Most people think because you are a personal trainer you are super human… UMMM NO.
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We have those days when we don’t want to work out and sometimes even when we set a fitness goal and get in the middle of training we say to ourselves, what did I sign myself up for.
That is me right now. Literally I signed up to the Miami half marathon. (I am registered, have a non-refundable plane ticket and hotel) Just 6 short weeks ago I thought it would be a fun challenge and keep me motivated through the holidays. WELP.. not so much. Today’s 19 degrees with a wind chill of 4 and I had to do 4 miles. Go ahead and call me a wimp, but this kid wasn’t going outside. So.. instead I decided I could suck it up and run on the treadmill for 4 miles how hard go it be. In a word FREAK’N HARD!!!
Well.. even though the Jessica Simpson E True Hollywood story was on I still felt like a Gerbil on a wheel so…4 treadmills, yes 4 treadmills every mile I moved one, because I was BORED out of mind and thought that would help not so much. This weekend I have to do 8 miles.. I really need to check the forecast… there is NO WAY I can do it on the treadmill.
So here I am 7 weeks away and wondering seriously who do I think I am. Should I be running a half marathon?
Last week I ran my 1st Turkey Trot, just 4 miles through a neighboring town on Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving it was a nice day here in New England. I typically run mid morning, so this was my first early run, so I was testing what to eat. I decided on having a banana and a cup of coffee. Come on. I can’t leave the house without coffee, so it a must have! I ate it 1 hour prior to the race so that I plenty of time to digest it right!
Well at mile 4 I get sharp stabbing pains in my back, but I didn’t STOP I
kept going and finished the race in 39 min. My goal to run less than 10 min/mile and I did despite the stabbing pains in my back and having to pee. Yes, at mile 2 the coffee that I had to have needed to make an exit. So.. I guess my motivation to run a fast as I could was there.
Lesson learned for the Miami 1/2 Marathon — figure out my food and pee management.
Tis the season for family gatherings filled with tasty and tempting treats. How can one not be tempted? Here are some tips to help you stay on track!
Have a Fitness Plan: Every Sunday I set down and schedule in my workouts and treat them like an appointment I can’t break. So. go ahead and grab your calendar and schedule in your workouts. Without this written commitment it’s a slippery slope to not working out until after the holidays are over. So set a plan and STICK with. Need someone to hold you accountable, give me a shoot me an email.
Moderation: You can have a small taste, without blowing it! Allow yourself to indulge a little here and there, but limit your portions. When you are out make smart decisions around where you will indulge and most importantly don’t feel guilty about it.
Do Something Active Each Day: Even if you only have 30 minutes, you can go for a walk, short run, or take a group fitness class, but make sure you move! This will help burn off some of those indulgences and help reduce some of that holiday stress. Read the rest of this entry →
As I train for the Miami half marathon a good friend of mine and an amazing marathon coach, John Furey has told me the secret to running an injury free marathon is cross training and intervals.
I know interval training has been around for awhile and people have been doing them, but are you really getting out of your comfort zone! Really pushing yourself to that 9-10, when you push yourself to the limit. So.. why do we do it. Interval training helps:
boost performance, by making the heart become more efficient at pumping blood
helping increasing our tolerance for lactic acid burn
we can increase our intensity in a short amount of time without risk of burning out or injury
most importantly we BURN MORE FAT!!!! You read correctly… We burn more fat!!!
So I have know this for years, but have I really pushed myself to the 9-10 zone!!! Honestly speaking I think I have been hanging out in the 7-8 zone. So I have been cheating myself of all of the benefits. Okay let me be honest the benefit I really want is FAT BURNING. Okay I’m training for a half marathon, I’d like to be able to be able to cross the finish line on my own 2 feet and not be dragging ass! So.. interval training will be my friend 2x/week until January 31st.
Now my interval will be a combination of cardio machines and metabolic circuits using only my bodyweight and light weights. Check out this one below. If you have bodyweight circuit that you would like to share tell me about it, just write below in the comments
So.. this morning at work we had a long discussion about Thanksgiving side dishes. Here are some of the conclusions we came up with, but I would love to here your thoughts.
Macaroni and cheese
should not contain onions, bread crumbs or Velveeta or American cheese!
SHOULD contain — real cheese, milk, eggs and macaroni
Sweet Potatoes
should not be sliced
SHOULD BE whipped or massed and baked in a pie, served as a side dish or if you need the extra fiber baked and served in the skin.
Stuffing
this was a VERY controversial issue! Some were all about it, and some were just say no! I am of the school that stuffing is nothing but WET BREAD would you eat wet bread on any other day? Then why would you do it on Thanksgiving.
Cranberry Sauce
another controversial one
some were all about the chunky cranberry sauce
others were shake it out of the can with can marks and all
me.. it’s NASTY and just say no!
So.. talk me what are you thoughts on side dishes, have a missed any, please share!!!
