Running It Off

Category: Weight Loss

  • Assessing the Damage of Time Off

    Assessing the Damage of Time Off

    I’m trying really hard to not beat myself up for taking time off from running and eating mindfully in order to focus on a few short term/high stress projects in my life. Between May 1 and July 15 of this year we renovated our kitchen, staged and sold our house and moved. It goes without…

  • 3 in a Row

    3 in a Row

    I feel like I’m now officially back in the swing of things. I ran 7 miles on Sunday. Yesterday (Monday), I went to a Boot Camp class at my local YMCA. And today, I ran 3 miles at lunch time. It wasn’t a pretty run. It wasn’t quick. I didn’t feel like my legs had…

  • Slow Carb Diet Progress – 8 weeks

    Well, I’ve been following Tim Ferriss’ Slow Carb Diet for 8 weeks now and I’m very happy with how things are going. I have lost a total of 12.6 pounds and 11.5 total inches.  Although I’ve had my up weeks and down weeks, the thing I’m most pleased with is my weekly average.  I’m losing…

  • At Last I See the Light

    Today was an epic day. At last I see the light….between my thighs. Lemme explain. At my office, we have a handicapped accessible bathroom that has a mirror designed for someone in a wheelchair, so it tilts down. The mirror reflects my image from my knees up to almost the top of my head. Today,…

  • Slow Carb Diet Progress – 5 weeks

    Slow Carb Diet Progress – 5 weeks

    I’ve been following Tim Ferriss’ Slow Carb Diet for five weeks now.  I started right after I got back from my vacation in Mexico and have been very pleased with my progress so far.    According to the book, women over 40 with kids often struggle during the first 4-6 weeks, so my expectations were…

  • Traveling and the Slow Carb Diet

    Traveling and the Slow Carb Diet

    I had to go to Boston for several days this week.  I was attending a two day training for my job.  I was worried that I was going to have real trouble following the Slow Carb diet while I was away.  That turned out to be untrue.  I had no trouble at all. Breakfast I…

  • Running and the Slow Carb diet

    I’ve been eating differently for the last few weeks, doing the Slow Carb diet.  In a nutshell it’s no white carbs, no dairy, no fruit and no sugar/sweeteners for 6 days a week.  The 7th day anything goes. It is going extraordinarily well.  I have lost 8 pounds and I feel really great.    I…

  • The 4 Hour Body

    I’m currently reading Tim Ferriss’ new book, The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman. There’s quite a bit of crazy stuff in here, but as with his last book, The 4-Hour Workweek there are quite a few very cool ideas in here as well. Tim Ferriss is obsessed…

  • A Fasting 10 Miler

    A Fasting 10 Miler

    I set out today, mid-day in an attempt to run 10 miles. It was a glorious winter day, about 35 degrees out and the wind was pretty mild. I decided to do this one as a fasting run since I am running to lose weight. I learned about fasting runs from this article on Active.com…

  • Bad News Triggers Stress Eating

    Bad News Triggers Stress Eating

    Today I received news concerning family members that is sad but not unexpected.  The news brought with it stress and bad feelings and a general icky-ness that I couldn’t quite shake. I found myself unable (or unwilling) to ignore the fridge.  I cleaned my son’s plate at dinner, I had the remainder of a bottle…