Those photos are really fun. I still can't imagine 2 at once. Must be fun though. :)

back to it. 3...2...1... go

Good luck on that Mudder. Have someone take photos. That will be some good stuff!

320. Square one. I'm off for a quick weekend away with the wife for our 10th anniv. I won't do too much damage.

Kiwi - Good motivation for next week.

Sebastian - Awesome video. Kind of funny, but very real. Kind of looks like amateur Militia training minus the weapons. Pick and choose anything to climb up / over / duck under / crawl through / jump off / and get as dirty as possible doing it. They must have to walk through a car wash before they can go home. Good stuff.

Alright. Out with it. This was not a great week. Life was just too busy for anything this week. Injured my back, 10th wedding anniversary, wife's birthday, out of town for this weekend, kids choir / play performance and rehearsals etc, etc, etc. Fortunately, when I get home on Sunday, regularly scheduled training and dieting can resume.

The diet wasn't horrible this week, just no movement on the scale. Gotta amp up a bit physically next week.

no matter how slow you are moving you're still lapping everyone on the couch

I believe I did. Thanks. I needed to hear that today.

320 ? Not happy. Next week is a new week

one.... more... day. Today I sweat.

but this is neither horseshoes or hand grenades....

Thanks Al. It is just a little frustrating that I can do "so well" with my diet and not drop weight. I have to hit the pavement and sweat to drop. Another good day with the diet... same weight. Lets see what I can do today.

It's not all for naught. One of the things that I am working on is to see an improvement in my bloodwork. All this good food will have to show improvement in my blood health. A good day is not all about the scale. Did I lower my triglycerides or improve my cholesterol today? I hope so. I had a tough morning today... trying to resist the urge to buy a donut or a pastry. I won that battle. Now I need to pound the pavement.

I killed that 150 cushion by eating some salmon on a lavash wrap. Oh well. Today is a new day.

Today was not my most stellar day. I bought and ate a dark chocolate bar that I later discovered was actually 3 servings. Crap. Multiply those calories by 3... carry the 1. Not exactly how I had imagined today going. Then, I did not have a chance to take lunch... so I have not walked yet. Crap. I hope to get that in yet this evening.

If I stop eating now, I still make my calories for the day. I think that is what I should do. I still have about 150 I can snack on later if I have to. I'll post again in the AM.

Yeah. I'm gunna need until Friday.

Funny.... I still think it is "odd" to be invited to participate in a thread for "long runners"

I am still in the walking / jogging mode. My weight is not falling off like I had hoped it would. I have not been at it long... but I guess I thought it would just go away. Guess that is not how it works. So... a walking and a jogging I go.

I'd by lying if I said I was not disappointed by today's weigh-in. Up a little rather than down a little after a few really good days. I know Sunday wasn't perfect... but it was not that bad either. Yesterday was a really good day. So I'm going to build on that. I plan a good walk today during lunch as well. Not going to jog today... just walk for about 3 miles.

The other thing is that I am going to read about the Fat to Carb to Protein ratio that I should be shooting for. I think I have been eating a little too much in terms of peanut butter and cheese. So, today's eggs are minus the cheese and I've added some salsa, corn and peppers, and pepper onion veggie mixes instead.

Saturday was good... I even exercised.



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Sunday could have been better. I think I am even missing some entries. But today is going well so I'm not going to fret.

I would love to be able to do a tough mudder... but my arms are still not strong enough. You probably recall that I tore both biceps tendons a year apart. No pain in my right arm anymore, but my left is still painful. I don't want the surgery though.

Eating at work is always easier for me. And if I have to eat on the run then I try to do Subway.

The weekend went "okay". Saturday was fine... Sunday was not quite as strong. I did not hit the scale this AM but I will report on that tomorrow.

I went out for between 3-4 miles on Saturday. I remember last year when I could do that without thinking anything of it... heck... on a good day that would be warming up. Not this year. Gotta keep hitting it. I bought some new socks this morning. I am going to compare the NB performance socks to the MTA performance socks. Both are wicking material to keep the blisters away.

