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mchen01
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Posted: 2 September 2008 06:07 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 1/2 slice wheat toast, dry
- 2/3 cup spinach artichoke dip
- 1 serving pistachio chips
- 1 1/2 cups rice
- 1 1/2 cups chicken curry
- 1 can diet coke
- 40 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1026 cal
Stomach is hurting. Same old cramping at the top of my surgical scar. There's a hard knot, but can't tell if it's muscle or something else. Took a laxative over 4 hours ago and nothing yet. I'm hoping once I have a bm, I'll feel a little better.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
Legs and back are a little sore today but not bad. Quads and right calf hurt the most.
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mchen01
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Posted: 3 September 2008 06:39 am |
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Updated Statistics: current (starting)
- Neck: 14.75" (15.5")
- Chest: 36" (37.5")
- Waist: 35.5" (39.5")
- Hips: 41.5" (44.5")
- Left Calf: 15.75" (16")
- Right Calf: 15.75" (16")
- Left Thigh: 24.75" (26")
- Right Thigh: 24.75" (26")
- Left Upper Arm: 12.75" (13.5")
- Right Upper Arm: 12.75" (13.5")
- Left Wrist: 6.25" (6.25")
- Right Wrist: 6.25" (6.5")
- Weight: 176 lbs (200 lbs)
- Body Fat: 28%
Today I ate:
- 1/4 mango
- 1/4 cup grapes
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- romaine, spinach, cucumber, jack cheese, and roasted turkey with sesame dressing
- 1 Kashi peanut butter bar
- 20 pork potstickers
- 1 cup coffee with creamer
- 48 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1422 cal
Stomach has been very queasy and bloated today. Took some laxatives last night which didn't start to work until lunchtime today. Still not feeling very well, but dinner is helping. I wonder if maybe I didn't eat enough this past week. I may be better off trying to keep my caloric intake above 1400 cals when not exercising and above 1600 cals on days when I do exercise.
Today's exercise:
- 2 mile run in 25 minutes
- 12:30 pace
- 5 minute warmup 0.25 mile
- 5 minute warmdown 0.25 mile
Total Exercise Calories: 186 cal
First day of recovery week. Ran an easy 2 miles just to cycle the waste from my legs and work the stiffness out too. Legs didn't loosen up until after 1.5 miles into run.
Didn't get to strength train today, because it was the first day of school for me. Had a 3 hour lecture tonight which meant not getting to the gym before it closed. Knowing that I'd be too tired to workout when I got home, I opted to run instead of doing strength. Good thing because I didn't get home until 10:30pm. On top of that, kids have started soccer, so I'll have to be home early on Thursdays for soccer as well as Mondays for violin lessons. Time to redo the workout schedule. I might have to suck it up and do morning workouts. 
I've reevaluated my running goals and am going to try for a sub-2:30:00 at the next half-marathon in mid-October.  An additional 10 lb loss should bring my time down by 4 minutes and avoiding a bathroom break during the race will save me another 3 minutes. The rest can be done with training over the next 3 weeks.
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mchen01
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Posted: 4 September 2008 07:15 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 kiwi fruits
- 1/4 mango
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- romaine, spinach, cucumber, jack cheese, and roasted turkey with sesame dressing
- 1/4 serving goldfish crackers
- 1 3 musketeers bar
- 1 Kashi honey almond flax bar
- 2 1/2 cups lean meat lasagna
- 20 oz diet coke
- 1 cup coffee with creamer
- 32 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1814 cal
Felt the need to eat back some of what I'm exercising so had extra lasagna. Also had sweet tooth today so ate a candy bar, but it was close to my workout time, so I probably worked off the sugar.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 560 cal
Simulated heavy hill workout. My quads are pretty sore.
I have 2 more half marathons planned for this year. Next year will be busy with 5 half marathons. If I'm able to bring one of those half marathon times down to 1:49 (quite the longshot attempt), then I'll go ahead and sign up for a Boston qualifier marathon. Otherwise, it will be an entire half marathon year with some 5ks thrown in for fun.
With work, school and the kids' activities, free time is getting squeezed pretty tight these days. I'm going to have to start doing morning workouts twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays (starting next week) in order to fit in more running. Since I'll be going to bed late most nights, it's going to be really hard to get up on those days. I'm hoping I can do it. I'm also giving up my rest day to do some light strength training and extra stretching.
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 4 September 2008 07:34 pm |
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Wow...5 half marathons...
You are the bomb, Michelle! I've always wanted to run at least one marathon in my life. A half marathon would be awesome, too. Go you!
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mchen01
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Posted: 5 September 2008 05:44 am |
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Thanks Nick! Marathons are pretty tough, but half marathons are not that bad. You've built up a pretty good base and would have no problem training for a half marathon. So, whenever you're ready, let me know and we can train together. 
Today I ate:
- 2 kiwi fruits
- 1/3 mango
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- romaine, spinach, cucumber, hard boiled egg, and roasted turkey with sesame dressing
- 2 cups tomato basil pasta
- 4 oz roast beef
- most of a Payday candy bar - hubby took a couple bites
- 1 cup coffee with creamer
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1474 cal
THE STRESS!! - needed candy bar!
Other than that, I think I'm undereating considering the exercise I've been doing. Somedays I eat it back, but some days look way too low after subtracting calories exercised. Like today, 1474 - 889 = 585 calories. I worry that I should eat more, but I feel stuffed and dread the thought of eating more. Besides, it's too late to consider eating anything. Maybe I should try to eat a bigger lunch on heavy workout days.
Today's exercise:
- crossfit class
- 1st set
- 500 meter run
- 3x20 jump squats
- 3x10 dips
- 3x10 iron cross
- 3x10 back extensions
- 2nd set: 2 minute tabata
- pushups
- wall ball (8 lb)
- push press (10 lb db)
- crossover situps
- 3rd set: 4 minute tabata
- jumping rope
- squats
- situps
- lunges
- 2.21 mile easy run
- little under 12 min/mile but I'm too tired to go downstairs and check my garmn
- no warmup, 1/4 mile warmdown
Total Exercise Calories: 889 cal
All those lunges and squats - my quads are really sore now. This class is so intense - I dread it and love it at the same time. My shoulders and trapezius are starting to show some muscular definition which is a nice surprise. I hadn't even thought about those muscles in terms of how I look, but they seem to make a nice difference in my appearance - I'm not so droopy looking it the best I can describe it.
