I wish the title of this post was refering to my weight loss, but no such luck. I've only lost 3.5 lbs. Losing weight is a slow process I guess- it just seems like there are all these promises out there to lose "10 lbs in two weeks" or "drop a full pant size in 3 days" and here I am two months later and only 3.5 pounds to show for it. Well I'm glad that I have different reasons for running a half marathon than weight lose, becasue I think I would have given up by now if that were the case.
The title actually refers to how many miles I can run in one day now and last Saturday I ran the longest I've run EVER 6 miles- which is almost half of a half marathon. I know it doesn't seem like much to some of you crazy running machines, but it was quite an accomplishment for me. I felt really good, but still couldn't believe after a hour of running I wasn't even to the half way point of what it will be like to run this half marathon. But the training is going well and working me into so I just have to stick with it:). I will be running 8 miles next Saturday- the day of my brothers wedding- so I will be waking very early to do that- wish me luck:)
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Life completeing another cycle
Am I the only one who feels like life is just a continual cycle. You go from good to real good to going down hill to bad to start looking up again and back to good. I've been in the "good" stages for awhile and now we've hit the bad. I'm just trying hang on waiting for good to come back. I was doing so well- exercising everyday and eating right, then mother nature presented herself with my monthly gift- which normally isn't that bad and without going into detail I will just say that my new birth control makes this monthly occurrence much more painful and unpleasant. All I wanted to do was sit on the couch, watch movies all day long, and eat everything in sight! If that didn't hinder my dieting and training plans enough, my running partner had to bail last week because her knees are acting up. Which is totally not her fault and I hope they heel soon for her, but I was left to find my own will power the last two weeks and it hasn't been easy.
Lucky for me I have a super supportive husband who's encouragement got me through the daily running part, but unfortunately he could not stop me from eating everything in sight. I've never seen myself like this before- I was ravenous and no amount of self-control could contain me. So my diet went to pot, but I'm still on track with my training. But I still feel bad because on top of all of this my patience is non-existent and my poor little boy is having to deal with mommy's grumpy's all week, plus an anniversary present for my husband that I've been working on forever- we're talking hours and hours of work is gone- I think my husband may have messed it up while re-doing all our hard drives and reorganizing our pictures. I'm so upset- I don't even know where to begin to start over. Needless to say- I'm very frustrated this week, we are definitely in the "bad" position of the life cycle. Please hurry up and come back good!!!
I still have only lost 2.5 lbs and my belly actually feels fatter (hopefully that's just the bloating from you know what). I'm stuck- not sure what to do and I'm sure my food rage will not help that. I guess I need to go stricter.
Today so far:
Breakfast: 1/2 organic oatmeal, one slice of 100 %whole wheat toast with a tbsp of almond butter.
Lunch: A tuna sandwich on 100 % W.W. english muffin with tbsp of miracle whip, a few craisins and some lettuce. 2large strawberries and a shared a nectarine with my son.
Snack: handful of unsalted peanuts mixed with a few craisins and 2 tsp of chocolate chips. Tried really hard to stop there, but still feeling ravenous so I had a handful of reduced fat wheat things and one laughing cow cheese wedge - these are awesome so yummy and only 35 calories. Feel like I blew it for snack time though.
Dinner - will be a homemade pizza margarita with a spinach salad. The pizza recipe comes from kraft.com's healthy dish.
I guess if all I eat the rest of the day is dinner- then I'll still be good- but night time is always the worst. Does anyone know why that is?
The munchies always start a war with me after 4 pm.
Lucky for me I have a super supportive husband who's encouragement got me through the daily running part, but unfortunately he could not stop me from eating everything in sight. I've never seen myself like this before- I was ravenous and no amount of self-control could contain me. So my diet went to pot, but I'm still on track with my training. But I still feel bad because on top of all of this my patience is non-existent and my poor little boy is having to deal with mommy's grumpy's all week, plus an anniversary present for my husband that I've been working on forever- we're talking hours and hours of work is gone- I think my husband may have messed it up while re-doing all our hard drives and reorganizing our pictures. I'm so upset- I don't even know where to begin to start over. Needless to say- I'm very frustrated this week, we are definitely in the "bad" position of the life cycle. Please hurry up and come back good!!!
I still have only lost 2.5 lbs and my belly actually feels fatter (hopefully that's just the bloating from you know what). I'm stuck- not sure what to do and I'm sure my food rage will not help that. I guess I need to go stricter.
Today so far:
Breakfast: 1/2 organic oatmeal, one slice of 100 %whole wheat toast with a tbsp of almond butter.
