Is this realistic?

[StayCool]

Well today is the start of a new week. Today I made a turkey for our house, mostly because I really really like the leftovers. lol The kids and hubby had mashed potatoes and gravy, but I was good and skipped it. I made homemade cranberry relish today that was really good and I also made homemade mayo for the first time ever. It was so easy! And it tasted good too! I stuck to paleo foods all day today other than tasting my hubby's gravy (less than a tsp) because he was raving about it. I don't feel that my diet was so bad over the holiday that I will see a gain, but if I do, oh well.

Hubby went off track and now wants nothing more to do with paleo anything. It will be interesting to see how that works out at dinner because he is the one that does most of the cooking since I get home so late. Oh well I will try to contribute some slow cooker meals to the mix so that I have some control.

 

[Chiomaca]

Thanksgiving was a busy day. I am still sick with a headcold. I worked 10 hours on Black Friday, it was a busy day. I got home late then got up early for work today. No workouts for me. I wouldn't be working out anyway as I don't feel good. I have nothing left after work. I am hoping to get to the gym tomorrow night. We'll see how I feel and if the wife cooperates.

Chiomaca, thanks for the link to the running groups. I have started looking into them. There are a lot on the link but most of them are in the Boston area, which makes it difficult to meet up often for me. But, I am checking them out. I am a bit jealous of your run. I was always afraid to be alone on holidays once the divorce was finalized but now I am seeing I can take advantage of all these types of things I can't currently do on holidays. I am even a bit jealous of your 14 mile long run. I am missing my running. It's crazy, I never thought I'd say it. I did find a couple of races that I might sign up for in June. They are both close together. One hasn't announced the dates yet so I'm waiting as that would be my preferred race of the 2. But I am happy to see they are starting to list the 2015 races.

SC- great job getting to the Zumba class. Don't worry about the diet. You'll be back at it soon enough. I feel like I have more to comment on but I can't remember it all right now.

Waiting2goback - I can understand not having anything left in the tank after a long day, so hopefully you can get into a groove in the mornings. I am so not a morning person, but I find that I have more energy during the day after a workout and I am happier with a less rushed evening. I don't run in the beginning stages of a cold (say, the first 2-3 days), but then I start up slowly. It helps loosen up the gunk in my chest.

And, I'm going to get a little personal here, so I hope you're okay with it. If not, tell me to back off. It seems to me that something you're going to need to overcome is the isolation that you grew into as a stay-at-home dad with a rough relationship. I don't know if you have many local friends, but I think it's time to expand your circles a little. That could mean a group that runs out of your local running store or a co-worker that is interesting. You don't have to be an extravert - trust me, I am on the extreme end of the introvert spectrum, but it helps to have people. Just not too many of them or for too long

You strike me as an interesting person, but you need to think of yourself that way, too. I spent a lot of years feeling really lonely until I realized that I was letting myself be lonely - and I stopped saying "no" and started saying "yes" and "maybe" to invitations. I still spend a lot of time on my own by choice, and sometimes I overschedule social events and end up drained at the end of a week, but I've found my balance for the most part.

On a different note - what run tracking do you use? If you want something to help you with running goal setting, lots of them have challenges that you can engage in. I use Map My Run and right now I'm in the "Holiday Marathon" challenge, which wants you to run 26.2 miles between Nov 24th and Dec 26th. I'm at 22.2 for the week, so it's not that hard, but moving up in the standings makes me happy. (I also suspect people are using biking miles because there are people that have claimed 200+ miles in the last six days, which seems...excessive.)

Well today is the start of a new week. Today I made a turkey for our house, mostly because I really really like the leftovers. lol The kids and hubby had mashed potatoes and gravy, but I was good and skipped it. I made homemade cranberry relish today that was really good and I also made homemade mayo for the first time ever. It was so easy! And it tasted good too! I stuck to paleo foods all day today other than tasting my hubby's gravy (less than a tsp) because he was raving about it. I don't feel that my diet was so bad over the holiday that I will see a gain, but if I do, oh well.

Hubby went off track and now wants nothing more to do with paleo anything. It will be interesting to see how that works out at dinner because he is the one that does most of the cooking since I get home so late. Oh well I will try to contribute some slow cooker meals to the mix so that I have some control.

Turkey and cranberry relish sounds lovely. Sorry to hear that your husband has decided to leave the trial, but it sounded like that was the track he was on from the beginning. I'm glad you're sticking with it! Will you be able to do a paleo breakfast and lunch? Could you ask your husband keep the main dish paleo and make non-paleo sides for him and the kids?

