Swingfest Swingdown 2008 - Week 3 Update

Welcome to the third of thirty weekly updates that will be coming every Sunday until the completion of the Swingfest Swingdown 2008.  The Swingfest Swingdown is a motivational contest and tool that Mrs. Gentlenibbles and I, along with some of our readers, are participating in to help us get in the best shape of our adult lives for Swingfest on July 31, 2008!  View the current results of the Swingdown here!

Update-Swingfest discount now available through Swingercast 

Well, the third week of the Swingdown was relatively uneventful and good progress is still being made.  Despite travelling for work this week and missing a running session due to illness I was able to post a good 2.5 pound loss for the week.  Mrs. Gentlenibbles did really well this week giving her some encouragement after a relatively slow start to the Swingdown.

Mr. Gentlenibbles 

Weight loss for the week- 2.5 lbs
Total weight loss - 9 lbs
Best mile time - 9:08 min

Exercise
Monday - Jogged 1 mile, ran 1.5 miles, walked 1/2 mile, ran 1/2 mile, walked 1/4 mile
Tuesday - Lifted weights
Wednesday - Jogged 1 mile, ran 3-1/2 miles alternating  walking 3-1/2 miles, walked 1/4 mile
Thursday - Lifted Weights
Saturday - Ran 6-1/4 miles alternating walking 6 1/4 miles

I have switched my warm up on run days from walking 1/4 mile to jogging a mile.  I have found my runs are better with a little more warm up, and I really don’t feel jogging a mile tires me anymore than walking. (Thats a good sign)  This also will help get my overall miles up a little bit, which should help with bulk calorie burning.  I fought off a sinus infection for a good part of the week.  I was actually able to run and lift with it on Wednesday and Thursday, but Friday I just felt a little to worn out.  Not to mention we had a play date scheduled for Saturday night, and a swinger must have his priorities 

Mrs. Gentlenibbles

Weight loss for the week - 3 lb
Total weight loss - 5 lbs
Longest run - 3.75 miles

Exercise
Monday - Eliptical Trainer for 1 hour/3.5 mi 
Tuesday - Walked 1.75 mi/ran 1.5 mi/40 min
Wednesday - 7mi on stationary bike

I had some good workouts this week, although my schedule toward the end of the week got a little hectic, so I did not get to workout as much as I would have liked to.  Fortunately, watching what I am eating still allowed me to loose some weight this week!

Well, once again we have yet to convince any of you sexy swingers out there to join us, but fortunately our support from each other has been motivation enough to keep us going for now.   Hopefully, we will get some to join us before the going gets tough.

 Last week I made a joke saying,

“So come join on and join us!  We will be the ones at the track in spandex pants and t-shirts that say “We Run to F*ck”……just kidding” 

I started thinking that may be a great idea.  What if we organized a 5K event for all those Swingin’ runners out there called the “Run to F*ck 5k”  Would anyone join us?

~Mr. and Mrs. Gentlenibbles