Today's run was done on a dirt track while my daughter played soccer. My son and a couple of other boys he was playing with joined me for about 3/4 of a mile. That was a lot of fun, and they were so cute. Since it was a short run, I didn't bother with the compression sleeves, and my calves didn't seem to suffer for it.
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mchen01
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Posted: 6 September 2008 05:17 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 kiwi fruits
- 1/3 mango
- cheeseburger
- white chocolate chip macadamia nut cookie
- 1/3 spinach wrap
- 1/2 corn on the cob
- 1 oz carne asada
- 1 1/2 cups spaghetti pasta
- 1/2 cup spinach alfredo sauce
- 2 single scoop ice cream cones
- diet coke
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2383 cal
Department picnic. Lots of food, lots of fun, and lots of running around.
Today's exercise:
- 20 minutes lawn bowling
- 30 minutes badminton
- 30 minutes volleyball
- 90 minutes unloading and setup of picnic
Total Exercise Calories: 680 cal
Setup party, played and ate for 6 hours, and then cleaned up. I think I burned more, but too much work to list everything. Picnic included games like obstacle courses and balloon toss. Lots of chasing kids with water guns. A very fun day. 
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 6 September 2008 05:40 am |
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Lawn bowling? I've never heard of that. Sounds like fun!
When I've played ball with the dog, I've tossed it over the fence several times. My next-door neighbor has a picture perfect backyard. I could just see myself trying to roll the ball down the yard, and it slipping out of my hand and into the neighbor's flower bed. 
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mchen01
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Posted: 7 September 2008 04:38 am |
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Hi Nick! Yeah, this was my introduction to lawn bowling too. One of my coworkers brought his kit and taught me how to play. Basically, you have one little white ball and some big (bigger than a softball, smaller than a bowling ball) heavy balls that don't quite roll straight. The winner is the one who rolls his/her big ball closest to the little white ball. It was fun.
Today I ate:
- 1 kiwi fruit
- 1 mango
- ham and cheese sandwich on sourdough
- crabmelt on sourdough with avocado
- side order of onion rings
- 1/2 corn on the cob
- slice of cantaloupe
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1746 cal
Look at all the sourdough - that was unintentional. Didn't eat before workout today so skipped breakfast and had lunch first. Fruit was a late afternoon snack.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 1078 cal
Faster pace this time, but route was slightly altered. First, I missed a turn so I didn't go through the hilly section of San Clemente on the way out. Second, I didn't ride the killer hill back home. Thinking I was going to do 60 miles today with some friends, I anticipated not having the energy to make it up the killer hill, so I drove down the cliff and parked. But one of the group broke her bike on the way over, so I rode alone today. Since I'm still sore from the half marathon and the quad workout, I was relieved not to have to prove myself on a 60 miler. So, since I did less hills today, it's possible I didn't ride any faster than usual. I'll have to wait until next Saturday's ride to see if there's any real progress.
I had to update the calories to the correct amount. The weird thing about the exercise calories is that I use the activity calculator out of convenience - I hate entering everything manually. But the longer the workout, the more off the calculator is from my garmin. I figure it's not a big deal since I'm not that concerned with exact measurements, just a rough estimate to keep me on track for general weight loss. But to give an idea of how much it's off, my garmin read 1388 calories burned for this workout.
Last edited on 8 September 2008 03:50 am by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 8 September 2008 03:45 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 pancakes with syrup
- Carl's Jr Spicy Chicken Sandwich with medium fries
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable soup
- 3 slices garlic toast
- 1 cup cherry chocolate chip ice cream
- 48 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2313 cal
Oops - I went a little overboard today. Could have done without the garlic toast but I was on autopilot and not even thinking about what I was eating. I didn't even like it. Aargh!
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 446 cal
Ran around the Dana Point Marina and stuck around for the Tall Ships Festival with kids and mom. Saw a bad pirate show which was entertaining nonetheless and an octopus swimming around the rocks of the marina. The poor thing looked scared as it kept turning white when it came out from the rocks.
Today's run was supposed to be easy, but I felt pretty good so I went a little faster. The pace falls within a steady-state pace which is a good sign for my aim of a 2:30 half marathon. It's time to rework my training schedule for the next race.
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mchen01
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Posted: 8 September 2008 04:32 am |
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This is my training schedule for the Long Beach Half Marathon. I may or may not be able to make kickboxing class. On days I miss kickboxing class, I'll substitute a 4 mile race pace run.
 Last edited on 10 September 2008 06:04 pm by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 9 September 2008 06:25 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- spinach, romaine, cucumber, egg, and turkey salad with sesame dressing
- 4 red vine licorice
- 2 fried chicken drumsticks
- 1 fried chicken wing
- 3/4 cup baked beans
- 1 cup coffee with creamer
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1308 cal
The fried chicken had the skin on, which I never even noticed. Mom told me after I had eaten it all. Darn!
Today's exercise:
- 30 minute strength
- 1st set: 2 minute tabata
- side lunges
- dips
- bentover row
- scissors
- chest press in ball bridge
- 2nd set: 4 minute tabata
- seated ball shoulder press
- ball push ups knee level
- bicycle
- tricep extensions
- dumbbell lunges
- 30 minute stretch
Total Exercise Calories: 517 cal
Late workout which means I'm wide awake now. That's bad because I need to wake up early to do my workout tomorrow. I won't have time to do late workout, because I need to watch a lecture and start on first homework of the semester.
tonight I had my first long session of stretching. I can't say that I enjoyed it - kinda boring. But, my muscles are pretty sore and I'm hoping this will help loosen me up as well as help prevent injuries.
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mchen01
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Posted: 10 September 2008 06:00 am |
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Today I ate:
- Yoplait Yoplus Yogurt
- spinach, romaine, cucumber and egg salad with sesame dressing
- 1 Japanese mochi
- 1 1/3 cup beef stew
- 1 3/4 pita bread
- 1/3 cup sunflower seed kernels
- 1 green tea
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1630 cal
Pita was a bit much, but it really hit the spot. Besides it was. homemade by my mom and a major treat. Other than that I ate pretty well
Today's exercise:
- running intervals on treadmill
- 8x1:00 intervals at 9:14 pace (level 6.5)
- 1 mile warmup
- 1 mile warmdown
- total 3.35 miles
- 45 minutes
Total Exercise Calories: 336 cal
Felt strong and could have gone faster, but since this was my first interval set after injury I wanted to be safe. Next week's interval workout will be set at level 7.
Was able to get up early and run intervals at gym before work. The nice thing is that I was able to beat rush hour traffic into work. The bad thing is that I also had to stay up late to watch a lecture. I'm so sleepy now. As soon as I type in the last period, I'm going right to sleep.
