Running for Freedom(of the Seas) The Journey Begins Today!(Comments Welcome)

[VernRDH]

It is a new week, new start. The last 2 weeks have been terrible for my weight loss. First with being sick, the second with being "on vacation". I really need my routine.

Exercise: 30 minutes incline walking earns me 2 pts

weight: 172.8 UGH!

points for today: 23 + 2 = 25

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 6 pts
chicken soup 1 cup 1 pt
chicken 4 pts
oil and vinegar 1 pt
salad 0 pts

dinner: 10 pts
chicken 3 pts
asparagus 1 pts
carrots 1 pt
cornbread 3 pts
deviled egg (1/2 egg) 2 pts

points used: 24
I am not using any flex this week until Saturday when I have my next weigh in. Trying to just used activity points for this week.

 

[VernRDH]

Back to business, trying to get rid of all the leftovers in the fridge by not eating them. A neighbor offered me some ham leftover from their dinner, and while I love ham, I passed on the offer.

Exercise today: 3 mile run on the mill, will walk tonight with DD while BL is on. Will earn me 6 exercise pts.

weight: 172.4, down from yesterday, not a lot, but down

points for today: 23 + 6 = 29

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 8 pts
ww bread 1 pt
ham 1 pt
mustard 0 pts
chips 2 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts
ww english toffee square 1 pt

dinner: 13 pts
chicken 3 pts
potato (half a plain baked) 2 pts
sour cream 3 pts
asparagus 0 pts
cornbread 3 pts
skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2 pts

points used: 29

 

[VernRDH]

No exercise this morning, class tonight at the Y. That will earn me 3 exercise points.

weight: 172.4, same as yesterday

points for today: 23 + 3 = 26

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 7 pts
ww bread 1 pt
ham 1 pt
mustard 0 pts
reduced fat chips 2 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts

dinner: 8 pts
eggs (1 whole/3 whites) 3 pts
ww bread 1 pt
margarine 2 pts
skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2 pts

I still have points left, will probably have a snack when I get back from class tonight.

snack: almonds 3 pts

 

[VernRDH]

Got my booty kicked but good last night at class. I am sore and tired this morning.

No exercise this morning-will walk on the TM with DD tonight for 2 points

weight: finally down, 171.2 YEAH moving again.

points for today: 23 + 2 = 25

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 8 pts
ww bread 1 pt
turkey 1 pt
guacamole 1 pt
chips 2 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts

dinner: 14 pts
bread 2 pt
bacon 4 pts
light mayo 2 pts
lettuce, tomato 0 pts
chips 3 pts
macaroni salad 3 pts

I know I went over on points, but dinner was really good and I was very hungry. I am planning to run tomorrow morning as well.

 

[MAKHayes-DisneyDiva]

I just read your last few pages. Looks like you're back on track! It can be so difficult to get back to points or exercise after a vacation or illness.

 

[VernRDH]

I have been having trouble getting back on program. I injured my right shoulder at class on Weds (I think) and took off running yesterday and today to try and make it better. I am planning to run long (8 miles) tomorrow by myself. I may meet up with my inlaws along the way, but I am heading out early (6:30) so that I can get done and get to all the other things I want to do around the house.

I am changing my weigh in day to Sunday, just easier. I did weigh this morning, 172.8, not really happy with it. Hoping that this week I finally get back on track.

I have it in my head that I want to do more with my running. I would love to eventually run NYC marathon and qualify for Boston. Whether these are doable, (NYC is luck of the draw, Boston is hard hard work) I do not know yet. But I feel like I want to try to achieve these things. I would also love to run the Chicago marathon and the Flying Pig in Cincinati. And the Rock n Roll ones too. Especially in places I would love to travel to. All of this may be wishful thinking, but I can't see why if I lose the weight and train right, I can't do them. Boston is probably the only one I would have trouble with, since the qualifying time for my age group is 3:50:59 (well the age group 40-44, since I will be 40 in November). That translates to average 8:47 miles!

I have put these goals out there, here and on the Incredible thread. Whether they come to fruition is totally up to me.

 

[VernRDH]

My 8 mile run was only 7.5 miles, I underestimated the route. Actually I ran 7.6, but stopped the watch at 7.5 since I don't like uneven numbers (it is part of my OCD, I like evenness and symmetry in many things)

But either way, 7.5 miles in 1:27:38, 11:41 avg pace. Not too bad. All that running earned me 12 points!

weight: 169.2 Back where I was before

points for today: 22 + 12 = 34

breakfast: 13 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
cereal 4 pts
milk 2 pts

lunch: 6 pts
baked ziti w/o meat 1 cup 6 pts

dinner: 8 pts
salad 0 pts
dressing 1 pts
turkey 1 pt
ham 1 pt
bread 1 pt
margarine 2 pts
skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2 pts

snack: almonds and chocolate chips 7 pts

points used: 34
flex used: 0
flex remaining: 35

feel like I did well today. I need to find some new snacks to have at night when I get hungry.

