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

[Buckalew11]

Well, Cam, reading your #1 post and then your race post was a tearjerker! I am so happy for you. Inspired and awed. You've come a long way, baby!! I have a long way to go also nd you have given me much hope. Thanks!!

 

[keenercam]

Thank you so much, Brenda! You made me all happy inside! : I really needed that encouragement tonight. Thank you for taking the time to visit my journal! I am looking forward to sharing your journey!

Well, I did 45 minutes weight training tonight (upper and lower) and then 1 mile in 14:50. I had to take it easy because I wore the wrong undergarment (ahem!) to jog in. Bummer, I almost felt like I might have conjured the energy to jog quite a bit tonight. Once I resigned myself to walking, though, I was glad I was only doing a mile because I realized I had no fuel and am exhausted.

I came home tonight and grilled 12 chicken breast pieces and 6 turkey burgers. I also made broccoli and cauliflower poppers and munched on veggies while I cooked.

Dinner was a turkey burger w/ff cheese on open face light english muffin w/roasted red peppers; broccoli, cauliflower, and a grilled chicken piece with ff cheese on a small light tortilla. YUM. I have .5 daily points and 4 activity points left, but I am going to bed. I am not hungry. Therefore, I will NOT eat.

Thank you to all my WISH buddies for helping me so much.

 

[goldcupmom]

Good Morning, Cam!

The 'undergarment' is very important! I want one I saw at VS, but will have to wait until I shrink a bit more. Really neat and very supportive (and expensive, of course) They almost look High Tech.

Hope you're having a great Monday! We'll have to compare notes on our upper/lower stuff as our time is almost the same to complete it.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Cam!!!

OMgoodness your meal sounds wonderful and I don't even like vegetables!!! You make my want to start liking them!!!!! I am trying!

You did a great job on working out!!! Way to go.

Hope you had a wonderful Weekend, keep up the great work!

 

[keenercam]

Thank you, Julie & Jamie!
Julie -- I am going to make a copy of my strength training record card so I can have some idea of what I have been doing. We can compare notes!

Food yesterday was good. I only used .5 FP because of a goetze caramel I ate.

Today's food:
B (at 6:30) -- chicken breast on mini bagel w/ff cheese (3.5); coffee w/lite creamer (.5)
S: glenny's cookie dough crisp bar (1)
L: garden salad w/grilled chicken (2)
S: too many reduced fat wheat thins (6)
S (before gym): 2 lite cheesesticks (2)
D: 1/2 pc chicken (1); turkey cheeseburger on lite EM (5.5)
Dessert: WW ice cream sandwich w/whipped cream & choc syrup (4); pretzels (2)

Did 20 minutes on the bike, 30 on the elliptical and jogged to my car.

Ended the day with 2.5 points plus 3 APs unused!

 

[eeyore25]

HI Cam!

Happy Tuesday!!! Hope all is well. Just wanted to pop in and say hi

 

[Blueeyes101817]

cam-you are doing great with the meals..im very impressed

hope you had a great tuesday!

 

[toystoryduo]

Your meals and exercise are looking good, Cam! Keep up the good work!

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Jamie, Jen & Tracy! It's always so nice to see your smiling faces around here

I was very excited to see a one pound loss on the scale this morning (it is the time of month that my scale is always up). I am only 10 pounds from my goal for the Minnie marathon weekend, which is still about 13 weeks away. I think if I am very disciplined, I should be able to make that goal.

I got up at 5:15 this morning and went to the gym for weight training and hope to get back there tonight for a yoga/pilates class.

I wanted to keep track of my WL efforts so that I can look for progress over the next year. I did my first session on 1/21 and here is how many pounds I did (I do 2 sets of 8 reps):

1/21 Strength Training Session:

Hip Abduction 50
Hip Adduction 35
Seated Leg Curl 35
Leg Extension 35
Leg Press 90
Leg Press (single) 50
Seated Calf 35
Abdominal 20
Lower Back 40
Lat Pulldown 45
Rear delt/Pec Fly 20
Mid Row 35
Vertical Chest 20
Pec Fly 30
Overhead Press 20
Lateral Raise 20
Preacher Curl 20
Seated Dip 35

Today's Strength Training Session (my 4th session; I increased the weight):

