In about 2 hours it will be midnight and the start of my healthy eating/get more exercise plan. I’m on night shift starting tomorrow night, so it’s easier for me to think of each day from midnight rather than when I wake up. At about 8am I’ll weigh myself - eeeek!! My goals are really just to stick within my points allocation for each day. I don’t expect to get much exercise this week but I’m okay with that. I tend not to exercise much on nightshift. I’ll just have to go for lots of walks around the ward!
I showed a couple of my co-workers my lunch both yesterday and today, and like me, they are shocked. I just can’t get over how much food I _can_ eat. I really like Calorieking, especially after I found where they hid all the rest of the foods known to man, so I am able to change out what I actually eat for what they say I should eat (there is no way I am eating fat free plain yogurt….can you even find that stuff???) So then I mix the numbers up, and voila! My own menu. I _love_ it. Course yesterday I ate a bit more than I was supposed to, but that’s because I am in those couple of days per month where nothing I eat fills me up and I am hungry again after only an hour or so. Thankfully that only lasts a little while.
Okay, this whole running/walking idea is working better than I thought. Today, I tried running 200 counts, walking 30 and repeating. I ended up running 700 counts and walking 120, and covered about 1.5 miles, which is three times as far as I can run if I just start and go until I have to stop. :) My next goal is to be able to make two loops around the park (2.6 miles) at the 200/30 ratio. Once I can do that, I’ll probably switch to 300/30 and keep adjusting until I can run the whole thing. My goal right now is to be able to run 4 miles without walking by Trixie Camp. With roughly six weeks to go, I figure I’m in good shape. Eating’s still kind of up and down, mostly because I’m trying to use up odds and ends of food so I don’t have to move it. But I’m being good about avoiding the snack machine at work and trying to keep things balanced. Oh, and the paper’s sponsoring a co-ed softball team this summer for the county league, and I signed up for that. Games start July 8, and I volunteered to be catcher. I did the same thing three summers ago and my legs got a great workout, since I basically spent 30 to 45 minutes a night doing deep knee bends once a week. :) This league plays two games a week, which will be good. No clue what it will do to my running, though. We shall see…
Thanks to a tidbit I picked up in Runner’s World, I was able to run twice as far today. Basically I ran my usual - a half mile - than walked for 30 counts, then started running again, this time counting. Since I made it 200 counts the second time, I let myself walk for 60 counts, then started running again. That time it was only 100 counts and I was petering out pretty quickly, so that was the end. But it got me another half mile around the park, so I figure it was a success, especially since it’s high 80s today. :) I also resisted the temptation of the snack machine at work last night and stuck with munching on the pistachios I’d brought. I’m also trying to juggle writing and working out into my regular schedule since in the past I’ve always ended up picking between the two. We shall see. I think getting up closer to seven than 8:30 will help - cooler for running and more time before work - but we’ll see.
I’m about midweek and doing okay. I’m managing to stay within my points allocations for each day and have had some treats. Getting exercise when I can - mainly walking to and from the bus stop but that’s okay. I do need to drink more water, I’ve been a bit slack on that. But otherwise I’m happy!
My eating is still a mess, sigh! My body is craving for moutains of chocolate (and getting it). So I haven’t lost any more weight. But at least I’m still doing my training as scheduled. Actually, I’ve changed another 0,5% fat into muscles. So, I’m making little progress, but it’s still a progress.
