tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63950148231458381012024-03-05T16:40:14.550-08:00chub bustAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-57905130616963606022012-05-21T22:24:00.001-07:002012-05-21T22:24:12.240-07:00Photos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin's post</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been meaning to post some pictures from my recent trip to China and Peru. So since I don't have a lot to write about today, here they are.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is downtown Anqing China. It really isn't a tourist destination, but the downtown area seems like a happening place. Although I spent 3 days here I didn't take many pictures.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is old town Shanghai. The buildings here are all examples of traditional Chinese architecture and house little shops. I like this picture because you can see the Word Financial Center in the background.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More old town Shanghai.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right next to the old town are the Yu Yuan Gardens. This is a beautiful area that was built for an important family during the Ming dynasty.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The gardens have a lot of little pools and pagodas.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The level of detail is amazing. All of the rocks were specifically placed where you see them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the main pool in the gardens.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Every surface has painstaking detail. There are patterns made with rocks of different sizes and shapes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the dragon wall.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peru stood in stark contrast to China. At least the part of Peru I was in was incredibly poor. Many of the houses were these little shacks build right into the hillside.</span></div>
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4/1/12 190.2 200.0</div>
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4/22/12 188.6 195.0<br />4/29/12 188.2 194.4<br /><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This might sound funny, but I like sweating. When I'm working out and I start to feel the sweat running down my face I feel great. I think its a form of instant gratification for me--its reinforcement that what I'm doing is working. Its a similar idea as to why I enjoy running outside much more than running on a treadmill. The drops of sweat are like the passing scenery telling me that I'm doing a good job.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sweating is one of the saving graces of using a treadmill or elliptical. I've written in the past about how I really struggle with only having the electronic display on the machine counting down the workout and how I need something more viceral than just a number to give me feedback. So as I was using the elliptical tonight I was reflecting on how I enjoyed the sweat. I find it very satisfying that just 30 minutes on the elliptical can leave me drenched in sweat. Intellectually I know this isn't necessarily a good measure of the workout because when I run outside I don't usually get as sweaty (I think its because the sweat evaporates faster when I run outside). But whatever the case it makes me feel good and its important to stay motivated. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've definitely been getting back into the my exercise habits the past two days and I've been playing catch up at the same time with the yard work that didn't get done when I was gone. Yesterday I ran 5 miles and mowed my lawn and today I used the elliptical for 30 minutes plus more yard work that I didn't have time for yesterday. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although I worked hard yesterday I still ate too much for Yummy Monday. This is really becoming a theme... which I'm also not proud of... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These guys were an internet sensation a few years ago (or at least the chubby <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o">"Numa Numa" guy</a>). But the song is fun and the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRx5PrAlUdY&ob=av3e">music video</a> is hilarious. Its like Romania had to make up for spending the 80's behind the Iron Curtain.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be completely honest - I'm shocked that I lost weight over the last two weeks. Granted, it wasn't a lot of weight, but my main goal was simply not to gain anything since I didn't expect to have many chances to exercise. And in practice that was the case - I only exercised twice during the whole trip. My eating my have improved in Peru since the food at the factory cafeteria was less than stellar. But for the most part I didn't make much of an effort to lose weight during the trip. Luckily we finished up the work we had early so I was able to come home 3 days early. I'm sure I'll get back on track now that I'm home and have more control over my schedule.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In my last post I shared a funny experience exercising at my hotel in Peru. My second trip to the exercise facility was also interesting. Again I chose the treadmill, but this time I chose the manual mode and slowly increased the speed. But then all on its own the speed shot up to 12 km/hr. I tried to turn it down, but it would just shoot back up to 12. I tried to run at that speed for a while, but eventually I got tired. It turns out that the speed up button had been stuck down, so I got it unstuck and was able to run at the speed of my choice. The perils of old equipment.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday was my last day in Peru. I worked in the factory until 6 p.m. and took a taxi back to the hotel. I quickly changed and went straight to the exercise facility since I had just enough time for a workout before I had to leave for the airport. Take advantage of opportunities when you have them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fully intended to use the elliptical yesterday evening, but I sat down on the couch and promptly fell asleep.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Ok, so I went up again. By a few tiny ounces. I admit that without Justin around, this weight loss thing is a nightmare. Not only do I not have his <strike>nagging</strike> er, loving encouragement right there by me every night (or at least right before our weigh-ins) but I it's also more apparent to me than ever when he's gone that I am an emotional eater. Essentially, mr's work trips mean I'm doomed.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;">Ok, maybe not DOOMED. I just need to redouble my efforts... retriple? Requadruple? Something like that.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, it's Mother's Day. And in honor of mother's day my own mother made the most deliciously delectable family favorite desserts EVER. So I ate them. And in honor of mother's day, I refuse to feel guilty. That's right. No guilt.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has been a crazy week. I’ve been in the USA, China, The Netherlands and Peru, spending most of my time in airports, airplanes, factories, and hotels. As I mentioned in my last post, which regrettably was over a week ago, I knew this business trip would be a challenge for me because of the limited opportunities for exercise and the business dinners. And I was right. I’m sad to say this in the last week I have exercised only once and I don’t even want to think about all the meals I’ve eaten. I haven’t even seen a scale, so I really hope that I haven’t gained much weight. Anyway, here is a quick summary of the past week.