So, ahead of time, If my weigh in tomorrow morning shows a loss I’ll be suprised, why? because I’m drunk and have been each night over this weekend. In my head I’ve come to terms with loosing the weight loss to calorie count in the drinks, but Im hoping I havent put on! The long term goal is more along the lines that I can find a good equalibrium between jogging and drinking, without heavy gaining and deffinatly no skipping meals.
So, after the jog the other day I had one MAJOR dizzy spell the day after and I was worried it was dehydration, so now i’m necking the water to make sure that doesnt happen. I suppose it goes without mentioning that I did go for a jog last night, another 2 miles, similar sort of time. Interesting to note that the closer my heart rate got to 190 the dizzier I got, major dizziness..
Did the same route, in the same time. I felt like I jogged more this time but I think it’s to do with last time I jogged longer than the minute interval at times and subsequently walked longer as well - this time was more consistant. I still dont think I’m up for adding another 1.3 mile onto the run to make it last longer, but I WILL get there - to be honest as a first goal I’d be happy to do 5min jog 1 min walk around my current “lap”
Well, well, well! Another week, another weigh - and this week I was no where near looking forward to it. I started the week with a jog on Monday and Wednesday, then Fridays was lost to a night out, same with Saturday and I wasnt doing anything on a Sunday; lets not be silly! But jogs asside, I also drank for the first time in ages this week, at the Briggs gig during the week and on both nights out - not a lot but I thought it might be enough to trip up the weight loss.
It wasn’t, I lost another 2.4kg this week, (over 5lb for imperial users) … taking me down to 97.6kg, wow feeling good today! Defo going to do at leat 2 jogs this week, hopefully 3 - also hoping a for more nights out, maybe all that time off my arse helps!
Jogged that is, 2 miles done, back home in 19 minutes. I decided to stick to the 1.3 mile plan I’d mapped out then the rest really comes from the getting to and from it. I double checked the length with google maps so might not be accurate but I’m happy with it. I know my original plan was a 30 minute jog but I’ve changed my mind to focusing on getting comfortable with this distance, I’ll extend the distance when I can jog with very little walking or id I start completing the journeys in a short time.
Well, I got back out today, managed about 20 mins solid jogging + a few mins wind up and wind down … in that time I did around 2 miles of jog/walk 1 min intervals. I know it’s only a small step forward but wow did It take a lot of effort on my part, and I’m proud. My average heart rate was 159 with my max heart rate being 195 (at which point it felt like my chest wanted to explode)
So another week go’s by and the weight loss continues… This week I weighed in at 100kg, an absolute brilliant landmark for me (provided I go down again next week) … I honest think the last time I was this weight I was 16ish?
In other notes, I’ve purchased an ipod shuffle for when I run. I didnt run again last week, I’m going tonight though since my legs are rested, and after reading “how to design your own fail-safe exercise program” - I’m going to build up a little pre-run program and also a cut down pre-walk one. That article also has an interesting link to a paper on metabolism and weight training, so I’m going to try build some resistance into my exercise.
Well well well, I just went for my second attempt at jogging … didnt end too well.
To be more precise it ended up with me being annoyed and quitting before the 30 minute mark. I wasnt maxxed out and the new stretches before I went seemed to help … but my annoyances are:
So… time to look up ways to stop the annoyances, and on another note i need shorts that fit better to run in - so im not trying baggy pants up which slip…
So, this evening I decided to make a start on the jogging effort …. not the best idea with a chesty cough!
Anyway, the thought in my head was 1 min jog 1 min walk for 30 minutes, working up longer jogs over time. Quickly realising a fast 2 mile walk every morning means nothing I had to cave at the 15 minute mark, meaning I’m going to first work up to a 30 minute session of 1 on 1 off then work on length from there.
Other things brought up by this initial fail are:
So, I continue on Thursday, making sure to leave 48 hours between jogging sessions (this will not effect my walking)
watch this space…
Well, two gigs and a few days lounging I didnt expect to loose weight this week. Infact after eating a few larger meals I expected to put on if anything….. well, you can see whats coming… 2kg lost! winner! So i’m now at 101.2kg.
Still no running this week, but to be honest at the gigs I was soaked through from sweating after jumping about …. I either need more gigs, more rock nights or I could just start running or go kiting more…