Last edited on 12 September 2008 05:10 am by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 11 September 2008 06:19 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 kiwi fruit
- 1/2 cup pineapple
- 1 packet oatmeal
- 1 1/2 cups fruit and vegetable juice
- spinach, romaine, cucumber, cheese, turkey and egg salad with sesame dressing
- 4 oz meatloaf with brown gravy
- 1 1/2 cups bacon and ranch pasta salad
- 1 cup ice cream
- 1 green tea
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2091 cal
I'm so hungry! I've eaten so much already and all I want is to go back in the kitchen and finish off the pasta salad. Must resist!
Today's exercise:
- 50 minutes spinning class
Total Exercise Calories: 461 cal
Really turned up the tension on the bike and I'm hurting now. It felt like every stroke of the pedal sent a burn through my quads. Had to concentrate on pulling in my abs to keep the stress off my back. At least the cycling helps loosen up my calves no matter how hard I push.
Instructor was a little late so workout was 10 minutes short. Bummer. Couldn't make up the time because I had to pick up my daughter from soccer practice. At least tomorrow is a double workout day with running in the morning and crossfit at lunch. Now I have to do some laundry so I have enough workout clothes for tomorrow.
Last edited on 11 September 2008 06:21 am by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 12 September 2008 05:07 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 kiwi fruit
- 1/4 cup pineapple
- 1/4 mango fruit
- 1 packet oatmeal
- 1 1/2 cups fruit and vegetable juice
- 2 servings Progresso Lentil Soup
- hot cocoa mix
- 1 1/2 cups rice
- 1 serving beef and broccoli
- 1 serving spicy tofu
- 2 servings sunflower seeds
- 88 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1942 cal
Ate a lot today and feeling full. I think it's ok since I exercised like a demon today. 
Today's exercise:
- morning: 4 mile run at pace
- 0.25 mile warmup
- mile 1 11:07
- mile 2 10:55
- mile 3 10:55
- mile 4 10:43
- 0.25 mile warmdown
- lunchtime: 45 minute crossfit class
- 1st set:
- 500m run
- 3x10 switch lunges
- 3x10 dips
- 3x10 clapping pushups (knee form)
- 3x10 leg scissors
- 2nd set ("the suckfest"):
- run 400, 400, 200, 200
- knees to elbows 20 15 10 5
- burpees 20 15 10 5
- situps 40 30 20 10
- thrusters (8 lb db) 40 30 20 10
- kettlebell swings (12 lb kb) 40 30 20 10
Total Exercise Calories: 1192 cal
Run went well today. Can maybe go a little faster but not by much. Felt sluggish in the beginning but was able to finish strong. I've finally dropped my pace below 11 minutes for a run over 3 miles.
The suckfest totally sucked, but it was a great workout. As usual I finished last, but today I found out that some of the new people don't do a complete set. Now I don't feel so bad anymore.
My quads are still very sore and they're making my knees hurt. Tomorrow will either have to be a light run or rest day. May be time for a nice, long, hot bath.
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mchen01
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Posted: 13 September 2008 05:52 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 kiwi fruit
- 1/2 cup pineapple
- 1 1/2 cups fruit and vegetable juice
- ham and cheese on multigrain with mayonnaise
- 10 pork potstickers
- 3 cups tomato basil pasta
- 1 tangerine
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1830 cal
Was craving sweets today, but behaved myself. Did not buy the candy corn that was on sale at the drugstore and I substituted a tangerine instead of ice cream for dessert. Too bad I didn't have enough self-control with the pasta tonight. 
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 461 cal
Ran around the field at Concordia Elementary while my son had soccer practice. The grass was so thick that it was 3-4 inches above my shoes in some places. It felt like slogging through a bog. My back is hurting now too from all the hidden holes and dips. Will not run on that field again.
My kickboxing instructor is gone  , so I won't be doing that on Fridays anymore. Since I didn't have kickboxing, I decided to add an extra mile to my run. 4 miles turned out to be pretty easy so, I'm going to go ahead and increase all of my 3 milers to 4 and see if I can handle it. I hope.
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mchen01
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Posted: 14 September 2008 06:46 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 Activia Yogurt
- 12 oz V8 vegetable juice
- ham and cheese on multigrain with mayonnaise
- 4 oreo cookies
- 3 slices large mushroom pizza
- 20 oz diet coke
- 72 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1694 cal
Not too bad today. May have eaten too much pizza because my stomach is hurting, but then it could be the exercise, because the abs are sore too.
Today's exercise:
- 11.06 mile ride for 42:13 minutes
- 3 mile run for 34:50 minuts
Total Exercise Calories: 949 cal
Woke up too late to do my scheduled 20+ mile ride. Wanted to see my son's soccer game instead (his team won!) so I cut my ride short. Then I had to meet a classmate for a fun-filled 7-hour homework session on partial differential equations. Got home late and had to cut my run down from 4 miles to 3 miles since it was already 9pm.
Today I had this thrilling, close call as I sped down a hill and took a turn too tight. My pedal clipped the road which caused my rear tire to jump and skid wildly. I barely had time to whisper sh** as I saw myself heading towards a somersault over the curb when my bike miraculously righted itself and continued on through the turn. Pretty awesome, huh? Reminds me of my old mountain biking days.
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mchen01
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Posted: 15 September 2008 05:18 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 moon cake
- 3/4 cup spinach artichoke parmesan dip
- 16 pistachio chips
- 1 cup tomato basil pasta
- 1/2 serving chex mix
- 1 serving chicken asparagus stir fry with white rice
- 1 chinese bbq pork bun
- 3/4 cup ice cream
- 48 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2139 cal
Too much snacking today. Need to spoon out smaller helpings when hungry, and then only go back if hunger doesn't go away. Late dinner waiting for family to come back home meant more snacking. What a disappointing day eating-wise.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 995 cal
The pace felt easy and relaxed for the most part. I'm happy with the time as this puts me on track to run my next half marathon at a sub 2:30:00 time - a PR for me.
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mchen01
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Posted: 16 September 2008 06:13 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups grapes
- 1 1/2 cups fruit and vegetable juice
- 2 servings Progresso Light Southwestern Vegetable Soup
- Bumblebee tuna salad with crackers
- 1 serving beef stew
- 1 hot dog bun garlic bread
- 1/4 cup sunflower seed kernels
- 2 cups coffee with dry creamer
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1432 cal
Pretty good job calorie-wise. Too much salt and fat though. I notice this, but I'm not really motivated to do anything about it yet. Right now it seems like enough of a battle just watching my calories and exercise. Just the thought of trying to cut down one more thing stresses me out.
