my beautiful ugly new running shoes ♥
Day 954. Ive done enough, tried, experimented, flirted, lusted after, jumped into bed with, high fived, tried on for size, ran screaming from, dallied, diddled, fumbled, fondled, tried my hand at, dabbled, mastered, half-assed and owned so many parts of this whole fitness dealio that I think I have finally got enough under my belt to allow myself to do something that I’ve never done.
Become Wholly Obsessed.
for 30 days.
30 days is nothing to me in this. Its a short spurt of insanity and I want it. Im going to do everything for 30 days. 
I get to get obsessed!!!! I say often that my mind when it hooks on to something is like the sun through a magnifying glass. It burns a hole in front of me. Im not exaggerating.
But I feel like Im finally at a place and time where I could handle thirty days of beast mode.
I know balance and rest. I know super intense and I know self-discipline but this will challenge all of these things, because this is going to be ‘my good bye weight-loss program out with a glorious bang’.
I have never done a challenge where I didnt have certain things I was focusing on.
I have never said to myself, let me see what I can accomplish in thirty days when my brain, heart and body are all onboard and foaming at the mouth.
I have never tried my absolute hardest just to see how much I can do. Just to see.
TIme to effing fix that. CANNONBALL! 
Cardio has been on the backburner for me for several months now, really only running for fun or for a warm-up.
But now Im going to do regular cardio again, 3 days each week including a long run on the weekends. Im also going to improve both my mile time AND my 5 mile time.
On top of my schedule below, there will be approximately 10 days of swimming around in the ocean mermaid style, but i’d be doing that anyway - so Im not counting as regularly scheduled cardio
Schedule: 
Week 1 - June 1-7 Friday to Thursday
6/2 Saturday - Downtown Brooklyn to Grand Central Station via Brooklyn Bridge Run (round trip) - 10 mi
6/4 Tuesday - Morning Run - Park Slope 5 miles
6/6 at home body weight circuit training from NerdFitness - at the Lake Week 2 - June 8 - 14
6/8 Friday - Morning Run - Coney Island 5 miles
6/10 Sunday - Mid-Day Run Verrazano Bridge and Shoreline - 13 miles
6/12 Tuesday - at home body weight circuit training from NerdFitness - on my roof
6/14 Thursday - Morning Run - Park Slope 5 miles Week 3 - June 15 - 21
6/16 Saturday - 6.2 Miles Leisure run on circuit of Central Park
6/18 Monday - at home body weight circuit training from NerdFitness - on the Luna Park dock
6/20 Wednesday - Planet Fitness Express Circuit Training Floor - 4 rounds - 90 minutes Week 4 June 22 - 28
6/22 Friday - Coney Island 5 miles
6/24 Sunday - Mid-Day Run Shore Line to Coney Island - 15 miles
6/26 Tuesday - Boxing / Calisthenics 60 minutes
6/28 Thursday - at home body weight circuit training from NerdFitness - on the 9/11 pier Finale Wrap-Up June 29/30
6/30 Saturday - Long distance victory Run - new route of choice 
Strength Training, Heavy Lifting and Deadlifting - my newest addition to my fitness world and one Im having a very strong love affair with.
I want to up my weights and maintain my reps. I want to do it 2-3 times per week to make sure Im getting maximum results.
Schedule: 
Week 1 - June 1 -7
6/1 Friday - 45 minute deadlifting session
6/5 Wednesday - 45 minute heavy lifting session - concentrating mostly on back/arms/shoulders Week 2 - June 8 - 14
6/9 Saturday - 45 minutes of deadlifts / squats / lunges
6/13 Wednesday - 60 minutes at-home body weight workout - pushups & calisthenics to check max reps - in the middle of Prospect Park Week 3 - June 15 - 21
6/15 Friday - 45 minutes heavy lifting session
6/17 Sunday - 90 minutes body weight challenge on the beach
6/19 Tuesday - 60 minutes weight circuit
6/21 Thursday - 45 minutes deadlifting session Week 4 June 22 - 28
6/23 Saturday - Light gym free for all - not too much - 15 mile run the next day.
6/27 Wednesday - 60 minutes weights free for all in the gym Finale Wrap-Up June 29/30
6/29 Friday Pick 5 moves and find your new max weight 
Flexibility and Rest. I have a few 90 minute hot yoga classes that I will be working in where life allows and will be taking those things I learn home with me. Instead of scheduling my yoga stretchy times, I am instead going to schedule happy quiet playful times. 