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I left on Tuesday morning to travel to Anqing China for my work. Anqing is a small city (by China standards) about 300 miles west of Shanghai. To get there I take a 1 hour flight to Detroit, have a 3 hour layover, take a 13 hour flight to Shanghai, spend the night there, and finally another 1 hour flight to Anqing. Now it’s Thursday morning and I go straight to the factory to work the rest of the day. My hotel in Anqing doesn’t have an exercise facility, which is very disappointing because I am not going to go running on the street (for many reasons). But with the time change and long hours in the factory I’m not really in the mood to exercise when I’m done in the evening anyway. I actually really like authentic Chinese food for the most part, except that the meat is not usually the most choice cuts (pig ears, cow stomach, chicken cartilage, for example). So I didn’t exercise at all in China and I don’t think I helped myself with how much I ate.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I flew back to Shanghai on Sunday, and spent 12 hours there before starting on the next leg of my trip. From there I was off to Lima Peru by way of Amsterdam. I had an 11 hour flight to Amsterdam where I had a 5 hour layover before my 12 hour flight to Lima, which arrived Monday night. Now I’m in Peru also spending long hours working in a factory, but at least my hotel has an exercise facility. I exercised for the first time this trip last night. The hotel is pretty old and so was all the equipment, but at least it worked. The funny thing was that when I got there all the lights were off and I couldn’t find a light switch. Eventually I decided to just run in the dark since there was enough light coming in through the windows to see. About halfway through the lights turned on on their own, so I’m guessing they’re programmed to come on at a certain time. I decided to run on a treadmill that was really annoying. I selected a training program that had pre-programed speeds and inclines. Soon after starting I decided that the speed was too slow so I sped it up. The annoying this was that at each new leg of the program it would go back to the programmed speed even though I was going faster, so I would have to increase the speed again every time. But at least I got some exercise.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peru is a sobering place to visit because it is really, really poor. So many people live in crude shelters built into the hillside with only rocky paths leading up to them. It’s really dusty and dry with no vegetation, feral dogs all over, and many of the roads aren’t paved. It makes me appreciate what I have and the opportunities and privileges of being from the USA. I’ll be here for another week or so and hopefully I’ll be able to take advantage of the exercise facility regularly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Granted it isn’t possible to exercise on a plane or in an airport (unless you’re running to catch your connection!), and I my hotel in China didn’t have an exercise facility, but I didn’t even make an attempt to exercise. I could have easily done pushups and sit-ups at the very least.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum Weight - 150</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One month down and I met my goal! I lost 5.6 pounds this past month and it feels great; plus I'll get a small monetary reward. I've worked hard, exercised most days, and ran a half marathon. As good as this month has been, I have some real challenges coming up next month.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Tuesday I'm leaving on a two-week long business trip to China and Peru where I know I'll have a really hard time finding time to exercise and resisting the temptation to overeat. I'll have a number of really long flights, hotels without gyms, and unfriendly streets* so I know exercise will be hard to come by. At the same time business trips are notorious for long plentiful meals, plus the fact that its all on the company's dime so I don't have the monetary incentive to keep the quantity of food in check.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Going running on the street in China is akin to taking your life in your hand. In the United States we make fun of drivers in other parts of the country, but its nothing compared to other countries. China is like the wild west of driving--all signs, road markings, even the direction of traffic flow are mere suggestions. They drive like its a dog-eat-dog world and everyone is fighting for the same scrap of pavement to maneuver their car into and they're competing with scooters, bikes, rickshaws, and pedestrians for said scrap of pavement.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After the two-week business trip I'm home for a week and then we're going out of town to visit family. I'm not as worried about the family trip since we're visiting my parents who are also runners and I'm sure we'll get some exercise in. So I'm thinking if I can make it through the first two weeks of this month without gaining weight I'll have been successful.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know exactly what my issue has been this week, but it's been a difficult one, emotionally and mentally. The weather is gross, it's cold, it's rainy, the kids are INSANE and I feel overwhelmed with the amount of things I need to get done - housework, blog stuff, competition stuff for So You Think You're Crafty, a BIG upcoming project, etc, etc. I know I'm not the only one who has overwhelming days or weeks... and I'm certainly not the only one who deals with them by sloughing off certain priorities. I feel bad about it, but this week was a horrible week for exercise and food. I've definitely gotten in the habit of controlling my portions better and not snacking. That's good - and probably the only thing keeping me from GAINING weight... But I have GOT to better with exercising. Once again, I took a walk with the kids - once. We were going to ride our bikes, but the bike trailer for the kids broke. I felt forces conspiring against me - but actually it's just my own negativity that I need to overcome. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have not been looking forward to tomorrow - being the day that Justin leaves for at least two weeks. He arrives home just before our anniversary (and he's supposed to be on a camp out for boy scouts that day...) The kids are sad without Justin. I am sad without Justin. There's double the work without Justin. So I've been doing a fair amount of dreading, which I know has contributed to my bad attitude lately.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fortunately, I did not GAIN weight this week. I did not lose any significant amount of weight, even over the course of the whole month. It's sad, but in a way I'm glad that Justin DID even though I didn't because he won't let me hear the end of it if it happens again...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to kick it up a notch or 12.