Running It Off

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  • Day 48 | Heart Rate Monitors

    Day 48 | Heart Rate Monitors

    I’ve been at this now for nearly 7 weeks and I’ve lost 10 pounds (as of today).  I’m at a certain point in my lunar cycle where I’m retaining a bit o’ water, if you know what I mean.   So calling it a 10 pound loss is conservative.  It’s probably more like 12.  It’s not…

  • Day 42 | Fridays are Rest Days

    I don’t have much to write about but I feel like I should write something so I stay in the habit of writing.  I worked out hard Monday – Thursday, and I’ll be working out again tomorrow and Sunday.  So today is a rest day. I had a moment of pure bliss this morning.   I…

  • Day 41 | Squats Are Getting Easier

    It could be my imagination, but I swear squats were a little easier today.  And I did a lot of them.  Tons. It is all getting easier. And it is showing on my body. I’ve lost nearly 12 pounds so far.  And I’m right on the border of the next smaller size.  I went to…

  • Day 40 | Finding Time to Run

    I think it’s pretty easy to use the excuse of not having time to work out.  I certainly have used it myself.  That is, until I decided that I was going to lose weight.  Until I actually made the commitment, I didn’t have time to work out often.  But, somehow, almost magically, once I went…

  • Day 38 | Surviving the Super Bowl Spread

    So yesterday was the Super Bowl.  I couldn’t be happier that Paid-a-Ton Manning lost the game for his team.   Anyway,  I was worried about Football food and overeating.  So I took precautions. My husband baked some chicken wings, and with buffalo sauce they were really good and were only 55 calories per wing piece.  It…

  • Day 37 | Calorie Cycling to Break Weight Loss Plateau

    Yesterday’s experiment was to increase my calorie intake for one day to trick my body and get it out of starvation mode.  I’ve been trying to keep a large calorie deficit going every day, and I had hit a small plateau.    One thing I had read was to try cycling my calories so that my…

  • Day 36 | Weight Loss Plateau Breaking Tips

    I’ve been researching how to break out a the plateau I am stuck in.   I know it’s probably not really a plateau until my weight doesn’t change for a few weeks.  It’s only been a few days, so I really should just be patient and stop my complaining.  But I’m not really feeling patient.  I…

  • Day 35 | Plateaus Suck

    I’ve been plateaued the last few days at 190 and it’s really bumming me out.  I am doing everything I’m supposed to do.  I am eating right and I am exercising.  I think it may be as simple as I am retaining fluid and I’m not really stuck.  But the scale doesn’t lie. The reason…

  • Day 34 | Being Thin is a Decision

    I seem to be hitting my stride, settling into a groove now.  I’ve worked out for the last 3 days in a row and am feeling it.  My calves are killing me.  I am tired to the core.  And I LOVE IT.  I love this feeling that I’m pushing myself and leaving it all at…

  • Day 33 | Planning for a long run

    My goal for this calendar year is to run a half marathon.   I had planned on running it in October but I now have a wedding to go to that weekend so I have to find a new race. This one looks quite appealing:   http://www.reggaemarathon.com/ – It’s in Jamaica on Negril Beach at the…