I got my 14 miles in. I so did not want to get out of bed this morning, so it started a lot later than my usual Sunday runs. Luckily, the cooler weather means that a late afternoon run wasn't too bad. I did overheat a bit a few times, even though I was only wearing a single layer. Should have worn a lighter top. The last two miles were quite slow because I stopped twice - once to pick up the dog and once to stop into the drug store for a post-run chocolate milk. The only bad part is a sore ankle, which is new for me. Chiropractor may have some work to do tomorrow.

 

[Waiting2goback]

StayCool, don't be too disappointed in your husband. Paleo is a tough diet to stick with even for the most motivated of people. He wasn't there to begin with. As far as your dinners. Just make your own when you get home if he won't make it for you. You will be disappointed if you do not give this 30 days everything you have. I have been making 2-3 different meals at dinner for the last year. One for the wife and 2 of the kids, one for the two little ones because of their food allergies, and one for me. It is a pain sometimes, no doubt, but it is worth it.


Chiomaca, I don't get offended easily so no worries about being to personal. There really isn't any question I won't answer. Having said that, I was in a bubble for many years being home with the kids. As an introvert it worked well for me, or so I thought. I am now seeing I should have gotten out and made a life for myself. So, I have been doing that. People at work think I am excellent with the customers, I communicate and talk to them well, etc... All stuff I never heard before. Nobody at work is anybody I would want to hang with. On top of being very different people they are like 1/2 my age. They have no idea what life is like with 1 kid, never mind 4. While I may not be "going out" with people like my wife does on Saturday nights, I am getting out of the house and getting back into life. I am being more outgoing. I talk to strangers in stores, when I was at Disney, etc...

I would really to find a nice girl to just be friends with. I say girl because I just prefer talking to girls. I have guy friends but its not the same. Problem is, most girls (I hate saying women because it makes us sound old) think only of marriage at this point from what I found. When I was on Match.com last year I reached out to a few even to see if they wanted to be friends and didn't get any responses.

I use RunKeeper for my run tracking. In order to become part of those groups you talk about you need to be part of Facebook. I don't like Facebook.

To be honest though. I do feel lonely sometimes but nothing like I did the last few years of the marriage. I feel so much better now if that makes any sense. I now know I am worth something. I am so proud of the work I have done to improve myself in just one year. I still have goals and will achieve them in 2015. I don't mind getting up and working out in the morning. I may finally buy P90X3 though. I need a change in workouts and those are shorter, making it more easy to fit in first thing in the morning. I was holding off because of money but now that I have gotten a few checks, and some money of my own, I may just do it in the next couple of days.

I was feeling better today but no gym tonight as the wife went to Walmart for the second Sunday night in a row. So, I work late tomorrow and Tuesday so I will plan to go to the gym both nights after work. Then I have Wednesday and Thursday off so I am hoping to run both of those days too. Hopefully at least one of those runs will be outside.

 

[StayCool]

Turkey and cranberry relish sounds lovely. Sorry to hear that your husband has decided to leave the trial, but it sounded like that was the track he was on from the beginning. I'm glad you're sticking with it! Will you be able to do a paleo breakfast and lunch? Could you ask your husband keep the main dish paleo and make non-paleo sides for him and the kids?

I got my 14 miles in. I so did not want to get out of bed this morning, so it started a lot later than my usual Sunday runs. Luckily, the cooler weather means that a late afternoon run wasn't too bad. I did overheat a bit a few times, even though I was only wearing a single layer. Should have worn a lighter top. The last two miles were quite slow because I stopped twice - once to pick up the dog and once to stop into the drug store for a post-run chocolate milk. The only bad part is a sore ankle, which is new for me. Chiropractor may have some work to do tomorrow.

I kind of expected him to quit on me earlier but he kept proving me wrong. I think taking the holiday off for him was the wrong decision. Oh well. I am hoping he will at least make the main dish paleo friendly, but he's also the guy that puts butter in most everything. He's been offended before because he did stuff like that and I either didn't eat it or ate less. It will work out one way or another.

How warm is it? I wish I could overheat in Nov/Dec. lol I ended up buying some warmer exercise gear on Black Friday because where we have Zumba is not very warm at all.

StayCool, don't be too disappointed in your husband. Paleo is a tough diet to stick with even for the most motivated of people. He wasn't there to begin with. As far as your dinners. Just make your own when you get home if he won't make it for you. You will be disappointed if you do not give this 30 days everything you have.

