Business as usual...

There's nothing new to report. I've been doing really well with the diet. I've taken breakfast and lunch to work all week and I've eaten less than 1400 calories each day.

Tomorrow I will run 3 miles and start ramping up for the half marathon in February.

Off to a good start...

Today was a pretty good day. I brought both my breakfast and lunch to work, instead of eating the food provided in the cafeteria with an untold amount of calories. I had fruit and cottage cheese for a snack.

Food Log: ~1400 calories.

I made it...

So I really am glad that I went to the gym, because I completely talked myself out of it until I had remembered that I had already blogged that I was going to go to the gym.

Todays Log: ~1650 calories and 1hour of Cardio to burn 500-600 calories:

Net ~1200 calories

So many excuses...

It's the end of my work day, I'm slightly hungry, it's cold outside and I have Christmas shopping to do... I almost used all those reasons to talk myself out of going to the gym. But since I blogged earlier that I was going to go today, I suppose I'll have.

I'm sure I'll be happy that I did and it'll get me back into the habit of going after work.

And off to the gym I am...

For Real this time...

Ok... So I didn't really start when I said I would... But this time is for real because I started this morning. Well last night to be honest. I went to the grocery store and I bought healthy foods for breakfast, lunch and dinner this week. I also cooked a healthy dinner last night.

And today, even though it's cold and rainy outside and I'd much rather just go home after work, I'm going to the gym. I just realized my next half marathon is less than 2 months away! I want to try to get a personal record with this half marathon. That shouldn't be to hard because I've always taken an easy run/walk pace while doing my half marathons, however my knee still isn't 100% normal after my full marathon. Today I'll test it out at the gym. My plan is to run the pace that I want to run during the race for 2 miles and then build from there to 13 miles.

Wish me luck!

Ummm....well...

So... I can't say that I really made any changes yet. I worked late yesterday and today, so I skipped the gym. It's always hard for me to start going back to the gym after I've been gone for a while, but once I get going I really stick to it.

Anyway, I know for sure I'm running this Saturday. Besides the Thanksgiving 5k, it'll be the first time I've really run since my Marathon and I'm really looking forward to it.

I just have to get through Friday by making healthy choices....

Back...Again

Well, it's been quite a while since I last blogged. My team didn't win the competition but we came in 7 out of 42. I did, however, beat the coworker that I had a side bet against. During the competiton I ended up losing 17lbs.

After my trip to Hawaii that imediately followed the competition I gained about 5lbs back. But for the most part I remained the same weight for most of the year. I ran my first full marathon in October... but quickly after the marathon I started gaining the weight back.

So here I am in December weighing exactly what I weighed in January when I started the competition... I know... What a bummer.

Anyway, I'm not going to let that discourage me. My goal is to achieve and MAINTAIN a healthier eating lifestyle and I'm starting right here, right now.

Vegetables are good!

I'm back blogging again. I didn't blog Friday night because I went to the All-Star Rookie Challenge in LA. I didn't pig out on my diet either! For dinner I had a 6oz portion of Ahi Tuna and sauteed spinach. Saturday I woke up and went to the gym and ran some errands. Later that night I had dinner for a friends 40th birthday. I ate another small meal. It was a meat stuffed chille pepper with a side of vegetables. Lastly, today for dinner I made a taco salad (minus the nachos). So as you can see, since I started the Low Carb diet I have been doing a good job of eating vegetables. I've actually reached my goal of 8 meals with vegetables.

Daily Journal:
Friday:
I ate about 1300 calories. No exercise on Friday because I went to the game.

Saturday:
I ate about 1400 calories. I burned 530 on the elliptical machine, Stair Master and Treadmill. I also did a full body resistance training workout.

Sunday:
I ate about 1500 calories today.

Xtend Again

I went to the Xtend Barre class today and it was slightly less difficult then the first time I went. I think it was just because the instructor didn't demand as much from the class as my first instructor did. I think I'll just have to find a class that works with my schedule and that has an instructor who really pushes the class.

Daily Journal:
I burned about 300 calories in the Xtend Barre class and I ate about 1400 calories.

Back In the Gym

I haven't been to the gym since last Friday... Boy it feels like a really long time. I just did my normal elliptical machine workout, nothing interesting there. The most interesting thing, dietarily speaking, is that I sauteed vegetables for dinner. I had asparagus, squash, mushrooms and red onions. I'll bring the leftovers to work tomorrow for lunch tomorrow. I'm making good progress on my goal to eat more vegetables.

Daily Journal:
I ate about 1500 calories today and burned 630 at the gym.