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-35386034993656139812012-04-28T21:12:00.002-07:002012-04-28T21:12:58.153-07:00My Weight History<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin's Post</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been meaning to write about my weight history for a while, but for one reason or another I've put it off. Until today. I have been caught in the classic yo-yo cycle with my weight since I was in high school. In high school I joined the wrestling team and really got in shape for the first time in my life. Thats also when I stopped growing (vertically at least), so it makes a logical place to start. I wrestled in the 152 pound weight class, which happens to be my ideal weight based on my height and BMI. Right after high school I served a two year mission for my church where my physical fitness was a low priority for me. I came home weighing about 200 pounds. Its interesting that those two points have been the bookends for my weight for the past 12 years--its gone up and down but never much higher than 200 or much lower than 150.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I got home from my mission I took up running, thanks to my parents, and its been something I've enjoyed ever since. I put a lot of effort into running, but it took a while before I noticed any results. A big part of that was learning to eat healthier, but as soon as I figured it out I steadily lost weight until I got down to about 150 pounds. Then I got married. I'm not sure why exactly I put on weight so quickly after getting married, but I know I wasn't eating as healthily as before or exercising as much. And I was really busy finishing my degree, and then working full time. But before I knew it I was back to about 200 pounds.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then my wife's extended family decided to have a big family competition to encourage everyone to lose weight. I really took advantage of the competition and at the same time set a goal to run a marathon. That time I steadily lost weight from day one. I made it down to the 170's before the competition ended (due to only a few people still trying). At that point I was focused on the marathon and the weight itself was a lower priority. The interesting thing here is that if you're a serious runner you probably aren't going to lose weight because you'd rather burn sugar when running than fat (sugar is a much easier energy source for your body). So I was drinking a lot of gatorade and eating pasta to have tons of energy for running. So I didn't lose any more weight, but I did succeed in running a marathon.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Unfortunately as soon as the marathon was over I didn't have a goal that I was actively working on anymore and soon found myself back up at 200. One thing was that I had picked up some poor eating habits from trying to have energy for running. But I wasn't running as much anymore, so I gained weight quickly. About a month ago I got the idea for the competition with Kim and this blog. I now understand what I really need to lose weight and be healthy. I need to have an active goal or competition, something to keep me focused and keep me motivated. My thought is that by starting this blog I'll always have to be accountable to someone other than myself. And if I do get down to 150 I'm going to keep blogging so that I can actually stay there this time. Thats the plan.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I made myself go running even though it was chilly, windy, and I didn't really feel like it. Now that the half marathon is behind me I kind-of have a "now what" feeling. I need a new goal. Stay tuned.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kim had plans for tonight so I was hanging with the kids by myself and they convinced me to make a treat. So I made a milkshake for all of us when I really didn't need to eat anything.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope I don't lose my man card for liking the Glee Cast version more than the original, but its awesome. I love the cellos.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-51442661783420569382012-04-26T23:33:00.001-07:002012-04-26T23:33:08.083-07:00Up Way Too Late<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin's post</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here I am posting at about 1:20 a.m. I don't know what I was thinking, but I tried to do too many things tonight. Here is a brief rundown of what I did tonight: ate dinner with the family, worked on my pinewood derby car*, had a teleconference to wrap up a few details for a business trip I'm taking next week, watched the first round of the NFL draft**, did laundry to prepare for my business trip next week, exercised on the elliptical, and did some last minute cleaning in preparation for garbage pick-up tomorrow morning. At the moment I'm posting as I wait for my laundry to finish so I can put on nice clean pajamas (and underwear) after I shower. Then I'm definitely going to bed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Yes, for those who are familiar, the pinewood derby is a cub scout activity where they race little wooden cars that they build down a track. Well, sometimes grownups can have fun activities like that too, thank you very much. And we can use way cooler power tools than the cub scouts can. Sometimes its just better to be a grown up!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">**My Green Bay Packers took linebacker Nick Perry from USC. Seems like a decent pick, especially for a team desperate for a pass rusher to compliment Clay Matthews. Lets hope Perry is half as good as his fellow Trojan.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you look back to my post from a week ago it could easily be identical to today's if I wanted. It turns out I have a real issue with Kim's Yummy Mondays--I eat way too much. Again I ate too much and didn't feel well enough to exercise on Monday. But like last week I made up for it the next day (today) by having a good run and eating sensible portions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The title of the post really refers to my run today. I had an awesome time running the half marathon and today I was really itching to get outside and do some more running. The weather was great and I had been feeling good--just a little soreness from the 13.1 miles. So I started out on my normal 5 mile run and discovered that my legs were in complete rebellion! They seemed to resist every motion I made. They had felt a little stiff, but I stretched and everything so I figured I'd be fine. But I realized that this was going to be a run that I would have to endure. Mind over matter is easier said than done, but when you succeed in forcing yourself to do something hard you grow and become a stronger person. The good thing was that eventually my legs loosened up and I had a great run.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a big NFL fan and I always read Sports Illustrated writer Peter King's columns. A while ago he ran a half marathon and one of his takeaways from the experience resonated with me. <a href="http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/peter_king/10/04/week4/4.html">Link</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is exactly how I felt. I'm not an amazing runner and was thrilled to finish the half marathon in just over 2 hours. I actually finished 60th out of 74 runners in my age and gender group. But that's fine. The point is taking on something difficult, seeing in through, and growing as a person by doing it.</span><br />
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4/1/12 190.2 200.0</div>