Week 1 - June 1-7
6/2 Saturday - on Brooklyn Bridge Run - stop to stretch at the mid-point of the bridge and any other beautiful places along the way. End the run with a cool down, stretchy bit on the top of the Sunset Park Hill and grab strawberries and kiwis and walk the last half mile home. Week 2 - June 8-15
6/8 Friday - morning stretchy bit before and after Coney Island 5 miles on the end of the pier at sunrise, practice handstand
6/10 Sunday - end half marathon - shower - meet Jen in Owls Head Park for upside down tanning on the harbor banks with wine, stretch out and bring foam roller Week 3 - June 15-21
6/16 Saturday - after leisure run around Central Park - practice yoga positions, practice handstand, stretch out, quiet time on the lake by Belvedere Castle or in the Ramble or by the Jackie O reservoir
6/19 Highline Ballroom Concert - cut loose, get drunk in my teeny LBD and love life. Week 4 - June 22-28
6/22 Friday - Practice handstands at Coney Island in the sand before morning run
6/24 Sunday - After 15 miler - meet Jen at the pool in Sunset Park - float on back for like 3 hours, then get tacos
6/28 Thursday - the world’s greatest bubble bath after practicing yoga and strethy bits on the roof Finale Wrap-Up - June 29/30
6/30 - whatever floats my boat after my victory run 
My Nutrition is one part that I feel is going to be the biggest part of all of this. I dont have problems with overeating or bad food choices- but I am dying to know what I an adopt as part of my diet that will greatly effect my bf%- which is what this is all about for me.
www.bodybuilding.com/fun
/brewster26.htm
^ my official bodyfat% formula I will be using to track myself, which lists me at 25.74 as of 5/17 
STARTING MEASUREMENTS NEEDED ON 5/31 
WRIST WAIST HIP FOREARM CHEST HIPS THIGH BICEP CALF
I also used the kindle app on my phone to download a ton of fun vegetarian cookbooks and Ive gotten tons of healthy meal ideas from peeps @ MFP
In case you cant tell, Im going vegetarian as best I can for June.
Goddamn Im going to miss being a raging carnivwhore. 
So let’s see what happens.
GPOYW- April pre-swim progress pic
Get Off Your Ass Already: Beating The Workout Blahs
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Get Off Your Ass Already: Beating The Workout Blahs
by Susan Lacke
You know how it is: On New Year’s Eve, tipsy with optimism and champagne, you gaze wide-eyed at the world, declaring this will be your year. You’ll finally join the gym, lose those 10 pounds, run a marathon and make Orlando Bloom fall in love with you.
These goals always get off to a great start, but by the end of January, you’re on the couch with a dusty gym pass, a dozen cupcakes and a restraining order from Orlando’s people. (P.S. – Not cool, Orlando. I really thought we had something special, baby.)
Where did it all go wrong? You started out so motivated, and now you’re feeling uninspired. Don’t be discouraged. Get your fitness goals back on track, STAT! Here’s how:
Get Some New Threads
Just because you’re sweating doesn’t mean you have to look dumpy. If you look like crap, then you’re going to feel like crap, and feeling like crap usually ends on the couch, not the elliptical machine. Purchase new athletic clothing that you feel good in and (this is key, people) actually wear it to work out.
My pick-me-up is buying new tights. Not only do they keep my legs warm during winter runs, they make me feel like a superhero! I sometimes wear them to the grocery store post-run to lift cars off the elderly and nurse baby birds back to health.
Change it Up
People underestimate the power of a new sport, workout class or running trail. Do something different – even a new spin instructor keeps things fresh (especially if said spin instructor is hot).
Feeling really desperate for a change? Have a friend drive to the worst neighborhood in town and push you out of the car. Then try telling me you don’t feel like running today.
Grab a Partner
I’m a big fan of working out with friends. After all, misery loves company. Besides, you may cuss a lot while training; If a curse word is uttered in a swimming pool and no one’s around to hear it, did it really make a sound?
Read Inspiring Stories
The Internet is full of tear-jerker tales of cancer survivors who escaped the jungle after eight years of living in captivity while also raising sixteen children and creating a successful knitted-goods store on Etsy.com. Oh, yeah, and ran a marathon last weekend. With a glass eye and prosthetic leg.
Read these stories and remind yourself there are others out there who overcome worse challenges than yours every day. Or something like that. I don’t know, I’m not Oprah Winfrey. Just get off your butt and work out already.
Pin it
If you have a Pinterest account, you can spend hours sucked into the vortex of inspiration. See what others have “pinned” for inspiration, and know that you’re not alone in your struggle.
There’s a multitude of pin-worthy stuff on Pinterest, from photos of rock-hard abs (not me) to links to credible fitness experts (also not me). Whatever you do, stay away from any pins involving food. If you’re like me, one thing will lead to another, and the next thing you know, the Domino’s guy is thanking you for your order.
Stop Making Excuses
Yes, it’s cold outside. No one said you had to do your workout outdoors. Do a pilates video at home or go to the gym, and you can complain about other things, like being too warm and that weird smell on the yoga mats.
And don’t even try “I don’t have time” – you just wasted a bunch of time reading this post, Pinterest-ing, and shopping for superhero tights. Trust me…you have time.
