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm excited for both and I'm also excited for both to be over!
Goals for November:
1) I'm done with sugar!!! Please refer to my blog about my sugar additction. I have also decided to give up chocolate. I was having one square of 85% dark chocolate a day, but it was giving me major digestive problems. I have decided that as much as I love the taste, I do not love the after effects. I am totally 100% giving it up for the rest of the year and hopefully forever. Also, I'm not a dog and food is not a treat.
2) I made up a strength training schedule for November that I will start on Monday. I can't figure out how to get the computer program that I use to convert over to my blog, but this is the general layout. I made it into a table so that I can track weight and reps. DB=bumb bell, BB=bar bell. I am starting with heavy enough weights that I can only get to 5-8 reps and I will stay with this weight and see if I am able to increase reps over the next 4 weeks. Monday starts out as day 4 to fit my original Muscle Makeover plan, I had to switch around days so that Wednesday could be my long run day and Sunday could be my rest day. I like to stay in 1/2 marathon shape, so I'm going to shoot for 6-10 (or so) miles on these days.
Day 4: Monday-Interval Cardio
Back: Reverse Back extension, Inverted row, Reverse grip BB row
Chest: Push ups, DB flye, BB Bench Press
Day 5: Tuesday
Glutes: Step knee lift, DB hip ext, Plie Squat
Shoulders: Overhead DB press, Lateral raises, DB upright row
Abdominals
Day 6: Wednesday- Long Run
Day 7: Thursdays-Tibatas
Upper/Lower legs Tibatas: Rev lunge-knee lift, Burpees, Jump squat, Lateral hops
Glutes Tibatas: jump squat to bench, Skaters leap, Mountain climbers, Step up
Abdominals
Day 1: Friday
Calves: Raises, Jump rope, Box jumps
Shoulders: Bent over lateral raise, Standing military press, Front BB raise
Upper back: Bent-over BB Row, DB Pullover, One-arm DB Row
Abdominals
Day 2: Saturday- Endurance Cardio
Biceps: EZ Bar curl, Concentration curl, Hammer curl
Triceps: Bench Dip, Military Push up, Lying DB extension
Day 3: Sunday-rest
3) Pack a Cooler! Since I am going to be going to Las Vegas for the Ragnar, it will be a good opportunity for me to experiment some more with packing my food in preparation for my trips in December. I'm also figuring out how to make protein shakes for my mid-morning and mid-afternoon meals at work. The mid-morning I'm able to make before work, but I'm not quite sure what to do for the afternoon meal. I saw a mixer cup at WalMart that I might try out. I'm also having a hard time with my Tuesday lunch at work, because of the drug reps bringing in lunch (see previous post on This is What I have to Deal With). They set up their food in the breakroom and that is where the microwave is located. I feel stupid bringing in my food while they are there. I like taking in leftovers, so I'm going to have to come up with some cold food ideas.
4) Prep work. I have been doing most of my prep work on Mondays. This Monday I cooked up a ton of chicken and then I froze it spread out on a pan. Then I took the individual pieces and put them in a tupperware container and put them back in the freezer. This way, I'm able to pull out individual pieces for my meals. It has worked out very well. I also made potato and leek soup and sweet potato soup. I divided these up and froze some for next week. I did my grocery shopping on Monday and I cut up all of my produce that would keep well, like cucumbers, zucchini, and peppers. For November, I'm going to continue to use my days off to prepare for the upcoming days so that my meals will be all that easier to make.
5) Diet: I was looking back on last week's food and I noticed that I wasn't eating many grains past my
lunchtime. It wasn't intentional, but I have been debating cutting back on grains, so I must have just chosen
fruits/veggies as my carbs instead of grains. For November, I'm going to only have oatmeal for breakfast
and then maybe a grain (pasta, rice, pita, or wrap) for lunch. I'm also going to combine some of Tosca
Reno's plans so that I will be eating from her Cooler 1, 2, and Stripped plans. When I was working with a
trainer, she had me do 2 low carb days and then 1 high carb day. I want to experiment with one day on
each plan. That way I will have 2 low carb days and 1 high carb day still and hopefully not feel so deprived.
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