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4/8/12 191.2 199.2</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2:02!!! That's right, I ran the half marathon with a time of 2 hours and 2 minutes. If you can't tell I'm pretty darn happy about it. Yesterday I wrote about being nervous and it all turned out okay. Better than okay. I don't think I've ever felt as good about a race as I did today. My knee didn't bother me at all and the wrinkled up bib was a non-issue (for the life of me I couldn't remember what to call it in my post yesterday--number card = bib).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started out running with my co-worker, but as I mentioned she was too fast for me, so after mile 3 I was on my own. But that was fine, especially considering that she helped me set a really good pace for myself--fast enough to be somewhat challenging, but not so fast that I would wear myself out. The weather was nice, but chilly with some wind. There were a couple of spots where I was a tad cold, but that was fine and I was never too warm which really would be a worse problem. The gatorade for most of the race was really watered down which was disappointing, but not a big deal. I ended up not taking any of the hammer gel (carbohydrate gel) because I didn't think I would need it, but I did take a banana at about mile 7. Around mile 10 I started wishing that I had taken the gel, but luckily the next gatorade station had a much more generous ratio of mix to water. The last gatorade station a little before mile 12 also had a generous mix and they had lemon-lime, which is my absolute favorite gatorade flavor. It almost felt like I could feel the sugar entering my system and I kicked it up a notch for rest of the race. I felt great, I had a ton of energy, and I was passing people--it was awesome. Once I saw the finish line I started sprinting. I turned the corner and saw the clock with maybe 20 yards to go and it read 2:02:14! I was so shocked that the time was that low that I almost wanted to cry. My goal had been to average 10 minutes per mile which would have meant a time of about 2:10, so beating my goal by 8 minutes was awesome. I ended up averaging about 9:15 per mile which is awesome for me. In short, I couldn't be happier.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right after I finished the race 'The Show Goes On' came on my iPod which completely matched my mood and felt awesome, but I featured that song the other day. 'I Hope You Dance' is a good inspiring song too that I enjoyed midway through the race.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hey, yeah, so remember last week when I said I am HORRIBLE about exercise? I wasn't kidding. It's ridiculous. I let myself have an easy week, blaming time constraints and busyness. Which is awful. I mean, being busy is nothing new. If I wait for time to just open up, I'll never get on the elliptical or my bike. I certainly can't run a half marathon thanks to my knees and my asthma, but that's no excuse for doing pretty much nothing. I walked with the kids ONCE and I counted playing with them at the park (since I wasn't just sitting on a bench like normal, but actually chasing them around). It's not anything I'm proud of. In fact, just the opposite.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I continue to do really well with portion control and limiting my snacking, which is my only saving grace. I had been doing well with laying off the sweets - and I do believe that was a goal of mine for this week? - but I totally fell down on the job there. Oreos. Enough said. (They were a Friday Girl's Night treat).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So. This week. Well, I've decided to stick with my eating/food goals. I'm also going to add one. This goes hand in hand with portion control, so I think I can manage it. Pay close attention to serving size. I'd like to add "pay more attention to the food pyramid", but I think I'll save that for next week since it's something I'd like to look into more before I start it.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all I'm terrible for not posting for the last few days. It's no excuse, but I've had a really busy week. More about that later. The second thing is that I'm running a half marathon tomorrow! In case you can't tell, that's both an excited and scared exclamation point. I've run a few races before and they're a lot of fun. It's actually very different from a normal run because with all the people there is a real sense of excitement. There is also the competitive element although as far back as I run everyone is pretty much competing against themselves. I plan on meeting up with one of my co-workers who is also running, but I expect that she'll be ahead of me most of the race. So I'm pretty excited for the race. At the same time I'm nervous because my knee started hurting randomly today. There was no injury or anything, just out of the blue it started hurting. I'm really hoping that it will feel better in the morning. And a point of frustration: I came home today with my race packet including my number card which has a computer chip they use to record your starting and finishing times. My 4-year-old got ahold of the number card and crumpled it up. I'm really hoping the computer chip wasn't damaged. So I'm really excited and nervous to run the half marathon tomorrow. Wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I mentioned, this week has been really busy for me. I work for a large multi-national company and lately I've had a lot of late night teleconferences with colleagues in Korea, China, Singapore, etc. I still managed to find time to exercise most nights, but I was obviously lousy at finding time to post. Wednesday night I played basketball, Thursday I failed to exercise, and Friday I used the elliptical. Today I decided to count mowing the lawn and other yard work as exercise. I think that should be kosher considering that according to <a href="http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-burned-mowing-lawn-a159">Calorie Count</a> mowing the lawn should burn about 408 calories per hour. Also, I didn't want to do anything too extreme considering that I'm running a half marathon tomorrow. So I think I did reasonably well this week all things considered.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I was smart yesterday to get my exercise in early. We try to get out and do something fun as a family on Friday nights, which can make it hard to get the exercise time in. Knowing I would have this issue, I made sure to spend 30 minutes on the elliptical shortly after getting home from work.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... At least that's how the past two days seem like looking back on them. Yesterday was one of the worst I've had since starting this weight loss journey, and today was significantly better.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think I'm doing a much better job of working with Kim to get my exercise in. In the past I've kind of just expected her to support me in my exercising and I've just told her that I'm going running. Period. And off I went. Lately I've been scheduling it with her to make sure it fits into her day and her exercise needs.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The planet Venus is the brightest object in the sky except for the sun and moon. Its so bright that an Air Canada pilot recently <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/17/travel/canada-disoriented-pilot/index.html?hpt=hp_t3">thought it was another plane and dove to miss it</a>. Luckily the co-pilot wasn't fooled and quickly righted the plane, but several passengers were thrown to the ceiling and back as the plane dove and corrected. I read that this morning and was thinking about it as I stared at Venus during my run tonight.</span><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Kimberly:</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">189.2</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">woo-hoo!