I know that I'm in for a rough week when the WEEKEND seems long. Seriously...Sunday was an eternity. I mean, it was nice to sit around and do nothing all day while listening to the rain and stuff, but every time I turned around to look at the clock, I'd see a time 3 hours earlier than expected. I went to bed at 9:00, out of sheer boredom.
Then it was all torrential rain yesterday, but I did manage to make it to my personal training session. It was #4 of 5, so she pitched the prices for the continued sessions, which are a bit bigger than I expected them to be. I think I'm still going to go through with 10 more sessions, though, because that will take me through twice a week till the end of Biggest Loser contest thingie they're doing. My chances of winning are about as good as...well, something not very good. Still, I want to keep on it at least that long.
She also talked about other packages--the hour-long session ones, and a special they were having with 11 sessions for an extremely discounted price. I perked right up to this, until she said that it's actually 5 full sessions, and then 6 nutritional sessions. Uh-huh. I have absolutely no interest in nutritional sessions. The 2 and a half minutes we already spend each session talking about what I've been eating is over 2 minutes longer than I'd like. You might say that this indicates that it's a sore spot with me, something I really need to work on, and it is. I just don't want to pay to talk to a trainer about it for 6 hours. So, no thanks on that.
She also did a weigh-in at the last session. I wasn't too worried about it, thinking it would probably be about the same as last time. Well...it wasn't. It was about 4 lbs heavier than last time. Talk about embarrassing. I mean, I know why...my clothes were heavier than the initial weigh-in, I was just coming off a weekend (which included the Couch Slug Sunday I mentioned earlier), I had put away 2 bottles of water and a cup of coffee that morning. But still, to sign up for a Biggest Loser program and GAIN 4 pounds in the first 4 days? Suck!
In non-trainer related news, I started Couch-to-5k (C25k) again today, by doing 20 minutes of 60-second runs, 90-second walks. The track was kind of muddy in places after yesterday's deluge, so my footing was not as good as it could have been. Also, my lap times increased over the course of the workout, instead of the decrease I was getting on the walks. After the initial warmup lap, I went from 6:37, to 6:54, to 7:13. I guess this is to be expected...I'm not used to running, so I wore down rather than pushing myself harder over time. I also made a conscious effort to slow the pace on the last few running intervals, because I was a bit dismayed by the 6:37 lap. The last thing I want to do is go all gung-ho and fuck up my knees again. That, and it was humid out there...the temperature was in the 70s, but I swear it felt like 95. And the gnats?! By the time I was through, I had a sprinkling of their little corpses stuck all over my face. Charming.
In any case, I started slow and tapered off. :) I'm taking the whole running program very, very slowly...I don't intend to move from the week 1 program for at least 3 weeks. I want to feel utterly comfortable with the 60-second intervals before I move on to anything longer. Hell, I may be on 60-second intervals till the end of the year. I haven't set any deadlines, any goals. I just want to be able to run. Someday.
The Elves and More charity ride is this weekend, and I've signed on for the 42-mile option. I can't decide if I'm excited about it or not. I love this ride, and the weather looks like it's going to be just about perfect, but I just don't know. The last long ride I did was Tour de Pink, and I'm just not sure I'm ready for 40 miles of rollers. I'm not saying that I'm going to bail on it, I'm just nervous. Since the club is providing SAG support, there's no way in hell I'm availing myself of that option. It's one thing to be hauled in by strangers (see also: KFC), quite another by people that you ride with regularly. So, if I start, I'm going to damn well finish. I'd LIKE to finish before noon, but that may be pushing it at my current fitness level. We'll see.
On the food front, not a whole lot to report...other than I ate a 17-POINT SCONE for breakfast this morning. I should know better by now--scones are the debbil. My new #1 Starbucks rule: Nothing but latte, baby. And even that I'm cutting back to twice a week.
21 points for breakfast. Criminey.
Posted by Joy at October 17, 2006 03:36 PM