Training- Day 1

Yesterday was day one of training. Training will be ongoing for the next 18 months. I will more than likely take a small break after Dopey in January 2015 before starting to train again for Dumbo Double Dare.

That's a lot of training, a lot of running, a lot of gym time.

And it does concern me that I will end up feeling burnt out. There are going to be days, weeks, possibly months where I don't want to run and regret this decision. But my hope is that I get into the habit of going to the gym, of running three times a week, of doing my workout DVD twice a week and it will become second nature.

The important thing for me to remember is that I need to listen to my body. I can't push it too far, but at the same time I have to push it enough so that I can see results.

I know that life events are going to happen and interrupt my weekly schedule. Since I make the schedule ahead of time I don't always know what the plans are going to be.

This has already happened. On day one of week one.. 

Yesterday I was supposed to run for 30-45 minutes and today I was supposed to do a workout DVD (Ripped in 30, week 1). But my mother in law invited me to something for tonight and I decided to go, which threw off my schedule.

With Isabel's swim lesson and the party it pushed my workout back to after 8:30 pm. I just don't like being that upstairs neighbor who's jumping around late at night. I know it's not that late, but I'd just rather not.

So, I made it work. I switched days and ended up cursing Jillian Michaels and in tears by my complete lack of strength and endurance. It was frustrating, especially because I had to stop a few times, but I took those quick breaks and got back to it and I know that eventually I will be able to get through it without stopping.

I wore my heart rate monitor for each workout and ended up burning 1,902 calories for the day. That's insane! All those calories burned just from walking twice at work, going to the gym for an hour and 15 minutes and doing a workout DVD.

What's better is that I got to bed at a decent hour, and woke up this morning before my alarm ready to hit the gym again.

So that's exactly what I did. I went this morning and got in my 30 minutes on the stationary bike and 30 minutes on the elliptical. I showered there and got to work a half hour early. Now all I have left are my two walks at work and I'm going to run tonight after work. The plan is to go to my parents and park my car. Then I'll run around their neighborhood and down to the pool that Isabel has lessons at. I'll probably end up getting there about 5-10 minutes after her lesson starts, but it should end up being over 2 miles.

I'm sure my eating could improve, but I find myself choosing better foods to bring to work and actually eating breakfast at a decent hour. I can tell that this time is different and I know some days will be better than others, but for now I'm going to ride this endorphin high.