Today's exercise:
- 25 minute strength training
- 4x15 situps
- 4x15 pushups
- 4x10 turkish getups (5lb db)
- 4x25 tricep extensions (10 lbs)
- 4x25 thrusters (5lb dbs)
- 4x25 bicep curls (5lb dbs)
- 30 minute stretch
Total Exercise Calories: 444 cal
Another late night exercise, and I still have some work to do to catch up for tomorrow. I'm very tired. I didn't really time my exercise so it could have been for the full 30 minutes, but I decided to estimate conservatively.
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mchen01
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Posted: 17 September 2008 05:34 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 packet oatmeal
- spinach, romaine, cucumber, egg, and turkey salad with lite dressing
- 1 oreo cookie
- 1 package mini donuts
- 1/4 cup sunflower seed kernels
- 2 1/2 cups pasta spinach alfredo
- 1 green tea
- 12 oz V8 vegetable juice
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1830 cal
Super sweet craving today. Saw the donuts in the vending machine 2 days ago and held out until today. It was the last packet and I was so hoping someone would go ahead and buy it so I wouldn't be tempted. It's definitely PMS time. Now that I'm tired from school, work and training, I'm cranky too. 
Today's exercise:
- ascending intervals (4 miles, 46.2 minutes)
1 mile warmup jog
2x1:00 at 7:42 (7.8)
2x1:30 at 8:00 (7.5)
2x2:00 at 8:49 (6.8)
1 mile warmdown jog Total Exercise Calories: 520 cal
I don't think the treadmills at the gym are very good because they overloaded at level 8. I killed one treadmill (oops ) and found another that maxed out at level 7.8. I guess it was ok, because the speeds were still fairly challenging.
It felt so good to run fast today. My past intervals felt horrible, because I felt so heavy and awkward. I can still feel the extra weight bothering me, but I can now take fairly long and strong strides. I no longer feel like I'm going to trip at any second because it's so hard to even pick up my feet. Each interval stayed smooth to the end.
Last edited on 19 September 2008 12:12 am by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 19 September 2008 12:25 am |
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Had to stay up till 2am doing homework, so didn't get a chance to post yesterday's log.
Yesterday I ate:
- 1 packet oatmeal
- 1 1/2 cups fruit and vegetable juice
- spinach, romaine, cucumber, cheese, turkey and avacado salad with lite dressing
- 1 Kashi granola bar
- 2 red vine licorice
- 3 cups ranch pasta salad (oops )
- 4 oz salmon
- 1 coffee with dry creamer
- 72 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2315 cal
Huge hunger! 4 hours watching lecture and reviewing notes. Didn't get home till 10pm so late dinner. Will try to break up lecture into 2 nights.
Yesterday's exercise:
- 60 minutes spinning class
Total Exercise Calories: 550 cal
Good spin class. Am able to push harder and get a higher cadence even at the higher tensions. Someday in the not too distance future, I'll be able to spin as fast as the instructor! Last edited on 19 September 2008 12:25 am by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 19 September 2008 12:37 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 glazed donut
- 1/2 plain bagel with 0.7 oz cream cheese
- 1 Kashi granola bar
- 2 servings Progresso Ministrone soup
- hot cocoa mix
- 3 cups pasta
- 1 cup spaghetti sauce
- 4 tbsp parmesan cheese
- 1 cup coffee with creamer
- 10 oz apple juice
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1941 cal
Not done eating today, but am so tired I need to post now or I'm not going to log it tonight either. As soon as I get home, I'm going to have dinner and then go to sleep. This week I've been getting only 3-5 hours of sleep a night. Too much going on right now. Will complete the food log tomorrow.
Ok, so dinner was huge, but I really needed it. I felt some energy come back to me so that I was able to stay awake until bed time.
Today's exercise:
- 30 minute tempo run
- 10 minute warmup jog
- 15 minute hard (9:52 pace)
- 5 minute warmdown jog
- crossfit class
- 1st set
- 500 m run
- 3x10 star jumps
- 3x15 dips
- 3x10 side jack knives
- 3x10 back extensions
- 2nd set (25 20 15 10)
- 4x500 m run
- push press (8 lb dbs)
- v situps
- sumo dhlp (12 lb kb)
- pushups (knee form)
- wall ball (8 lb ball)
Total Exercise Calories: 1029 cal
I'm happy with the tempo run. Pace was just about right for me (about 92 seconds faster than race pace for half marathon). Had enough energy left to start a slow acceleration for last 4 minutes.
Last edited on 19 September 2008 09:12 pm by mchen01
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mchen01
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Posted: 19 September 2008 10:29 pm |
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So, with the weight loss so far, I tried on my old size 12 pants. I was able to pull up the zipper and button the top, but the thought "pork sausage" came to my mind as I stared at the mirror.  Oh well, at least I'm down to the first notch on my belt. I have refused to buy size 14 pants because I don't plan to be in them long enough to get my money's worth. I'm so cheap - just call me Ebeneezer!  So, I'm still wearing size 16 with a belt to hold them up. Unfortunately, the bagginess in the butt is getting worse and starting to become very noticeable. Good thing my shirts are never tucked in. There's my incentive to hurry up and lose enough weight to fit in my size 12s.
My size 12 shirts do fit now! So obviously, I'm a little bottom heavy. It may be the last to go, but I'm going to make sure that my bottom gets back to where it used to be. I'm also able to wear a men's size small in running shirts (I'm still uncomfortable buying women's running shirts because they're so fitted). Now I can give all my large running shirts to my husband.
I also got my wedding ring back on my finger! It's still a bit tight but it fits enough that I can remove it without the aid of soap! It stays on my finger most of the time now except when I'm bloated and my fingers start swelling. Then the ring becomes painful again. At least I don't have to have it resized now - something I couldn't stand because I couldn't bear to part with it.
This week I took a wellness test that included some bloodwork. My cholesterol was great at 128, although my HDL at 48 was not as high as I hoped. I'll try to eat avocados and nuts more often. My glucose level was also low at 78 and that was without fasting (I had a V8 for breakfast). But, I had also just finished a 4 mile run that morning as well. Blood pressure was a little high, but I think that has to do with my age and the asthma medication I'm on. Still, that reading is enough to worry me so I'll keep my eye on it and measure more often. BMI and body fat were measured with one of those hand-held Omron gadgets. BMI was 27.4 and body fat was 32.5%. That's 2.5% higher than the estimated one I do. Truly though, it's not that big of a deal. All I'm looking for is a consistent way to measure decreasing body fat - not accuracy. Maybe someday I will really care, but otherwise, I just want to look healthy and race fast.