Hip Abduction 65
Hip Adduction 50
Seated Leg Curl 50
Leg Extension 50
Leg Press 100
Leg Press (single) 60
Seated Calf 50
Abdominal 50
Lower Back 50
Lat Pulldown 60
Rear delt/Pec Fly 35
Mid Row 50
Vertical Chest 35
Pec Fly 40
Overhead Press 30
Lateral Raise 25 (this one is hard for me)
Preacher Curl 35
Seated Dip 55

Food today:
Before working out (5:45 am) -- 2 oz very lean chicken breast (1)
Breakfast (after workout) 7:00 a.m. -- 2 oz very lean chicken breast on lite english muffin; coffee w/lite creamer (3)
Lunch (1:15) -- garden salad w/2 egg whites & ff italian dressing (.5); zero point veggie soup (0 -- DUH! ); reduced fat wheat thins (3)
Snack (at 5:30) -- apple(1)
Dinner (at 9:00) -- eggbeaters, turkey burger, 1 sl ff cheese, lite english muffin (7); cheese & crackers (5)
Dessert (at 10:15) -- weight watchers ice cream sandwich (2)

 

[eeyore25]

HI Cam!!! Happy Wednesday!

Wow you did a great job on your work out!!! Congrats on losing one pound!!!!

I know you will make your goal for the Minnie Marathon!!!!

Keep up the great work!

 

[NYcpa]

Cam - great job on the weight training. you are doing fantastic with your food. You will do great with the Minnie. Keep up the good work.

How is your daughters college search going?

 

[keenercam]

Did well on points yesterday. Had 1.5 daily points left plus 3 APs from my strength training that I didn't use.
I realized recently that reduced fat wheat thins are definitely a red light food for me. i finished the box in my office yesterday and the last couple from the box at home last night. I won't be buying them again. Even at RF, they are still 3 points for 16 crackers. I am sure I can come up with a different alternative. I also ate the last weight watchers ice cream sandwich last night and won't buy those again for a while. My goal is really to get out of the habit of feeling like I need to eat something that is there. But it is such an emotional eating kind of thing for me, and when I am struggling with stress or sadness, I don't really take the time to talk myself out of eating something. So, I'll just remove the temptation.

No time to pack food today due to a crisis at work last night that spilled into this morning. Ended up being at the office until after 8 so I didn't make it to my Pilates/Yoga class. So glad I went yesterday morning and did the ST. Hoping that by the end of next week, most of my work-related stress will be significantly lessened and I will have more time for my family and for myself.

Stopped and bought food this morning for lunch and then came to work and ate cereal.
B: special K vanilla almond cereal w/skim milk (3); coffee w/creamer (1)
L: turkey, grilled asparagus & almond cheese on grilled bread; dried cranberries, a couple of black pepper potato chips (13)

 

[gradtchr]

My fingers are crossed for you that work stress leaves quickly. It is no fun at all.

 

[NYcpa]

that the stress at work will lighten up and you can spend your time with you family.

I totally agree with you about eating something just because it is there. Keep up the good job of staying within points and using your points wisely.

Will you be able to get some exercise in today to reduce the stress?

Have a great day. Thanks for stopping in to my journal.

 

[Blueeyes101817]

Cam-you are doing great--even with the work stress--although i hope that goes away so you can enjoy the weekend!!

 

[keenercam]

Thanks, Kathy & Jen! Unfortunately, I have another trial starting Monday, so the stress is almost over, but not quite. one more week and I can breathe again.

Went to the gym tonight and did my fastest mile yet --right around 12:30-12:45, I think. I did 2 miles in 27:30 (my fastest), but did the first one in walk 3/run 1.5 min intervals. Then walked the second mile pretty much at 4 mph pace (15:00). It was exhilarating. Wish I'd had an energy bar before I went. Probably could have done more. Plus I had a false start on a treadmill I didn't know how to use and gave up on that one after about 7 minutes. Counted that as my warm up. I also did about 10 minutes on bike.

Food tonight:
soup (0); turkey cheeseburger on lite EM (5.5); pretzels (2); chicken breast (2)

So, I used all my daily points and 2.5 of my activity points, but didn't have to use any of my flex points. That's good because DH and I are going out to dinner tomorrow night at a very nice restaurant, then we'll have apres plunge party after the polar bear plunge on sunday where I will want to eat a bowl of chili and a cookie. YUM. Then, of course, there is the superbowl and I am sure that will be an orgy of eating here or at our friends' house, since we are a Steelers household.

