Archive for March, 2008
10%
10% is a Weight Watchers milestone. It refers to 10% of your starting weight; in my case, 28 lbs. I reached it today with a 4 lbs weight loss, for a total of 29 lbs. While I was hoping to reach 10% this week, I thought it might take two weeks. Instead, [...]
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Organic Produce
We have been purchasing organic fruits and vegetables for the past few weeks. They don’t look as good as the non-organic versions. Some brown spots here and there, a little dull in color, just not perfect. (As God intended, I suspect). They remind me of the apples we pick in season; [...]
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Home baked bread
In an effort to cut down (and maybe removed) processed food with ingredients we cannot pronounce, we started baking bread at home in a bread machine. Last week we made lunches with home baked white bread. Today I am baking a Portuguese Sweet to morning toast and a white bread for lunches. [...]
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“I’m a very healthy eater,” says Emily, a 30-year-old, stick-thin investment banker. “My diet consists of fruits, vegetables, fish, whole grains, Tasti D-Lite frozen dessert, Diet Coke, lollipops, sugar-free gum, and 100-calorie packs. Thank God for the 100-calorie packs. They’ve changed my life.”
Read article here By Lesley Rotchford, on MSNBC.com
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Week #4 – C25K
The first day of each is a push. In three weeks I have gone from running 60 seconds with a 90 second rest (total running time 8 minutes) to running intervals of 3 and 5 minutes. Today was day 1 of week 4 and I ran a total of 16 minutes. The [...]
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Cracked another decade!
I’m now in the 250s. I lost 2 lbs this week; down to 258 lbs. My weight loss is slowing now, coming off at a good pace. It started really quick, 17 lbs in two weeks, and then 8 lbs over the following three weeks. I hope to stay at [...]
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Third Week Down!
I finished my third week of C25K today ; six weeks to go. I’m hoping the weather cooperates so I can get back outside.
I signed up for a 5K on May 4th. I have never run in a race. This will be fun.
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Kick’n up a notch – C25K
I’m in the third week of C25K. I have been doing most of most running on a treadmill at the local fitness center. My walking pace has been 3.0 mph, and running at 5.0 mph. I increased them both by .2 mph today. I could feel the difference. 5.2 is [...]
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I’m not losing 100 lbs…
I’m losing 10lbs, 10 times. 2 down, 8 to go!!
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The Pyramid
My daughter brought home “MyPyramid” today from school. Her 6th grade health class is learning about healthy eating. “MyPyramid” is government branded educational program (www.mypyramid.gov) to teach children about a proper diet. The irony is that I’m also learning about healthy eating, and it’s contradictory to core principles of the pyramid.
My daughter, [...]
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