</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">what we're going for:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u style="background-color: yellow;">Our Goals in Numbers</u></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Kimberly:</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum BMI - 19-25</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum Weight - 135</span></div><div style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin's post</span></b></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well I feel great. I think this has been a great week for me. I followed my plan for the most part and I'm starting to see some results. Soon I plan to write all about my weight history, but I don't really want to get into that tonight. Suffice it to say that I've been a real yo-yo when it comes to my weight. I know I can lose weight when I'm motivated so I really haven't had any doubts the past couple of weeks that I would be able to do this, but I really need to stay motivated. Seeing some progress and losing a few pounds really helps.</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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BUT, I have been able to do pretty well about curbing my eating. </span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I discovered this week that I think I could enjoy walking. I have long been of the opinion that exercise is AWFUL. AWFUL! But I went on a long walk with my kids this week - about three blocks (and they're big blocks out where we live) and I wasn't dying by the end of it. I got home and I actually had the stamina to make us dinner before Justin arrived home from his run. I liked looking at all the flowers and the weather was really nice. I loved pointing things out to my kids and watching them get excited over funny things like sticks. I didn't even mind pushing the stroller with my daughter in it. Now, the whining and crying and moaning of my four yr old on his bike? That I could have done without. I'm thinking that walking time can be "me" time... take an ipod, do some deep thinking... I might start to like it as much as Justin likes running!</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a review of my weekly goals from last week.</span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">eating/food - Stop eating by 7:00. </span></div><div style="line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I did so well with this! I was tempted on numerous occasions to go snack at night. My tummy even grumbled a few times. But every time I wandered into the kitchen I'd get myself a tall glass of water or a short glass of milk. That's it. And it helped! Bonus? I drank more water than normal! Woo-hoo! I also feel like I was eating more reasonable portions.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">exercise/activity - Exercise a bare minimum of 20 minutes every single day. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, well, I've mentioned already - I sucked at this. I DID go for a bike ride once. I jump roped for a while on Wednesday, but it was FRIGID and I wanted inside. I went for a loooong walk with the kids (whining, fussing, crying and all) on Thursday. Tonight I ran on the elliptical for half an hour. I almost died, but I ran on the elliptical for an hour. So, I did 3 out of 7 days (I'm not really counting the jump rope). Not awesome. Better than before, though.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So. For this week, I've decided to keep working on these same goals (to really make them stick) and I'm adding another to my eating/food category. This week's goals look like this:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eating/food: No snacking after 7. AND, no sweets (except for dessert tomorrow night. Hey, it's my mom's birthday dinner!) I have a serious weakness for baked goods of all kinds - but especially donuts, cake and muffins. After I drop the older kids at preschool, I often take my daughter to the nearby gas station to get two donuts for us. First of all, what a horrible food example I'm setting! Second of all, I just have to knock it off. So that's the catalyst for this goal.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">exercise: Gosh darn it - exercise at least 20 minutes every single day. Yeah.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've mentioned before that I'm working up to running a half marathon in the near future. The date of the race is April 22, which is week from tomorrow. Today was an important step toward that goal since I hadn't had many long distance training runs lately. I decided that if I could run 10 miles without incident today that I would be in good shape to run 13.1 miles in a week and would go ahead and sign up. I'm happy to say that I ran 10 miles and it went well for the most part.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really mean to post every day, but stuff happens, I get busy, or plain forget. Yesterday instead of the normal exercise routine I played basketball with a bunch of guys from my church. Its play basketball with them occasionally and its great exercise. Today I ran 5 miles following my normal route. The weather was so good I couldn't have asked for better conditions.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playing church ball is quite the experience. We are far from professional and tend to get fairly aggressive--to the point where the game is closer to a fame of tackle football. I'm not vertically gifted, so when playing basketball I compensate by hustling to beat the others to the other side of the court and by playing scrappy and aggressive on defense. So I usually end up running for a solid hour or more when we get together and I leave exhausted and drenched in sweat. It feels great--I'm a real "natural high" type of guy if you haven't noticed.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm happy to say that so far I am still sticking with my exercise routine. Yesterday I did sit-ups and pushups and today I went for a 5 mile run. As I've mentioned before, I really enjoy running because of the peace, quiet, and especially because of the time it gives me to just think, reflect, enjoy music, etc. As I was running today I was thinking about when I started running and what I wish I had known. So here is a little guide on how to get started running and the basic gear I'd recommend.</span><br />
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<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running socks. I cannot stress how important good socks are because bad socks will chafe and give you blisters. I recommend Nike Dri-fit socks, but whatever brand you buy make sure they're primarily made of a synthetic fiber like nylon or polyester. Cotton is bad.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Running shoes. Your shoes are as important as socks, but expect to pay at least $100 for a good pair. (If you're like me, that represents a significant investment. So if you can't afford good shoes at least make sure you have good socks.) When you buy your shoes make sure you go to a store that specializes in running shoes. They'll have staff members specially trained to look at your feet, see how you walk/run and find the right shoes for your. For years I just bought shoes at a regular shoe store, but when I finally went to a specialty running store I was paired with the most comfortable running shoes I could have imagined. I use Mizuno brand shoes, but there are tons of brands that make good running shoes like New Balance, Brooks, Nike, Asics, etc.</span></li>
