Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The crazy Colorado weather is finally agreeing with me and I have been able to start walking/running again outside! We had a blizzard last weekend but I was able to get out in short sleeves two days later. I took it slow and walked the entire 4 miles because I had a head cold during the blizzard. I also swung by the gym yesterday and did a quick upper body circuit. I was there no longer than 15 minutes but I still burned 100 calories and built muscle. Remember that muscle burns calories even when it is not in use. Yesterday, I started running again and used some of the principles of the new book that I picked up.

The selection of women's running books at Barnes and Nobles wasn't super impressive but I did find one that I am super happy with. It is all about women's running as you can see. It is great because it really addresses all aspects of running.
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My 2nd day out I decided to do a half a mile warm up then see how far I could run straight. I made it for half mile and then walked half a mile and ran again to the next half mile marker. I ended up alternating running and walking for about 3 out of the 4 miles.
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I do have to say that running burns way more calories than walking. The two exact same walks had a calorie difference of 150 calories. Also today even though I haven't yet seen the weight loss results of working out this early I had a friend comment that my face looked much thinner than when she recently saw me!

6 comments:

  1. The first thing people noticed in me was my face as well.

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  2. You should keep interval training. I work at a fitness studio and that's what the Master Trainer is always preaching to the clients. Interval training will give you more weight loss and better heart health over time than just distance running.

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  3. I so need your help! Losing weight is so hard for me! I know that when I get down and depressed I deal with it through food. I get upset I eat. I cry I eat. I did weight watchers in the past and it worked until I stopped going to the meetings. It got to the point that I had to miss some meetings and didn't want to have to pay for the meetings I missed. Any suggestions for motivating myself without tht meetings?

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  4. I am interested in knowing what calorie device you use to figure out you calorie burn and how you feel about it! great job thanks!!

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  5. you go girl!!! I really need to try that now! I love reading.. so it would only make sense to put it on my ipod thing!

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