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 20 September 2008 12:40 am |
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I hear you about the clothes. After I had lost a good bit of weight, I bought 2 pairs of Size 42 jeans, and didn't buy any more until recently, when I bought a pair of Size 36 jeans. The belt had enough left over to go close to halfway across my body again.
Like you, I see no point in buying them, when I'm just going to keep going down! I was going to invest in the slightly snug Size 34 instead, but I got Size 36 because Mom said she'll take them when I can't wear them anymore.
Great job on your results! Something interesting...
My blood pressure is typically around 140/78 or so. However, during those two weeks when I stopped doing my official exercises, it went down to around 117/78! So...maybe exercising has an effect on that top number. As I understand it, it's the bottom number which is really critical, anyway.
Great job, Michelle!
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mchen01
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Posted: 20 September 2008 04:37 am |
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CrimsonAnimus wrote: My blood pressure is typically around 140/78 or so. However, during those two weeks when I stopped doing my official exercises, it went down to around 117/78! So...maybe exercising has an effect on that top number. As I understand it, it's the bottom number which is really critical, anyway.
Hmmmm... that is very interesting. I'm afraid not exercising for two weeks will not work for me since I've got half marathons to train for, but I can try taking my blood pressure in the morning when I first wake up. I'll post the new number and that way we can test your theory. Thanks Nick!
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mchen01
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Posted: 20 September 2008 04:56 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 packet oatmeal
- 1 chorizo and egg burrito
- 1 1/2 cups fruit and vegetable juice
- spinach, romaine, cucumber, cheese, turkey and avacado salad with asian dressing
- Jack in the Box Jumbo Jack with medium fries
- 1 medium diet coke
- 40 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2386 cal
Ok, so today was really bad with my craving for fatty foods. I totally killed my diet with fast food. It was a late night studying, and on a Friday no less! Family had already gone out to dinner without me so I was feeling a little bummed. But, the burger really hit the spot, and it did cheer me up.
Today's exercise:
- 50 minute kickboxing class
Total Exercise Calories: 692 cal
New instructor today. She's very good. The class was more about real kickboxing with proper form and less about aerobics, although there were a few aerobic moves with knee lifts and grapevines. My arms are very sore from the speedbag workout that seemed never ending.
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mchen01
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Posted: 21 September 2008 06:27 pm |
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Yesterday I ate:
- 1 slice multigrain bread
- 1 hard boiled egg
- cheese and lettuce sandwich on multigrain with mayo
- York Peppermint Patty
- Ruby's Diner Burger with onion rings
- Ruby's Diner Peanut Butter Cup shake
- 1 can diet coke
- 72 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2297 cal
Ok, ok, so I was bad again today! I was out with the family and missed them so much this week that I couldn't deny dinner out at a restaurant. I had ANOTHER BURGER! So, that's two burgers in two days. What is with this sudden craving for red meat? I'm usually not this bad and prefer the veggie burger instead of meat. And the shake too! Geez!
Yesterday's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 840 cal
The ride was pretty good. This was my best avg pace yet, and I've broken 16 mph. Today's course was mostly flat along the river route and the east fork of San Juan Capistrano. Took the hill along the backside of the neighborhood for the return trip. Also the highest max speed at 30.6 which was not done on the downhill of the cliff, the steepest part of the ride. Actually felt pretty sluggish through most of ride so did better than I thought.
I've been so busy that I haven't been able to spend much time with them so I gave up my other workout to give the rest of my day to them.
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mchen01
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Posted: 22 September 2008 03:52 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1/2 mango
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- egg and bacon breakfast burrito in wheat tortilla
- 1/2 Ruby's Super Burger
- 1/2 cup chex mix
- pepper beef and white rice
- 1 slice key lime pie
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2221 cal
Good thing I do these heavy duty workouts that allow me to eat over 2000 cals without having to worry. 
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 1506 cal
A little faster than I intended. I had no problems breathing, but my legs didn't have much left at the end. At least I was able to treat my sore calves to a nice cold soak in the Pacific Ocean - ahhhhhhh!
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mchen01
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Posted: 23 September 2008 06:37 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 kiwi fruit
- 1 slice cantaloupe
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- spinach, romaine, cucumber, egg, and avocado salad with lite dressing
- Quaker 90 calorie pack
- 1 1/2 cups japanese curry
- 1 1/2 cups white rice
- 6 tbsp mango chutney dip
- 1 1/2 serving pistachio chips
- 12 oz coffee with dry creamer
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1536 cal
Didn't eat enough today and felt nauseous after workout. Went ahead and had a late night snack, but will be up for another hour anyway, so should be ok.
Today's exercise:
- 30 minute strength (resistance band ball)
- 4x15 give and take
- 4x15 triangle press
- 4x15 reach and bend each side
- 4x15 ab crunches
- 4x15 tweezer crunch
- 4x15 rear deltoid press
- 4x15 body roll
- 4x15 bicep curl
- 30 minute stretch
Total Exercise Calories: 282 cal
My version of a rest day is a light workout. It's been one of those days, but I'm glad I got my workout in. Need to get some sleep! Early workout tomorrow and then jury duty.
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mchen01
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Posted: 24 September 2008 07:55 pm |
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Yesterday I ate:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- Quaker 60 calorie pack
- 1 package Sun Chips
- Burger King Whopper with regular fries
- Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha w/ WC Grande
- 3 oz meatload
- 1 cup mashed potatos with brown gravy
- 1/2 cup corn
- 48 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2433 cal
Ate too much thinking I would exercise it off in the evening. No exercise means extra 600-900 calories out of range. Being stuck at jury duty didn't help with only Burger King and Starbucks nearby. Couldn't resist temptations of just being in those places. At least I didn't supersize.
Yesterday's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
Yesterday was the worse day yet. I only got 3 hours of sleep so no morning workout and then so busy with soccer practice and back-to-school open house that I couldn't do the workout in the evening either. Was so exhausted and tendonitis flaring up again that I decided to not bother with my scheduled run. I did walk a little during soccer practice, but it's hard to count that. So, I'm counting yesterday as an unofficial rest day and then making up the run today.