I would really to find a nice girl to just be friends with. I say girl because I just prefer talking to girls. I have guy friends but its not the same. Problem is, most girls (I hate saying women because it makes us sound old) think only of marriage at this point from what I found. When I was on Match.com last year I reached out to a few even to see if they wanted to be friends and didn't get any responses.

I will make my own if I have to. But I will wait and see before I jump to conclusions. He said that he might join in after the holidays, so I don't know. That would be cool.

As far as being friends with girls, well that is a difficult balance. If a girl is single, then it is difficult to get into the friend zone (I think), and if she isn't, well that is a whole other set of complications. I think when it comes to things like that, it needs to develop naturally which excludes online. But that is just me. I know that for me, I only really have 2 good friends (other than my husband) and that is enough for me. I'm not one to trust easily or quickly so that makes it a bit more difficult. When I moved to where I live now, it took years for me to find people I liked. YMMV.

I'm being good today, but I feel hungry. I didn't have the greatest breakfast so that's my fault. Tomorrow is weigh in, so we will see what kind of damage I did.

 

[Chiomaca]

Chiomaca, I don't get offended easily so no worries about being to personal. There really isn't any question I won't answer. Having said that, I was in a bubble for many years being home with the kids. As an introvert it worked well for me, or so I thought. I am now seeing I should have gotten out and made a life for myself. So, I have been doing that. People at work think I am excellent with the customers, I communicate and talk to them well, etc... All stuff I never heard before. Nobody at work is anybody I would want to hang with. On top of being very different people they are like 1/2 my age. They have no idea what life is like with 1 kid, never mind 4. While I may not be "going out" with people like my wife does on Saturday nights, I am getting out of the house and getting back into life. I am being more outgoing. I talk to strangers in stores, when I was at Disney, etc...

I would really to find a nice girl to just be friends with. I say girl because I just prefer talking to girls. I have guy friends but its not the same. Problem is, most girls (I hate saying women because it makes us sound old) think only of marriage at this point from what I found. When I was on Match.com last year I reached out to a few even to see if they wanted to be friends and didn't get any responses.

I think there's a much finer line between happy and overwhelmed when you're an introvert. I grew up as pretty much the sole introvert in the family (the only other exception was my grandfather) until my mom married one when I was in college. I spent many years hearing from my family that I was "a snob" and "anti-social" because all I really wanted to do was curl up with a book when they were playing loud games during the holidays. That colored a lot of my life until I decided to move away from that mindset.

As far as finding female friends, Match is probably a bad choice. Meetup.com has some cool groups, including ones that are aimed at fun things to do rather than finding someone to date. And I'm going to keep telling you to find a running group because women always way outnumber the men. (Ditto circus, but that's a bit too pricey for me to recommend while you're getting back on your feet.)

I use RunKeeper for my run tracking. In order to become part of those groups you talk about you need to be part of Facebook. I don't like Facebook.

That's odd. Map my run doesn't require you to use Facebook, though you can link accounts if you like. I don't even have them linked. It's all done through the app and the website.

To be honest though. I do feel lonely sometimes but nothing like I did the last few years of the marriage. I feel so much better now if that makes any sense. I now know I am worth something. I am so proud of the work I have done to improve myself in just one year. I still have goals and will achieve them in 2015. I don't mind getting up and working out in the morning. I may finally buy P90X3 though. I need a change in workouts and those are shorter, making it more easy to fit in first thing in the morning. I was holding off because of money but now that I have gotten a few checks, and some money of my own, I may just do it in the next couple of days.

I was feeling better today but no gym tonight as the wife went to Walmart for the second Sunday night in a row. So, I work late tomorrow and Tuesday so I will plan to go to the gym both nights after work. Then I have Wednesday and Thursday off so I am hoping to run both of those days too. Hopefully at least one of those runs will be outside.

You should be proud - it's amazing what a determined mindset can accomplish!

How warm is it? I wish I could overheat in Nov/Dec. lol I ended up buying some warmer exercise gear on Black Friday because where we have Zumba is not very warm at all.

It wasn't all that warm, though these days, the low 40s feels like a heat wave. I was dressed for the day before, which was much cooler. Should have gone with capris and a long sleeved shirt instead of the fleece lined tights and mock turtleneck. I forget when I'm getting ready that my core temperature rises quickly and I'm as warm as I would be on a summer day by mile 3. I won't go back to the fleece until the temps drop below freezing again.

