<p>drop off DD at airport around 8:00; got home and apply Thompson to the deck rail for 2 hours. Went to a “smooth running clinic” for two hours. Was trying to cut grass but I don’t really have any strength left. So I ate a big dinner including some beef. </p>
<p>Cut the grass in a full hour none stop, go into Insanity workout right away. Now I am beat. DW saw how intense the workout is. Knowing how little I ate and how much I workout, she agreed with me that something is wrong that I am not losing any weight for 3 days.</p>
<p>59 minutes 57 seconds for the 7.6 mile race. The good news is that there is only one hill on the course. The bad news is that it lasts the entire 7.6 miles. Averaging 8 minute miles on this climb is insane.</p>
<p>Hugs, MOWC. Pushing through something to finish when you fel like crap is to my mind as much of an accomplishment as doing well when it feels easy </p>
<p>By contrast, I sat on my duff at a film festival all day yesterday. With the schedule so tight and due to my pepper allergy, was also stuck choosing between a beef dip and hoagie for the networking lunch. I only ate about a third of it, which represents restraint in my world…as did a single scoop of ice cream on a baby cone when my son went all in on a gargantuan homemade waffle cone loaded with hand-churned ice cream at our favorite vacation ice-creamery. I was actually craving healthy food by the time I got home ;)</p>
<p>Sabaray, what are the repeat foods that you’re sick of? Or is it just the tracking in general? Maybe a class would help mix it up, or a little reward trip to some kind of retreat, or maybe a not-directly-related new hobby like TM, which can actually add a nice dimension to the whole consciousness around living well. Or maybe just some kind of fun and temporary tumble off the wagon. Or a reward massage.</p>
<p>You’ve been at this longer than me, but I have a short attention span and a commitment not to backslide overall. So by mucking around a bit with new things (eg added arm weights to my treadmill…looking into getting a new bike to go GENTLY trail riding with friends) I seem to distract myself sufficiently to at least stay in line, if mildly flat lined.</p>
<p>It’s slowly changing my “habituation.” Eg. I used to be able to spend 12 hours sitting on my duff at a film festival, watching films back to back. Yesterday when the sun came out I actually was sorry we had all these tickets when there was a beautiful beach nearby that was calling me for a hike I was sad that I kinda missed the peak weather of the weekend sitting in the dark…a burgeoning sign of an increasing interest in moving my body!</p>
<p>Thanks, Deborah and KMC for the ideas. Even though it was a beautiful day here yesterday, I did go to the gym (where I hadn’t been in some time) for a change of pace. Right now economics don’t allow for even the smallest of new expenditures, unfortunately, so I’m going to focus on finding some new running routes and quite possibly even going to a group run this week. </p>
<p>I’ve never been particularly good at transitions from weight loss to maintenance. I am tired of tracking, but when I don’t is when I find things start to slide. So for now I guess I’ll just keep on plugging along! </p>
<p>MOWC, thanks for the laugh. I will now be paying extra special attention to my clothing - not that track briefs were ever going to be on the horizon!</p>
<p>Sabaray…you need a summer change! Get some new music on your playlist, try running intervals, play Frisbee with Sabadog, change up your weight routine, buy a fitness magazine and try their workout of the month. For food I have been trying a new Pinterest meal at least once a week. Go to the local Farmer’s Market to try some new veggie. You can do it! H is a big meat eater but the rest of us…not so much. He loves the new Mexican baked sweet potato recipe I have been making. I bake the sweet potatoes, slice in half and scoop out insides leaving a shell. Mix insides with a few Laughing Cow Garlic and herb cheese triangles until smooth. Add corn, black beans, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and a little Mexican spices if desired. Fill potato skins with mixture and sprinkle with some cheese (whatever you have on hand …Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Cheddar) Place bake in oven for about five minutes until cheese melts.