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Posted: 25 September 2008 06:31 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 1kiwi fruit
- mixed greens, cucumber, cheese, turkey and avocado salad with ssesame dressing
- 6 fish sticks with ketchup
- 1 1/2 cups ranch and bacon pasta salad
- 12 oz coffee with dry creamer
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1636 cal
I'm back on track and hope that my cravings are back under control. Maybe it's an exhaustion thing. I have been going pretty hard for the past 2 weeks with only 3-6 hours of sleep a night. Is it stress eating? I'm not sure. All I know is that I've been very hungry and too tired to care about what I eat.
Today's exercise:
- intervals on treadmill - 41 min 3.5 miles
- 1 mile warmup
- 2x2:00 @ 8:49
- 2x2:30 @ 9:14
- 1 mile warmdown
- 60 min spin class
Total Exercise Calories: 968 cal
Intervals felt pretty good. Pace was just about right. I'll keep these paces until after the Long Beach race and then I'll up the pace.
Spin class was also good. For the first time I actually felt like the tension settings were just right. I was able to keep pace with the music for nearly the whole time.
My achilles tendons in both legs are bothering me again. I'm back to wearing my compression sleeves but only when not exercising. Since I only have one pair, I have to wait to wear them after they dry from washing. I think it's best if I wear them as long as possible, so I don't wear them during exercise to save washing them until later.
I think the tendonitis is coming from tight soleus. The gastrocs feel nice and loose. Maybe I have not been stretching properly. I've found some stretches for the soleus and shins and will do those more often. I'm going to also cut out my Saturday runs and just do the rides until the pain goes away, That takes me back to 3 running days and 5 crosstrain days: 2 days cycling, 2 days strength, and 1 kickboxing day.
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mchen01
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Posted: 26 September 2008 05:31 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 1 package 100 calorie chex mix
- 1 Charo chicken thigh
- 1 oz tortilla chips and salsa
- 1 large chocolate chip cookie
- 2 slices hawaiian pizza
- 2 cups basil tomato pasta with 1 oz pineapple pork sausage
- 12 oz coffee with dry creamer
- 72 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1793 cal
Was feeling really worn out and sick and was going to skip dinner, but mom persuaded me to eat something and I felt a lot better afterwards. I really felt I've had plenty to eat and I've been catching up on sleep so I don't understand why I feel so weak all of a sudden. I haven't felt hungry, just tired.
Today's exercise:
- crossfit
- 1st set
- 500 meter run
- 6x50 meter karaoke run
- 3x10 pushups
- 3x15 squats
- 2nd set
- 4x100 meter walking lunges
- 4x20 situps
- 4x15 kettlebell swings (18 lb kb)
- 4x15 ball slams (8 lb mb)
- 4x10 single arm snatch (8 lb db)
Total Exercise Calories: 616 cal
Today's workout was a little tough on me today. The good thing was that I was actually able to do full form pushups for the first time ever - 10 of them! Wow. The bad thing was that I ran out of steam by the second set. Blegh! Exercises that have been getting easier suddenly seemed as hard as when I first started.
My schedule is a little off since my runs are a day behind. So, today's scheduled 4 mile run will have to be moved to tomorrow. I'm a little worried if I can do it since I'm feeling so low today. I don't want to fall behind as this is a critical week for me. This Sunday is my last long run of 11 miles. If I can just make it through this weekend then I can breeze through my 2 week taper before the race. I hope.
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MidgeH
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Posted: 26 September 2008 02:18 pm |
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You are doing great with exercise! and 10 push ups is impressive to me!
What is a karaoke run?
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mchen01
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Posted: 27 September 2008 05:08 am |
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MidgeH wrote: You are doing great with exercise! and 10 push ups is impressive to me!
What is a karaoke run?
Thanks Midge!
Karaoke is what my crossfit instructor calls this sideways run where the feet crossover front and back alternatively. It's kind of fun and reminds me of something you'd see on vaudeville, but I wouldn't be caught dead doing it by myself. It's a bit of an odd move to be doing up and down a basketball court if you know what I mean.
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mchen01
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Posted: 27 September 2008 06:18 am |
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Today I ate:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 1 oz tortilla chips and salsa
- 1 slice hawaiian pizza
- 1 cup rice
- 1 cup chicken with broccoli
- key lime pie
- 20 oz diet coke
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1571 cal
Bad eating habits resurfaced today. Didn't eat anything except for juice until after 2pm today. Workouts and work kept me running around and busy so that I just didn't have time to eat even though I was hungry. Even though I was feelling it after the kickboxing class with the shakes, I still didn't stop to eat.
Today's exercise:
- 4 mile run in 42:40
- 5 min warmup jog
- 4 miles at 10:40 avg pace
- 5 min warmdown jog
- 45 min kickboxing class
- 10 min abs
Total Exercise Calories: 1087 cal
Today's run felt hard. My calves were tight in the beginning, and even though they loosened up later, I had heavy legs the whole time. The run seemed to last forever, and I wasn't enjoying myself which makes me sad.
Kickboxing went a little better in part because I had a friend with me, so I had more fun. I did push too hard and now my butt and inner thighs are very sore. The abs portion was killer and half the class left before it finished. Friend and I stayed and then suffered the next 5 hours at work.
I am definitely going to take tomorrow's ride at an easy pace or else I won't be able to do the 11 miler on Sunday. I have a feeling the run will also have to be at an easy pace, but that's ok. I'm fairly confident that I can handle the pace I need to meet my goal of a sub-2:30 half marathon as long as my body has recovered from the heavy training I've been doing. Still, I was hoping that I would be able to do this last long run at a fast pace for an extra confidence booster so I feel a little defeated about giving up on that.
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mchen01
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Posted: 28 September 2008 05:23 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 oz pineapple sausage
- 1 slice cantaloupe
- 2 1/2 servings candy corn
- 1 cherry danish
- 1 cream cheese danish
- 3/4 cup ranch pasta salad
- 3 oz salmon
- 32 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1485 cal
Couldn't stand the sweet cravings anymore and went crazy. Two danishes and several handfulls of candy corn later and I'm finally satiated. How embarrassing.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
I've finally reached my point of exhaustion. My legs are still sore - everywhere from my butt to my ankles. I really needed a full rest day and actually took a 3 hour nap this afternoon. I hope I'll be rested enough for tomorrow's run.
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mchen01
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Posted: 29 September 2008 02:15 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 1 cherry danish
- 1 Activia yogurt
- 1/2 package ramen with 1/2 egg
- 1 serving pistachio chips
- 6 tbsp mango chutney dip
- 1 cup white rice
- 1 cup chicken cacciatore
- 1 1/2 servings carrot cake
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1896 cal
A lot of snacking today with small meals. Not too bad.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 1462 cal
A bit of a tough run today only because I have a head cold and am feeling a little weak. But, I'm glad I got through it. It's my last long run before my next half marathon in 2 weeks. The pace is still good for a sub 2:30 marathon but cutting it close.
