This is it I'm going to do this full force. My teammates are so awesome and I love having this group to support me on the way. I've been out of shape for a long time. Going back and forth from healthy to unhealthy, exercise and no exercise. Around 7 years ago I found something I loved Karate, I lost around 20lbs and felt great. Life got crazy and my classes were moved far away, unfortunatly I stoped. Then I crept back up and down on the scale over and over. Now I back, in full force I found something else I'm in love with...running. I started in April and I keep getting stronger and faster! It's so great to have something that all I need is myself and my shoes. Because of running I have been focused on getting in better shape with the new modavation of getting lighter, stronger and faster. I'm not stopping until I reach my goal of 130, 30 more pounds.
This time exercise has been easy for me. When I haven't been injured I work out 4-5 times a week. Using a combination of run/walking 3.5 miles 3 times a week, strength training 3-4 times a week, and 45 minute cardio intervals 3-4 times a week. I set calorie burn goals every week on my heart rate monitor watch, right now I'm going for 6000 calories a week. This does mean double cardio on some days. Once the new year comes I'm going to slow things down a bit, a goal of 3000 calories or so . I've been working a long time and don't want my body to adapt to working that hard all the time. I guess we will se when I get there. :)
My diet is improving as well. I still watch my calories and measure food I prepare. Now I'm trying to clean up more, eating less bread, and pasta, eating more fruit and veggies. I eat a ton of lean protein that has never been an issue. ;) If I do eat breads and pasta I make sure it's whole grain. No WHITE grains!