 

[Waiting2goback]

SC- He may jump back on the bandwagon. I don't think you answered if he is overweight or not. Not sure if it is something you want to even share.


Chiomaca- I heard I was antisocial most of my adult life as well. It used to aggravate me. Now I don't care anymore. I have learned a lot about myself and I am finally becoming happy with who I am.

As for meeting people. To you both, I realize Match.com wasn't the best choice for me, especially at the time. I joined right after she told me she wanted the divorce. I was scared to be alone so I figured I'd try to meet someone. I recognize that. I look occasionally now but I have yet to find anyone who looks interesting enough for me to join again.

I have tried joining several groups on Meetup.com. I joined fitness groups, not running specific, but they literally had no meetups all summer. I figured that would be when they had most of their meetings as it is easier to get out for a bike ride or some kind of activity. I joined a divorce group but their meetings were all on nights my kids had dance and gymnastics. So, I keep looking. I will look for a running group. I would LOVE to join the B.A.A. running group. That was on the link you sent me. It would be hard for me to get to Boston all the time though and they are probably a serious running group.

I also have 2 close friends. One of 27 years and one of 24 years. I miss the female perspective though.

I went to the gym tonight. I WAS NOT INTO IT tonight. I did about 30 minutes on the treadmill. I would have kept going but I got a blinding cramp in my stomach so I stopped. I plan to be back tomorrow though. First day back and I still have a head cold so I was fine with my effort.

I did my monthly weigh in today. It was 2 days late but I still did it. No change in weight this month. I'm happy with it. I expected to gain something so I was pleasantly surprised. I need to keep focused. 12/29 is my 1 yr anniversary of starting my weight loss journey. I'd like to lose a few more pounds by then.

 

[dizzyr]

You gotta work on that Dizzy - you're doing this for you, not your friend.

It really doesn't have anything to do with my friend per se it's the weather. In the spring, summer and fall I have no problem going when they don't go but in the winter it's soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much easier if they do.

The class in the morning is the hard one, I usually still go to the ones after work even when someone cancels. If my friend comes with me in the morning she picks me up at 6:20 so I roll out of bed at 6:00, brush my teeth, get dressed, grab my stuff and go. I get to the pool dry and then after the class I shower and get ready for work and she drops me off at the skytrain and I work right beside one so I get to work fast and dry. If I go by myself I have to get up at 5:30 and leave by 6:00 to walk there. It's ALWAYS raining in the morning so I get to the pool wet and then go in the pool and then put on wet clothes. I then wait outside the pool in the rain for a bus to the skytrain. I get to work a half an hour later and am wet for the day. It's just so much easier to sleep in and get my husband to drop me off on the days she doesn't come. Still not an excuse though!

 

[dizzyr]

My question to you is, if you were guaranteed to lose 10 lbs this month not drinking diet coke, would you do it? The fact you are getting headaches by not having it is a HUGE sign of how dependent your body and mind have become on it. Just a thought.

Yes if I was guaranteed to loose I would do it but I'm not guaranteed and in fact the three times I have given it up for over a month I didn't loose anything (or nothing out of the ordinary). The headaches aren't from the aspartame it's from the lack of caffeine. It's my only source of caffeine so when I give it up I get a headache for the first two days. I'm not saying it's good for me I just know that at least for me giving it up doesn't cause the wonderful change so many others say it does so that make it harder. I just don't see the difference.

I think you need to pick something and commit to it. It is like any goal, if you don't have a defined target how can you hit it. If you keep changing your exercise you won't give your body a chance to get stronger in any one area. Nobody said you need to run fast so that is not important now. But, if you are going to run Dopey 13 months you need to start putting in some miles. You can start run walking and as you become stronger and lose weight you can work on speed. I think the aquafit classes, some run walking, and some strength training can work perfectly for you. Maybe the others will disagree with me..

I agree with this and I really need to make a decision and just stick with it. So far my plan is to go marathon weekend but I don't seem to be doing anything to make that a reality so I need to get my head in the game.

 

[dizzyr]

Well today is the start of a new week. Today I made a turkey for our house, mostly because I really really like the leftovers. lol The kids and hubby had mashed potatoes and gravy, but I was good and skipped it. I made homemade cranberry relish today that was really good and I also made homemade mayo for the first time ever. It was so easy! And it tasted good too! I stuck to paleo foods all day today other than tasting my hubby's gravy (less than a tsp) because he was raving about it. I don't feel that my diet was so bad over the holiday that I will see a gain, but if I do, oh well.