I'm feeling worse this evening and have a fever now. My head hurts and my eyes are watery.
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mchen01
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Posted: 6 October 2008 05:28 am |
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I've been sick this past week and haven't posted in that time. I've been trying to keep track, but may have missed a few foods. For the most part, I ate normally and had cravings for sweet things. The fever and exhaustion kept me in bed most of the time and I often slept for up to 16 hours. In four days, I lost 3 lbs, but have put back a pound over the weekend. Part of the weight loss was probably from dehydration too. I had a difficult time drinking water - it made my throat uncomfortable to drink anything.
Total caloric intake (9/29-10/4):
- 9/29 1414 cals
- 9/30 1575 cals
- 10/1 1894 cals
- 10/2 1671 cals
- 10/3 1393 cals
- 10/4 2377 cals
0 exercise cals for the entire week. In fact there was probably less than average calories burned since I spent so much time sleeping. I can't believe how tired I was and still am. I'm going to take this next week easy since I don't want to risk missing the race next Sunday.
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mchen01
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Posted: 6 October 2008 05:46 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 4 strips bacon
- Activia vanilla yogurt
- ham sandwich on multigrain with lettuce and mayonnaise
- 4 oz pork chop
- 1 cup white rice
- 1 cup stir fried cauliflower
- organic peanut butter and lingonberry on sourdough
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2144 cal
2 sandwiches today - strange for me. I usually don't like to eat that much bread. My appetite has changed a lot since I've started working out in earnest again.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 564 cal
The run was difficult today - not surprising considering the recent illness. I was actually breathing hard at some points even though the pace was not fast. I really wanted to quit at 3 miles. At the end of the run, my chest hurt and I had a hard time breathing. I stuck my head between my knees to calm my breathing and felt better after a few minutes.
I'm very tired now. It was hard spending 5 hours watching lectures today. My eyes felt heavy and I kept yawning. Strangely, I felt alert enough to take in the lecture, but I just couldn't keep my eyes fully open. I'm hoping the exhaustion will go away soon.
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mchen01
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Posted: 7 October 2008 05:47 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- mixed greens salad with cheese, egg, avacado and lite dressing
- 1 package of Cheetos
- 3 oz roast beef
- 1 large baked potato with butter
- 1/2 cup corn
- 1/2 cup ice cream on cake cone
- 2 cups green tea
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1678 cal
I don't do Cheetos very often but I just finished reading The Host in which Cheetos have a prominent roll and I've been craving them ever since. Lo and behold, they were in the vending machine at work today. Curse those vending machines! Must remember that Cheetos are an astonishing 350 cals.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
I'm still feeling very tired. I just want to sleep. I'm skipping today which is just supposed to be a light strength day and stretching. If I'm feeling better tomorrow, I can just throw it in after my run.
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mchen01
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Posted: 8 October 2008 05:16 pm |
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Yesterday I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- mixed greens salad with carrots, cheese, egg, avacado, ham and lite dressing
- Subway 6" cold cut with cheese on wheat
- Kashi peanut butter bar
- 1 cup spaghetti with meat sauce
- 2 slices sourdough bread
- 16 oz V8 vegetable juice
- 40 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1917 cal
Looong day that made me so hungry. Dentist appt.s for me, son and mom had us at the office for 4 hours. In between, I had to shuttle son back and forth from school and then pick up both kids early from school. Went to work to try and get some stuff done in the few hours I had before doing a 5 hour lecture. Dinner wasn't until after 11:30 pm, and I was too hungry and tired to control my appetite. Not a good day for me.
Yesterday's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
Didn't mean for this to be a rest day. Was all dressed to run but thought to check appt. times just in case. Good thing because I mixed up the times and had only 40 minutes to get my son out of school and get to appt.s. Got home too late to run. I'm going to try to fit my run in after spin class, and if there's any energy left, maybe 30 minutes of weights and 30 minutes of stretching. I'm feeling pretty anxious about not working out for so long and having my race this weekend.
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 8 October 2008 05:47 pm |
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Good luck with your race, Michelle! Make sure you let us know how it goes.
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mchen01
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Posted: 9 October 2008 06:46 am |
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Thanks Nick. I'll be sure to have some nice mile by mile highlights to report. I just wish I could run like  but I'm more like a  . Luckily, I have a large margin for improvement so I'm optimistic about this race. 
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mchen01
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Posted: 9 October 2008 06:56 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 1 kiwi
- 1/4 mango
- romaine salad with avacado, ham and asian dressing
- 5 oz halibut
- 1 cup German potato salad
- 4 peanut butter crackers
- 12 oz coffee with dry creamer
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1257 cal
Not very hungry today. Potato salad was delicious though, and I probably would have eaten more, but my tummy has been making rude, scary noises.
Today's exercise:
- 55 minute spin class
- 35 minute tempo run
- 10 minute warmup jog
- 20 minute run at 9:54 pace
- 5 minute warmdown jog
Total Exercise Calories: 872 cal
Was supposed to do the tempo run yesterday, so had to make it up after spin class. I was pleasantly surprised by how strong I felt and happy with the sub-10 pace. Hope I still have plenty left for Sunday.
I also did about 15 minutes of stretching (felt so good) and 20 pushups (knee form).
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mchen01
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Posted: 10 October 2008 04:31 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- egg, potato and chorizo burrito
- romaine salad with egg, avacado, ham and lite dressing
- Jif peanut butter to go
- 1 1/4 servings beef and broccoli stir fry
- 2 cups white rice
- 12 oz coffee with creamer
- 64 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2541 cal
Looks like I'm craving protein today. I would have been so happy with a big steak - mmmm. Today was a bad day mostly because the burrito was so high in calories.
Today's exercise:
- 45 minute crossfit class:
- 1st set
-- 500 meter run
-- dynamic medicine ball toss (12 lb mb)
- 2nd set
-- 500 meter run
-- 30 sumo dlhp (18 lb kb)
-- 30 push press (8 lb dbs)
-- 500 meter run
-- 30 step ups
-- 30 dips
-- 500 meter run
-- 30 kettlebell swings (18 lb kb)
-- 30 knees to elbows
-- 500 meter run
-- 30 situps
-- 30 cleaners (8 lb dbs)
-- 500 meter run
Total Exercise Calories: 605 cal
Felt pretty strong today. Yay! The ball toss was fun. I was paired up with an elderly guy who beat my butt by throwing the ball as hard as he could - umph. I was so impressed! Hope I'm that strong when I'm 65.
