Sunday, November 14, 2010
My First 5k!
Sunday, October 17, 2010
My First Half Marathon!
I ran the PF Changs Inaugural 1/2 marathon in Denver. I finished in 2:52:13. My pace was 13:09. I finished the first 5k in 33:02, the 10k in 1:10:36, 11 mile in 2:22:24.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Today's Run
No much progress since I last wrote. Gained most of my weight back and was not cooking much at all, but in the last three weeks, I have made most of my families meals with fresh foods and I have been training for a 1/2 marathon in Denver on Oct. 17th. It has been about three weeks since I started my training. I am down from 147 pounds to 143 pounds. I guess will see if this time does it. Will I ever get this baby weight off??
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Slacking No More
So I have been slacking - or I should say I was slacking. It is now April and I weigh the same as I did when I wrote that first post on December 31st.
I actually lost about 6 pounds. I was down to 144 pounds and then with the cruise with my husband so near, I gave up. I was not going to look the way I wanted to anyway, so I gave up. As a result, I put it all back on while on the cruise.
This time I am not counting calories. This time however, I am changing the food that I put into my body. Before when I would count calories I would lose weight because I was putting less of the bad stuff into my body. Now, I am no longer counting because this time I am cooking. I am used to cooking, but never really from scratch. I would take the wonderful shortcuts the food industry in America has made for us. Canned cream of chicken soup, frozen lasagnas, bagged pre-washed salads. Not anymore. I am making it all from scratch - eventually I will even be baking my own bread.
I spent about two hours at our Farmer's Market buying fresh fruits and veggies. I gathered the ingredients for three of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution dinner recipes and two for breakfast.
I have cooked fish before - fresh fish, in the oven, but never ate it. The look of a plain fish laying on my plate, I just could not put it in my mouth. Last night though, I made the most delicious Jamie Oliver Fish Pie Recipe. It had cod and shrimp along with many vegetables and juice from a fresh lemon. It was all folded together and taste was incredible. As I side I steamed fresh organic broccoli and made one of his Asian inspired sauces that was to die for.
Today I made Lasagna from scratch! I have never done this before. It had Super Lean organic ground beef, seven fresh vegetables, freshly grated Parmesan cheese and egg noodles.
This is the first time I have changed my diet this dramatically and I believe these are the freshest meal I have ever eaten. I have to say that it feels so good to feed myself and my family this way. And if I can lose weight at the same time - that is a HUGE plus! I will let you know if the scale changes for me, but I still feel better knowing that the food going into my body and my childrens' bodies is 100% real food. No additives, no preservatives, no junk!
I actually lost about 6 pounds. I was down to 144 pounds and then with the cruise with my husband so near, I gave up. I was not going to look the way I wanted to anyway, so I gave up. As a result, I put it all back on while on the cruise.
This time I am not counting calories. This time however, I am changing the food that I put into my body. Before when I would count calories I would lose weight because I was putting less of the bad stuff into my body. Now, I am no longer counting because this time I am cooking. I am used to cooking, but never really from scratch. I would take the wonderful shortcuts the food industry in America has made for us. Canned cream of chicken soup, frozen lasagnas, bagged pre-washed salads. Not anymore. I am making it all from scratch - eventually I will even be baking my own bread.
I spent about two hours at our Farmer's Market buying fresh fruits and veggies. I gathered the ingredients for three of Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution dinner recipes and two for breakfast.
I have cooked fish before - fresh fish, in the oven, but never ate it. The look of a plain fish laying on my plate, I just could not put it in my mouth. Last night though, I made the most delicious Jamie Oliver Fish Pie Recipe. It had cod and shrimp along with many vegetables and juice from a fresh lemon. It was all folded together and taste was incredible. As I side I steamed fresh organic broccoli and made one of his Asian inspired sauces that was to die for.Today I made Lasagna from scratch! I have never done this before. It had Super Lean organic ground beef, seven fresh vegetables, freshly grated Parmesan cheese and egg noodles.
This is the first time I have changed my diet this dramatically and I believe these are the freshest meal I have ever eaten. I have to say that it feels so good to feed myself and my family this way. And if I can lose weight at the same time - that is a HUGE plus! I will let you know if the scale changes for me, but I still feel better knowing that the food going into my body and my childrens' bodies is 100% real food. No additives, no preservatives, no junk!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Made it Through the Weekend
I have discovered when you write down everything that you eat, you realize how much you put in, or used to put in your mouth. You start to cut out that 130 calorie cookie you pick up in the kitchen while cooking lunch or dinner or the 120 glass of soda you would have drank instead of pouring yourself a glass of water. When you go to a birthday party you realize just how much everyone around you in snacking and eating while you restrain.
You choose to drink a 200 calorie beer when you go out to dinner instead of a 1000 calorie margarita (although you desperately want one).
I even went out to dinner. I ordered a grill chicken and avocado sandwich that was most likely still over 1000 calories. It came with the most delicious garlic french fries. The difference was, I also ordered grilled asparagus and ate them first, and instead of gorging myself on with the whole meal I ate only half of it, and took the rest home to finish the following day. I claimed one of them as my cheat day, and the other I had to really be careful about my caloric intake so that I still met my goal of 1200 per day. 
Since I started, day one I was 149.8, the next day, I was 152 and then 151. After the cheat day I was 151.6 and now I am 149.7. I truly believe that since I am consuming so much less I have lost this weight in pounds of fat off my body. I have not exercised since that four mile bike ride, but I plan to begin walking or bike riding the kids to school on a daily basis to help burn those calories.
You choose to drink a 200 calorie beer when you go out to dinner instead of a 1000 calorie margarita (although you desperately want one).I even went out to dinner. I ordered a grill chicken and avocado sandwich that was most likely still over 1000 calories. It came with the most delicious garlic french fries. The difference was, I also ordered grilled asparagus and ate them first, and instead of gorging myself on with the whole meal I ate only half of it, and took the rest home to finish the following day. I claimed one of them as my cheat day, and the other I had to really be careful about my caloric intake so that I still met my goal of 1200 per day. Since I started, day one I was 149.8, the next day, I was 152 and then 151. After the cheat day I was 151.6 and now I am 149.7. I truly believe that since I am consuming so much less I have lost this weight in pounds of fat off my body. I have not exercised since that four mile bike ride, but I plan to begin walking or bike riding the kids to school on a daily basis to help burn those calories.
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