I’m exercising with a purpose now. I realized that this week. While I’ve been exercising all along with my upcoming triathlon in mind, this is the week I went from “exercising” to “training.”
I get on the bike, the treadmill and into the pool with very specific goals. It’s not just about getting fit and healthy [...]
Archive for January, 2009
29 Jan
From Exercise to Triathlon Training
28 Jan
I’m A Hungry Girl
I don’t know what it is this week, but I’ve been hungry. And when I start jonesing for food, it’s rarely for celery and carrots.
I’ve been managing to stay in points but it’s a struggle this week, and I’m on the cusp of losing another point soon (that’s a good thing).
Up until recently, I’ve only [...]
24 Jan
The Candy Conspiracy
I was in Walmart last week, buying size 14 pants….a size I haven’t seen in many, many years. It was soooo exciting! Even though I still think sizes have gotten larger along the way (or else how else could they possibly fit me?), buying a size 14 pair of pants that I actually wore to [...]
18 Jan
Fiber One Keeps Giving Us More Reasons To Love Them!
I was in Sam’s Club yesterday, picking up my Weight Watcher’s diet staples (and of course the staples my family enjoys as well), when in the frozen breakfast food aisle, where we were buying Jimmy Dean’s Turkey Sausage/Egg White Sandwiches (4 points), I spied something new.
Fiber One now offers Blueberry Muffins…. with 7 grams of [...]
13 Jan
35 pounds and counting
I weighed in Thursday to find I’d lost 2.4 more pounds, putting me at a 35.4 pound loss so far. And this, after the holidays. Woot!
While I ate more during the holidays and some days (like New Year’s Day where I ate nothing but chocolate chip cookies and birthday cake) were food fests, I stayed [...]
8 Jan
Triathlon Training – Couch 2 5K
I’ve been training for my triathlon coming up in April. Suddenly, four months doesn’t seem like a whole lot of time.
My biggest challenge is the running part because I’ve never ever been a runner. I barely completed the 1-mile runs in high school (and I was in good shape then!). Now 30-something years later, I’m [...]