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shorts with pockets. I have to have pockets in my running shorts as a place for my iPod. There are iPod carriers that strap to your arm, but I definitely prefer pockets. I didn't find the strap-on carrier to be very convenient because I couldn't operate the iPod through the cover and would have to take it out to do anything. I also like having pockets to carry other gear I might need like gloves or a hat when its cold (I often start with then and take them off when I warm up) or snacks for really long runs. </span></li>
</ul><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I was proud of today</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not eating the free donuts that someone brought into work today</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've decided that I'm not allowed to make the <a href="http://bugaboominimrme.blogspot.com/2011/07/get-details-about-yummy-mondays-here.html">peanut butter filled chocolate cupcakes</a> anymore. I made them Saturday to take to church and hand out to my choir members (I'm the choir director) to thank them for their hard work leading up to our Easter Sunday performance. And then I promptly forgot to take them to church. Which meant I had 24 (very cutely wrapped up with clear cellophane and baker's twine) cupcakes on my counter when I returned from church. I passed a few off at Easter dinner, thank goodness, but too many remained in my kitchen. Over the past few days I've finished off a few, making poor decisions like "well, this will be my breakfast" or "well, this will be my lunch." I will be glad when they are finally gone.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This leads my directly into my discussion of food. This week my goals were to exercise daily and stop eating by 7 PM - since I am a notorious snacker (especially while crafting, blogging or watching TV, which is pretty much what I do after the kids go to bed). I'll touch on the exercise thing later, but as for food... well, the problem is, I like it. Food was never really an issue for me when I was younger. I ate what my parents fed me, no more. When I got into college, I rarely had time to eat. Grab and apple on the go, right? Since I got married, I had money, time and someone else to cook for so food became a little more important. After moving closer to my family I decided I needed to learn how to cook, officially. And therein lies the real problem. On my other blog, you can read all about my forays into food, but to sum up, I decided I really, really love food. I love cooking. I love baking. I love complicated dishes. I love easy dishes. The more delicious the better. It doesn't matter what the ingredients are or how bad it is for you. If it is yummy, I want to make it. I want to wow people. There's nothing better than Justin's praise after a successful new recipe attempt.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so, I made things like <a href="http://bugaboominimrme.blogspot.com/2011/07/get-details-about-yummy-mondays-here.html">this</a>. And <a href="http://bugaboominimrme.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-am-crummy-blogger.html">this</a>. And<a href="http://bugaboominimrme.blogspot.com/2011/08/yet-more-proof-that-dessert-is-always.html"> this</a>. And we packed on the pounds. And now I have to somehow make myself like whole grains. Butter substitute. Not frying things. Less cheese. How do I make myself like less cheese? I'm from Wisconsin!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am happy to report that I have not been snacking unnecessarily this week, so far. I have not eaten after 7, I have stuck to normal meal times, and I have been drinking more water. Also, for our "Yummy Monday" this week we had a pretty healthy dinner - New England boiled dinner, to be exact. Cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and venison ring bologna all boiled and seasoned. I resisted the urge to get out the sour cream for the potatoes - yea! - and for dessert we all stuck to just ONE cupcake. That's willpower. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, all of this is great. However, I know I have such a long, long way to go. And first off, we have GOT to get rid of all these Easter treats all over. One slip of the hand and you've got a fun-sized twix in your mouth and there goes the no snacking thing...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, I've been less than stellar about exercising everyday, but I did break out the jump rope today. It was pretty fun, brought back memories of my youth and I was pleased to find that I hadn't lost the touch - unlike Justin who apparently never learned to jump rope... </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The major problem is that it is suddenly frigid and windy and I have noooo desire to do anything but hibernate, let alone go out for a bike ride. I'm going to have to bite the bullet and force myself though, or next week's weigh-in will be pitiful, too.</span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Drum roll...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and today's magic numbers are:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Kimberly:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">191.2</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Justin:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">199.2</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">A reminder of what we're going for:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u style="background-color: yellow;">Our Goals in Numbers</u></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Kimberly:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum BMI - 19-25</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum Weight - 135</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Justin:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum BMI - 20-25</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: yellow;">Optimum Weight - 150</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">and where we were:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><u>STARTING Numbers (4/1/2012)</u></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Kimberly:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">BMI - 32.7</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Weight - 190.2</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Justin:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">BMI - 31.4</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Weight - 200.0</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, as is abundantly obvious, I gained one pound this week. To be honest, I'm shocked I did not gain more, what with the Grand Luxe and all. (Darn you, you delicious and delectably EVIL French Beignets!) So I have some work to do. No, no. I have A LOT of work to do. It's enough to make me want to throw in the towel, already. And it was just a pound. Justin has done a really good job of setting some attainable mini-goals and giving himself a schedule - something I didn't really do yet and probably wouldn't have stuck to anyway while I was gone. So here it is. I think each week I will focus on two different habits to either break or begin - one eating/food related and one exercise/activity related. If I need more time to perfect the habit and make the change stick, I'll leave it on for another week. I want to make changes that are permanent, so I won't have to do this again in three years, so I think I really need to concentrate on CHANGE. (Which, if you know anything about me, you will know will NOT be easy). You'll be seeing a lot of baby steps here.