Health & Fitness • Page 62

Lol yeah these were my famous last words. After weeks of doing well I'm sick and can't work out and want all the junk food, which I previously wasn't even craving

 

Thank you!! My boyfriend is putting together a weight regimen for us so hopefully that helps!

 

I’ve really gotten addicted to working out / running again which is awesome. I love that feeling of being just completely exhausted, sore and covered in sweat after a 5-6 mile run / workout.

And it really does seem to be true that while exercising your mind frees up and you aren’t overthinking about stuff that happened during the day. I don’t notice it till I’m done, but I always think back to, “what did I think about during the last two hours?”

 

Weight training has really helped my anxiety. No doubt.

 

It has really empowered me. Even tho I'm still working on strength and stamina, every time I push myself to finish my time or do another set or whatever I feel empowered and strong and in control. It's been amazing for overcoming past issues in a way I never expected

 

It's too damn hot to run outside for marathon training.

 

Ugh, running has sucked in NYC recently. Brutal heat and humidity in NYC really slowing down my splits and making runs extremely painful. The amount of sweat is so gnarly.

Very stoked on my June overall though with getting 20 of 30 days in. July and August are gonna be busy with other commitments, so I'm happy I took advantage of a more "free" month.

 

i've decided to try a self-made eating plan that's not so much "eat this not that" but more just putting caps on categories. for example, each day i'm going to try to limit:

fat - 60 grams or less
calories - 1,200 - 1,500
carbs - 150 or less
sugar - 35 or less
protein - at least 60 grams
fiber - idk, 10-15 grams?
vitamin A-D, calcium & iron - at least 65% of Daily value

today ended at:

fat - 43
calories - 1,280
carbs - 135
sugar - 68
protein - 92
fiber - 14
vitamin A - 40%
vitamin B - 68%
vitamin C - 158%
vitamin D - 51%
calcium - 88%
iron - 67%

all in all it was a great day for eating solid, healthy, filling meals. i only needed 1 snack throughout the day (apple w/ peanut butter) which helped. the sugar was way too much, but almost half of that came from a fruit smoothie healthy thing i made for breakfast so it's not like it was candy or something.

topped today off with a 3 mile run (550+ calories burned) and some other workout stuff so today was definitely a positive.

 

This is such a cool idea to keep track! I think I need to do something similar. I'm sure I've made improvements but sometimes I feel stagnant even tho I think it's just impatience and it would be nice to look at something like this as a reminder

 

MyFitnessPal has been a game changer for me.

 

I have a Fitbit flex 2 courtesy of work, and that has been super helpful! The app does sleep tracking and has its own calorie count/macronutrients tracker as well. Def recommend, esp since the flex is pretty cheap.

 

That's one thing I don't miss about marathon training.

 

This is my first marathon and the training is even more rigorous than I was expecting. I keep telling myself I am going to be a better, more fit, more accomplished human being when this is all over in October. haha

 

I don't want to romanticize it or anything, but you do have a huge sense of accomplishment at the end, or at least I did when I finished my (only) marathon. Keep up on the training though, you'll thank yourself later! Training was oddly my favorite part of the whole process.

 

My work gave me a fitbit a few years ago but it was before I cared about my health lol and I gave it away. I use myfitnesspal on and off but it also kinda triggers disordered behavior in me so I downloaded an app where I can input my workouts and I'll see how that goes!

 

Keeping track is everything for me, even to a fault. I get hung up on numbers—not enough workouts, not enough miles, etc.—but I'd say it does a lot more help than harm. I try to mix up my goals every year for the spreadsheets along with the layout. Here's last years, which is a bit different than what I'm doing this year. Hit all my goals: 20,000 push ups, 5,000 pull ups, 365 running miles.

 

i will never be able to do a pull up. i just... no. i have the upper body strength of a Gumby when it comes to pull ups.

 

Have you tried starting with negative pull-ups? That's usually the recommended way to build up the strength to get to the real thing. I began getting addicted to working out when I got laid off in 2015 by starting up P90X. Could do...maybe one wide grip pull up at best? Now I can get in the 12-14 range. Been really satisfying to see that number slowly tick upward over time.

 

Definitely agree with this.

At the start of this year I could barely do 1 pull-up, but I started working on some negative pull-ups and other things to help, and now I’ve been able to do 14 in a set. That’s usually the first set and the following sets drop off, but it’s still been cool to see the progress.

Keep at it!

 

the other day at the gym i jumped up and started (trying) to do pull ups, and i think i actually came close to doing a couple, but i feel like my momentum was what got me there / close, not actually using my strength lol.

i have not tried negative pull ups. just googled it as i've never even heard of them. will have to try that out.

oddly enough (or maybe it makes sense to some), i get closer / better when my arms / hands are closer together on pull ups but push ups work better for me the farther my arms / hands are apart.

 

Interesting. Conventional wisdom goes like this from hardest to easiest I think:

1) Close Grip Pull Up
2) Wide Grip Pull Up
3) Neutral Grip Pull Up
4) Chin Ups

 

My fitness pal is a piece of shit. Can’t even finish registering, the screen keeps locking up or something. What a great app.

 

A chin up is different than a pull up? Maybe I’m thinking of chin ups as pull ups.

 

If your fingers are towards you, it’s a chin up. If your fingers are away from you in the grip, it’s a pull up. I’m pretty sure.

 

Correct.