<p>2 mile walk/run, still having some tendon pain from my injury, but it’s fairly mild, and the doctor says it’s ok to run a bit.</p>
<p>39 min run. 43 degrees, clear sky, no wind.</p>
<p>Stretch/Strength/Track intervals/Whirlpool/Steam
Sauna/Ahhhhh!</p>
<p>Walk, walk, and more walk. Must have been 80 some degrees, sunny.</p>
<p>I did the dreaded 1/2 mile intervals on the Airdyne. Pushed a bit harder. The third interval kicked my butt and a I couldn’t match the pace on the fourth interval. Still a good solid 18 minutes of panting like a dog. Then, off to the basement for HOPS challenge. One set. 15 of each.</p>
<p>I’m on record here and now that the end of the month is as far as I’m going with this challenge. I really really don’t like doing the same exercises day after day.</p>
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<p>So far, so good on a second snack-free, nosh-free day today. I think I’m kickstarting my mindset to enjoying good abs and glutes more than a mindless snack.</p>
<p>Short walk this am, 45 minutes on the elliptical, stretching, 2 mile afternoon walk w/sabadog, obedience class, another short post class walk. Calories = 1291, too many carbs. 51.5%. Subway veggie sub for dinner did it.</p>
<p>First dreadmill run since April 5. Survived. Eased into it but cranked it up part of each mile for some intervals. Had 9 TVs to watch. 6 miles and then made my debut back in the weight room. I’ll be sore tomorrow. 33 degrees and icy rain outside. No thanks.</p>
<p>Sabaray: </p>
<p>If I can hang in there and skip the midnight snack, it’ll be the second day under 1800 calories. I let myself get into the habit of wolfing down whatever was in the house over the holidays – nuts, Christmas cookies. Time to nip that in the bud. The best way for me to get back into having a little snack is to not have a snack at all for a few days, if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>Super low-carb today. 62 grams. 46 net grams. Just 14% of my calories today, thanks to bacon and eggs for lunch and bar-b-q combo platter for dinner. Just 38 grams of sugars (mostly bar-b-q sauce and my brocolli slaw).</p>
<p>MOWC:</p>
<p>Sounds like a killer workout. 6 miles on the dreadmill plus some weight lifting. I’m sensing some widespread New Year’s focus among CC’ers!</p>
<p>D will graduate in May. I’ll turn 50 in September. I look better and feel better now than I did a few years ago, but I want to look and feel great. Got to do it. All my sugar (20g) came from carbs (167g) and not good carbs. Oh well, desperate times called for desperate measures, hence the Subway. I really need to think about what I’m eating every single day,without fail.</p>
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<p>Nothing wrong with a sub as an occasional splurge. It is funny, though, you really lose the taste for big servings of bread when you don’t eat it on a regular basis. I haven’t had a sub or a slice of pizza in over six months now. I might hold out for an Italian sub as my prize for a month or so of New Year’s tightening up…</p>
6 miles yesterday and turned in early. Snow battles today.
<p>Hoping the weather improves here today for an afternoon run but am not counting on it…so tired of cold drizzle.
It’s been more than a year since I last ate a slice of pizza, my formerly favorite food.</p>
<p>I just love bread and grains. It has always been the bulk of my diet; I can’t eat a lot of fat for health reasons so bread has been a go-to. I’m sure I can reduce the amount I’m eating, I just don’t want to. </p>
<p>Hoping for a better day here too.</p>
<p>idad–I can’t go to sleep if I’m hungry! Most nights I’m ok, but if I stay up late, I have to have a bit of protein (cheese, nuts) so I can sleep. Doesn’t take much…I know people are worried about gaining weight and in fact much of the freshman 15 is probably attributable to late night snacking. </p>
<p>Part of today’s workout will be getting up and down from a stepstool as I am slowly painting a bunch of woodwork white. This workout will take place 2-3 days/week and will last all winter, I believe. :(</p>
<p>I was somewhat stiff this morning so I did a stretch video, an abs workout and some pushups. I really need to do abs at least every other day. The pushups were a reminder of the week abs areas. Running a lot (well, 5-7 miles for me is a lot) uses up a lot of workout time and kind of pushes other things out of the way. I’m changing schedules to waking up very early and going to bed early which should make it easier to get my stretching and core work done early and my running during the day.</p>
<p>Now you know why I don’t usually do anything but running! I realize that it is better for overall fitness to mix it up and especially to do weights and strengthening, but time is always an issue, especially with the day job! I’m not sore yet from the weights, but I’m sure I will be. It has stopped sleeting/raining, so after work I should be able to run outside.</p>
<p>I also love breads and haven’t cut back yet. We eat pizza at least once every 10 days or so. I really like pizza. I also love grilled cheese sandwhiches.</p>
<p>Cool - the snow has stopped here too.</p>
<p>I still eat bread - though I prefer oatmeal. I feel very strongly that you need to eat some decent carbs if you’re a runner or do other long aerobic workouts. Oatmeal only works out when my wife makes it for me. I’m generally to rushed to make it before heading out in the morning though she will make it for me while I’m getting ready if I ask. Rice provides good carbs too but it feels heavier in the stomach. Bread doesn’t work out because it’s soggy in the office if placed with something else.</p>
<p>I am planning to up my mileage goal to 1,000 miles this year if I can get to 100 miles for January. That may seem easy now but it would be hard to maintain mileage during late spring, summer and early fall with tennis.</p>
<p>I’m also thinking of picking up a 25 pound weight from Sports Authority. Ideally I’d get a 20 and a 25. I like to do one arm at a time. When I’m in good shape, I use the 25 more and when not, the 20. My left arm is also better with the 20. I have adjustable dumbbells but I prefer fixed-weight because the plates don’t stick up as much. The dumbbells are used more by my son and he has them at 37.5 pounds - the only things that I can do with those weights are chest-press and three-point rows.</p>
<p>BCEagle–have you tried making oatmeal in the microwave?</p>
<p>1/4 c. oats, 2/3 c. milk. Put it in a large enough bowl that it won’t foam over, and nuke for 2 minutes. Easy.</p>
<p>I usually add a teaspoon each of wheat germ & flaxseed meal to the oats, and top it with nuts & dried berries instead of brown sugar. So yummy.</p>
<p>But I have to mention, while on the subject of oatmeal in the winter…Feb. 1 is National Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day. (I know, wrong thread) On that date I have a very small scoop of ice cream on top of my oatmeal. Life is too short not to live it up a little! :)</p>
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<p>Yes. I typically have to scrape it off the sides.</p>
<p>I haven’t had ice cream since … I can’t remember the last time I had it. I know that I had some at Trader Joes in October 2011.</p>
<p>MOWC, I always wondered if you did any strength training with all your running. It’s really hard to fit everything in. I love running, and just tolerate weight workouts, but I have to admit the weight training is a lot more effective, if only for the sake of appearance :)</p>