Today I hit the 200 Mile Marker!!!! It has been a tough last 10 miles but I made it today. With 200 miles behind me -- It's time for the 200 MILE GIVEAWAY! If you look on the right side of my blog you will see the remaining miles left on the 1,010 goal along with the current month's goals and successes.
For the giveaway: Here are the options for the prize that you can choose! They are not large items -- the last one might be bigger though! Prizes will most likely come from WalMart.
The Giveaway will end on Friday April 2nd, 2010.
GIVEAWAY PRIZE OPTIONS: (Choice of ONE)
1. Talking Pedometer (brand new).
2. $15.00 gift card from Walmart.
Each gift is around 15 - 20 bucks. If you win then you get to choose one from the list. There are multiple ways to enter into the giveaway.
Here's how to enter:
You must leave your Name and Email Address in a Comment to enter drawing. (ex: thetrickshot at hotmail dot com)
Post a new comment with each entry that you do.
1. Tweet this post with link. (I will need your Twitter name) - mine is MistrTyler
2. Mention this giveaway with link in blog posting ---- BE SURE TO COMMENT with A LINK TO YOUR BLOG POSTING
3. Become a follower of this blog if you are not already - if you are, just let me know that you are.
4. Comment on this Post telling me which post has been your favorite so far this year.
5. Refer a friend to this giveaway and have them tell me -- you will get another entry.
Each thing that you do will equal one entry. You can have a total of five entries into the giveaway easily.
This is an awesome way for you to receive something for free and have me do all of the hard work! :) I don't mind shipping internationally.
I had been thinking about it for a week now but had not done it until tonight. I wanted to see how many push-ups that I could do in a row. I did that tonight to the point of muscle failure. I know that a couple of my readers may not agree with muscle failure, and the technique is controversial, but what I wanted is to do as many push-ups as I could until I couldn't do any more.
My results
Push-ups in a row: 31
Total number of push-ups: 65
Did I try 66? Yes, couldn't do it. I tried stopping at 64 but my wife said, "One more!"
Here's some pics of my Push-up Party.
I was really appreciative that my wife said I could do one more. I didn't think I had it in me but she gave me enough motivation. With that said...I want to give you that same support that she gave me. If you are in need of some motivation - hit me up with your email and I'll try to send something out to you every now and then.
Have you ever had that time when someone pushed you to do more than you thought you could?
I told you all yesterday that I was going to try Pilates last night - and I did. I had my wife take pictures of my attempt at Pilates and it turned out to be a lot of fun to take pictures during some of the exercises. I'm not posting it -- but the egg roll was Hilarious! I hope you enjoy my attempt at Pilates. I like trying these new things -- What's next to try...hmmm? We'll see. No new news on the healing fracture; still fractured. Enjoy the pictures.
I am seriously motivated to keep on with bettering myself. I'm not sure what it is but something clicked and I want to try new things and to push forward even harder. I can picture my body taking shape physically and that is some of the motivation I know. I took some progress pictures, as I do every two weeks, and badly want to put them up here but will not until school is out. I have my shirt off in them and I'm not sure how many of my kids read this blog and the thought of me with my shirt off is not something I want them thinking about while at school.
I will however give you another pic that I found on my computer as a Before picture. I'm going to be changing the "My Pictures" page up soon so that it is more organized and cleaner.
Now to the important stuff. The winner for the Blogger-Made Home Workout Challenge is...
Congratulations Gokey! If you are Gokey and want to receive your prize - be sure to return the email that I send you. I know that you have another name and I will look back to get it - but Gokey works for now.
Ankle News:
The ankle seems to be doing just fine. It is still bruised and fat, but I do have a little more mobility in it. It is actually the fibula bone that is fractured. I continue to walk on it daily with the boot and the boot has been so supportive. I've been wearing the pedometer that last few days; yesterday and today's distances have been 2 + miles. I'm happy about that. It's holding up well I do believe.
Workout: Yesterday I tried Yoga for the first time and someone told me not too. They did tell me to try Pilates. My wife does Pilates every so often and so I thought that I would give that a try tonight. It will be interesting to see how that works out. I'll tell you about it tomorrow.
Now that I am picking up some miles --- that 200 mile giveaway is right around the corner. There are some good prizes that will be given away - be sure to stick around to find out.
