March Miles

That's how many miles I ran and walked in March. Thirty-five! I tracked them at Map My Run, which was a lifesaver for figuring out how long my lunch walks are (1.42 miles!). These include 4 miles in the rain (properly attired or course), 3.1 at the 5K, and 2 while my friend was in town this weekend. It feels so good seeing progress like this, even though I'm avoiding the scale for a bit. April's off to a good start as well, two down, dozens to go!

Healthy You Challenge Update

Here are my stats from this week. Activities were great. Food was out of control. Have worked out consistently for three weeks in a row, which is good progress. Went running yesterday even though I had a friend in town. Did yoga twice.

Goals for this week:

1. Follow my training schedule ( Yoga today, 4.2 miles Monday, yoga Tuesday, 2 miles Wednesday, 2 miles Friday, 2 miles Saturday with yoga)

2. Average under 2500 calories

3. Stay away from the scale

Second 5K--A Little Walk, A Little Run

I finished my second real 5K this morning in 56:21, which is 14:39 faster than last time. Bonus, my knees don't feel sore at all, which they did before. And yes, only twenty-four people finished after me, but who cares? I beat my previous best.

I am doing another one on April 11th and hope to finish in under 50 minutes.

Diet Coke with Links

From How Stuff Works, where does the lost weight actually go?

Printing calories on the menu may not change adult choices, but may change the choices we make for children.

Via Science Blog, Mizzou continues the search for low cost soy meat substitutes.

A truly fabulous Eggplant Lentil Salad recipe.

And from Runner's World, the 10 Laws of Injury Prevention for runners.

Measurement Update

Apologies for the rudimentary table. My old laptop broke in December, and I got a new one a few weeks ago. However, I haven't added Excel yet. This was made in the text editor that comes with all Macs. Not exactly stylish, I know.

The bottom line from these numbers is that while I gained back about 9-10 lbs, my clothes are still fitting pretty much the same. My jeans are a bit snugger, but wearable. I'd like to be a size down by the end of March, when it's time to bust out the spring clothes.

Back on the Wagon

November, December and January were dark days. Filled with takeout food for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and fourth meal (thanks Taco Bell). Some of this can be explained by severe winter moodiness, complete lack of exercise, and general total laziness. But I started getting back on track January 24th, and now with two solid weeks behind me, I feel comfortable enough to openly recommit here. To help keep the motivation, I signed up for a 5k on March 21st.

I gained some weight back. Clocked in at exactly 300 lbs on Tuesday. So move the dial back to 20 lbs lost total. I'm going to stay focused on healthy eating and working out (which I've done consistently since starting up again). The plan is to go running 3 times a week and do yoga 3 days a week.

10 lbs to go until the next pictures. We'll get there this time, I promise.

A Question

Q: What happens when a couple have two macbooks but share a charger, and the one who (technically) owns the charger leaves town for two weeks?

A: The one who is left at home prays her 2 hours and 45 minutes left of charge makes like Macabe oil. And then orders a charger off Amazon (cause it's like 40 bucks cheaper than at the mac store) and waits for it. Patiently. Sort of.

So I'll post my weigh in and the measurement updates I promised, once I have it. Until then...



I am an obsurd little bird, that's for sure.

Great Britain declares 320 pound Woman too Fat to be a Mom

I know this made the first round in the middle of the week, but my head has been fuming since I first heard this story. Great Britina, WTF?!?

An obese couple’s seven children are all to be taken into care after their newborn daughter was removed over fears she would become dangerously overweight.

Three children had already been removed by social services before the infant was taken from her mother within hours of her birth.

Now her ‘heartbroken’ parents have learned that their three other children will be taken away from them too.

They say the children of the so-called 'fat family' are being removed over fears they would also become clinically obese.

Read more.

So if I had decided to have a child in May instead of lose weight, Great Britain thinks I would have been too fat to be a mother?!? WTF! I mean I was (and still am) fat, but I wasn't too fat to be a good mother. If I want to lose weight, then I want to lose weight. But I wasn't too fat to function, or a bad person or unfit to reproduce. Gahd.

Healthy You Challenge Check In #24

Starting Weight (5/13/09): 320 lbs.
Last Week's Weight: 293 lbs.
Current Weight (10/20/09): 291.2 lbs.

Weight lost this week: 1.8 lbs.
Total Weight Lost: 28.8 lbs.

1.2 lbs until 30 lbs lost!!!!

Will post measurements tomorrow.

Pescetarianism, Three Months Later

In July, when I decided to quit eating meat, I told myself that I would do a three month trial. See if I could make it on days when it was hard, but not make it seem like I didn't have an out if I changed my mind. Well, Wednesday marked 3 months and except for the dreaded mid-flight cobb salad incident, I haven't eaten any meat at all.

I thought I was beyond serious temptation, until R got beef and broccoli yesterday. It smelled so good! It made my stomach gurgle and my mouth water. I kept staring at it. I didn't eat it, but it was a good reminder that I will probably still be tempted by meat now and then. I have stopped eating it--but I haven't forgotten how good it tastes! So I have to be vigilant.

The three months have taught me that:

1. This is something I can totally do.
2. I make healthier choices when I don't eat meat.
3. Nine times out of ten the decision is really, really easy.
4. I will be shocked when it's hard. But when it's hard, it will be harder than I expected.