Good Luck!</p>
<p>MOWC, sorry about your tough race, but at least you had some amusement along the way, and half a Moonpie is a nice reward for sticking it out.</p>
<p>DadII, did you see the link that kmcmom posted a couple of pages back? It has a good explanation for why someone doing a new intense workout would not see results right away. It might make you feel better, and give you the motivation to keep going.</p>
<p>Thanks blandmind. I went back to her post 28422 and read the article. It makes some sense. In a way I really did not “start” a new program per se. The insanity program, once I am use to it, is not that much harder than my typical gym day with weights and some running. </p>
<p>Tomorrow will be the 1st week mark of my insanity program. As I have been reporting my weight here. let’s see where do I land. Hopefully it will be a 5 lb party time (going from target +25 to target + 20). </p>
<p>have a full day of activities lined up. Will see</p>
<p>BTW, I understand and anticipate each next 5 lb will be progressively more difficult to achieve. But I have 8 more weeks to hit my target.</p>
<p>Just ran a Color Run - PR of 34:30, which is roughly an 11 min mile which I am content with. I typically run at a 12 min mi and am redoing Couch to 5k at a 10 min mile pace, but knew I couldn’t sustain that pace without having to walk. So I ran the first 3k, the fourth I walked briskly and then ran the hell out of the last one. Now treating myself to Zico dark chocolate coconut water. A girl has to rehydrate, right?</p>
<p>1.25 miles yesterday, dips, pullups and curls. I was pretty tired overall and got a lot of sleep. I think that I’ll stick with 1.25 miles for the week or maybe do a little more if I can fit in two workouts per day.</p>
<p>Drove by a road race this morning associated with the Rockin Ribfest - it’s an annual event at the Budweiser Plant featuring a rib contest, a lot of rock music and a road race.</p>
<p>“Less about your 10-minute-mile and more about having the time of your life, The Color Run is a five-kilometer, un-timed race in which thousands of participants are doused from head to toe in different colors at each kilometer. The fun continues at the finish line with a gigantic “Color Festival,” using more colored powder to create happiness and lasting memories, not to mention millions of vivid color combinations. Trust us, this is the best post-5k party on the planet!”</p>
<p>Yes, DadII and Pizzagirl are both moving in the right direction! Color Run (there’s one here) would freak me out- too many people.</p>
<p>I still feel pretty awful. Got through a very slow5 mile (flat) run this morning but could only keep HR down for the first 2 miles. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST- I’m going to take some days off (well, a mile for the streak) and see how I feel. Need to regroup. It’s almost how I feel when I’m really dehydrated, except that I don’t think I am! I am also under a lot of stress right now- my mother is, most likely, at the very end of her life and I am struggling with the “when do I go up to PA” decision. It’s been a lot of ups and downs, middle of the night calls etc. and then she rallies a little. She’s 87, and we are prepared, but it’s still not easy. I’m wondering if that has something to do with my physical crash this past week.</p>
<p>MOWC, sorry to hear about your mother’s situation. I can’t control myself with tears. It is the hardest thing for one to lose their mother. The mental fatigue is real and I got through some of those days with very heavy drinking - 120 proof stuff in China. </p>
<p>best wishes and let natural take its course. As long as she does not suffer. </p>
<p>My mother suffered three days waiting for my brother to show up, declined to take any pain medicine. She passed way 4 AM the morning after seeing him the night before.</p>
<p>At this stage of our life, everyone of us will be facing the passing of parents sooner or later. </p>
<p>One colleague just had a FIL passed away while the MIL has memory issue. They had to tell her several times that her husband passed away. And each time is the sad news to her. How terrible.</p>
<p>Thanks, DadII and BB. It’s a real roller coaster. We are at the age where we are losing parents (if we haven’t already) and peers! There is so much loss, but we have to celebrate the lives that were lived. </p>
<p>WildChild is going to NJ today to meet young triathlete gf’s parents! He did an 80 mile hilly bike ride yesterday (after swimming a short leg in a sprint triathlon relay) and today is doing a trail run before he heads over to NJ. I hope he doesn’t fall asleep on them! He- being young- has trouble understanding the uncertainty of illness/death in elders and keeps wanting to know my “plans”! S""T- I wish I knew my plans!</p>
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H is a big meat eater but the rest of us…not so much. He loves the new Mexican baked sweet potato recipe I have been making. I bake the sweet potatoes, slice in half and scoop out insides leaving a shell. Mix insides with a few Laughing Cow Garlic and herb cheese triangles until smooth. Add corn, black beans, chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and a little Mexican spices if desired. Fill potato skins with mixture and sprinkle with some cheese (whatever you have on hand …Colby Jack, Pepper Jack, Cheddar) Place bake in oven for about five minutes until cheese melts.