Update for the Week

Great week! I went for bike rides or ran every day this week, plus a couple days of lifting. I got a massage on Monday...long overdue and felt wonderful!

Today I just got back from a new bike route. 13.2 miles. The way I know this is to route your runs and rides with www.mapmyrun.com. My sister told me about this website a year or so ago. It challenges to me to walk and ride further, then come back and map it to see what I have done. Try it. Very cool!

Today's Eating Plan

Pre-workout: 1/2 cup Cheerios

During workout: 1 liter ice water

Post-workout/Breakfast: 2 pieces of pizza toast using mozzarella cheese, a spoonful of marinara sauce and Ezekiel bread.

Lunch: Grilled organic BBQ chicken breast, grilled organic cauliflower, lettuce slaw - finely shredded organic lettuce with a small dollop of mayo, 8 organic pretzels.

Snack: Organic pear and strawberries, cut up and a small handful of walnuts

Dinner: Organic roast beef (cooked in crockpot all day) and fresh organic green beans (cooked in the 2nd crockpot all day)

Glass of unsweetened iced tea with breakfast and lunch, ice water with dinner and throughout the day.

Starting off the week

Today is a pretty day. I started at the gym lifting weights...working on back and biceps. Then I came home and jogged/walked outside for my cardio. 2.7 miles. I have a massage appointment this afternoon at 2:30pm - the first time in over a year! I am going to ride my bike there and back - 2 miles round trip. If I am not completely noodle-ized by the massage, I may ride longer afterward.

I also have some chores to do outside - weeding a flower bed, washing window screens and trim a few low limbs off the trees in front. Tomorrow is back to cool and rain so need to get all that done today.

First Race at Age 49

I listened to a speaker, Dr. Tim Hindmarsh, in March 2008. He does 24 hours of extreme sports to raise awareness about the diabetes problem in the U. S. His website is http://www.actalivenow.com/ and is definitely worth checking out.

Dr. Hindmarsh inspired me to become a runner for the first time in my life at age 49. I used the free training as outlined on his website and entered the local town festival 5k run last May. My goal was to finish...which I did. I had planned to run in Dr. Hindmarsh's 5k as well in July, but had an injury. I had committed to the run though so I walked, (well, limped) it and still finished. I am still running. I am not a fast runner nor an endurance runner, but I am a runner now.

Thanks, Dr. Hindmarsh!

Update for Last Week

Boy, time flies! Last week was mostly gym work with a couple of bike rides taken in between rain showers.

I found and added more organic foods to my eating plan this week. I have been doing a lot of research about organic foods, beauty products, etc. Interesting research. More to come about it later.

The scales were down 1 1/2 pounds! Yay!

Saturday, we took a hike with BLT (Build Lebanon Trails) http://www.lebanontrails.com/ up Peterson's Butte. The weather was nice, although some of the hike was muddy due to all the rain last week. It was a great hike...lasted about 2 hours.

Update for this Week

The weather has not cooperated this week, but Steve and I did manage to get two bike rides in after supper on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Thursday I also rode the library...about two miles or so. The rest of the week was gym work in the mornings...weight lifting, stair climbing and doing hill climb intervals on the treadmill.

I have eaten well this week...in terms of portions and quality. Most of my veggies and fruits were organic. I tried a couple of new recipes that we really liked that were very healthy and tasty, too.

I was down two and 1/2 pounds on my weigh-in this morning. Overall a very good weight managment week!