Woohoo!! My official time was 30:40!!! That’s 30 minutes and 40 seconds. I beat my time from last year by exactly 5 minutes. This year I came in 605th place – hehehe! I feel pretty darn amazing right about now. Here’s my new medal to add to the collection! The run was tough, I won’t … Continue reading »
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Race Day Approaches!
Oh it’s coming up! Tomorrow, Sunday, morning at 8:30am eastern time to be exact. EEEE!!! I am ready, but perhaps not as ready as I was back in February. I’ve tried hard to get back into form these last 3 weeks and I’m feeling confident I can beat my time from last year (35:41) but I’m … Continue reading »
The Race!
Well the day has come and gone. I have officially run my first race. And it was fun! My official time was 35:56 and my real time was 35:40. I’m not sure what the difference is, but regardless that’s pretty darn good! It’s the fastest time I’ve ever done I came in 605th place (hehehe!) The weather … Continue reading »
Weigh-in Week 50: Free Cone Day at Ben & Jerry’s!
I am back on track! At weigh-in today I was down 2.5lbs for a new weight of 182.1lbs and a total of 69.5lbs lost Here’s hoping I can keep this up and get to 52 weeks reaching 70lbs. Yahoo! I think posting my food log daily really helps with this so I’m going to continue … Continue reading »
Food Log: Thursday April 7
Yay! I officially finished the last session of the Couch to 5K program! This past week I ran 5K three times It took me longer to complete since I started at 2 days per week rather than 3 so I did it over 14 weeks instead of 9. My race is still a little over … Continue reading »
Accountable in April & a 5K!
April is among us (but really I couldn’t tell by the weather!) and this means a new exercise challenge for me and the end of March’s. All in all I put in a pretty poor showing at the March challenge – March Meltdown – with only 7/8 lbs lost and 1150/1200 activity minutes. I’m more upset by not … Continue reading »
Weigh-in Week 48: Woohoo!
Well it seems public accountability works! I am down 3.8 this week and am now at 184.2lbs with a total of 67.4lbs down Here’s a photo of my weight loss: This was a pretty good week food-wise. I was able to stay within my points and not get too far into my weekly points. … Continue reading »
Food Log: Day 3 (and a running update)
Thursday, February 24, 2011 Morning 1 cup(s) fat-free skim milk 2 Oatmeal Breakfast 4 Subtotal 6 Midday 1 large banana(s) 0 Panini – Quick-added food* 14 Subtotal 14 Evening 1 small apple(s) 0 1/2 cup(s) tomato(es) 0 1/2 cup(s) English cucumber 0 1 oz reduced-fat feta cheese 2 1 serving(s) Salmon 3 6 oz uncooked … Continue reading »
Weigh-in Week 39: Damn You Metric/Imperial!
Alright this post is going to be a bit of weight loss and a bit of a running update. (Really they go hand-in-hand, don’t they?). At today’s weigh in I was down 1.8lbs! That brings my total weight loss to 56.8lbs and I am currently at 194.8lbs (yay for staying in the 100s ) I … Continue reading »
I signed up for a 5K!
That’s it, I took the plunge and officially signed up for a 5K in April! April 17th to be exact. I’ve signed up for the Banque Scotia 21k & 5k here taking place at Parc Jean-Drapeau. They don’t have the 5k route up yet, but when it’s up I’ll post it here. So far I think … Continue reading »