 

[LAinSEA]

Wow, lofty goals there! (BTW, my principal went from non-runner to tragic first time triathalon to Boston Marathon in a year...yes, he's a bit of a loon, but we love him anyway.) You can do anything you set your mind to...really you can, especially at 40 and I think the OCD helps in that department. Afterall, as I tell the most recently diagnosed girl student in my Honors class, OCD is a female trait and as long as you harness it for the better, and not let it run you, it will take you wherever you want to go.

Thanks again for bumping my journal up...you're such a wonderful friend. I'm not all that lazy, just overwhelmed as usual.

Here's to a really good week; no injuries, no hungries, no overindulging, no drama.

Laurie

 

[VernRDH]

Usually on days when I do a long run, I am tapped out and end up taking a nap. Yesterday I did not feel that way. Why? Perhaps because I did not run with the inlaws who can tax me physically and mentally. Hard to say. But we got a lot of work done outside the house this weekend. Lawn mowed, two trees out front taken down (they were small but had some type of rot).

This morning I am a bit tired, but got up and walked incline on the treadmill. 30 minutes earns me 2 exercise points.

weight: 169.2, stayed the same

points for today: 22 + 2 = 24

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 13 pts
chicken noodle soup 1 pt
grilled cheese on whole wheat bread 8 pts
chips 4 pts

dinner: 6 pts
eggs 1 whole/3whites 3 pts
ww bread 1 pt
margarine 2 pts

points used: 27
flex used: 3
flex remaining: 32

 

[VernRDH]

Yesterday was an okay day. I came home and had a bit of a tummyache, not sure why. But I had my dinner and didn't have any desire to eat anything else. I am still looking for some low point snacks to have at night, the Jolly time micro popcorn is just not doing it for me. Today will be busy, DD and I have haircuts at 6, so I have to jet home, pick her up and go. Which means I am not eating dinner til late. So I am planning a snack to tide me over.

exercise: 3 miles on the mill, 36 minutes earns me 4 pts

weight: 168.8

points for today: 22 + 4 = 26

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 8 pts
salad 0 pts
ham 1 pt
turkey 1 pt
dressing 1 pt
chips 2 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts

snack: fiber plus bar 2 pts

dinner: 9 pts
hot dog 5 pts
chips 2 pts
skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2 pts

points used: 27
flex used: 1
flex remaining: 31

 

[VernRDH]

Another nice day here in NY. Too bad I have to work and can't get out for a run. Watched BL last night with DD, and after watching Vicky have to run sprints with everyone, I decided I would do a similar workout this morning.

I overslept.

So I am going to do the sprints tomorrow morning and not go to class at the Y tonight. So no exercise points for me today.

weight: 168.8 YEAH!!!

points for today: 22

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 5 pts
ww chicken sante fe 2 pts
veggies 0 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts

dinner: 13 pts
ww bread 1 pt
guacamole 2 pts
bacon 6 pts
lettuce and tomato 0 pts
chips 2 pts
skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2 pts

points used: 26
flex used: 4
flex remaining: 27

I know I said I was going to quit the frozen dinners, but I still have a few and I won't throw them away. And I really needed a low point lunch so it works.

I did eat a bit more than planned at dinner, but I have the flex points to use. I did thoroughly enjoy my BLT with guacamole.

 

[VernRDH]

I got up on time today to do my sprint intervals. I really enjoyed it, and that is saying a lot because I really don't enjoy the treadmill and used to find doing sprints difficult. So I did 17 one minute sprints at 7mph, so I did 2 miles at a pace of 8:34, just one minute at a time!

So 36 minutes of treadmill time gets me 5 pts.

points for today: 22 + 5 = 27

weight: down to 168.2

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 7 pts
salad: 0 pts
turkey 1 pt
dressing 1 pt
chips 2 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts

dinner: 9 pts
hot dog 5 pts
chips 2 pts
skinny cow ice cream sandwich 2 pts

fat free capuccino 3 pts

ETA: ok so I was absolutely starving at 8:30 tonight. Was going to have a small bowl of cereal, but there was no milk left. So I had a peanut butter sandwich for 7 pts.

points used: 34
flex used: 7
flex remaining: 20

 

[momof2minnies]

Veronica,
You are doing great.I find that sprinting seems so much easier on the TM vs. outside.That is when my weight fell off going to the gym and doing that- we waited for this weather, I want to be outside not in the gym.

Having trouble keeping up with the Incredibles- I think I will check in today after I run.

Peanut butter sandwich is actually a really good snack.

