For Real This Time! Lol
[RACHEL]
Starting weight: 230.4 lbs
Well, as of August 17, 2016, I started eating healthy. It was kind of a spur-of-the-moment, long-considered switch. I needed groceries, so I bought all healthy things. Emily (and my friend/her fiance. Dylan) have a wedding in almost a year, so I want to look and feel my best for one of the most important days in my best friends’ lives!
[8/17/16] I started my Week 1 Day 1 workout of Zombies 5k (couch to 5k run app, worth the five bucks for sure). I made a workout playlist on my phone, and just went and did it. It was 81 degrees and I had just woke up, put deodorant on, ate a banana, and drank a few sips of water and went around the block several times doing the workout. Boy, was that a silly mistake.
First of all, it was so hot and the sun was still out and I had just woken up. The banana gave me extra mucus and I forgot to blow my nose after waking up, so it was harder than it had to be just to breathe. And I should have drank more water before leaving, because I was pretty dehydrated after the 36 minute walk/jog in the heat. My face was red as all heck!
For those reasons, I only walked during the 10-minute free-form at the end of the workout. I tried to walk too fast at the beginning, and by the time I got home and inside, I could barely move my feet. The toes felt like they were about to lock up when I tried to wiggle my flip-flops on, I could barely stand on my feet. I did try stretching when I got home, it helped a tiny bit. But next time before a run, I will make sure I am properly hydrated.
[8/18/16] Today, I decided my legs and feet still couldn’t handle the next run workout, so I chose to stay indoors and do some bicep curls, shoulder presses, and crunches. I didn’t count every rep that I did of each of the arm workouts, but I did count the abdominal crunches. I’ll write an estimate for the others, allow me to go to mY MIND PALACEEE:
Abdominal Crunches: 10 sets, 10 reps (aka 100 crunches)
Bicep Curls: 10 sets, 6 reps, 10 lbs (about 60 curls per arm @ 10 pounds)
Shoulder Presses: 10 sets, 5 reps, 10 lbs (you get the idea)
After doing those, I made a smoothie with a scoop of whey protein, 3-4 tbsps of plain Greek yogurt, a banana, six strawberries, about 3/4 cup of baby spinach, and an unsweetened almond milk base and 4 cups of water (separately of course).
And now I’m sitting hear typing it all out. Tomorrow after work, no matter what time I get out, I will go for my next walk/run workout on Zombies 5k.