Cam's New Lease on Life Journal (comments welcome!)

Cam,

You had a great race! Your time is great!

Hope you have a good weekend!
Stacie
 
I am very, very proud of Cam's efforts! She did a great job yesterday at the 5K! :cool1: :banana: :yay: :dance3: I know how hot, steamy and tough the course was (I ran it too). Dropping three minutes off of last year's time is awesome! :cheer2: :woohoo: :thumbsup2

She is doing great with all the exercise, food choices and shes looking better than ever. :hug: :flower3: :love: :lovestruc
 
Thank you, Tracy! :hug: I hope your weekend is fabulous, too! Hugs, sweetie!
Thank you, Stacie! I am so glad to see you here. I've been worried when you went a few days without posting in your journal. Heading over to check it out now.

Thank you, honey!! :love: I ran into my personal trainer at the gym this morning and mentioned how great my 3 running mates did -- Patty, DH (Keenho) and my partner/friend, Jessica and he said I am lucky to have such a great support system. Isn't he right? I am truly blessed with all the support I find here and in real life! :cloud9:
 
Today's workout:
Bike - 30 minutes (4.5 miles; 140 calories)
20 minutes upper body machines workout
(I'll be back later to log the 100 crunches and 100 pushups I'll do at home tonight)

Today's food --
B: WW english muffin breakfast sandwich; coffee w/skim milk
S: green tea
L: green salad w/tomatoes & 2 tsp olive oil; LC cheddar, steak & mushroom panini
D: LC flatbread; pretzels; scoops corn tortillas w/salsa

Other goals for today:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 46 oz by 3:40pm
Multi-vitamin: :sunny:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 2/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): 2/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended): 1562
Carbs (163-236g recommended): 178
Fat (32-56g recommended): 43
Protein (60-127g recommended): 118
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition: :sunny:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 5/67 (thru 7/11)
 

Today's workout--
wogging -- 50 minutes (2.8 miles; 350 calories)
100 crunches & 100 pushups

Food:
B: 3/4 panera whole grain bagel; 1/2 RF hazelnut cream cheese
L: spinach salad w/SF FF dressing; 4 oz LF turkey; 2 lite MG english muffins
S: pretzel crisps w/laughing cow lite cheese
D: lots of veggies; 1 cup whole wheat couscous; 2 chicken skewers
dessert: birthday cake

Other goals for today:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 80 oz
Multi-vitamin:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 2/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): 0/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended):1408
Carbs (163-236g recommended): 193
Fat (32-56g recommended): 24
Protein (60-127g recommended): 113
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition: :sunny:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 6/67 (thru 7/12)
 
well done on the 5K Cam :)
even though the scale doesnt seem to have moved as much as you wanted you MUST have lost inches as you got in that skirt :)
Food, exercise...everything looks great!!
 
Didn't realize I hadn't journaled here for 7/13 (only on sparkpeople)

Today's workout (rest day, while I worked on wedding stuff :) )--

100 crunches & 100 pushups

Food:
B: 3/4 panera whole grain bagel; 1/2 RF hazelnut cream cheese
L: spinach salad w/SF FF dressing; 4 oz LF turkey; 2 lite MG english muffins
S: pretzel crisps w/laughing cow lite cheese
D: lots of veggies; 1 cup whole wheat couscous; 2 chicken skewers
dessert: birthday cake

Other goals for 7/13:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 80 oz
Multi-vitamin:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 0/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): 2/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended):1320
Carbs (163-236g recommended): 171
Fat (32-56g recommended): 22
Protein (60-127g recommended): 114
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition: :sunny:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 7/67 (thru 7/13)
 
Hi Cam! Well done on your 5K. Running in heat makes things so much tougher so dropping 3 minutes off your last year's time is that much more impressive.

How do you like working with a PT? I love it. I am sure to make it into the gym at least three days a week because I know someone is there waiting for me.

Congrats on the weight loss as well. Looks like the scale is starting to behave for you again. Good luck for the rest of this week!

Oh yeah - thanks for letting me know about the Dis team on Sparkpeople. I am so there!
 
Here is yesterday's "stuff" ;) (Our friends from Australia who are stateside for a couple of weeks were able to visit yesterday, so I ate too much but had a fabulous time doing it!)

