Nutrition

I am so confused about this whole fueling thing! I want someone to tell me how many calories to eat in a day to melt this thin layer of fat from hiding my kick ass six pack! I have logged my workouts and my food intake and generally I have a hard time not coming up negative in the calorie department. I would love to take nutrition classes, but that is just not in the cards currently. I AM looking into getting certified to be a personal trainer, but I feel like I need/want to round it out with the fueling side of things. Just a random thought I had and thought I'd share with my 8 readers. I'm not sure that anyone is reading since I abandoned the blog awhile ago, but I'll try to keep things a bit more up to date.

My biyearly posting

I suck at this whole blogging thing! I'm still exercising daily and my shin is feeling better, but still flares up every once in awhile. I took 8 weeks off from running (painful) and started walking to try to shed that last pesky 10 pounds. I have shed nothing. I am satisfied with where I am, but I know I can do better. I did the Warrior dash this past Sunday and it was fun! I have big plans for the fall... let's hope that my leg cooperates.

breakfast

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End of challenge 1

So yesterday marked the end of challenge #1 I am very happy with my results! So far I've lost 5 inches total! I have gone from barely being able to do 5 push ups to being able to complete 78 without modifying. I am able to do 7 chin ups. I can see my body getting stronger and feel it getting stronger. Challenge #2 started yesterday. I forgot to do measurements yesterday, but did them this AM.

Here is what we have

beginning                                     now
Bust    35                                       35

Chest  31 1/2                              31 1/2

Hips    39                                     37

Waist  29                                     28

Thigh   23 1/2                               22 1/2

Bicep   11                                    11 1/2

Calves  14                                    13 1/2



Pictures to come (as that is part of the challenge)

Off for some breakfast!

dinner

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18 miles

Yesterday Mel and I decided to do our long run of 18 miles. I took Paxton (almost 2 year old) in the double jogging stroller. I never really gave it much thought about the stroller and the distance. So we started on our run, and it felt great! We go to our halfway point and turned around and head back. we get to about mile 12-13 and I realize I hadn't really eaten anything. Luckily I had an apple and some crackers in the stroller. So we keep on trucking and realize it is getting pretty late, and dark. The sky started looking kind of ominous and it hit us, we were tired... really tired. Paxton started crying and it was getting colder. At around mile 14-15 we started speed walking. When we finally got back to our cars my knees were killing me!

What I learned? Eat before I run. Better time management. Do NOT bring a 2 year old in a stroller on a long run! DO NOT run out of ALEVE!

In other news my bodyrocking is going VERY well. I am LOVING the workouts! Today is my off day. Tomorrow I'm back to bodyrock if my knees will cooperate. Wish me luck!

lunch

Yum

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