Hoping to get to the gym or out for a walk Saturday a.m. Won't get a chance tomorrow.

 

[NYcpa]

Great job on the workout. You are doing fantastic with your busy schedule. Glad to hear it should lighten up in about a week. I wish my schedule would lighten up that fast. At the rate you are progressing, you will finish the Minnie way ahead of me. Keep up the training. You are an inspiration to me to push myself a little harder. You have a toughter schedule than I as I don't have any family at home to have to work my training around. I admire your ability to wisely time manage.

Try to eat reasonable this weekend. Planned off days aren't that bad. It just shakes up your body so it doesn't get into a rut.

Hope you have time this weekend to accomplish all you have planned.

 

[keenercam]

Thanks, Kathy! Okay, so you can come here and get whatever inspiration I unwittingly provide and I will come to your journal and soak it all in there. I really appreciate your support and enjoy reading your meal ideas!

Food plan for today:
B: 2 oz very lean chicken on lite EM (2); coffee w/cream (1)
L: 2oz very lean chicken on garden salad w/lite dressing (2); diet soda

 

[eeyore25]

Hi Cam!!!

Thanks again for posting in my journal and updating my totals!!!! I really appreicate it!!!!

Great job on your workout. You are really doing a great job!!!

so sorry to hear that work has you stressed and busy, but like you said, you only have one more week....hopefully that goes by fast!!!!

Thanks again and keep up the great work. You are doing great!!!!!

Happy Friday!!! Hope you had a great day

 

[keenercam]

Thanks for visiting, Jamie!

Our dinner last night was wonderful. I really splurged and used 15.5 FPs, but that is what they were there for, and I hadn't used any yet this week. I had a fabulous meal with everything I wanted. I didn't hesitate to eat everything I wanted, including 3 small pieces of bread:
3 pcs bread (10)
shrimp cocktail (2)
mesclun salad w/vinegarette dressing & sprinkling of crushed hazelnuts (3)
2 broiled jumbo lump crab cakes (almost NO filler) and a few sweet potato strings (10)
1/2 pc grand marnier cheesecake (6.5)

YUM!!! I decided to forego the wine in favor of dessert. It was a good decision.

Got up today way too late to do the LW I wanted to do. I knew the weather was going to become very cold and rainy and had hoped to get out early to beat it, but alas, slept in until 9 am! We went to the state park for a long walk outside (my first time training outside since the 1/2 marathon!), but it was cold and pouring for most of the time we were out. I only did 3.4 miles, but I was proud of myself for being out there in the cold and rain. I felt dedicated and disciplined. Of course, it was the perfect opportunity to wear the bright yellow 1/2 marathon rain jacket I bought 4 weeks ago! I probably looked like Big Bird's little cousin! It's like a windbreaker so I am telling myself that I am going to wear it every opportunity I get! Having that and wearing my official 1/2 marathon race shirt this morning reminded me that even though it has been 4 weeks, what I accomplished is something to carry with me forever. I hope it is only the first of many of those types of accomplishments.

I was looking at my entry from 2/4/05 which said I did 3 miles on the TM in 56 minutes (pace 18:40). This morning I did 3.4 miles at pace of about 14:50. Doesn't look like a huge accomplishment for a year, but being able to sustain a pace of 4 minutes less for 3 miles (and I could have kept going if it hadn't been cold and torrentially raining) is something I am proud of.

4 weeks from today I am going to do a 5K that was the first one I did last year. Last year I did it in 54:52 (a 17:42 pace) and finished 314/329. My goal is to finish it this year in 45 minutes, which is more than do-able. The last 5K I did was in October and I finished it in 46:55 (15:08 pace), so doing this one in 45 minutes probably isn't enough of a stretch for me. As it gets closer, I will set a more challenging goal based on how my training is going. I am hoping that the strength training I am doing will improve my ability to run as my legs get stronger!

I have a 5 mile race scheduled for memorial day weekend (if I get in -- it fills very fast) and I am really hoping to run most of that, since they are not very tolerant of walkers. Since it is almost 4 months away, I think learning to run in reasonable intervals has to be my next goal. When I tried to learn to jog last year I got very discouraged. I am going to be more realistic this year and see where I am as the time passes.