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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
BE HEALTHY: Making Some Changes
I am in week 5 of my 1/2 Marathon training. Here's a quick overview of what I've accomplished in weeks 1-5:
Total Miles Run To Date: 68
Total Pounds Burned: 2
Total Donuts Burned: 48.83
Longest Run: 8 Miles (wahoo!)
Fastest Pace: 9:58 per mile on a 4 mile run
Overall, things are going great! I feel like I'm getting stronger and faster and my bones haven't given out on me yet. I can see a bit more muscle tone all over. And the energy boost I get from the regular exercise is great! Like caffeine, but waay better.
This being said, let me direct your attention back to the first two bullets above. 68 miles run to date, 2 pounds lost. To be perfectly honest, I expected the weight loss from this training to be more significant. I know, I know, I'm building muscle mass which weighs more than fat. But still...
It's time to face the music. It's something that I've been dancing around most of my life. I have poor eating habits. I always have. When I put the effort foward, I make great, heathly meals. But when I'm tired and busy at work, or just making food for myself, I put far less effort forward. At these times I turn to cereal, energy bars, bagels, pizza...you get the gist. It's (seemingly) a lot easier to grab a piece of pizza and a coke than to make a sandwich in the morning. And cookies and ice cream are absolute kryptonite to me. And I am really doing my body a disservice by putting bad food into it, then asking it to run for miles and miles. I should be filling my body with good, nutritious fuel.
So I've decided to make some changes. My dear friend, Olivia, has recently been blogging about her great experience with the Spent program, created by Dr. Frank Lipman. The goal of Spent is to restore your body to its natural rhythms through nourishment, which includes diet, sleep, relaxation and meditation. It proposes a wellness philosophy that encompasses both western and eastern medicine.
Step one of the program: No Sugar.
Perfect!
The program takes preparation, a.k.a. ridding cupboards and fridge of all packaged, sugar-filled foods. I was looking around my kitchen tonight, noticing all of the items I was going to have to throw away. I could feel the resistance building inside me. But then I thought to myself "why am I hanging onto food that does not benefit me? Why would I choose to continue a behavior that is unhealthy? Why don't I choose health and well-being?"
So today I choose health. We'll see how this goes!
Total Miles Run To Date: 68
Total Pounds Burned: 2
Total Donuts Burned: 48.83
Longest Run: 8 Miles (wahoo!)
Fastest Pace: 9:58 per mile on a 4 mile run
Overall, things are going great! I feel like I'm getting stronger and faster and my bones haven't given out on me yet. I can see a bit more muscle tone all over. And the energy boost I get from the regular exercise is great! Like caffeine, but waay better.
This being said, let me direct your attention back to the first two bullets above. 68 miles run to date, 2 pounds lost. To be perfectly honest, I expected the weight loss from this training to be more significant. I know, I know, I'm building muscle mass which weighs more than fat. But still...
It's time to face the music. It's something that I've been dancing around most of my life. I have poor eating habits. I always have. When I put the effort foward, I make great, heathly meals. But when I'm tired and busy at work, or just making food for myself, I put far less effort forward. At these times I turn to cereal, energy bars, bagels, pizza...you get the gist. It's (seemingly) a lot easier to grab a piece of pizza and a coke than to make a sandwich in the morning. And cookies and ice cream are absolute kryptonite to me. And I am really doing my body a disservice by putting bad food into it, then asking it to run for miles and miles. I should be filling my body with good, nutritious fuel.
So I've decided to make some changes. My dear friend, Olivia, has recently been blogging about her great experience with the Spent program, created by Dr. Frank Lipman. The goal of Spent is to restore your body to its natural rhythms through nourishment, which includes diet, sleep, relaxation and meditation. It proposes a wellness philosophy that encompasses both western and eastern medicine.
Step one of the program: No Sugar.
Perfect!
The program takes preparation, a.k.a. ridding cupboards and fridge of all packaged, sugar-filled foods. I was looking around my kitchen tonight, noticing all of the items I was going to have to throw away. I could feel the resistance building inside me. But then I thought to myself "why am I hanging onto food that does not benefit me? Why would I choose to continue a behavior that is unhealthy? Why don't I choose health and well-being?"
So today I choose health. We'll see how this goes!
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