Tania.... awesome that you are doing a half also! Mine is about a month later than yours. I will post my training logs as recommended by Team World Vision. TWV is the charity that my church is running with. The DET13.1 is on October 20th. The unique thing about this event is that you run over the Ambassador Bridge into Windsor, Ontario along the riverfront to the tunnel and back under the river into Detroit. So, unlike Chicago, there are 2 hills... the bridge and the tunnel to train for.

Going back up to the question about my fluid intake... coffee and water. Probably need to up the water a little more. Also doing an Almond Milk smoothie about everyother day.

I will post my MFP charts this afternoon.

Yesterday's diet. Closer to that 2300 goal. Not happy that I had to do Subway for dinner again. But I had to go from work to the nursing home to see my MIL last night, so it was the healthiest option while on the run.

Thanks Kiwi. I hope you do stick around as a motivator. Last year, John was here to push me. I have not seen him in a long time. Traineo is my source of guidance and motivation.

Today was a slight uptick on the scale. Probably a natural fluctuation. Not going to worry about it. I need to get my body moving today ... it is a nice day outside and will be all weekend as well. Success will be measured on Monday morning's weigh in.

Start: 320
TW: 317.4
-2.6

Really only worked on getting the diet straight this week. Time to start the cardio.

Finally, I have started 2013 WAY BEHIND. I have built this chart so that I can compare 2013 to 2012. Here's to hoping I can make these lines cross on this time line!

This is my MFP food diary from yesterday. I will enter these as completed. I was a little too low yesterday. Today I will be closer.

Getting started. I am trying to figure out my goal for daily caloric intake. I have started this week a little on the low side, so I need to figure out what is best for me. Funny how I have to figure this out each time I get going again. You would think I would know this by now.

Below is a screen cap from the F2F BMR page. Based on this chart, it would seem that 2300ish calories would be my goal. Any other opinions out there? I get this figure by taking that low number (as I do sit at a desk and I'm not in the height of any kind of training yet)... so, 2586.. and per the last paragraph... It is okay to eat a few hundred calories less calories per day (200-300) to speed up your weight loss at this point.

Just setting up my place to enter my food and exercise log. This will chart my progress in 2013 as I lose the weight I gained over the winter and get ready for the 2013 Detroit Half Marathon.

Chilly and rainy here today. The forecast looks really good though for the next 5 days. I had to bring my daughter to work with me today... she is sick. Maybe I'll take her to the mall during lunch to walk around the mall once or twice.

I had the good ole gallbladder out in January 2012. While I did lose some weight... I can't say that I thought there was any correlation to weightloss from the surgery. If anything I think I gained some initially from the swelling. I was just glad to be done with the gallbladder attacks. Take it easy on your recovery.

20 lbs underweight. Ah... right. I see you are not from America. That is not typically an issue here. ;)

My 2 cents on the breakfast... skip the grain mix and go for the bacon!

Guess who's back. I'll be starting to post in this thread again soon.

Aimee - I'm sure they can accommodate. Welcome to Traineo. Post your start weight here for them to record. Then use week 2 for your first weigh in.

I am a fan of Mark's Daily Apple and I found this article there about Intermittent Fasting. He also gives his opinion about IF here. This is basically my little experiment to see how it works for me. I have not done any kind of 24 hour fast... just the "window of eating" as he alludes to at the end of the first article. Here is another blog written by Dr Andrew Weil on the subject.

I don't know how sustainable this can be... but so far it is not that bad. You are right... I need to figure out how to avoid the yo-yo... I have not figured that out at all. I do find that I am drinking more water than previously, which is good anyway. Not to mention that this is also causing me to want to go to bed a little earlier as well... and I can benefit from the sleep. So far, no real down side.

Now - I also very much agree that I may be a little low on my calories for this week... I need to do another calorie evaluation and bump that up a bit... but I also know that at least for this week... I feel like it is reprogramming my mindset to get back into this and get the weight loss rolling again.

Time to eat right now actually.



So far - I'm at 1500 calories. I still have room for a subway on my way to my next commitment for the evening. I'll post my MFP food tracker tomorrow. :)