13.1 and PROUD

This blog was started to track my progress losing weight and training for my first half marathon.. Well I can proudly say I completed one of the two goals. I finished my first half marathon in 2:36 minutes. It was a fantastic experience, and you AtlantaVeg I hope you think about the NYC half for next year.. its a blast... anyway.. my weight loss was a loss.. and i dont mean in poundage... i havent lost a pound.. i eat way too much and need to stop.. so im not posting my food for now, cause its a joke ,, but i will soon cause now i am training for the Baltimore marathon which takes place Oct. 16th , 2010.

Ow, my back hurts!!!

OMG.. I had such a terrible run on Thursday.  Somewhere along the line I must have pulled a muscle in my back because when I was running I was in terrible pain.  It burned so bad, I had to walk/run the whole way.  I am very nervous that it wont be fixed by next Sunday... my 1/2 marathon in NYC.  I am going to the chiropractor this Saturday, hopefully she can help me.  By the way, my eating is out of control..

Breakfast
Instant Oatmeal

Lunch
Footlong (the whole damn thing) turkey and ham and cheese from Subway
Bag of non fat Potato Chips
1/2 bag of Dorritos

Dinner
3 Glasses of Wine (right out of the box)
Small Bowl of potato chips (the fat kind)
Bowl of Progresso Italian Wedding Soup
Grilled Pepperjack on Rye.
5 chocolate covered pretzels.

Ow... MY BACK HURTS.. :(

 So I had a terrible run today. awful.  It was absolutely beautiful outside so I was prepared to live it up, run through the streets, smiling, laughing, happy.. but that's not what happened.. Im running along and my left side starts really hurting. It was muscular pain on the left side of my back.  It was so painful I was really having trouble running and after about 2 miles I had to take a walking break. I never made it to the full 4.7 miles I usually run on weekdays at work.  I had to walk and run all the way back to the gym. So today (Wednesday) I am not running. I have to get this thing out of me before March 21st, that's all I care about.

My food intake has been ridiculous. Im not losing any weight right now.. Im in an eating mode.

Breakfast
Instant Oatmeal
One Laughing Cow cheese with 4 Finn Crisp crackers

Mid morning snack.. (dont laugh)
Potato Chips and a Piece of Chocolate

Lunch
Ham and Cheese Sandwich on Rye
Potato Chips
Piece of Chocolate

Dinner
Beef with Green Curry Sauce (too much)
4 pork dumplings
small spring roll
one small Saki
One Glass of Wine.

Chubby Woman POOPS!!!!

I had the best run of my life today! 14 miles with no pain.  I feel like I had 2 triumphs though.. First.. I actually pooped BEFORE my run (instead of during)  so I felt great going into it.I want you to know this was no easy feat. I got up at 5 am, drank coffee,ate a piece of toast, and then was on and off the pot trying trying trying.. Finally I get in the car and start driving and Im like "youve got to be kidding me"  so as soon as I got out of the car where our group meets I darted into an open (its 6:45 am) Subway. So there is my poop story. Secondly.. I just had a great run.. felt good the whole way..Tired as heck now though, my legs are very stiff.

I had a bad food day.. I felt like I had to eat right after my run so I grabbed a breakfast sandwich.. next week though Im just gonna have a Cliff Shot right after.. its got the sugar I need to replenish.

 I dont even want to write my food today because it is so gross , so this will be my one day off where I dont report what I ate... suffice it to say it was all bad.  Better days ahead.

Getting Ready for a Big One

Tomorrow (Saturday) I am going to try to run 14 miles. I hope I make it. The run begins with an 8.0 mile course then back to the beginning of our loop when I should continue on for another 6 miles. Hopefully I will be at my best and trudge on. I really want to go the distance because I figure it's my last chance to run far before my half marathon on March 21st.  Not really though... I could still run a long one on the 13th but for now... Im ready to go... If I could only poop... not kidding.,.. I know its alot to take.. reading this, but I have a real problem and I really dont want to feel like I have to go WHILE I AM RUNNING!!!!!!!!!!! Im sick of it. So .. tomorrow my plans are to wakeup at 5 am, drink coffee, go, and then Ill be fine.. Perfect scenerio right? Hope so.  Sorry Jake... but this is real life.  Anyway, tonight for dinner I ate a Burrito.. hoping this will help.  Oh ,, did a yoga type of stretching class for 45 minutes at gym during lunch hour.

Breakfast
2 pieces of the yummiest rye toast with butter and honey


After Breakfast Snack at Work
Poop yogurt ( Activia)
3 Finn Crisp Crackers with a Laughing Cow cheese

Lunch
yum... 2 coddies ( cod fish cakes) with saltine crackas and mustard
salad with fat free italian dressing
low fat yumminess Lays potato chips with only 70 calories

Before Dinner snack
carrots with Whole Foods French Onion Dip (bland, do not recommend it) could have made, and should have, fat free sour cream with Liptons French Onion mix and it would have been much better.

Dinner
1/2 of a mediocre Steak Burrito from California Tortilla (mediocre is key word)
Lots of yummmy corn chips with Cheese Sauce
Oh and of course, 3 glasses of wine.

Running from Weight Watchers?

I've been running... no problem.. Saturday I ran 10 miles. Of course I had to stop for  a number two break at a hotel but I got right back out there and continued my run... Im working on preventing that problem but I havent quite figured it out just yet.  Im eating poop yogurt (Activia) right now.

Well the reason I havent blogged lately is because I am feeling guilty that I may be leaving Weight Watchers.. I have a really hard time counting my food. It actually makes me eat more because I feel like I'm depriving myself.. I dont know. Im just trying to eat less food.. Dinner time is my main problem.  Breakfast and Lunch I am in control, but dinner (aka Wine time) I lose it and eat  way too much.  So this blog is for Thursday, March 4th, 2010. I did run my 4.7 miles on my training route at lunch time.

Breakfast
2 pieces of Rye toast with Butter (YUM)
Tea with milk and 2 splendas (YUM)

Lunch
Ham & Turkey Sandwich on Rye Bread
Bag of Low Fat Potato Chips (only 70 calories)
One small Piece of Chocolate... really small.

Dinner
Before dinner- One piece of Laughing Cow Cheese and one slice of Pepperjack cheese
Tortellini with Pesto sauce (Way too Much)
3 glasses of wine
Salad with Fat Free Italian Dressing.