I didn't get my 3 mile run in today. Looks like it might be tomorrow if I have time. Otherwise, I'll just skip it. I'm just too busy right now trying to finish the next stage of one of my projects at work and trying to finish an overdue homework assignment. I hate getting sick - who has time for that these days? The thought of all that work just makes me want to hide under my blanket and sleep. Oh well. Must stop procrastinating and get to work on homework.
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mchen01
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Posted: 11 October 2008 07:08 am |
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Today I ate:
- 2 cups vegetable and fruit juice
- 2 oatmeal packets
- romaine salad with egg, avacado, ham and asian dressing
- 4 peanut butter crackers
- Chex 100 calorie pack
- 2 cups spinach and ham alfredo
- green tea
- 24 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 1750 cal
Pitiful amount of water today. Way too busy to stop for much. Got home late at 10pm. Stressed and tired and ate too much for dinner again. So frustrating. This week is going to be awful with work, homework and studying for midterm. I spent 4 hours working on homework tonight and only got through one problem - 6 more to go. And, I still have a late homework to finish that I missed while sick. If I survive, I will have to think of a great way to celebrate next weekend.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
First rest day before race. One more to go.
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mchen01
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Posted: 12 October 2008 03:20 am |
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Today I ate:
- 4 eggs
- 2 slices multigrain bread
- gorgonzola burger
- 3 oz sweet potato fries
- 3/4 cup egg fried rice
- 3/4 cup sweet sour shrimp
- 16 oz lite beer
- 80 oz water
Total Intake Calories: 2383 cal
Probably shouldn't have eaten out, but it was so nice to be with the hubby. Staying late at work and school has made me miss seeing him the whole week. He's always asleep by the time I get home and I'm asleep by the time he leaves. The most communication we've had has been a quick kiss on the cheek coming and going.
I know I should have carbed up with pasta today, but again I had the protein craving, hence the 4 eggs and burger.
Today's exercise:
Total Exercise Calories: 0 cal
Race tomorrow - yay!!
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 12 October 2008 04:53 am |
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Good luck!
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mchen01
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Posted: 12 October 2008 09:25 pm |
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Race Summary
Long Beach Half Marathon 7:30 am
Prerace: Went through the usual routine. Got to race a little early at about 1 1/2 hours before start to avoid parking problems in downtown Long Beach. Napped a little in car and then started to get ready at 6:15. Put race number on shirt and timer on shoe. Put coke, snack and sunscreen in bag and started walking to start. Drank the coke, hit the potty twice, put on sunscreen and then took off sweatshirt and checked in my bag. Continued walking to warm up and then got in corral 15 minutes before start. 7:30 is the latest I've had for a start time so I'm antsy to get going. Goal pace is 11:22 per mile for a finish time under 2:30.
Mile 1 (10:30): Nice start with very little walking or maneuvering through slower people. Mostly downhill so I find myself going at a sub-10 pace, so I slack off a bit. Bad thing is the street is all concrete and sloped to the side, and I worry about the harder pounding and the stress to my ankles. Have to pee again but chalk up the urge to nerves and try to ignore the feeling .
Mile 2 (10:04): Still going downhill for the most part and still on concrete. Another fast split.
Mile 3 (9:43): Finally on asphalt, but sun is right in my eyes. I see red spots everywhere even though I try to keep my eyes down. I must be feeling good as my split is sub-10.
Mile 4 (9:39): Stop for first water break at 4 1/2 miles but missed the water and got powerade instead. Tall buildings give my eyes a break from the sun. Split is fastest yet, which isn't smart as I won't be able to maintain this pace.
Mile 5 (10:20): I think this is where we have a long gradual uphill that leads to a steeper hill climbing a bridge. Make it up the hill with little strain and pass a lot of people - woohoo!
Mile 6 (9:51): Hit the beach path and am on concrete again with the sun back in my eyes. Can't enjoy the view because I can't look up. Was able to grab another water break before hitting the path. Another sub-10 which really surprises me.
Mile 7 (10:29): Still on the beach path and my left achilles and both shins are hurting big time from all the concrete. The pain is forcing me to slow down.
Mile 8 (10:48): Still on the beach path. Ow. Stop for another water break. Can't stand it anymore and I have to stop for a quick potty break. Luckily, the potty break is very quick and I haven't lost much time.
Mile 9 (10:43): Finally, back on soft asphalt. It's a little hot under the sun and I feel myself starting to tire. The sun is now at our backs though - yay!
Mile 10 (10:34): Water and gel break. Also get a spritz of some muscle cooling spray on my calves. Hope the gel kicks in soon.
Mile 11 (11:10): Ahh, can feel the sugar start to take affect. Picking up the speed again, but it's still over 11 minutes.
Mile 12 (11:12): Grab last cup of water, fold the cup into a spout, and drink on the go. No stopping now.
Mile 13 (10:35): Still trying to keep the pace up despite breathing heavily now.
Mile 13.1+ (9:19): Get a mental boost when I hear the 1st place marathon finisher coming up behind us at 1/4 mile before the finish line. The crowd is screaming and cheering for him and I clap as he whizzes by us. When he passes, I begin accelerating and pick someone about 25 meters in front of me that I want to pass before the finish. It's a lady in yellow. As I come up on her right, she fights me off by surging as well. Hmmm, I like a challenge. I keep pushing to the end and finally get to the finish at a tie with the lady in yellow. Yay! It's a PR by a large margin. My watch shows 0.42 miles past mile 13, a little over 0.1.
Postrace: Get my medal, some sports drink, water and a banana and proceed out of the finisher's area. Walk around the vendors' and sponsors' booths looking for the beer garden and bag check-in. Suck down a couple of tylenol in the meantime. Find the beer and relax and stretch while sipping a pint. Afterwards, I get my bag back and head back to the car.
Not only have I met my goal pace for this race but I may have met the goal for the next race as well. Will have to wait for times to be posted before I can be sure, but my watch tells me that I ran it in 2:20. Clock time was about 2:22.
It's official! I've surpassed my next pace goal as well. Chip time was 2:19:56 - that's 4 seconds below 2:20. Yay!
Last edited on 15 October 2008 05:22 pm by mchen01
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MidgeH
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Posted: 12 October 2008 11:12 pm |
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| Wow, just wow. You really killed it! Thanks for being an inspiration to my schluby #%@&!!
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CrimsonAnimus
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Posted: 13 October 2008 02:56 am |
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Awesome, Michelle! Hope you had a great time.
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