Let's Get Fit and Healthy Together!

[Zero Cool]

Been a while since I posted here. Started working out again at a local gym. Have been going 4 or 5 days a week for 3 weeks now. Doing 1 hour of cardio, using cross training machine, bicycle or swimming and a half hour of weight lifting. Also, stopped eating food after 8 p.m. and trying to eat more raw foods.

Weighed 92kg three weeks ago.
Current weight: 90.5kg
Goal: 80kg

[absentmindedfan]

8.4 miles in an hour and a half
Decent speed (for me) and the furthest I've run to date :)
And a little yoga/stretching to cool down

[Frank]

Monthly start weigh-in:

June 13stone 10lbs

May 13stone 11lbs
April 13stone 10lbs
March 14 stone

Biggest disaster - 14 stone 4 pounds on the 15th May.

[Tigerlily]

I got a macrobiotic book. I'm going to try to eat more macrobiotically, see if that helps with my sluggish weight.

[absentmindedfan]

5.4m run Tuesday
3 mile faster run Thursday
4.3m tempo run today

My natural pace is getting faster :)

[sugarmouse]

You make me so jealous AMF!
I will be a runner soon!

I have been eating healthier conciously for a while now and I feel and look better. Havent been dieting, just eating more salads and vegetables and less stodge and simple carbs.

I want to be a size ten soon, thats my goal, I am a 12. . I know running helps and I love runnnig, but I have so much uni work and my life is so so stressful right now:( plus my medication makes me as tired as a 90 year old

[absentmindedfan]

Monday 5.4mile run
Tuesday 4.3 mile run
Wed - rest
Today 6mile run (in 1hr 5 mins, my comfy pace is getting faster)

[absentmindedfan]

5.4 mile run today, a total of 21 miles run this week :)

[talitha]

Hey AMF

I just got back from a 5.5miler too. Look like a drowned rat :D how about you?

[absentmindedfan]

Sunny with a light breeze, lovely weather for running :)

[cedarblue]

amf, what are fartleks???:confused:

i went back a few pages but couldn't find a description...

[absentmindedfan]

It comes from the Swedish for 'speed play' and it's basically and unstructured form of interval training. So instead of running fast for 2 mins, recovering for 2 mins etc, you run fast for as long as you like, recover for as long as you like and so on. It raises your overall speed, anaerobic and aerobic capacities.

[absentmindedfan]

6 miles today. Hard work, I got up later than I wanted to and it was humid

[absentmindedfan]

3 miles of fartleks today, feeling tired after trekking round London yesterday so I thought I'd take it easy.

[absentmindedfan]

5.3 miles today, light drizzle which was nice as it kept me cool.
Feeling tired this week. Maybe last week tired me out, or maybe it's the less energised part of my cycle.

[sugarmouse]

My fitness goal is to get to absentmindedfan stage lol
I love running but i am nowhere near able to do that yet!

[absentmindedfan]

Take your time, you'll get there. I've been running for a year now

[absentmindedfan]

8.4 miles this morning :)

[Frank]

''8.4 miles this morning''

You will be running in one of the forthcoming London marathons at this rate.

Fair play to you AMF :)

[sugarmouse]

I havent weighd myself, but Scruffyhead says I look at least half a stone lighter :) I have just been watchig what I eat (less stodge ) and running 30 mins few times a week:)

[thecatspajamas1]

I went running today. (Well, I walked half of it because I was too hot in my clothes!) Going to do my situps and other exercises tonight too.




I havent weighd myself, but Scruffyhead says I look at least half a stone lighter :) I have just been watchig what I eat (less stodge ) and running 30 mins few times a week:)


Good job!
I had to look up online how much a "stone" was. :)

[Frank]

Monthly start weigh-in:

July 13 stone 8lbs

June - 13 stone 10lbs
May - 13 stone 11lbs
April - 13 stone 10lbs
March - 14 stone

Biggest disaster - 14 stone 4 pounds on the 15th May.

[absentmindedfan]

Had all of last week off as Sam is on holiday and taking it easy this week too. 4.5 miles Monday and 5 miles today

[Maisiepaisie]

My fitness goal is to get to absentmindedfan stage lol

Me too. I don't like running as it makes my legs ache, probably because I'm carrying so much extra weight. I'm going to persevere though as I know it will get easier as my fitness levels increase.

[absentmindedfan]

Monday's run wasn't too good, a 4.3mile route but I got wheezy half way round and had to walk some of it :(
Today's 7miler was fine though