Hubby went off track and now wants nothing more to do with paleo anything. It will be interesting to see how that works out at dinner because he is the one that does most of the cooking since I get home so late. Oh well I will try to contribute some slow cooker meals to the mix so that I have some control.

I really need to use the slow cooker more. We had one for ages and didn't use it because all the chicken recipes I tried turned out awful because we were gone for 10 hours not the 4-6 all the recipes called for. We gave it away and then bought one this summer that had a delayed start and I haven't used it once! Do you have any good recipes?

 

[StayCool]

I think there's a much finer line between happy and overwhelmed when you're an introvert. I grew up as pretty much the sole introvert in the family (the only other exception was my grandfather) until my mom married one when I was in college. I spent many years hearing from my family that I was "a snob" and "anti-social" because all I really wanted to do was curl up with a book when they were playing loud games during the holidays. That colored a lot of my life until I decided to move away from that mindset.

I wasn't the only introvert in my family, but it felt like I was at school. I had friends, but outside of that I really did not feel that I fit into the "normal" world. Looking back I was making myself feel that way because I didn't know how to socialize. I've made sure that my kids don't feel that way. Now I still feel like an introvert but it is more internal and you probably wouldn't know it if you met me.

SC- He may jump back on the bandwagon. I don't think you answered if he is overweight or not. Not sure if it is something you want to even share.

I went to the gym tonight. I WAS NOT INTO IT tonight. I did about 30 minutes on the treadmill. I would have kept going but I got a blinding cramp in my stomach so I stopped. I plan to be back tomorrow though. First day back and I still have a head cold so I was fine with my effort.

I did my monthly weigh in today. It was 2 days late but I still did it. No change in weight this month. I'm happy with it. I expected to gain something so I was pleasantly surprised. I need to keep focused. 12/29 is my 1 yr anniversary of starting my weight loss journey. I'd like to lose a few more pounds by then.

He might, if he does it won't be until after the holidays. And I totally understand that. He is overweight and we weighed about the same. The difference is that he is taller and he has quite a bit of muscle, which I obviously do not. He needs to lose about 70 lbs to be in the normal BMI range but I don't see him doing that. I would like him to lose about 40 for his health.

I really need to use the slow cooker more. We had one for ages and didn't use it because all the chicken recipes I tried turned out awful because we were gone for 10 hours not the 4-6 all the recipes called for. We gave it away and then bought one this summer that had a delayed start and I haven't used it once! Do you have any good recipes?

I do pretty much anything in the slow cooker. I make beef stew. I've thrown some chicken breasts in with salsa, onion, peppers and taco seasoning. Meatballs with sauce and cook spaghetti when we get home. I've made scalloped potatoes and ham. What I do is prep everything the night before so all I have to do is pull the crock pot out of the frig in the morning and turn it on.

 

[StayCool]

Today was weigh in and....... I was down 1.8 lbs. So even relaxing and eating on Thanksgiving, I did fine. I did break down last night and have a big bowl of cereal. Definitely not paleo. But my son had his first wrestling practice last night so by the time everything was all said and done I was starving and was so tired that cooking was beyond me. I did boil some eggs and prep things for work today, so that is a plus. I'm going to do my best to finish out this paleo thing, however I am accepting the fact that I will not be perfect and I am just going to let it go as long as the scale continues to go down. This puts me at a total loss of 16 lbs from my highest weight.

 

[dizzyr]

Today was weigh in and....... I was down 1.8 lbs. So even relaxing and eating on Thanksgiving, I did fine. I did break down last night and have a big bowl of cereal. Definitely not paleo. But my son had his first wrestling practice last night so by the time everything was all said and done I was starving and was so tired that cooking was beyond me. I did boil some eggs and prep things for work today, so that is a plus. I'm going to do my best to finish out this paleo thing, however I am accepting the fact that I will not be perfect and I am just going to let it go as long as the scale continues to go down. This puts me at a total loss of 16 lbs from my highest weight.