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weeks goals:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eating/food - Stop eating by 7:00. Here's yet another confession: I snack at night. Usually I'll grab something before I head up for the night or munch while I am crafting or sewing in the evening. And that's got to stop. This week, no food after dinner. I'm cutting myself off.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">exercise/activity - Exercise (yes, that says EXERCISE) bare minimum of 20 minutes every single day. That will include walking, elliptical, and biking. Gosh darn it.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wish me luck.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we first started talking about having a competition, monetary reward, blog, etc there were two different reward scenarios that we discussed. One option was to see who lost more weight and the winner alone gets the prize. The other option was to have a target amount to lose and whoever meets the target gets the prize whether thats both of us or none of us. We decided to go with the second option and set the target at 5 pounds per month. At that rate we need to about 1.4 per week on average. Obviously I didn't hit that amount this week, but I figure this first week is all about building momentum. Once I'm in the groove I think I'll be able to make some real progress. Long term the biggest obstacle on the horizon is when I travel for work because the food and exercise options aren't always great.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Since I missed posting yesterday I'll give an update for both days. So far I've succeeded in following my exercise schedule. Yesterday I did sit-ups and pushups and today I went for a long run.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Last night I was really tempted (as always) to skip my 30 minutes of exercise. It was a busy day for us and around 11:00 at night I found myself watching a movie with Kim. It occurred to me that I needed to exercise and I realized that sit-ups and pushups were something that I could easily do while watching the movie. I just needed to force myself to expend the energy. But I did it and although I still suck at sit-ups, I realized once again how possible it is to squeeze 30 minutes of exercise into a day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Today I went for a long run like I had been planning on. Part of the reason I did it is to get ready for the half marathon I'm planning on doing. The race is on April 22, so I really only have one more weekend to run a good distance to prepare. There is a nice trail close to our house that runs through woods and fields and is my favorite place to go running. The weather was perfect--the sun was out and there was a light breeze. I ended up running 8 miles fairly comfortably, and I felt pretty good afterwards. I ended up mowing my lawn today too and that ended up really wearing me out. I should probably avoid running and mowing the same day. My plan is to continue my exercise routine and hopefully run 10+ miles next Saturday and I think I'll be in good shape for the half marathon (13.1 miles).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Yesterday we had a pizza dinner with my brother-in-law and his family and I only ate two slices of pizza. Thats pretty good for me since I could easily eat half a pizza if I wanted to.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I ate too much today. Kim is gearing up for Easter dinner and made a bunch of goodies today that I indulged in a little too much. I really need to be careful tomorrow because big dinners like we'll be having tomorrow are where I am at my worst and eat more than any reasonably person should eat. Wish me luck!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I decided to share the movie we watched last night since I didn't really have a song stand out to me today. And besides Stranger than Fiction is a great movie that I highly recommend. A truly unique movie that is both hilarious and poignant.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Somehow I have to force myself to like exercise. I have zero to report about yesterday. We took the kids to the park but I wasn't running around like they were. I spent most of my free time without kids sewing since I was trying to make myself a skirt for Easter.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">Today I went for a bike ride! I was in the middle of making potato salad for Easter dinner and realized that as I waited for the potatoes to cook and the eggs to sit in their cold bath maybe I could try to do something more active for once in my adult life. Justin had just gotten back from his long run and I was feeling like a lump. Nothing like a super active husband to guilt you into motivation. So I tried to pump my bike tires with our little hand pump which - I discovered had a hole in the hose. So I jumped on my bike anyway and headed to my parents to use their air compressor. I thought I was going to die. No, I'm serious. I really thought there was something wrong with me. It was all I could do to push the peddles down and I can't believe I was actually going "fast enough" to keep the bike upright. I thought I'd have to ask my mom for a ride home... after pumping my tires full of air, my mom told me that it's REALLY hard to ride on flat tires. And she was right. When I got back on, it was like soaring through the clouds... I was pretty happy to note that it wasn't ME who sucked, just my tires. However, the way home was into the wind and I found myself thinking I might die once again. I found out it was only about 3.5 miles that I'd ridden, which was kind of disappointing. I suppose I'll have to build up, but slow progress is a major downer to me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;">The good thing was that I actually enjoyed the time to myself. It was great to leave the kids with my husband and just have some time with music and my thoughts. I've decided that if that's how I'll get some time without the kids, then so be it. I may start to enjoy this exercise thing after all. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Confession: </b><i>Does anyone else feel like their head is going to explode when they are active?</i> I got the worst headache when I was riding my bike... how am I supposed to counteract that?</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-48035262258560379912012-04-05T20:57:00.002-07:002012-04-08T21:50:11.310-07:00Exercise Routine<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin's post</span></b><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I haven't even been doing this a whole week, but I'm really starting to see my exercise philosophy/routine coming into focus. I think the most important thing is to exercise at least 30 minutes every day. So far I've been able to do that and its actually very reasonable time-wise. This week has been challenging with Kim out of town, but I still managed to find 30 minutes every day without running myself into the ground. The good news is that Kim got back today, so I should be able to get outside and run more often (I did 30 minutes on the elliptical today).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One longer distance training run once per week (Saturday)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">El and I walked all over her neighborhood this morning. And the awesome thing is I didn't hate it. I think I need to find a walking buddy. And I don't mean my four and two-yr-olds. I think I'd want to walk if I had someone to talk to while I did it. I didn't go overboard on eating today, though we did eat breakfast out - I left El's in the late afternoon and we didn't have lunch before I went. Going away from your routine and, well, your home, makes starting a new regime really difficult. I hope I have some established patterns and habits before going away again or I'll blow any progress I've made up to that point.