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Who Wants to Get Active? 2010

8 Posts authored by: Roxychic87
Roxychic87

Hello everyone,


I wanted to blog one last time before tomorrow. I am going to blog after the race too. I am excited about tomorrow. I really wanted to be able to run the FULL 3.7 miles without stopping. Unfortunately, my knee will not allow me to do so. I went to physical therapy yesterday. My physical therapist just told me to run/walk the entire time. She said if you are going to walk the full 3.7 miles she said just walk it all. I am really looking forward to tomorrow. I am waking up around 4am and leaving around 5am. I know the race starts at 8:30 but you have to be there by 7 (I am telling myself). It should take me about two hours to get there. I have my cloths ready to go with my running shoes. Today I am spending most of the day (studying) cause I have a huge biochemistry exam on Monday. I did not work out today. I am only planning on getting stretched out really well tonight.


I am excited about tomorrow everyone. I am trying to get one of my friends to come watch me run and I know there is going to be a few of us at the LA race for active. I am excited to see you all. I might be biting my nails or doing something.



thank you all for your time. Michelle, thank you again for allowing me to be apart of this. I really liked it. I had a family here to talk too. It was really nice. I love to blog and ramble on and on and I was able to do so here.


 

THANK YOU ALLL!!!!!

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Roxychic87

Almost Over... :(

Posted by Roxychic87 Apr 12, 2010

I want to cry, I really just want to cry. I am really really sad. I cannot believe that our jouney together is almost over. I was thinking about this today. It went by sooo quick and I cannot believe it. This Sunday I am going to be running my very first 6k run. Me? My very first 6k run. My emotions are running strong and I cannot wait. I do not think this is a good idea but this is what is happening for me. On Saturday monring I am going to Magic Mountain theme park with a bunch of my close friends (I am going to be renting a car). After Magic Mountain I am going to go to go to LA where I am planning on getting a motel. I will then go that morning to run the race. I am super excited. I know I am going to be very tired from magic mountain. I am hoping I try to get some rest before magic mountain and come home early afterwards. I am going to go to the grocery store to buy some healthy foods to eat before my race. I think I will eat cereal or some oatmeal before the run like I usually do. The biggest thing I have learned about is always stretch. It is huge and it was something that I did not think about before.

 

SAN DIEGO I AM GOING TO RUN MY VERY FIRST RUN. I AM GOING TO DO IT FOR MYSELF AND SADLY I WILL HAVE NO ONE TO CHEER ME ON. IT IS MY MOTIVATION THAT KEEPS ME GOING.

 

 

Thank you all for your help throughout this journey. I am really blessed to be apart of it.

 

 

Any last minute advice? Last week I was sick with a bad sore throat. I was unable to work out for the entire week. I could not sleep or anything.

 

 

Jessica

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Roxychic87

LiFe LiFe LiFe...

Posted by Roxychic87 Apr 1, 2010

Hello my amazing active friends,

 

I just looked at my calendar today and realized we are already in April. My birthday is two months from today. This past week has been a bit crazy for me. I realized so much about myself and about others. One of my good friends who I can hang out with all the time realized suffers from depression. It is something that is common now with people because of work, school, kids, spouse (boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife), money issues, etc. It really had me thinking this past weekend.

 

This is the same friend that pushed me to go outside and pushed me to work hard. I did the same to him to this week (somewhat). He was not motivated nor did he want to work out. I will admit (I did not want to either). We ended up just walking around the block for a good thirty minutes talking about things, laughing at jokes, and had a good time. It was nice. I realized at that point sometimes just taking a nice stroll around the block helps ease your mind.

 

Especially for me, school and work is so stressful. I went on the elliptical this morning (I will admit it is my favorite machine); the stair master and I are still NOT friends. I went on and started thinking about my life, my goals, my dreams, and everything. It really helps out. I know I am just rambling on and on but with so much stress in my life just being on the elliptical (yes I was not pushing myself) but just being there for thirty minutes really eased my mind. I would have been at home instead crying and eating cup cakes.