This week, I had an opportunity to see Suzy Welch speak. She opened her speech by saying that she can’t do it all. I repeat she said she can’t do it all and she doesn’t even try. Instead she picks what’s important and moves on. What a freeing way to live. So, if you can’t get to it, you don’t dwell on what you didn’t do? AMAZING. That statement felt like the glowing box in Pulp Fiction. Since that day I’ve been really thinking about what she said and then yesterday I read a great post from Lululemon about what are you going to stop doing. It stopped me in my tracks, because as women we are always trying to figure our how we can do more!! You know we have 24 hours in 1 day and how I am ongoing to do a million and one things to make everyone happy as well as achieving my own goals.
So now I thinking, I don’t have to it all, so what am I going to stop doing!!!
Stop being afraid. Yes, I know I me, afraid, but I am! I have been procrastinating on taking this test because I am afraid I will fail. Guess what if I fail I can take it again. So stop talking take ACTION!
Stop spending more than 30 minutes on Twitter and Facebook. I love you all, but I need to get focused on taking my test and growing my business
Stop purchasing things and not using them. Now this is going to be tough! I have purchased so many things that still have the tags on them or books that I haven’t even cracked the spine.
Stop wanting everything to be perfect. If I doing something just okay. That ’s fine. At least I’m taking steps.
Stop feeling like I always have to do something. Say what…It’s a rare day that I can just sit and relax, so take more time to sit and relax. I think about my grandmother, she is 88 years old and I don’t think I’ve seen her sit down for more than 10 minutes at a time. So I don’t want to look back in 48 years and say that I haven’t sat down!
Stop multitasking!! That’s right I’m a professional multitasker, if I’m not doing 5 things with my hair on fire I feel like I’m standing still. Moving forward I will set an old fashion kitchen timer and work on 1 thing at for 30 minutes before I move on to the next activity.
So, I’m going for one of my goals. I have been thinking about running a half marathon for about 10 years. I stopped running because of the pain in my ass. I started working with a great posture guy and I was able to run the Falmouth Road Race (7.1 miles) 2 times without pain. So now I’m goingto go for it. The race is on Sunday, January 31st and my half marathon training starts on Monday!
As I begin my half marathon journey I will keep you all updated on how I’m doing. Today was a rare warm November day in New England. I decided to go for a little mini run (4 miles) and right now I feeling like seriously, am I going to make it 4 miles were tough! Here is my training schedule for this week.
Just kidding! Here we are on the cusp on Halloween and you trying to build your courage and willpower. I get it, you live in a neighborhood where there are a ton of kids and if you don’t buy a truckload of candy your house will get egged or on November 2nd you are going to walk in to find your office filled with candy landmines. Hear are 4 tips to avoid that?
Buy candy you don’t like. That way you are less tempted to nibble between trick or treaters
Can you go candy free and not the be the weird house in the neighborhood? Could you have out granola bars or snack packs of nuts
Don’t buy loose candy. Trust me I love me some candy corn, but if I buy a bag it’s going down!!! As my coach would say jackass behavior is going to happen.
Heading to a Halloween party, how about bring the healthy appetizer or entree to share.
Just stay away, because they are small doesn’t mean that don’t pack on the calories.To find out how many calories, check this out.
Have you purchase an item specifically because a portion of the proceeds went to a breast cancer? According to Cone Research 79 percent of consumers would likely switch to a brand that supports a cause, if all other things are equal. I’ll raise my hand I have done it each year I purchase a lunch bags from Lean Cuisine. The bags are great and I get a ton of compliments on them, and I feel good about buying them because money is going to breast cancer. I look forward to every October so I can get new lunch bags. Well this year Lean Cuisine decided not to do them because they felt with the current economic situation they felt folks wouldn’t be inclined to purchase these lunch bags. Seriously… now more than ever people are bringing their lunch to work and the recycle bag is HUGE! That’s just my humble opinion. This is how I felt until I read an article in last week’s Boston’s Globe.
Some cancer survivors and patient view October not as breast cancer awareness but breast cancer reminder month and some are outraged that companies are making money off of other pain and suffering. No other cause marketing has been as profitable as breast cancer merchandise.
Did you know that:
a product with a pink ribbon is 74% more profitable than a product that doesn’t have a pink ribbon
the use of the pink ribbon is unregulated
a company can put a pink ribbon on its product just to “raise awareness”
in MA you must give an update of total gross revenue generated from “cause marketing” — many companies don’t (shocking)
I am know that I am in conflict, I had a breast cancer scare and was grateful that it was just a scare and I’m glad that money is being raised for a disease that effects 1 and 8 women for when its not just a scare. So tell me below what you think?
zone! Really pushing yourself to that 9-10, when you push yourself to the limit. So.. why do we do it. Interval training helps:
and willpower. I get it, you live in a neighborhood where 
79 percent of consumers would likely switch to a brand that supports a cause, if all other things are equal. I’ll raise my hand I have done it each year I purchase a lunch bags from Lean Cuisine. The bags are great and I get a ton of compliments on them, and I feel good about buying them because money is going to breast cancer. I look forward to every October so I can get new lunch bags. Well this year Lean Cuisine decided not to do them because they felt with the current economic situation they felt folks wouldn’t be inclined to purchase these lunch bags. Seriously… now more than ever people are bringing their lunch to work and the recycle bag is HUGE! That’s just my humble opinion. This is how I felt until I read an article in last week’s 