What do you do when you hit a wall with workouts and/or weight loss?
Aside from teaching my normal middle school classes, I also teach computer typing classes. A couple of my girls in the third grade asked if I wanted to hear a song that they had learned and I, of course, said yes. I really liked the message that the song had.
Little by little, inch by inch by the yard - it's hard, by the inch - what a cinch never stare up the stairs, just step up the steps little by little, inch by inch
Obviously - little by little is about the way that I am moving - slowly, but the message is a lot cooler than that. I keep thinking about what I am not able to do right now (running, basketball, simple normal walking, etc), but when I focus on what I can't do it takes away from the things I can do. I like the line, "never stare up the stairs, just step up the steps". There was more to the song but those simple lines opened my eyes to what I was missing. I think I was kind of in a funk yesterday but that line brought me right out.
I had a really good workout today and I tried something new, but I will get to the new thing later.
Workout
My workout started with me shooting 100 free throws. I made 70 out of those 100. I had decided that any of the free throws that I missed I would have to do a push-up for each miss in return. That means that I missed 30 free throws; I did 30 push-ups. I did twenty of them in a row and the remaining ten as a second set. I really think I could have made more than 70, but I got rushed off the court -- some people wanted to know if they could play full-court and I told them I was almost done. I rushed the last 5 shots...missed 4 of them. Darn kids.
Free throws: 70/100 Shoulder Press: 3 sets of 12 Mid Press: 2 sets of 10 Butterfly press: 2 sets of 10 Lat Pulldowns: 2 sets of 10 Low Row: 2 sets of 10 Push-ups: 30 Jump-Rope:2 sets of 20 sec. fast (one leg) Leg raises: 2 sets of 30 second holds Tricep Dips: 2 sets of 8
Walking Today: 2.33 miles...(So happy for the boot rather than crutches)
Food
My wife was craving Chinese tonight -- she never wants Chinese so I thought that I could find something that was halfway healthy. We checked out the menu for a good 5-10 minutes and I decided on the chicken and broccoli w/rice. I also got crab rangoon (sp?), one of my personal fav things.
I didn't think about it being covered in a sauce but that's okay. I ate the chicken and broccoli and little of the rice (not a huge fan of rice) and then ate too many of the crab rangoon. I don't stray from my food intake normally at all, I did for the crab rangoon. I do not eat the outer edges, just the inside goodness. It was a good meal and now I move on from the crab rangoon excess.
My First Yoga Attempt
I toldmy wife that she could not go into the spare room because I didn't want anyone to see me struggling to get into the downward dog position, especially with my ankle the way it is.I found an 8 minute yoga session on a free podcast on my iPod and set out to do it. I knew that there would be some poses that I could not do so I just tried to adjust the best that I could to them.
My first attempt at Yoga = failed attempt.
I was not good at it. I was trying to watch the video and focus my breathing while figuring out what the warrior pose was while trying not to put much weight on my ankle in the boot. This yoga session was targeted for weight loss and I really think that it would work, if I could do all of it.
What is one exercise or routine that you have tried and just failed at in the beginning?
Today started out to be a pretty good day. It was not bad at any time but I kind of declined in the pep category as the day progressed. School went just fine and the kids have helped me out so that I don't have to hobble around everywhere (even though I do make the occasional trips just to get some extra steps in). I've kept a pretty good attitude concerning my ankle and this obstacle but tonight it kind of hit a low. I was just bummed. On Wednesdays, I usually go and play basketball but obviously was not able too. Just so you know, I love playing basketball. With that said - it was a little hard to not get to go play basketball but I made it. I did something that proved to be equally as tiring fun - taxes. It wasn't actually that bad this year.
Ankle News: Bruising has begun
I took a couple pics of the ankle as it continues to heal. There is some bruising that is taking place now and today I felt a little pain with it. The pain came only after I woke up from a nap. I was not as careful with it when I was sleeping.
I also took a picture to show the comparison between my two ankles.
Measurements
I have never taken measurements and I kind of wish that I had when I was at my biggest. Little did I know that I would want them later on down the road. I had my wife do the measurements for me; these are not all of the measurements but all that I really cared to do.