Today's workout--
bike -- 10 minutes (on fat burn) (58 calories; 3.2 miles !)
40 minutes upper body with PT
100 crunches & 100 pushups

Food:
B: WW english muffin breakfast sandwich; coffee w/skim milk
L: garden salad; 3 oz turkey breast; steamed veggies; WW pita; LF popcorn
S: pretzels; tostitos
D (Macaroni Grill): too much bread w/2 tsp olive oil; insalata bleu w/pine nuts; whole wheat pasta w/spinach, parmesan chicken & pine nuts (1/2 portion)
dessert: coffee with creamer

Other goals for 7/13:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 80 oz
Multi-vitamin:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 2/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): 2/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended):1942
Carbs (163-236g recommended): 213
Fat (32-56g recommended): 51
Protein (60-127g recommended): 96
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition: :sunny:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 8/67 (thru 7/14)
 
Looking good Cam! You're doing so great. You are very disciplined to journal all your food and your exercise.

Keep up the good work! That dress will be falling off you! :goodvibes

Stacie
 
Hi Cam! Well done on your 5K. Running in heat makes things so much tougher so dropping 3 minutes off your last year's time is that much more impressive.

How do you like working with a PT? I love it. I am sure to make it into the gym at least three days a week because I know someone is there waiting for me.

Congrats on the weight loss as well. Looks like the scale is starting to behave for you again. Good luck for the rest of this week!

Oh yeah - thanks for letting me know about the Dis team on Sparkpeople. I am so there!

Thank you, Susan! And I will look for you on the DIS team on sparkpeople. Be sure to join the current month's excercise challenge. The more the merrier. I haven't told anyone yet,but I am going to be awarding virtual prizes for certain milestones on the challenge. :) Oh, and yes, I am really enjoying working with a PT, though we are still refining what is going to make sense for me. Right now, we are following bodybuilding principles to try to build some lean muscle and tone. Tomorrow, we are going to talk about increasing the number of sets I do, without increasing the weight, in an effort to jumpstart scale movement.

Looking good Cam! You're doing so great. You are very disciplined to journal all your food and your exercise.

Keep up the good work! That dress will be falling off you! :goodvibes

Stacie
Thanks, Stacie. I WISH I had as much faith in that happening as you do. I am getting so discouraged at the lack of scale progress, but just plugging along anyway.


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Today's workout:
2 miles running (sub 13:00 overall pace :woohoo: )
Mile 1 -- time 12:48/ best speed 9:46
Mile 2 -- time 13:04/best speed 9:51
Total time -- 25:51
Overall pace -- 12:57
Calories burned (according to Garmin) -- 251 (on the TM, when I put in my weight, it has me burning about 150 calories/mile when I am jogging most of each mile, so the calorie burn could be up to 300 cals, though I will still use the Garmin calculation)

100 pushups and 100 crunches -- done

Today's Food:
B: WW english muffin breakfast sandwich; coffee w/skim milk
L: garden salad; 3 oz chicken breast; steamed mushrooms; WW pita; spinach salad w/calorie free dressing
S: baby carrots
D: 2 cups whole wheat pasta w/crushed tomatoes; 3 oz chicken breast; 1 cup spinach; .5 cup mushrooms; 2 tsp olive oil


Other goals for today:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 96 oz
Multi-vitamin: :sunny:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 1/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): 2/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended): 1080
Carbs (163-236g recommended): 157
Fat (32-56g recommended): 21
Protein (60-127g recommended): 81
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition: :sunny:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 9/67 (thru 7/15)
 
Hi, Cam. I totally understand where you're coming from - I don't journal nearly as much as I would like, and I only have a few minutes here and there to catch up on other people's journals, so I have to limit myself to just a few. You do a GREAT job of keeping up with your exercise and food intake - wish I could say the same!

Congrats on your great race time. You are an inspiration - have a good day!

Susan
 
You're doing a great job, Cam!!!! Keep up the good work!:cheer2:

Thank you, Tracy. I'm still plugging along, even though the scale was UP 2 pounds this morning compared to a week ago. :eek: :sad1:

Hi, Cam. I totally understand where you're coming from - I don't journal nearly as much as I would like, and I only have a few minutes here and there to catch up on other people's journals, so I have to limit myself to just a few. You do a GREAT job of keeping up with your exercise and food intake - wish I could say the same!

Congrats on your great race time. You are an inspiration - have a good day!

Susan

Thank you, Susan. I am hoping that by journaling everything, I might start to see some trends. I also need the contemporaneous journaling to keep me on track for calorie intake. If I logged everything at the end of the day, I'm sure I'd be over nearly every day.

