BIG RUN

Friday, March 02, 2007

I ran for an HOUR today. Stats:
*1st mile 8 min 45 sec (fastest ever)
*2nd mile 19 min 10 sec (that's 2 miles in under 20 minutes - woohoo!)
*3rd mile 32 min 44 sec (I think?) (Not quite ready for 3 miles in under a half hour - but will get there)
*4th mile 43ish? minutes?
*5th mile 55ish? minutes??
1 hour: 5.33 miles

I also did a 5 min warmup on the recumbant bike and a 5 min cooldown 3.0mph on the treadmill. I'd say I pushed myself as hard as I possibly could.

also...I ate like a thin person at lunch at the Rick Lavoie conference today! I took just a little bit of food on my plate and didn't eat it all - when I was done I put my napkin on top of my food. It was very high calorie food - chicken stuffed with stuffing in a creamy sauce and breaded fish. I ate plenty of plain salad and a little bit of veggies that were probably cooked in butter.

I Met Goal at My Official Weigh In!

Thursday, March 01, 2007

Oh geez, I just wrote all about it and when I tried to post I got an error. Oh well, basically the news is that I made goal and have to maintain for 6 weeks to earn Lifetime. That'll be sometime in April and I'll probably be at an all-time lowest weight then (less than 147).

More on BMI

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Just found a website with interesting tidbits- http://www.halls.md/body-mass-index/bmi.ht
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Here's what I learned:

*At my current weight, age, and height, I'm at the 48th percentile of weight!! That means I weigh less than average!!!!!!!!! Holy smokes!

*They have two different criteria for judging whether you are "normal weight" or "marginally overweight." At my current weight I was "normal" by one, and "marginally overweight" by the other. I played around with it to find that the 2nd way would require me to weigh 145 or less to be "normal weight."

*According to this site my weight should be between 116 and 145 OR 154, depending on which standard you use.

*It said most women prefer a BMI of 20-22 and men 23-25. A BMI of 20-22 for me is between 124-136.

*It also said that at a BMI of 17-22 you have a longer than average life expectancy. Not sure what my weight would have to be to have a BMI of 17, I just know I'll never be there. I know that less than 18.5 is considered underweight.

Soooo...seems like I should be aiming for a weight of 124-136. I want a longer life expectancy!! But I don't want any problems associated with being underweight, either.

Quick Check-in

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

My BMI is 24.6 today. My weight has been steadily dropping the past several days. On Friday (first morning weigh-in after Cancun) I weighed 157.0. Now, 5 days later, I weigh 152.4. TOM is just ending so that's part of it. Also now I'm wondering if maybe Friday was a temporary spike up due to the junk I ate on the plane (muffin, cheeseburger, chocolate) but my "real" weight was lower than that even earlier.

Anyway, feeling as good as ever. I LOVE how nice everyone is on this website. Like yesterday I happened to show some interest in a bean soup recipe on a WW team posting, and soon afterwards I had a recipe for bean soup in my sparkmail inbox!!! I actually made the recipe and had some for dinner last night, breakfast today, and will have more for dinner tonight. (I love how much longer food lasts now that I am eating correct portion sizes. It saves a lot of money!) This recipe is really nutritious and satisfying, and it's a GREAT way to use all those dry beans I bought.

If I have any worries right now, it's that I'm spending way too much time on SP and am not that interested in my job right now. It's not like I'm slacking on my job, but just not as passionate because I'm passionate about my weightloss instead.

Anyway, it's amazing how powerful I feel. I am soooo close to my lowest adult weight ever - 147 - just 5 pounds to go! But when I weighed 147 I was barely eating and knew I was not living a lifestyle I could maintain. NOW, however, I know I can reach that and beyond on a healthy lifestyle. The difference is knowing how many calories/points/nutrients I am eating per day. I will never go too high OR too low. I would love to whittle my weight down to the 130s. It could take a year...but who cares. While I wait to get there, I'll still be thin!

Time to Update my SP Page!

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Since I've met some of my goals, it was time to update. I reset my ticker to show a goal of 148, which would put me low enough to get that 10% WW keychain. The more I think about my ultimate goal weight, the more I think I would like to aim for the 130s. I have a med/large body frame so I know I will never be teensy tiny, so I think the 130s might be a good ultimate goal weight. Of course, there are plenty of other types of goals besides weight. I'd like to run a 5K (in under a half hour!). I'd like to consistently eat right - not just for a few weeks/months at a time, but for life. I'd like my boyfriend to FINALLY propose to me eventually - we've been dating almost 2.5 years. I'd like to fit into my Seven for All Mankind size 30 jeans. What does that mean, anyway? I'll have to look that up. I got these jeans used, knowing they don't fit me - YET. I've never worn jeans with a fancy expensive label before. Most of them probably don't even make jeans big enough to fit me. Who knows, maybe I'm just barely thin enough at this point to squeeze into the biggest size? I definitely don't fit into that 30 yet.

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