Right Arm: 15 inches (this was with arm in flex position but not flexed) Left Arm:14 3/4 inches (arm in flex position but not flexed) Chest:45 inches (measurement taken over the nipples and evenly back) Waist: 41 inches (measurement taken over the belly button and evenly back)
To be honest, I don't know what is good and don't have any importance set on these measurements except that I was bored and decided to take them.
Thanks to all of you for all of your support! You guys have been awesome!
I will be doing my BMHW Challenge Giveaway drawing tomorrow. I'm sorry I didn't get that done on Monday but it will be up tomorrow, Thursday.
I will be having a 200 mile giveaway probably next week; as soon as I hit 200 miles for the year. I was hoping to have that this week but I'll get it next week.
So, today I wanted to post up some of my progress pictures over my journey. The picture in the blue shirt was taken as a school picture my first year of teaching (Oct or Nov 08), the second picture in teh red was taken this school year (Oct or Nov 09), and the pic in the white was taken tonight (March 23, '10).
I try not to be vain and that is not why I am posting these but as a constant reminder of how uncomfortable I look as a bigger person. It is no wonder that I got out of breath so fast. The thing that really gets me is that I thought that I felt Good then! I didn't push myself other than basketball twice a week - and at that I was dog tired after a couple pick up games. I enjoy seeing the progress and hope that you all can be inspired by a small success over here at 1010in2010. I will try not to post any more comparison pics b/c I do not want this to annoy anyone with pics of myself.
On to other news; my ankle is still the same.
I know that is not new news but there are some things that are weird about it. I don't feel any pain with it - if I do, it isn't much. I thought fractures and such were suppose to be painful. I have not had to take any pain pills except for the night it happened and this morning I had a headache, which I associate with the "no movement" sleeping I have to do to protect the ankle.
More news: Busted Ankle Workout
I took advantage of the community center that we have here in our town. The gym is free for community members to use. I have used it before but wanted to make it known that we don't need the gym to get workouts in - especially for us cheapskates. It is not much but it does serve its purpose. Since I have an obstacle in my way; I'm changing my routine up to get past the obstacle. I want to come back from this stronger and harder in every other area so that I don't miss a beat. All of my full body workouts were done one-legged (push-ups and free throws).
3 sets of 10 push-ups (one set explosive, one set round-the-clock, one set normal)
3 sets of 20 grabs rope climber crunches (10 grabs per side)
3 sets of 8 Mid-press Rows
3 sets of 10 butterfly press (name?)
3 sets of 8 Mid-Press (upright bench)
2 sets 10 shoulder press
50 Made Free Throws (lots of walking to get missed shots...well, hobbling)
1.04 miles walking. (I've capped it off there today, I was at .84 miles after work but I forgot the pedometer when I went to the gym - I did quite a bit of walking at the gym.)
If you have not been to my blog before, my goal is to run/jog/walk (recorded only during workouts) 1,010 miles in the year of 2010. Everything was going really well until last night. I was playing basketball as I do twice a week and went up for a rebound ---what goes up must come down. I landed on two different feet of two different people and my foot just started rolling around trying to find the safety of the floor. I felt something roll around inside, or over my ankle (tendon maybe), as I landed and then a POP! Well, that pop was... ...a chip fracture of a bone. It is on the Fibula bone on the inside lower part of my ankle. It looked rather long to me but the doctor said that the location of the fracture is pretty good. She said that it would heal pretty well and then proceeded to put my foot in a walking boot. I'm not sure of the technical name for the shoe -- but it goes up to a couple inches below my knee and helps me walk (so no more crutches).
I look really awkward walking now and will have to wear this thing for a couple weeks.
I took today off from working out but have been thinking of some ways that I can reach my goal. Here are some of my ideas:
I will continue to do home workouts (I can still do squats being that I do not have to move my feet; push-ups will have to be one legged; I will make this work)
I am thinking about putting my pedometer on during the day as my foot will continue to be healing so that I do not get way far behind on my goal. What do you guys think about this - is that cheating??
I will eat the same way that I have been. I have noticed though today that I have been hungry and have craved foods outside of my approving. I did not give in to the Pizza Hut or the Taco Bell that I craved.
This is where I am at. I don't like this position but I have to deal and make the best of this.
I will take any and all suggestions to help me continue going strong on this journey.