 

I am doing well with my running. I am taking it slow with my knee. I am trying to stretch out as much as possible. I cannot run for a constant speed of thirty minutes. I can jog/walk for thirty minutes. I am trying to boost that up though.



My goals this week include:



*Sleeping 8 hours a night

*Lose two pounds

*Run for an extra minute before going to a slower jog speed


This week is spring break for me. (FINALLY). I thought I could use this time to catch up on studying, sleeping, grading papers, homework, etc. I feel like I am busier than ever!!!!!



Thank you everyone,


Jessica

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Roxychic87

Hello everyone,

 

Last week, I was so depressed with my weight gain. I wanted to go on diet pills because I was working out a lot. This past week I did something different. I finally found the key to weight loss. It does not include pills, dieting, or exercising. (Dieting and exercise are still very important) but it is all about SLEEP. Seriously, I know some of you think I am crazy but it is true. You still need to sleep, exercise, and diet BUT sleeping is something I did not think about. Michelle gave me a great article last week about sleeping. I am trying to aim for at least 8 hours a sleep a night.  I was gaining week last week cause I was only sleeping about 4-6 hours a night. As a full time college student and working full time it is the only time I have to work out is 5am. I decided this week to rest more. It made a HUGE difference. Ohhh and this week when I weighed myself, I lost 1.2 pounds.   Yayayayya.

 

This past week I decided to take my workouts outside. Can I please say something the treadmill is NOTHING compared to running outside. I was breathing so heavy outside and I started to get a cramp on my side. I could NOT handle it at all! I did eventually take my butt back to the gym BUT I went back today to run outside. I had support from my friend (thank goodness). Running outside (we actually decided to run up hill); it was not so steep but really got me good. My advice is to take the workout outside. I am going to try to start working out more outside cause it is way harder and I know I am burning more fat. I only ran for twenty minutes (with a break at the top of the hill) and I was dying. I was breathing so heavy. Is there anything to do about breathing heavy? Do you think if I lose weight it will help me or just working out and trying to get in shape is good? I am not too sure. Thanks everyone for your help!!!!



Jessica

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Roxychic87

Lets take it outside...

Posted by Roxychic87 Mar 16, 2010

Going to the gym is always fun. I have to say that I have become bffs with the elliptical. I can do that machine with no problem even at a high resistance. The treadmill and I have become friends and the stair monster I mean stair master and I do not like one another. Oh and weights and I, bffs too. I have decided that my challenge this week is to take my workout outside not only at the gym. I realize it is harder for me to run outside than it is on a treadmill. I am not going to be running on a treadmill at my challenge so I think it is a good idea to start running outside.

 

I weighed myself this week and realized I gained 2.8 pounds in one week. I do not know what happened so I am a little bit disappointed in myself. I went to Walmart this morning and was very close in buying some fat burner pills because I got a little depressed. As a chemist, I told myself it is not a good idea. I kept on convincing myself I should not buy the pills. Thank goodness, I did not buy the pills.

 

 

I finally saw a doctor for my knee. I got x-rays and realized that I need to do physical therapy two to three times a week. I am actually really excited cause I am going to get help to stretch out. This is exactly what I need/want.

 

Overall, I am doing good with my running and training. I think I need to concentrate more on eating healthier and sleeping more. I think cause my schedule is so busy I am only sleeping like 5-7 hours a night. I think this is what is affecting me the most.

 

 

 

Jessica

 

 

 

But this week... my challenge is to take it outside with my workouts. I want to see how I can do and progress myself.

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Week 2 ALREADY????