Tonight is check in for me. We shall see how it goes :)
First the bad news - we had pizza at work tonight because all the schools had graduation and everybody was working, and I had four slices. (Two Hawaiian, two Philly cheesesteak) But this morning, I got up at 7:30 and went running in the park. With my 200/30 run/walk ratio, I made it 2.5 MILES! Even better, I covered more ground in the first few sets than I had in the same number of counts yesterday AND my legs feel great. :) So for the rest of the month, I plan to work my way up to four miles (three loops) at the 200/30 ratio. Then I can spend July increasing the run/walk ratio until I’m running the whole thing by the end of July. :D (That would be about 20 miles a week.) My long-range running goal is a marathon in a nearby city held in mid-April. I figure I need to be running about 35 miles a week for about a month by the end of the year so I have the base to start training for the marathon in January. That would be three days running either three or four miles, two days running eight miles and one running 10 miles. *pause to work out schedule* Actually, barring injury, I should be able to have two months of training at that level (November and December) before I need to start building up for the marathon. So that’s my next big goal. And if I eat reasonably well, which I’ll need to do to have the fuel to handle the running, I figure my weight will take care of itself. (The less you weigh, the faster you run. The faster you run, the more calories you burn both while running and at rest. It’s all good. *G*)
Welcome Jayne! I’d say “Settle on in” but that would be an antithesis of what we are trying to accomplish :) We may also have two more members soon. This makes me wonder just how many contributers we can have in one of these blogs :) We may end up finding out.
I am starting my diet over! I am bound and determined this time :) As most of you know, my birthday was on Sunday. I want to be healthy again and buying brand new clothes by my next birthday! I was going to try today with working out, but after my bit of insomnia last night there was no way I was getting up early to workout. I still need to create a menu for food. I really like Calorie King’s website so I think after my next payday I will subscribe to it. It creates menus for its users :)
Thank you for the welcome, Leslie and I love the new look. I’ve decided that next Monday is going to be my offical day one. This week has been awfully busy and I’ve been eating out heaps. I’m going to be basing my eating on Weight Watchers since that’s what I’m familiar with, although I won’t officially be attending the meetings. I also aim to exercise more, though now being in winter that is certainly going to be a challenge in itself! Maybe I’d better find the legs to my rebounder. The mat is tucked between the computer desk and the wall and keeps looking at me reproachfully! So next Monday will be it!
Since Leslie threatened in her last post to come over us if we don’t post, I think I’d better get in gear! ;) Maybe you read my post about this topic at the jix message board. About one month ago I got serious back problems. It hurt so bad that I had to see an orthopaedist. Thankfully, it’s not what I was afraid of (arthrosis), only cramped muscles and a lack of muscles in my back and tummy. The doctor said I had to build up more muscles, so I finally gave in and signed up with a fitness center, though I hate to go to the Mucki-Bude (muscle-hut), as we call it here. Ever since then I’ve been a very diligent girl. I do my workout three times a week (otherwise my back will drive me crazy). About two month ago I made the solution to improve my health and change my lifestyle. Of course it had a lot to do with the fact that I needed to lose about 23 kg … So far, I lost about 4 kg, +/- 500g, it changes from day to day. There has been no significant weight loss since I joined the fitness center, but I seemed to have turned fat into muscles. When I started, I had 42 % fat on my bones, now it’s only 39,5%. This week, I’m doing really poor with my new eating habits. I am supposed to have a week of vacation, but in fact I’m back to the office at least once a day for 2-5 hours (long story!). I’m so frustrated about that that I eat whatever I can lay my hands on. I hope I’ll be back on schedule when I start working again next week. Unfortunately, all my good solutions are gone as soon as I am under pressure. Does anyone know what to do about pressure-eating-attacks?
I suck so hard. School got in the way (as it always does). Worked out last Wednesday and spent several hours walking around downtown Dallas on Sunday, but other than that, I’m a big loser. :) I’m sick right now and all my energy is being channeled towards making sure my head doesn’t explode in a shower of snot. But I’ll be back real soon with some real goals for myself (maybe).
I doubt people know this, but I am not big into completely cutting out sweets and snack type foods. I just don’t think this is feasible. I really like what one of my roommates does. She buys the snack foods, but she keeps them in the highest shelf in the house, and not in the typical pantry area. That way: a). they aren’t the first thing she sees when she opens the pantry to get herself something to eat. b). She has to go through a bit of work to get them down when she wants them (so if she doesn’t really want them, she won’t put through the extra effort. I think its a great idea, and thought I would share. And as for why I didn’t start my diet today after all please see my regular blog :)
And I’ve slacked off horribly too. So, a new beginning for me as well?