Lunch: A tuna sandwich on 100 % W.W. english muffin with tbsp of miracle whip, a few craisins and some lettuce. 2large strawberries and a shared a nectarine with my son.
Snack: handful of unsalted peanuts mixed with a few craisins and 2 tsp of chocolate chips. Tried really hard to stop there, but still feeling ravenous so I had a handful of reduced fat wheat things and one laughing cow cheese wedge - these are awesome so yummy and only 35 calories. Feel like I blew it for snack time though.
Dinner - will be a homemade pizza margarita with a spinach salad. The pizza recipe comes from kraft.com's healthy dish.
I guess if all I eat the rest of the day is dinner- then I'll still be good- but night time is always the worst. Does anyone know why that is?
The munchies always start a war with me after 4 pm.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Two Questions ??
WOW- I'm really proud of myself. 2 whole weeks without skipping a beat on my workouts and training. So that part is going great. However, the weather here is getting more and more humid and stuffy- even early in the mornings. My run this morning was brutal!! I felt like I was running in a sauna. It was hard to breath and I was sweating profusely and I'm usually not really a sweaty person when I work out. I think I've even experienced some heat exhaustion twice- I get very dizzy and nauseous and a terrible headache. Does anyone have any good solutions to running outside in humid, hot weather? I've started to drink Smartwater because it has electrolytes and that seems to be helping some, but I want to make sure that I'm being careful and not hurting my body in the process.
The diet is working well too, but it seems like I always have one day a week that I splurge a bit. I guess that is okay though- it keeps my body guessing and gives me something to look forward to- a reward maybe. However, I would like to post my meal plans on here so I can track them better too. Each week I design a meal plan using an excel spreadsheet. Does anyone know how to post something from an excel sheet? I tried saving it normally and as a pdf and neither of those will post. I'm kind of blog retarded so if anyone knows how I could do that, please let me know!
My biggest challenge last week was lack of money. I was unable to go to the store for food, so I had to get creative and come up with meals from stuff we already had- you know the cans that you never use that are pushed to the back of the cupboard or things in your freezer you forgot were there. It was difficult, but I managed to do it and keep it fairly healthy. I think I might try that more often- on purpose. It would save us a lot of money.
Well I am down 2.5 pounds- which is awesome. 13.5 to go!
The diet is working well too, but it seems like I always have one day a week that I splurge a bit. I guess that is okay though- it keeps my body guessing and gives me something to look forward to- a reward maybe. However, I would like to post my meal plans on here so I can track them better too. Each week I design a meal plan using an excel spreadsheet. Does anyone know how to post something from an excel sheet? I tried saving it normally and as a pdf and neither of those will post. I'm kind of blog retarded so if anyone knows how I could do that, please let me know!
My biggest challenge last week was lack of money. I was unable to go to the store for food, so I had to get creative and come up with meals from stuff we already had- you know the cans that you never use that are pushed to the back of the cupboard or things in your freezer you forgot were there. It was difficult, but I managed to do it and keep it fairly healthy. I think I might try that more often- on purpose. It would save us a lot of money.
Well I am down 2.5 pounds- which is awesome. 13.5 to go!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Cookies vs. Meagan
Ok so I think I will be trying to post once a week- daily just takes up too much time.
So last week I did pretty good. I had a lot of temptation and was really proud of myself for not giving in. Example: For Nikki's birthday we had two different cakes. I had a small sliver of ice cream but didn't touch anything else. Then enrichment night was next and there was a whole table loaded with desserts- all I took was a handful of fresh blueberries- and trust me the chocolate chip cookies were calling my name the whole night. They would not give up. I can't believe how much I battled that one in my mind. The cookies kept saying things like "Come on just take one of us, we're not that bad, one wont hurt." & "Look at (so and so) she's eating a few of us and she's still skinny." But I fought back, "No I can't, if I take one, I will feel like I've blown it and just keep eating them." & " I don't want to feel disappointed about this later." It was an intense battle, but in the end I won and it felt good!
Then last weekend we went camping. This one was even tougher and truthfully I probably blew it just a little. I will admit that I snacked more than I should and I had to splurge on a Blizzard from DQ when we saw that there was one near by our campgrounds. I didn't even think they had DQ out here in Boston- so I caved. My relationship with the DQ Blizzard has been non existent and I missed him too much:). However, I made a point to split the Blizzard with Ryan- so at least I didn't eat the whole thing by myself. I also had to let myself have a s'more- oops I know, but c'mon how can you not have a s'more while camping. Okay okay- so the weekend was a little brutal, but other than that I did well.
