Challenge Update 37/100

Here are the updates on my 100 day challenge with Courtney from Run, Courtney, Run:

1. Create and maintain healthy eating habits
This week has been really good on my eating. I’m still trying to figure ways to incorporate foods that my husband will enjoy.

2. Run 20 miles each week
Last week was a huge fail on this one. This week is going to be different. It’s only Wednesday and I’ve already done 15 miles. Woo-Hoo!

3. Lower my body fat %
Doing great on this! Exercising and eating right makes a huge difference on how you feel

Race Update and Miles for this week

This past weekend was the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure. Can you see me? I'm about the 10th row back in the middle in the pink shirt. You can't miss me ;)

I was really excited for this race! I've wanted to run it for quite some time now, and I finally have! It was great and I plan to do it again! The course had more hills that my last two races, and my training last week was not so great. My goal was just to finish. I got to minute 28 and started coughing a bunch (I need to get my asthma checked again). I started walking because of how bad it was, and two people came up behind me. They said "come on, you've only got about two minutes left, you can do it!" (I love races). So I kicked my butt in to gear, ran my little heart out, and beat my last PR by 49 seconds =o) Woo-Hoo! My next 5K goal will be to run it sub 30! That's one (of the many) thing I love about running. While some people may not be as fast as the 1st place runner (he ran it in about 16 minutes), we each have our own goals and have others there to support us and encourage us along the way =o) 

Now... on to my plan for this week. I will not recap my miles for last week because I may, or may not have only run 3.1 miles the ENTIRE week! No need to dwell on the past though, so on to this week! 

27 Monday - 5 miles  (check!)

28 Tuesday - 6 miles

29 Wednesday - 5 miles

30 Thursday - Rest

1 Friday - Rest

2 Saturday - 4 miles

3 Sunday - Leisure run

Have a great week!

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Challenge Update 30/100 + 3 Things Thursday

Here are the updates on my 100 day challenge with Courtney from Run, Courtney, Run:

1. Create and maintain healthy eating habits
I’m doing good on this one and kind of excited about it. I grabbed a Vegan Cookbook to get some clean recipes. I’m not going Vegan and will still eat eggs and such, but I figured it’d be a great way to find new recipes. That and the blog world has a ton of good ones too! I will do a post about one of my new favorite blogs really soon!

2. Run 20 miles each week
Goal #2 is going to be a HUGE FAIL for this week! Seriously, I think I’ll be lucky if I hit 5 miles.

3. Lower my body fat %
I’m doing great on this one too! I have to admit, the past few years it’s only moved up or down about 1%. I’m really seeing progress now and I love it!!!!

Three Things Thursday

1. I can’t express how busy it has been this past week. I’ve decided that I need to step down from a few things to get my sanity back and to not always be crazy busy. I let one commitment go this week and next week will be my last week for another commitment. After that, instead of having commitments Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I’ll only have my Wednesday, Thursday commitments. I’m SOOO excited about these two things! More on those things in a later post!

2. This past Tuesday we had another team building exercise with work. This time we went to the park, grilled out, and played volleyball! SO much fun!

3. I’ve been tossing around the idea of getting a certification in Nutrition & Wellness. I don’t want to use it to change careers. I just want it to be more knowledgeable for myself and to be able to help others achieve/maintain their goals. Any thoughts or advice?

Hope you’re having a great week!

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My failed attempt

Here was my plan for this past week and how I actually did.


13th Monday rest actually completed rest

14th Tuesday 5 miles actually completed 0

15th Wednesday 5 miles actually completed 3

16th Thursday 5 miles actually completed 6

17th Friday rest actually completed rest

18th Saturday 3 miles actually completed 4.15

19th Sunday 2 miles actually completed 0

Total Miles: 20 Total Completed: 13.15 – FAIL



UGH. Some good days, some bad… I very much a creature of habit, I need to use that to my advantage. When I am scheduled to do miles on my lunch, I tend to not want to get out of my ‘work’ mode.



Here is the Plan for this week.

20th Monday 5

21st Tuesday 5

22nd Wednesday 5

23rd Thursday rest

24th Friday rest

25th Saturday – 5K RACE

26th Sunday 2

Total Miles: 20

New Tote

I ordered a new multi-functional tote and it arrived today! YAY! I put different things in it to make sure it will work for everything I need it to and even walked around with it on for a while =o)

Challenge Update 23/100

Here are the updates on my 100 day challenge with Courtney from Run, Courtney, Run:

My goals for the challenge are:

1. Create and maintain healthy eating habits

I'm still doing good on this one. Not as good as I'd like to be, but good none the less :) I'm having stomach issues again so I made another appointment with the doctor for more tests. Yay. :(

2. Run 20 miles each week

Hit this one last week - woo hoo!

3. Lower my body fat %

Well, the number hasn't gone up, so that's a good thing right?!?

Miles for last week and this week

Here was my plan for this past week and how I actually did.
6th Monday 3 miles       actually completed 3
7th Tuesday 5 miles       actually completed 5
8th Wednesday 5 miles  actually completed 5
9th Thursday rest           actually completed 4
10th Friday rest             rest
11th Saturday RACE (5K) actually completed 3.1
12th Sunday 4               rest
Total Miles = 20.1         Total Completed: 20.1

Blue represents the days I met or exceeded my goal. I switched my rest day but I made it for the week. Woo-hoo!

Here is the Plan for this week.
13th Monday rest
14th Tuesday 5 miles
15th Wednesday 5 miles
16th Thursday 5 miles
17th Friday rest
18th Saturday 3 miles
19th Sunday 2 miles
Total Miles: 20

NEW PR!!!