Posted by Roxychic87 Mar 2, 2010

Hey everyone,


So I decided that every Monday is going to be the day that I check my weight. I want to see if I am losing weight or if I am gaining weight. This week I weighed in and realized I lost one pound. I was super happy with my results.I want to lose one to two pounds a week. I am going to check my inches lost in about three weeks (about half way). I decided this past Friday to work out and work hard on my legs. I manage to get my legs so sore that I was not able to walk on Saturday and Sunday. I then got food poisioning on Saturday night/all day Sunday. I am going to be subbing in the days this week to get back on track with my schedule. As far as my knee goes, I still feel pain. I am going in to the doctors next Monday. I am excited to see what they say. I am going to see if I can get an X-Ray on my knee just to make sure 100 percent that it is okay.



I think for me, if I want to lose weight I need to start writing down exactly what I am putting in my mouth. Starting today, Tuesday March 2nd I am writing down exactly what I am eating. I do actually eat really healthy BUT I love to eat a lot. I think this will help me to eat less and maybe drink more water too. I know I need to drink at least a gallon of water a day. I think I drink about one liter to maybe two liters of water a day. The days I go to the gym I can easily get two liters and the days I do not go to the gym I can easily get no water in.


Have a gym buddy SERIOUSLY. I have a good guy friend that has been training me. He seriously is my motivation to help me work out in the morning and get me sore. I have never been sore like I am when I work out with my friend. Group X classes at the gym are great too. I think everyone should take advantage of those cause our bodies get use to the cardio machines. We need changes... Our bodies want to stay the same so we have to take a lil challenge.




THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR HELP. I am planning on looking online for stretches I can do for my knee. I messed up my back badly on Friday too cause I did not do my squats correctly. I think the correct forrm is important here too. Any advice or help is always welcomed. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you all soooo much!!!!!

 

 

 

Jessica

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Week 1 Challenge... :)

Posted by Roxychic87 Feb 26, 2010

Hey everyone,


So I started my running this week! I can say that I am impressed on what I can run. I am running right now for 23 minutes 2 miles. I know I need to get to almost four miles by the end but I am really proud of myself for what I have done. I will say this though, my knee has been killing me. Do any of you have any advice on what exactly I should do about it? I heard about stretching but when before or after my workout? I started this week to go to the gym at 5am!!! It is so hard but I have to do it. It is the only time I can go to the gym so getting less sleep is okay but I am getting in my workout.

I need it is time I start writing down exactly what I am putting in my mouth and keep a journal log. I am eating healthy BUT eating a lot!! I am going to be checking my weight on Monday so I will let you all know how I am doing.


Today I worked out hard and actually did weight training. I thought it was a good idea to work out my legs a little bit. I am also realizing that it is TOUGH for me to run out in the street compared to the treadmill. The treadmill is so much more convient and easy to do. I need to start practicing on doing both because in 7 weeks I have a race to run.


I hope everyone is doing good with their training. I am excited and motivated to get to that finish line.

 

 

Jessica

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Roxychic87

Hello everyone,


Here is the start to my new ACTIVE life. I am actually happy and scared all at the same time. Running a 6k is something I never thought I could do and April 18th I am going to do it. There are many different goals I have that I want to be able to fulfill. Attending school full time, working full time, and doing this is worth every minute. I go to San Diego State  University and I am a Biochemistry major. I am graduating in spring.


I am really tired of being overweight. I have been overweight my entire life and every time I try to lose weight I manage to gain weight instead. I am tired of the headaches, backpain, sleepiness, and being sick all the time that comes with poor eating habits and lack of exercise. I know my diet plan is going to have to change too. I am not going to deprive myself from food (because as people who know me know I love food) but it is time I make healthier choices. I am only 22 years old and I want to lose a good 20 pounds before my birthday on June 1st. My ultimate goal is to lose 50 pounds and hopefully I can accomplish this by January 2011. Trying to go to the gym is going to be tough with my horrible schedule but I am going to make sacrifices to do so.  I wish us all the best of luck in this journey.


Any advice or help would be greatly apperiated. I am planning on tracking my weight each week to see if I manage to gain or lose weight.

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