Tell me – what do you do to get excited about working out when your motivation starts to dip?
Just a few of my favourites :3
Totally going to make a collage with some of these and a bunch of other pictures like them and make it my background on every electronic I own.
(via harleygirlruns)
Source: inspiremethin
10 REASONS RUNNING DOESN’T SUCK AS MUCH AS YOU THINK
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10 Reasons Running Doesn’t Suck As Much As You Think
by Susan Lacke
The word “running” used to conjure up painful and awkward memories of gym class. My middle-school gym teacher, Mrs. Morey, would stand her roly-poly body at the top of the hill behind our school, barking through a megaphone between bites of beef jerky at us red-faced kids as we ran circles around the track. According to her, running was supposed to build character, or whatever it is they teach gym teachers to say in gym teacher school.
Needless to say, most of the gasping kids on the track were thinking the same thing: Character? <bleep> you. Choke on your jerky, fatty.
Your first experience with running was probably in gym class. And it’s quite possible it left the same rancid taste in your mouth, with little desire to ever run again. But no more! I hit the reset button on my attitude towards running, and for the last two years, have gone from hating running to loving it (most of the time). Running really doesn’t suck as much as you think. Here’s why:
- Most races and fun runs are full of hot bodies in very little clothing. Let me repeat that: HOT PEOPLE. WEARING PRACTICALLY NOTHING. Wear sunglasses, and ogle with reckless abandon.
- You can lose weight by drinking nothing but hot water with lemon. Or you can run for an hour, treat yourself to a cookie and still fit into your skinny jeans. One of these options makes you bitchy; the other makes you rad.
- Take your iPod with you, and your runs suddenly become a safe place to indulge your love of boy-band music. With enough practice, you can even blend in a couple dance moves from ‘Bye Bye Bye’. Don’t lie: You’ve still got that routine memorized.
- When your boss, your melodramatic friend and your nagging to-do list won’t leave you alone, calmly put on your running shoes and head out the door. They won’t follow you. It’s a safer alternative to storming out with both middle fingers in the air (though you can -and should- still do this in your head, just for spectacular effect).
- You’ll discover lululemon pants are good for more than just buying tampons and Cheez-its at Target (I know, ladies. My world was rocked with that discovery, too.).
- Running is the last place you have to “be a lady.” Sweat, snot and sneaking behind a bush to pee is not only liberating it’s fun, in that giggly-childish-naughty kind of way.
- Getting a run in before happy hour means you get tipsy on half a glass of wine instead of your usual two. That’s not being a lush, that’s just sound economic planning.
- Studies have shown that runners have better sex. Sex counts as a cross-training workout, which in turn makes you a better runner, which – hello! – leads to even better sex. Really, the whole thing is full of win-wins.
- Girls are lucky; there’s an entire industry committed to making us look awesome while getting our sweat on. Workout clothes come in all sorts of cool colors and designs. Jockstraps, on the other hand, will always be ugly with questionable stains.
- Non-runners will sit on the couch and call you crazy. Those folks, sadly, will never learn what their bodies are capable of. You, on the other hand, will die knowing you completely, totally, unabashedly used up the body that was loaned to you. That’s not crazy. That’s freakin’ awesome.
Source: hellogiggles.com
Flustered Rockluster: February 3-9 To Do List
Thursday, February 02, 2012
DAILY MUST-DO LIST
- hang up clothing
- make sure all the dirty clothes are together in the hamper- not the corner
- put away everything on the vanity top
- make sure socks and underwear are in the dresser, not in a pile ON the dresser
- make sure all hats, coats and scarves are hung WEEK ONE PROJECT
- empty dresser and purge completely
- move it away from the chalkbord wall to a different area of your bedroom
- buy socks 
DAILY MUST-DO LIST
- moisturize face and neck twice a day
- cocoa butter and lotion after every bath
- walk at least 3 miles
- brush teeth, floss and wash face
- drink 4 bottles of water WEEK ONE PROJECT
- 1 run of at least 4 miles
- find Pilates DVD
- 1000 varied crunches
- 2 free weight sessions 
DAILY MUST-DO LIST
- organize desk and reference materials
- brainstorm about novel for 30 minutes (in tub, before bed, whenever)
- make sure all your pens and markers are back in their holders
- go over story structure project for half an hour WEEK ONE PROJECT
- clean out under your bed
- start brainstorming ideas for designs on second chalkboard wall 
WEEK ONE PROJECT
SURVIVE
no wait…
OWN THE STONE PONY THIS WEEKEND! dont dodge pictures dont hide while taking pictures dont freak out over being on film dont get sucked into recent breakup drama bros before hoes dance laugh have fun dont feel guilty celebrate the Giants winning the Super Bowl dont freak out because someone s being cold and snobby
*graphics by divine error
forever reblog
Source: getskinnywithit
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Im doing this for VANITY reasons, but who cares if I end up healthy on the inside along the way.