Awesome on the weigh-in. When I first read your message I thought oh I better go weigh myself and then I completely forgot! I did on the weekend though and I was down 1.5 lb

 

[Chiomaca]

Today was weigh in and....... I was down 1.8 lbs. So even relaxing and eating on Thanksgiving, I did fine. I did break down last night and have a big bowl of cereal. Definitely not paleo. But my son had his first wrestling practice last night so by the time everything was all said and done I was starving and was so tired that cooking was beyond me. I did boil some eggs and prep things for work today, so that is a plus. I'm going to do my best to finish out this paleo thing, however I am accepting the fact that I will not be perfect and I am just going to let it go as long as the scale continues to go down. This puts me at a total loss of 16 lbs from my highest weight.

I love carbs, one of the many, many reasons I can't go paleo. Not really a cereal fan, but I'd do cheese and crackers the same way. (Or the mac and cheese had for dinner last night, at least not out of the box.) As long as you get back on the wagon, it's probably not going to have a huge affect on the scale.

And congrats to both of you on the loss! Does that get you guys past the same 5 lbs you've been gaining and losing?

It's been raining here for the last two days, and alternating between 35 degrees and 60 for just as long. Work hasn't given me a lunchtime chance to run, but I did trapeze last night and will go tonight, so I'm getting something in. Tomorrow and Friday should be less challenging, so I'm going to try and get something in then.

 

[StayCool]

Awesome on the weigh-in. When I first read your message I thought oh I better go weigh myself and then I completely forgot! I did on the weekend though and I was down 1.5 lb

Good for you!!! If I forget to weigh in I wait until the next morning. Lol. Can't have any food in my stomach!

 

[StayCool]

I love carbs, one of the many, many reasons I can't go paleo. Not really a cereal fan, but I'd do cheese and crackers the same way. (Or the mac and cheese had for dinner last night, at least not out of the box.) As long as you get back on the wagon, it's probably not going to have a huge affect on the scale. And congrats to both of you on the loss! Does that get you guys past the same 5 lbs you've been gaining and losing? It's been raining here for the last two days, and alternating between 35 degrees and 60 for just as long. Work hasn't given me a lunchtime chance to run, but I did trapeze last night and will go tonight, so I'm getting something in. Tomorrow and Friday should be less challenging, so I'm going to try and get something in then.

I love carbs too which my huge problem. I'm hoping that this will help me break some of my dependence on them. I did finally get past those 4 lbs I had been playing with so that is exciting!!

I went to Zumba tonight and got my butt kicked my it felt so good. Lol. I am finding that by eating paleo I am eating much less. I will have a carb craving but not eat because nothing is appealing. That is both good and bad. Good because that will help me lose weight but bad because I'm not eating enough. Today I didn't get close to my daily points at all and I'm all ready for bed now. I will have to work on that.

 

[Waiting2goback]

Great job ladies on the weight loss. SC down 16 pounds total. That is excellent. You have been threw many up's and down's and you seem to have broken through the barriers as of late and you are still down 16 lbs. A month from now you will probably be down over 20 lbs total and doing it during the holiday season while most people are putting on weight.

I am not excluding you Dizzy, I just don't think you gave us a total yet, right? But you are still losing. That is excellent as well. And I hope you pick something and commit to it soon. It doesn't have to be running. You just need to find something you find fun because you are more likely to stick to it if you enjoy it.

As for the talk about carbs. I eat a lot of carbs. I just eat them in the form of fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds. Lately I am so hungry though. I keep going over my daily calories. Not by much, and it is good foods. I am just so hungry. AHHHHH!

I didn't post yesterday because I was very tired. I worked and then went to the gym. By the time I got home and showered I was pooped. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and another 25 on the treadmill. I took it easy though as I knew I had the day off and would be running today.

My knees have been hurting but not soreness. It feels like they are going to give out. I think the tendons are overworked from being on my feet 9 hours a days at work and then running. Weird thing though, they hurt on the elliptical and treadmill but I ran outside today and they didn't hurt at all.

It was in the 30's and rainy today and I still ran outside. And it felt good to be outside again. I didn't mind the rain at all. It wasn't pouring but enough that I had puddles to avoid. I did 3.5 miles. After the first mile where I pushed myself I took it easier the rest.

Here are my takeaways from today. I did my first mile at a 8:03 pace. My previous fastest was at the ToT and that was 8:59. The good news is I am seeing improvements in my speed. The bad news is I need to be at about 7:00/mile pace to qualify for Boston. And, I only did it for one mile today. I need to be able to do 26.2 miles. But, I have a lot of time left. It is very intimidating though when I am pushing myself. I often find myself saying, "I need to be able to run this fast for 26.2 miles? Am I crazy?"

