It must have been water.

I did work really hard this morning.  I started with one hour of beginner's yoga from Sarah Kline on Yoga Today.  Then I did one hour of a walk/jog.  I started with a 12 minute light jog then I did some fast walking.  I jogged my heart rate up for one minute then would speed walk it back down to 150.  I did not let it dip below 150.  Then on my dirt track I did week 6 of the Couch to 5k program.  I did one hour total and 53 minutes in my THR.  

This morning's eats consisted of 1/2 cup steel cut oatmeal, 1/2 a grapefruit, 1 small apple, and 1 slice of swiss and a half a home made scone.  My snack was a Kashi Frozen Meal called Mayan Harvest.  It was very tasty.  I also had 1 ounce of macadamia nuts.  Those are addictive so I really watch my portion control with them.  Seriously, I could eat the whole bag.  

This week's rotation is a little more intense because I've been in this plateau for a while and I'm ready to move on.  

5/11 yoga, Jog

5/12 yoga, SB

5/13 yoga, Jog (afternoon/evening),

5/14  yoga, Cardio Hits

5/15 Jog, HSCkt

5/16 off

Frustration

I've been holding this plateau for 5 months now.  I'm ready to move beyond my comfort zone.  Its time to up the ante.

Eat a lot, drink tea, and be merry

All the way around the track.  Don't forget to jog!  Thats what I did yesterday and I've lost a half pound.  Over all, life is good.  I'm enjoying my workouts.  I'm looking forward to tomorrow's jog.  I have officially graduated from wogging to primarily jogging.  Tomorrow its a 5 minute warm up walk followed by 20 minutes of jogging then a 5 minute cool down.  I have created my own tune mix for my iPod.  Its sunny.  The weather is perfect.  I am prepared.  I am working on my mental outlook.  Its an exhausting prospect unto itself.

Monday

I over came the urge to stay in bed this morning.  Yahoo!  I went out for my week 5 of the couch to 5k program.  This was a challenging workout.  I did not make it through the third jog without a short rest.  The rest of the week is intimidating.  I should have 8 minutes of straight jogging on Wednesday. On Friday, its the big 2 0.  Wow.  20 minutes of running/jogging without stopping.  I will do my best.  I will keep a slower, steady pace and hope that works.  I did 20 minutes of yoga afterwards.  I would have done more but my computer crashed and I was streaming the video off of Netflix.  

This morning's eats consisted of steel cut oatmeal, strawberries, coconut oil, protein powder, 1/2 a grapefruit.  Before my workout I had 1 ounce of peanuts.  That worked out really well because they don't fill my stomach up but have carbs, fats, and protein.  

I listened to Robert Ullrey's podcast with my workout this morning.  Afterwards, I listened to IOWL.  This is more of a top down approach to weight loss involving the head and the heart rather than a bottom up approach.  That concept I borrowed from Sandra Ahten.  She says that the bottom up approach is feet and stomach.  That would be anything involving diet and movement.  

My weight was up a little bit.  I tried an experiment over the weekend and it did not work.  I will go back to the longer fast on my low calorie days.  Oh well.  Also, I had tried adding soup as my mid day meal for my low calorie days, and it filled me up so much I was not able to eat enough calories.  I am not going to do that anymore.  I will lower my soup to one cup and add a side salad with olive oil.  

And its Wednesday!

Lol.  I am down a little on the scale.  I am working on being more faithful to my diet plan.  I am modifiying my diet to allow a few treats but keeping those portion controlled.  I have decided to use my yoga for most of my resistance training and just one whole body weighted wo per week.  

Breaking down my rotations it will look like this:

S off

M Wog, Yoga

T Step , Yoga

W Wog, Whole body WO

T Step, Yoga

F Wog, Yoga

S Step Intervals

As far as my body is concerned, it seems that the yoga is more important.

In the trenches again

I put on a couple of pounds with my cycle.  It is slowly coming off.  I love to post about my rotations.  The funny part is, that lately I haven't been following them.  

Still, here is this week's rotation, which I have modified several times already, 

M 30 min. Walk/Run. Yoga

T LIC

W Week 4 Walk/Run couch to 5k program.

T CW

F Week 4 Walk/Run couch to 5k program

Sa Imax, Yoga

I am sticking to my low/high calorie cycles.  That seems to work best.  For a while I deviated from my pre-workout snack of an egg, I don't think that worked for me.  I'm going back to my egg snacks.  Also, last week I was haphazard about my breakfast too.  I don't think that helped.  

Its good to be back!

I am finally back down to my pre-medication weight.  Yeah!  It is sunny.  Its hot.  I will be able to start running at 6:30 AM to accommodate the weather.  I don't know that I look any slimmer but I do feel stronger.  Today is a step workout combining two step workouts from Cathe's 4-DS series.  I will also be out in the garden today and then in the kitchen.  I have created a rotation using 4-DS that separates the strength from the cardio.