First Run was Fun

As the title already says, the first run was fun. Running wasn't as hard as I thought it could be. It is nice to notice that running habits and feeling you get haven't lost during this very long break. I still can feel even without watching the monitor when I run too fast and with too high heart rate. Usually I end up running too fast and don't have patience to slow down if I dream about fast running enough.

By the way, I had to use my husband's heart rate monitor. My own had empty battery so that problem should be repaired asap. I think that was the only sign that I haven't run for a while. And of course in addition the hurting leg muscles I do have now.

Lastly, I still have to add one photo I took during yesterday's pram walk. The asphalt I saw. Today there was even more of it shown even if in the evening when I ran there was about -10 Celsius degrees. The sunny days do miracles. First running steps on asphalt in spring, there is nothing better than that..

Sportterfly 

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Sunday Walk

Today I was supposed to rest and let my body recover from the past week's exercises. The weather of this winter has been so poor, plus degrees and lack of snow. Thus, when I saw the weather forecast for the next week showing minus degrees and the sunny weather and white ground after yesterday's snowing, I couldn't help myself, I decided to walk. I pram walked to my parents, spent couple of hours there and pram walked back. It took a 37 minutes to walk there but only 30 minutes to come back even if I stopped to take some pictures on the way. 

It wasn't very easy to walk fast. If I wasn't thinking it actively I ended up walking slower with my typical tempo. I haven't been sweating like that when walking for a while. And when I was almost home, I walked even faster. I was imaging myself running at the end of half marathon and someone from the audience yelling that I'm near to beat my record. I almost run.

On the way I saw a bit asphalt under the icy street and I had to try few running steps. I think the asphalt is one of the runners best signs of coming summer. I haven't run for almost one and a half year now, and tomorrow is the day when I do my first running training. I'm so exited.

Sportterfly

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Diet Posting

This is the final posting about my diet for a while. Or otherwise it becomes a bit boring if I publish only photos of a single note paper that I have on the fridge door. But on the other hand it has been to concentrate on the diet now so naturally I'm thinking and writing about it a lot. Anyway, now it is time to think the next steps and here comes the final note paper photo (at least for a while). This is the situation after Friday:

Nothing becomes a habit in four weeks but at least now I have started to think healthier choices first when I open the fridge door. The last couple of days I would have eaten even more than five handfuls but I have taken something 'heavier' to guarantee the energy I need for breastfeeding. Weird that I haven't even calculated calories of my eatings yet and the weight is nevertheless going down. But this is the method how I always have reached my weight back to normal after pregnancies, only by thinking a bit healthier and adding exercising. 

Next step is to keep up the Five Handfuls a Day thinking when hungry and concentrate on the coming running exercises.

Sportterfly

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Fitness Test Results

Today I did the final muscle training for this program. It was quit easy one. Obviously I have get more power because the common training sessions doesn't feel to killing me anymore. After that I could do the fitness test. And do you remember how I at first complained my muscles hurting many days after the test, and now I just did it! Afterwards I thought that maybe I should have pushed even more. Anyway, the result was very pleasurable for me, after all the sick days that I had along the way.

My fitness score improved from 40 to 44 and athleticism score from 28 to 33. Again I listed the result of different parts in the list below.

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Endurance 52 (earlier 42, and before that 01)

Flexibility 55 (earlier 55, and before that 27)

Strength 34 (earlier 21, and before that 09)

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Balance 45 (earlier 36, and before that 58)

Power 53 (earlier 24, and before that 01)

Speed/Reaction/Agility 10 (earlier 37, and before that 12)

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Tra La La La once again!

Sportterfly

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Fourth Weigh-in Already!

Two kilogrammes weight loss in two weeks, yee yee yee! This time the scale showed me 82kgs, which means that I have lost five kilogrammes in total! Last time I manage to get rid of only a half kilo in two weeks but now the result was better, even if I feel (again) that I have ate with the horse's appetite. I don't know if I should eat even more to control the weight loss. Because of the breast feeding I shouldn't lose more than half a kilo in a week. Well, this was the first time that I lost 'too much' so maybe I continue as this far and if the weigh is continuously going down too fast or baby becomes somehow unhappy then I 'll come up with something.

Now some morning routines and then I try to finalise this program with the test again while baby takes a nap. See you soon with more results!

Sportterfly

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This and That

Laziness?

I have felt that I'm lazy and don't exercise enough. Maybe I'm a bit afraid that I end up spending time as before, without exercising and eating whatever. But today I calculated that it was already ninth training session for this four weeks program even if I have been sick twice. And in addition I have walked with pram a lot and spent lot of time with the kids outdoors. Maybe I shouldn't blame myself for laziness so much?

Training session

Today I did the last aerobic session for a while and it was a hard one. Usually I have collected around 250 Nike Fuel but this time I managed to get 440! Wow! When I did the first aerobic sessions there was about 10 drills to do after the warm up, but this time I had to do 16. And in the beginning the drills lasted 30 seconds and now most of the drills are 45-60 seconds long. One negative thing to say was interruptions. Our baby has been crying a bit lately and he didn't sleep very well so I had to go again outside couple of times to calm him down that he continues the nap. So I couldn't concentrate as well as I wanted but when I saw the result, it wasn't that bad.

New Training Program

Tomorrow it's time for the last muscle training of the program and then I'll restart the program and do the fitness test. Next four weeks period includes also the running exercises, so I'm going to change my target to Get Strong for the next program and I'm going to train my muscles only twice a week then.

Eating

Today my lunch bar looked like this..

..and status of the note paper is the following now..

..After all, my diet has gone well after I have used the note paper to remind me. Maybe I try now live without marking the tallmarks but if I again start to eat as before I'll take this trick again in use. My next step is now to keep up the correct eating.

I'm excited to see what the scale says tomorrow, and the fitness test. Good Night!

Sportterfly

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Running Program

Week eight is ending soon and it has been time to think what's next so I just published my running program that I'm supposed to do for the next/first four weeks here. I'll come later to update my other news..

Sportterfly

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