Ugh, Not a Good Week

This past week has not been a good one for my accountability challenge. It was that week, the one women from 15-50 loathe. Uncontrollable cravings for sugar and fatty foods, plus at least 3 pounds of bloat. Yuck! I DID however, get in two days of running (more below), so good for me there. I was supposed to jog again today with the nice weather, but have been focused on other house things instead. Perhaps tomorrow after our post Sunday lunch nap?! So forgive the lack of ticker updates, the weight will have to wait for next week.

The other frustrating thing from this past week resulted from the arrival of my new HR monitor. I was able to use some money from my birthday to purchase a heart rate monitor so I can be all kinds of knowledgeable about my workouts. Only problem is that I've been having my heart rate WAY TOO HIGH during my jogging. This stinks, for many reasons. 1) Means I am out of shape still...which I kinda knew, but hated to have confirmed, 2) I'm going to have to jog at a pace most people walk to be within my target zone, 3) Jogging slower puts me even further away from my 5k goal. Ugh! Of course, there are multiple variations on how to calculate an appropriate target HR zone and I haven't gone the extra distance to do anything slightly personalized. This is my next step. What does it involve? Why, sleeping in my hr monitor chest strap so I can obtain an accurate resting heart rate. Then input the appropriate variables here or use on of the equations found at Wikipedia which takes gender into account. Either way, I'm pretty sure I'm still screwed.

So new goals for the week:

1. Jog week 8 of Couch25K at least 2 times
2. Calculate personal max and target HR
3. Serve at least 1 dinner from my American Heart Association Low-Calorie Cookbook
4. Attend Pilates on Thursday

I originally was going to say jog week 8 three times, but I'm meeting a friend for dinner on Wednesday, so that night is out. Tuesday is always out b/c of choral society rehearsals so that leaves me with Monday, Thursday and Friday. I've learned from past experience that jogging right before Pilates is never a good thing. Perhaps I can get one day in tomorrow afternoon and hit three days after all!