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Confession: </b><i>Baked goods are my weakness.</i> I mean, other things are my weakness too, but baked goods are REALLY my weakness. Donuts especially. Muffins too. Mmmmm.... cake.... I've got to break this love affair with baking.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-13189885701628826642012-04-04T20:48:00.002-07:002012-04-08T21:50:30.315-07:00"Basic Exercises"<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin's Post</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was very similar to yesterday with Kim still being out of town and most of my time spent either at work or watching the kids. I was really (really, really, really, really, really, really... as my 4-year-old would say) tempted to skip exercising today. At 10:00 p.m. I realized it was do-or-die time and I decided to go easy on myself with some "basic exercises." By basic I mean push-ups, crunches, jump rope, etc that were staples of gym class. Let's just say it was educational.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did a really good job of eating small portions and avoiding snacking. If I can get this down I think it will go a long way towards the 50 pounds I want to lose.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Confession:</b> Exercise is probably the LAST thing on my priority list right now. Like right below "root canal." I need to find something I love as much as Justin loves running.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-76333618080455691242012-04-03T20:23:00.001-07:002012-04-08T21:50:52.315-07:00Finding Time to Exercise<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Justin's post</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">It can be really hard to find time to exercise. Or more accurately, it can be really hard to find the motivation to devote what little extra time you have to exercise. Today was a perfect example of that. My work is a regular Monday to Friday 40+ hour job and I am the parent of two young children. To complicate that, Kim is out of town this week, so my non-work hours are almost completely taken up with the kids. When I finally had them in bed I was so tempted to take the night off and relax. But I committed to changing my lifestyle, so I made myself do a 30 minute fat burn cycle on the elliptical. I figure I have at least 30 minutes to spare any given day, so its my commitment to spend it exercising.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Other than the 30 minutes on the elliptical, I was proud of doing active things with my kids today. We played basketball and rode bikes outside and after bath time we had a dance party. I blasted the Black-Eyed Peas and we danced like crazy. By the way, this is a common method at our house to wear them out before bedtime. Tonight it only took two songs before my 4-year-old went off and grabbed a pillow and blanket.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">With Kim going out of town she stocked the house with easy meals, such as the hot dogs we had tonight.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today was the first day of the challenge, and I am realizing that I have a lot of work to do to change my bad eating habits. But I don't feel like delving into those quite yet, and focus on something a little more positive today: running. Running is my favorite exercise because its peaceful, I'm alone with my thoughts (or music), and I can easily see progress as the scenery changes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a feeling this week is probably the worst possible time for me to start a challenge like this. I left tonight to visit my bff in Chicago. Seeing that Chicago has lots of awesome food I assume I'll fall off the bandwagon a bit, but maybe I should be more optimistic than that. Aside from a "walk" with the kids (which wasn't really around the block, more like down the street and back because I wanted to strangle them) there wasn't any added activity either. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Confession:</b> <i> I despise running.</i> Sure there are actual reasons for that - like my horrible knees in which I experience subluxation of an excruciating kind at any given moment, and the awful tightening of my chest which hurts with every breath I try to wheeze out - but truthfully, I'm kind of sad about it since I used to be a runner - and by used to be a mean like a lifetime ago - like before high school. Before I jacked up my knee.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15267718880850382893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6395014823145838101.post-35119708206765438662012-04-01T22:04:00.001-07:002012-04-01T22:05:21.527-07:00And so we begin...Here we are. Day one of our experiment. Our goal? Well, ultimately it will be to obtain our optimum BMI and weight. Other related goals include: eating healthier, being more fit, having more stamina to keep up with the kiddos and just plain feeling better. Our mini-goal is, in a nutshell, to lose 5 pounds a month each. We want to be healthy about it, and keep our expectations for weight lose realistic.<br />
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<u>Our Goals in Numbers</u><br />
Kimberly:<br />
Optimum BMI - 19-25<br />
Optimum Weight - 135<br />
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Justin:<br />
Optimum BMI - 20-25<br />
Optimum Weight - 150<br />
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Tonight we had our first weigh in and took our before pictures. They aren't pretty (though I suppose no before pictures are... that's why they're before photos, right?) but seriously, I'd advice anyone who has a weak stomach or is prone to queasiness to look away now. Just skip this post and move on to the next one. <br />
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<u>Today's Numbers</u><br />
Kimberly:<br />
BMI - 32.7<br />
Weight - 190.2<br />
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Justin:<br />
BMI: 31.4<br />
Weight - 200.0<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've known this wouldn't be easy from the start but there were a few things that really got to me. Firstly, the fact that I am, apparently, considered <b>"Obesity Class I"</b> with the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (who are those guys, anyway? I want to see their credentials). I would consider myself plump. Chubby, even. But I would never have referred to myself as obese. And I guess I am. So, let's end the disillusionment now, I suppose. Secondly is just the enormity of the task at hand. I need to <b>lose 55.2 pounds</b> in order to reach my<b> goal of 135</b>. That's a lot of pounds. With our "5 pounds a month" mini-goal, it will take me<b> just over 11 months to achieve this</b>. It seems nearly impossible. Good thing I've got support.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am not proud of myself. I know I eat too much and exercise inconsistently, but I am going to re-commit to living a healthy lifestyle. Obviously I'm 50 pounds above my ideal weight and just like Kim that puts me in the Obesity Class I camp. If I meet my goal each month of losing 5 pounds it would only take 10 months to reach that weight, so here goes!</span><br />
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