This morning's race was for the NOCC to raise money and awareness for Ovarian Cancer. The course was mostly all flat with one big hill. It started getting really dark and cloudy as we lined up to start the race and wound up raining most of the time we ran. It was a good run over all. I wound up setting a new PR :) I was SO excited and couldn't stop smiling for quite a while.

Time: 31:23 - 1:05 better than my previous record!
Placed 4th in my division (there were 13 in the division)

Race for the cure is in two weeks, so I hope to beat my time from today. I'd like to go sub 30 and eventually be right around 25. I wonder if I can do it?

Challenge Update 16/100

Here are the updates on my 100 day challenge with Courtney from Run, Courtney, Run:
My goals for the challenge are:


1. Create and maintain healthy eating habits
I'm still doing good on this one. Not as good as I'd like to be, but good none the less :)

2. Run 20 miles each week
I should have hit my goal last week but I didn't. With family activities toward the end of the week and over the holiday weekend, it didn't happen. This week, I'm a sure hit though. I'm already at 14, I have a 5K on Saturday, and I'll just have to get 3 more miles in somewhere else.

3. Lower my body fat %
Well, the number hasn't gone up, so that's a good thing right?!?

Another Week Gone By!

Wow! This past week has FLOWN by!


Here was my plan for this past week and how I actually did.
30th Monday 4 miles Actually Completed: 0
31st Tuesday 3 miles Actually Completed: 5
1st Wednesday 3 miles Actually Completed: 5
2nd Thursday rest Actually Completed: 3.1
3rd Friday 5 miles Actually Completed: 0
4th Saturday 5 miles Actually Completed: 0
5th Sunday rest Actually Completed: 0
Total Miles = 20 Total Completed: 13.1

Blue represents the days I met or exceeded my goal. I was A LOT of miles short… Not to throw out excuses but we had a lot of family things going on with the holiday weekend. I need to kick into gear!!! I’m doing pretty good so far this week! Tomorrow and Sunday I have to be sure to get my miles in. Saturday is a definite and I’m going for a PR! Wish me luck!

Here is the Plan for this week.
6th Monday 3 miles – already completed
7th Tuesday 5 miles – already completed
8th Wednesday 5 miles
9th Thursday rest
10th Friday rest
11th Saturday RACE (5K)
12th Sunday 2

Three Things Thursday and a Recipe

Three Things Thursday

1. Food Day – Today at work, we had a food day for all of the September birthdays. With my new direction on eating better, guess where they decided to put all of the food? The desk right next to me. There is a veggie tray, so it’s not all bad. I’ve snacked on that mostly. I also brought my lunch/snacks to work as normal. I should have made something healthy and delicious. Instead, I skipped the healthy, and just made the delicious. My hubby asked me last week to make a certain dessert again, so I decided to make that and keep a batch at home. Check out the goodness here.

2. Do One Thing – A while back, my work launched a ‘Do One Thing’ idea. Basically it encouraged all associates to do one healthy thing each day. For some reason, I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. Even on my rest days, I need to at least do one thing that is better for me than what I would normally do. One of the things I’ve done is to take the stairs instead of the elevator. I only work on the second floor, so if I don’t have too much baggage with me, I will take the steps instead of the elevator.

3. I am SO ready for this weekend! Life has been busy, busy, busy and I am ready for some down time. I think the hubby and I are going to try and go relax at the pool on Saturday and possibly even Monday. Praise God for 3+ day holiday weekends!


Recipe
I have been making this breakfast treat for a few weeks now (not every day) and I really like it! If you think of any ways to improve it, be sure to let me know!

Banana Nut Bread Oatmeal

Ingredients:
1/3 cup dry oats
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup 100% pineapple juice (or 100% apple juice)
1 medium banana, sliced and divided
2 tbs chopped walnuts or pecans
Directions:

Mix all ingredients except the banana and stir. Take half the banana, slice it in to the mixture and stir. Heat and stir again. The bananas should mix in with the rest of the oatmeal. Top with the remaining half of the banana slices and enjoy!

Challenge Update – Day 9/100

Here are the updates on my 100 day challenge with Courtney from Run, Courtney, Run:

My goals for the challenge are:

1. Create and maintain healthy eating habits

I’m doing really well on this one!!! My mom’s birthday party was this past weekend so I had 2 pc of pizza, small sprite, 2 small pc of cake and half a cupcake. Other than that, the rest of my days have been good. It’s amazing how good you feel when you eat clean. I felt miserable after I ate all that stuff. I have more energy when I eat clean and I don’t have as many tummy problems (EXTRA BONUS!!!)

I usually have issues on portion control. So lately I’ve just been saying no to things I know I will not stop eating until I’m super stuffed (peanut butter and chocolate fudge/brownie goodness). Since all of this is new, I want to hold off a little bit until I think I have more control. I figure I will allow myself to indulge a little bit once or twice a month

I tweeted about this, but maybe one of my blog readers will know the answer. I gave up drinking (skim) milk because it hurt my stomach. I switched to Almond Milk and it’s still hurting my stomach. Any idea what it could be from?

2. Run 20 miles each week

I’m doing okay on this one. Last week I was a little short. This week, I’ve run 10 miles in 2 days, so I think I will hit my goal. YAY

3. Lower my body fat %

This one is going to be a slow process. I know scales are not very accurate for this, but that’s what I’m using to measure. The scale says I’m slightly lower than I was when I first started, so it’s a move in the right direction.

QOTD: How often do you let yourself ‘indulge’ in regards to food?