 

[StayCool]

Great job ladies on the weight loss. SC down 16 pounds total. That is excellent. You have been threw many up's and down's and you seem to have broken through the barriers as of late and you are still down 16 lbs. A month from now you will probably be down over 20 lbs total and doing it during the holiday season while most people are putting on weight.

As for the talk about carbs. I eat a lot of carbs. I just eat them in the form of fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds. Lately I am so hungry though. I keep going over my daily calories. Not by much, and it is good foods. I am just so hungry. AHHHHH!

I didn't post yesterday because I was very tired. I worked and then went to the gym. By the time I got home and showered I was pooped. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and another 25 on the treadmill. I took it easy though as I knew I had the day off and would be running today.

My knees have been hurting but not soreness. It feels like they are going to give out. I think the tendons are overworked from being on my feet 9 hours a days at work and then running. Weird thing though, they hurt on the elliptical and treadmill but I ran outside today and they didn't hurt at all.

It was in the 30's and rainy today and I still ran outside. And it felt good to be outside again. I didn't mind the rain at all. It wasn't pouring but enough that I had puddles to avoid. I did 3.5 miles. After the first mile where I pushed myself I took it easier the rest.

Here are my takeaways from today. I did my first mile at a 8:03 pace. My previous fastest was at the ToT and that was 8:59. The good news is I am seeing improvements in my speed. The bad news is I need to be at about 7:00/mile pace to qualify for Boston. And, I only did it for one mile today. I need to be able to do 26.2 miles. But, I have a lot of time left. It is very intimidating though when I am pushing myself. I often find myself saying, "I need to be able to run this fast for 26.2 miles? Am I crazy?"

Good for you to get your gym time in even when you are exhausted. And that pace? That is awesome! Don't forget, it wasn't long ago that you were at a 9 minute pace. You have come so far! You can do it. Patience grasshopper. lol

The cookie and candy deluge has started at my office. We have patients and vendors that bring us baskets of cookies and candy from now until Christmas. So my weakness will be all around. The nice thing is that my coworkers know that I am avoiding them so they aren't offering it to me. That makes it a little easier.

 

[Chiomaca]

I love carbs too which my huge problem. I'm hoping that this will help me break some of my dependence on them. I did finally get past those 4 lbs I had been playing with so that is exciting!!

I went to Zumba tonight and got my butt kicked my it felt so good. Lol. I am finding that by eating paleo I am eating much less. I will have a carb craving but not eat because nothing is appealing. That is both good and bad. Good because that will help me lose weight but bad because I'm not eating enough. Today I didn't get close to my daily points at all and I'm all ready for bed now. I will have to work on that.

Congrats on passing up those 4 pounds! It's nice to pass a plateau.

You've gotten more regular with Zumba again, and I find that in some cases, the more I exercise, the less I eat. Not so much with marathon training, when I could eat a horse pretty much every day (hence the mac and cheese Tuesday night - pro tip: don't eat mac and cheese before hanging upside down for an hour. .) But amping up regular cardio work that's less than a 2-3 hour run seems to suppress my appetite. Combined with the new diet, you may have to figure out a new routine or new foods. How are things going with dinner?

There's a big barrel of Jelly Bellys in our common area, right next to the water cooler. I'm hoping the guys eat them all before I do!

As for the talk about carbs. I eat a lot of carbs. I just eat them in the form of fruits, veggies, nuts, and seeds. Lately I am so hungry though. I keep going over my daily calories. Not by much, and it is good foods. I am just so hungry. AHHHHH!

I didn't post yesterday because I was very tired. I worked and then went to the gym. By the time I got home and showered I was pooped. I did 20 minutes on the elliptical and another 25 on the treadmill. I took it easy though as I knew I had the day off and would be running today.

My knees have been hurting but not soreness. It feels like they are going to give out. I think the tendons are overworked from being on my feet 9 hours a days at work and then running. Weird thing though, they hurt on the elliptical and treadmill but I ran outside today and they didn't hurt at all.

It was in the 30's and rainy today and I still ran outside. And it felt good to be outside again. I didn't mind the rain at all. It wasn't pouring but enough that I had puddles to avoid. I did 3.5 miles. After the first mile where I pushed myself I took it easier the rest.

Here are my takeaways from today. I did my first mile at a 8:03 pace. My previous fastest was at the ToT and that was 8:59. The good news is I am seeing improvements in my speed. The bad news is I need to be at about 7:00/mile pace to qualify for Boston. And, I only did it for one mile today. I need to be able to do 26.2 miles. But, I have a lot of time left. It is very intimidating though when I am pushing myself. I often find myself saying, "I need to be able to run this fast for 26.2 miles? Am I crazy?"

