Comments | laceyjess: 3 years of fitness

laceyjess

3 years of fitness

Feb 05, 2008 19:15

Starting out at 185 lbs 3 years ago, barely able to go 5 minutes on the eliptical... This is my own little pat-on-the-back post. I type this as I am on the couch nursing a running injury... Yep I can consider myself an "athlete" now. Contemplating running shoe purchases and 10K's once spring hits ( Read more... )

diet, fitness, health

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it_certainly_is February 6 2008, 01:27:09 UTC

at planet fitness today i weighed myself, and i am down to 172-ish. this is coming from someone who, seven months ago, hovered around 230 and was a size 20. i wear a size ten now. at the rate i am going, i'll be at 165 in about three weeks, which is on the upper range of my healthy weight zone (i'm 5 foot 8 and a large frame). coincidence? i think not. here's to changing your life.

laceyjess February 6 2008, 03:01:29 UTC

I just got your im-text messages, I was talking to nathan at the time and all of a sudden my phone beeps a bunch of times. It was all pretty funny. On a related note, I was visiting in Orono a couple weeks back and someone who knows us both inquired about you, and mentioned that you had definitely looked like you had lost weight, so just so you know, people are noticing :) So here's to changing your life.

We will definitely have to chat it up some time.

byron February 6 2008, 02:23:12 UTC

Rock on girl!

mitchtech February 6 2008, 03:57:50 UTC

Wow. I haven't heard from you in ages. But i am so proud of what you have done. That is really great. I know the hard work and the time it takes to accomplish something like that. The running and the body fat stuff is so interesting. Reminds me of my old days. I have run 33 marathons and loved all of that. But my running days are over since i now suffer from neuromas in both feet. (podiatrist feels that they are the result of my excessive running.)
Keep up the good work. Would love to see a picture of what you look like now and those guns.

laceyjess February 8 2008, 21:30:22 UTC

As much as I want to run excessive amounts, and 33 marathons is certainly that, I am afraid of what injurious things I might do to my body. This weekend I learned the hard way that runners are only supposed to increase their workouts by 10% (I doubled distance two days in a row and did something to my knee). I want to get all the benefits of running without the injuries. What would you suggest?

mitchtech February 10 2008, 03:56:31 UTC

As you might guess, correct comfortable footwear is the biggest thing. And always warm up to some degree before a strenuous workout. Stretching, etc ( ... )

mitchtech February 10 2008, 03:59:24 UTC

I forgot to mention LSD. Long Slow Distance. That was a training technique that helped to build a good base so when you start doing speed work or intervals, you have a level of endurance that will astonish you.

newlifeinstpaul February 6 2008, 16:22:15 UTC

Endurance > speed so don't worry about that.
Besides, your legs aren't as long as a six-foot tall man--so there ya go.

I wanna get my distances back up and progress.
I used to do daily 5's and weekly 10's but I let the 10's go for the most part and I want them back.

Are you whirlpooling after your runs?
Any issues with shin splints?

laceyjess February 8 2008, 21:34:00 UTC

No whirlpools...
And I have not had any shin splints. This weekend though, I seemed to hurt my knee. I continued to work through the slight pain, and tuesday it seemed to get pretty bad (hard to walk!). So my lesson is to take that day or two off, and not increase by so much distance at one time. The former editor of running magazine (a great friend to have at this point in my life!) told me that a 10% increase is what should happen on a weekly basis to work up to the distance I want to do.

I guess I need to take it easy for the next 4 days (no running!) and then start again which really sucks.

monocleostrich February 7 2008, 20:44:48 UTC

That's awesome! Congratulations.

Yeah, the numbers look small, but if you're running 8 miles a day, you've got to look just right with the perfect balance of muscle and whatnot. Kick ass!

laceyjess February 8 2008, 21:45:00 UTC

Its funny, I have friends who weigh less, but they don't look the same, they are just the type to always be small no matter what but it isn't exactly healthy. I notice a difference between athlete friends of mine (mostly runners or swimmers) and the naturally skinny couch-potatoes. Obviously, muscle-tone aside, there is also skin tone and general appearance. It is just a different type of body all-together. That idea helps keep me going when I am feeling tired, perhaps struggling with the fact that it is a hard routine and I am wondering why I couldn't just be born with better genes and higher metabolism.