I stuck with my meal plan and I continued my running program even during our camp out. Yes- I awoke at 5 am to feed baby and then went running at 6 am down by the beach while camping and that was even after going to bed late and being kept awake half the night by a very noisy campsite full of children, snoring old guys, and loud Latin music. The run was worth it. Fresh air and an absolutely gorgeous beach- I'm telling you, I am in LOVE with Salisbury Beach.
OK stay turned for my meal plan this week- if I can figure out how to post it.
So last week I did pretty good. I had a lot of temptation and was really proud of myself for not giving in. Example: For Nikki's birthday we had two different cakes. I had a small sliver of ice cream but didn't touch anything else. Then enrichment night was next and there was a whole table loaded with desserts- all I took was a handful of fresh blueberries- and trust me the chocolate chip cookies were calling my name the whole night. They would not give up. I can't believe how much I battled that one in my mind. The cookies kept saying things like "Come on just take one of us, we're not that bad, one wont hurt." & "Look at (so and so) she's eating a few of us and she's still skinny." But I fought back, "No I can't, if I take one, I will feel like I've blown it and just keep eating them." & " I don't want to feel disappointed about this later." It was an intense battle, but in the end I won and it felt good!
Then last weekend we went camping. This one was even tougher and truthfully I probably blew it just a little. I will admit that I snacked more than I should and I had to splurge on a Blizzard from DQ when we saw that there was one near by our campgrounds. I didn't even think they had DQ out here in Boston- so I caved. My relationship with the DQ Blizzard has been non existent and I missed him too much:). However, I made a point to split the Blizzard with Ryan- so at least I didn't eat the whole thing by myself. I also had to let myself have a s'more- oops I know, but c'mon how can you not have a s'more while camping. Okay okay- so the weekend was a little brutal, but other than that I did well.
I stuck with my meal plan and I continued my running program even during our camp out. Yes- I awoke at 5 am to feed baby and then went running at 6 am down by the beach while camping and that was even after going to bed late and being kept awake half the night by a very noisy campsite full of children, snoring old guys, and loud Latin music. The run was worth it. Fresh air and an absolutely gorgeous beach- I'm telling you, I am in LOVE with Salisbury Beach.
OK stay turned for my meal plan this week- if I can figure out how to post it.
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Goals
Ok here's the deal. My little brother is getting married in 2 months. I can't believe it! I am so excited to go to Utah and see a lot of family and friends and celebrate with Joe and Jessica.
I am still 16 pounds from my pre-pre baby weight. I was 130 pounds before I got pregnant with Jase. After pregnancy I lost most the weight but I had a lingering 8 pounds still hanging on. I wasn't too bothered by this though because I was still at a healthy weight. So now after have my second baby I am at 146- another 8 pounds more still hanging on. I'm beginning to worry a little. I do not want to gain 8 pounds every time I have a child so I much act now. My goal is to loss these 16 pounds before my brothers wedding- basically this is just a big motivation factor- I don't want to be the slightly plumper sister at the wedding, but I also really really want to run s few races here in Boston and eventually a half-marathon.
So I got me a running buddy- thanks Laura, and I'm using the 'My Plate' application on livestrong.com to help me track my calorie intake as well as what I burn while training for a few races.
Starting out slowly:
I'm running a 5k July 24th in Boston and then a 10k October 10th. I will also set up a meal plan each week to follow and I will report back to this blog how I did each day. Basically I just need a place to report back to so I feel responsible to other people and myself- just going off the thought that maybe somebody somewhere is reading this and I don't want to look dumb by failing in front of another person/people. I extremely motivated by competition with others.
Ready...set...GO!
I am still 16 pounds from my pre-pre baby weight. I was 130 pounds before I got pregnant with Jase. After pregnancy I lost most the weight but I had a lingering 8 pounds still hanging on. I wasn't too bothered by this though because I was still at a healthy weight. So now after have my second baby I am at 146- another 8 pounds more still hanging on. I'm beginning to worry a little. I do not want to gain 8 pounds every time I have a child so I much act now. My goal is to loss these 16 pounds before my brothers wedding- basically this is just a big motivation factor- I don't want to be the slightly plumper sister at the wedding, but I also really really want to run s few races here in Boston and eventually a half-marathon.
So I got me a running buddy- thanks Laura, and I'm using the 'My Plate' application on livestrong.com to help me track my calorie intake as well as what I burn while training for a few races.
Starting out slowly:
I'm running a 5k July 24th in Boston and then a 10k October 10th. I will also set up a meal plan each week to follow and I will report back to this blog how I did each day. Basically I just need a place to report back to so I feel responsible to other people and myself- just going off the thought that maybe somebody somewhere is reading this and I don't want to look dumb by failing in front of another person/people. I extremely motivated by competition with others.
Ready...set...GO!
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