Is your body still adjusting to the job where you are on your feet all day? That could be contributing to your hunger. I know the guys in the cell phone stores that I see are walking around a lot, you're probably burning a bunch of calories more than usual even if it doens't feel like it since it's at a slow pace.

I love running outside, even in the cold. I'd rather do that than run on the treadmill, even in the low 30s. I admit, rain and 30s might have thrown me off. Guess we'll see on Sunday...5k Jingle Bell run that I'm going to try and turn into part of a longer run. (Running buddies who brunch may cut that short, but I'll roll with it.) Snow is awesome to run in, too.

Nice pace on the first mile, but your first mile should be your slowest, not your fastest. What kind of speedwork are you doing? I've got the training program that my group uses for beginning and intermediate marathoners that I'd be happy to share with you - it's got a weekly track workout. I'm a big fan of fartleks on my regular runs, but found that the track workouts made a huge difference for me speed-wise. (15 min PR on half and 22 min PR on the full in one training season!)

 

[Waiting2goback]

So my weakness will be all around. The nice thing is that my coworkers know that I am avoiding them so they aren't offering it to me. That makes it a little easier.

Its time to change the way you think. Instead of seeing it as a weakness make it into a strength, meaning by avoiding them you are showing how strong you are. For example, on Black Friday my boss bought pizza for the office because it was so busy. Pizza is one of my favorite foods. I used to say it was my weakness. I didn't even consider having any and I felt good as I walked away.

Is your body still adjusting to the job where you are on your feet all day? That could be contributing to your hunger. I know the guys in the cell phone stores that I see are walking around a lot, you're probably burning a bunch of calories more than usual even if it doens't feel like it since it's at a slow pace.

I love running outside, even in the cold. I'd rather do that than run on the treadmill, even in the low 30s. I admit, rain and 30s might have thrown me off. Guess we'll see on Sunday...5k Jingle Bell run that I'm going to try and turn into part of a longer run. (Running buddies who brunch may cut that short, but I'll roll with it.) Snow is awesome to run in, too.

Nice pace on the first mile, but your first mile should be your slowest, not your fastest. What kind of speedwork are you doing? I've got the training program that my group uses for beginning and intermediate marathoners that I'd be happy to share with you - it's got a weekly track workout. I'm a big fan of fartleks on my regular runs, but found that the track workouts made a huge difference for me speed-wise. (15 min PR on half and 22 min PR on the full in one training season!)

Yeah, the body is still adjusting. My back and legs killed when I first started. Now I don't feel it much at all. But the knees just feel weak. I know things will get used to it all.

I didn't mean to run that fast on my first mile. I just began running and then my RunKeeper gave me my update and I said, "Whoa, how'd I do that?" Then I slowed things down because I wasn't there to run that fast.

I am doing no kind of speed work right now. I did go to the track over the summer and do intervals. I would run top speed for 30 seconds and then jog or walk for 30 seconds. I did that for about 30 minutes and finished up with a 15 minute cool down jog.

I still have a lot to learn. I did no hill work last year, just the hills I came across as I ran. But I have tons of hills around me that I will work into my runs next year.

I have been looking for running groups. I found a few on Meetup but the closest ones don't run at times I can make it. I will keep looking or I will start my own and hopefully some people will join.

You can share your program with me. You can PM me if you don't want to put it here. I appreciate it.

Had a busy day with appointments today and I needed a rest day so I took the day off. I have work tomorrow and am planning to go to the gym after work again. Although my gym will be closed so I have to go further to the 24 hour gym.

 

[Waiting2goback]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92CLqo2ZUKc&sns=em

I had to share this link. I love this guy. He has videos and interviews all over the internet but I decided to pick this one for now. SC, you were thinking of doing P90X, you should watch this. It's long but I think for anyone struggling with motivation, or can't seem to stay with exercise consistently it is huge to watch.

The guy is famous, worth millions, and a decent looking guy. So it seems like things come easy for him. But I picked this video because it shows it did not come easy for him. He doesn't usually swear so hopefully that doesn't offend any of you.

I have read his book too. One of the best books I have ever read.

So, if you have time to watch it I hope you get as much out of listening to him as I do. He always reminds me why I started getting healthy and renews my motivation.