Linda

 

[VernRDH]

Today is an off day for exercise. Once I start my training program again that will change. So I slept in a bit (if you call 6 am sleeping in)

So no extra points for me today.

weight: up to 169.4, not sure why so much, unless that pb and j I had last night did it. But its okay, tomorrow is a run as is Sunday, so I am sure I can get back down.

points for today: 22

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 9 pts
salad with grilled chicken 3 pts
bread 4 pts
dressing 2 pts

dinner: 6 pts
eggs (1 whole/3 whites) 3 pts
ww bread 1 pt
margarine 2 pts

points used: 23
flex used: 1
flex remaining: 19

I have my niece's birthday party tomorrow, but I really don't care for bakery cake so I may have very little. Depends on what SIL puts out for snacks etc. She does WW too, so usually she has veggies and stuff. The party is at 2, so I will eat a good lunch before I go as well.

 

[VernRDH]

Today is going to be a great day! It has so far, as this is the first chance I have had to post up here.

Ran this morning-3 miles in 30:34, avg pace 10:11!!! That is smokin for me!! I only took one quick (maybe 20 yds) walk break to catch my breath. I am still trying to break that 30 minute mark, I am getting there.

That run earned me 4 pts

weight: 167.2 I am only 2.8 pounds from my lowest weight a couple years ago. I was soooo jazzed about that!!

points for today: 22 + 4 =26

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 8 pts
fresco soft steak taco from TB x 2 6 pts
guacamole 2 pts

dinner: tbd

Party at DB and SIL's for nieces birthday. I am not a big fan of bakery cake, so I may not have any or just a really small piece.

Tomorrow is running with the outlaws, we shall see how far we go.

 

[VernRDH]

Yesterday was a train wreck. After having a good breakfast and lunch, I went to DNieces b-day party and overdid it. For the first time, my SIL actually had FOOD! They ordered pizza and she had chips and dip and veggies. She also had ice cream cake and regular homemade cake. The pizza was quite good, I ate too much and I snacked on the chips.

Ran 5 miles this morning, which earned me 7 pts. As I lose and get faster, I get less points. Hmm, doesn't quite seem fair, but that is how it goes.

weight: 167.2, managed to maintain from yesterday, I will call it a success.

points for today: 22 + 7 = 29

breakfast: 9 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt
1 cup green grapes 1 pt

lunch: 8pts
lean cuisine roasted turkey 5 pts
ww yogurt 1 pt
fiber plus bar 2 pts

dinner: 11pts
ww bread 1 pt
roast beef 2 pts
russian dressing 3 pts
hard boiled egg 2 pts
100 cal pack chips 2 pts
skinny cow fudge bar 1 pt

i may have a cup of grapes later for 1 pt

points used: 29
flex used: 0
flex remaining: 35

We are alsmot out of frozen meals, there are 4 left, 2 of which I don't care for. I don't want to waste them or throw them out, so we will eat them up. This week we are doing chef salads. Can't wait til my garden is blooming and I get to eat fresh grown veggies from my own backyard.

 

[jbm02]

Veronica
Pizza is one of my trigger foods - I can't ever stop at one slice. Groan. So, believe me, I can empathize. Readings yours and jens journals are giving me inspiration to try to keep up with mine again..The weight loss has stalled to an almost complete stop and I find myself "sliding" way too often. I need to become more accountable and more disciplined...
OMG - a marathon?? I am so not ready for that. I have to get through a half first...
Working from home today - I had better get back to it.
(at basketball tournament at SUNY today, there were lots of girls from Clifton Park/Saratoga...!)
Talk to you soon!
Jude

 

[VernRDH]

Jude, I get ya on the pizza. It too is one of my triggers (well as long as it is good pizza).

I really do try to keep up the journal because if it is written down, I am accountable. Because I know that someone will read it. I could lie, but I am only cheating myself.

Marathon, well my first is planned for 2013, we will see how it goes. Its good to have goals however.

I will check in on your journal now and again, see how things are going.

 

[VernRDH]

Yesterday I was productive, getting a lot done around the house after a 5 mile run in the morning. I stayed on plan points wise and thought I had a good day.

So why am I up 2 lbs today?
I am guessing it is the Lean Cuisine I had for lunch and the salty roast beef I had for dinner. I thought I drank plenty of water, but I guess it wasn't enough.

Walked on the TM this morning for 30 minutes gets me 2 points.

weight: 169.2

points for today: 22 + 2 = 24

breakfast: 8 pts
coffee 0 pts
sf hot chocolate 1 pt
ww bread 1 pt
peanut butter 5 pts
applesauce 1 pt

lunch: 7 pts
chicken noodle soup 1 pt
chicken 4 pts
salad 0 pts
dressing 1 pt
ww toffe square 1 pt

dinner: 9 pts
baked sweet potato 3 pts
margarine 2 pts
salad 0 pts
hard boiled egg 2 pts
dressing 1 pt
skinny cow fudge bar 1 pt

points used: 24
flex used: 0
flex remaining: 35

 

[LAinSEA]

Let's blame it all on the sodium - my sis tells me there is really no way your body can actually turn food into 2 lbs of fat overnight (although, my body might be the first to actually achieve it.)

You're doing so well, pizza aside (and I'm dreaming about it--it's been since the end of June last year for me...) Keep up the great workouts and you will be below your low point soon.

Laurie