Posts Tagged ‘ losing weight ’

A New Routine

05/09/2011

I feel like I had been living, breathing and sleeping St. Anthony’s Tri training for the past six months. I didn’t realize how much until I didn’t have to do it anymore. I rarely slept past 6:00 am on a Saturday or Sunday, because training needed to get done. My days revolved around work and working out. In the last couple of months before the race, I was too afraid not to get to the gym or out on the road, for fear I wouldn’t be ready. Don’t get me wrong. I had my off days, but even when I was “off,” I was worrying that I wasn’t training enough for this race. There was so much to do to prepare for it, from fundraising to getting comfortable running without my iPod. In the end, it was awesome, but I am happy it’s behind me. Last week, I did...

Rainy Days and Comfort Food

10/01/2010

It’s been rainy and dreary here for the last couple of days, and I have to admit, this weather doesn’t do me any good from a food perspective. Gray skies, wind and rain make me long for comfort food. I think this kind of weather has that effect on a lot of people. And while I know the ground needs the rain, I certainly don’t need the calories that come with comfort food. Last night, my kids (both grown and capable of helping me cook) and I were discussing Sunday’s dinner. By the end of the conversation, we were going all out on the comfort food scale: Linguini with clam sauce, spaghetti with meatballs and four-cheese macaroni and cheese. For a little protein, my son decided we should throw breaded chicken cutlets and grilled steak to the mix. Carb heaven! See anything missing here? Veggies maybe? I’m sure we...

Running: Conditions Matter

07/23/2010

I went for my second run this week. It’s still hot. But not nearly as hot as it was on Wednesday. Again, as I write this post it’s raining, which we’ve been told will bring in more scorching heat tomorrow, however short-lived. With the impending rain, it was humid again this morning too, but again, not nearly as humid as it was on Wednesday. Today’s run was bearable. Today’s run actually wasn’t bad. I still had to walk a bit, but I went 2.5 miles with less walking and more efficient running than Wednesday. In fact, I did the longer distance in about the same amount of time. I didn’t feel like I weighed 2000 pounds on today’s run. That could be because I have been eating much better than I was earlier in the week. It could also be just that the air wasn’t as heavy. Today’s run...

Reclaiming My Running Mojo

07/11/2010

Since my hip issue, running has been really tough. I started back expecting to be able to pick up where I left off, because I would have liked to have been in today’s race, but my body was just not having any of it. Of course, the unbearable heat we’ve been having in the Northeast hasn’t helped much either. More than not being able to get in a consistent run without walking, I just have not been feeling the running love. I had gotten to a point where I looked forward to getting out for a good run, always knowing that it’s never easy, but it was doable. And when I finished, I felt like I accomplished something great. Lately, with all of the stupid injury issues, running is just hard again. However long the distance, it’s felt like torturous work; nothing fun about it. Did I mention the...

That Was Me

12/31/2009

I was in the gym this morning, running on the treadmill. It’s snowing again here. Even with the snow, the gym was pretty crowded. Everyone getting that last workout before New Year’s Eve Revelry, I suppose. I logged 3.5 miles this morning in about 45 minutes. Since my running has been somewhat sporadic over the past couple of weeks, I’ve decided to ease back in with some walking intervals, some jogging intervals and some speedier intervals, and overall, the run felt really good. I’m sure that within a week or so, it will be all running once again with the intervals dedicated to getting faster. But I digress…. Halfway through my run, a woman got on the treadmill next to me. She reminded me of me when I started on my fitness journey. She had some weight to lose and she started off walking slowly. After 15 minutes, she...

Mirror, Mirror On The Wall

08/26/2009

I have a magic mirror in my bedroom. When I was heavy, it was always kind to me. I’d get ready for work in the morning or to go out somewhere and it never made me feel fat, well not too fat anyway. There was no getting around the fat thing really. I was never that delusional. But I always felt ok in my clothes until I’d see myself unexpectedly…in a store window say, or in pictures. Is that what I really looked like to other people? Because it wasn’t how I saw myself. As a fat woman, I generally dressed in clothing that was on the loose side. Even though all of the magazines said dress in fitted clothes to shed ten pounds instantly, I was never comfortable with that. Wear a belt? God forbid. In reality, I probably made myself look even larger than I was (now...

Getting Fit? Which Exercise Is Best?

07/26/2009

In my quest to get fit, I’ve done lots of reading and research. Other people’s struggles. What works for them. The best shoes for my feet for running. The best exercise routine. I read the information and try to take away what I find most important. The stuff that will help me with what I want to do. There seems to be two hard core exercise camps, and then a bunch of us in between. The cardio people (of which I am currently one) and the strength training crew (I aspire to strength training but am not quite there yet). What amazes me are the fanatic fringe in these camps. The cardio people who say you have to do cardio…it’s the only way to lose fat. Nothing else will work. And the strength training folks who say you have to strength train because it builds muscle, which ups your...

Ch…Ch…Ch…Ch…Changes

07/07/2009

So this week I threw my points to the wind, sort of, and decided instead to concetrate on what types of food I’ve been eating. Remember, I’ve been at a plateau now pretty much for the last three months. I went pretty far over points on Thursday and Saturday. Not great on Friday either. I return to counting points on Sunday though. Here’s the thing. After my frustration with the scale on Thursday this week, I decided (when I finally let it go) that this week would not be about counting points and it would not be about losing weight. WHAT?, you say? Has she gone over the edge? Nope. I feel like I’ve been letting my frustration with my “weight” really take away from all the healthy changes I’ve been making. I’m thinking my obsession with what the scale says could even be one of the reasons I’m...

Struggling Through a Plateau

03/10/2009

This morning when I got on the scale, it finally budged. I’ve been battling the same two or three pounds for four or five weeks now (I’d stopped counting) and I’ve been more than a little frustrated. This morning I was down two pounds from my weigh in on Thursday, where I was down a mere .2. That’s a total of 43 pounds but I’ve been stuck right there. I’m going to make sure I eat even healthier this week to keep this momentum going. It just seems so easy to bail when the scale won’t give you any love. Don’t get me wrong. I know it’s not all about the number on the scale. I’ve been getting in my workouts and feeling stronger and stronger. And even though I’m still a little worried about my race in a month, I know I’ll be able to finish it, even...

My Weight Is Not "Lost"

02/22/2009

I gained this week. And rightfully so. Valentine’s weekend, which was also my daughter’s birthday, was a diet disaster. Chocolate, out to dinner, homemade birthday dinner and birthday cake… I was up two pounds at Weight Watchers on Thursday, but that was down from where I was on the Monday following that weekend. But that was ok. I take full responsibility. I ate too much and I “gained” weight. It got me thinking though. I get to take responsibility when I “gain” weight. Why do we say we “lost” weight when we are getting rid of it? I mean, I’ve lost my keys, you lose a tennis match, I’ve lost my mind, I lost my dog, I lost all my money in the crashing stock market…. If you think about it, when we “lose” things, it’s rarely intentional. An these are all things we’d like to get back, in...

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