Today's workout--

30 minutes upper body with PT
20 minutes lower body with my workout buddy

100 crunches & 100 pushups
Food:
B: banana; sugar free oatmeal; coffee w/skim milk
L: garden salad; 4 oz chicken breast; 1.5 oz whole wheat roll
S: apple
S: weight watchers yogurt
D: 1 cup whole wheat couscous; 8 oz chicken breast; 1 cup corn
dessert: 20 almonds (my recommended fat gram count was way down for the day)

Other goals:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 92 oz by 6:15
Multi-vitamin: :sunny:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 2/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): 0/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended): 1361
Carbs (163-236g recommended): 177
Fat (32-56g recommended): 24
Protein (60-127g recommended): 117
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition: :sunny:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 10/67 (thru 7/16)
 
At WW WI today, I was UP .4. Lovely.
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Today's workout:
2 miles running (even better sub 13:00 overall pace compared to Tuesday :woohoo: )
Mile 1 -- time 12:12/ best speed 9:25 (Tuesday --12:48/ best speed 9:46)
Mile 2 -- time 13:04/ best speed 10:58 (Tuesday -- 13:04/best speed 9:51)
Today's total time -- 25:13 (Tueday 25:51)
Overall pace -- 12:38 (Tuesday 12:57)
Calories burned (according to Garmin) -- 254

[100 pushups and 100 crunches -- back later to log them]

Today's Food:
B: WW english muffin breakfast sandwich; coffee w/skim milk
L: garden salad; 3 oz chicken breast; whole grain tortilla; LC panini
S: mini bag of RF popcorn; 4 FF animal crackers
D [STANDS FOR DECADENT AND DELICIOUS]: french onion soup, cheeseburger, crispy steak fries, 2/3 chocolate malt

Other goals for today:
Water (64 oz recommended ): 92 oz
Multi-vitamin: :sunny:
Dairy (2 svgs recommended): 2/2
Healthy oils (2 tsp recommended): __/2
Calories (1200 - 1550 recommended):
Carbs (163-236g recommended):
Fat (32-56g recommended):
Protein (60-127g recommended):
Journal all food and track calories and nutrition:
100 crunches: :sunny:
100 pushups: :sunny:

67 day challenge (leading up to Girls' Weekend in WDW!!! ::MickeyMo ) 10/67 (thru 7/16)

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I have decided to back off a bit on my calorie counting and journaling. I have also decided this afternoon to challenge myself to a non-scale challenge. I am NOT going to step on the scale until next week's WW WI. I'm making myself (and all my dearest friends and my DH) crazy, I am sure. I am completely obsessed about the scale not moving. So, I think I'll move IT (as long as DH doesn't mind -- out of our master bathroom.
I've asked DH to take me out to a new restaurant near our house tonight, Red Robin, for a cheeseburger. I think I have only had one or two regular burgers in the past year. I want it. NOTHING is making a difference on the scale. I am giving myself a treat.
 
No time for a real check-in, but I wanted to be sure to wish you good luck on your blood bank 5K. You're doing great with your running! :banana:
 
HI Cam
your food & exercise looks amazing, try not to worry about the scale :hug:
.4 is nothing ;) & its proberbly muscle!
i've been keeping up with your VR thread too, the planning is going well & i loved your invataions :)
 
Cam??? Hello??? How was that burger girl? Maybe that's what your body needs to jump start that weight loss!

How are things???

Come check in!

Stacie
 
Hi, everyone! Thank you for worrying about me. I'm still here. Just not being real good about keeping track of food calories/points, so I haven't posted. :eek: I haven't stepped on a scale since my WW weigh in last Thursday. I really needed a mental break. I found myself behaving irrationally about the scale and making it count too much, so I've been working on modifying that behavior. Unfortunately, it happens to come at a time when I was burned out about logging every bite and counting every calorie. So, I will only have myself to blame when this week's WI is distressing. (Just remind me of that, okay?) LOL!

Workouts are still pretty much on track:

Friday, 7/18 -- 100 crunches & 100 push-ups

Saturday, 7/19 -- 5k race (overall pace 13:19 for 3.14 miles per Garmin)
(official time says 42:00, pace 13:33)
(FINISHED 326/610, 14/40 in age division :woohoo: )
100 crunches & 100 push-ups

Sunday, 7/20 -- (scheduled rest day) 100 crunches & 100 push-ups

Monday, 7/21 -- 30 minute personal training session (upper body & core); bike 10 mins (~2.5 miles)
100 crunches & 125 push-ups
 
Back on track logging food today:
B: coffee w/skim milk; G2 during run
L: green salad; FF dressing; grilled chicken (4 oz); apple
S: SF FF pudding (60 cals)
D: whole wheat pasta; diet coke chicken; pretzels
Today's workout -- RAN 2 miles (overall pace 13:01)
100 crunches
125 pushups
 












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