Exercise and eating slipping

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

I find that I have been slipping with my daily exercise this past week. I've been busy with the kitchen remodel, but I still could have gotten out each day and at least walked 3 miles. I've only gotten out twice in the past seven days. Not good.....

I'm also not eating as well. I've continued to track all my food, but I'm missing my targets with everything. I didn't grocery shop over the weekend like I usually do because we were so involved in the kitchen.

We're pretty much done now with the parts of the remodel that make it harder to cook in the kitchen. I'm planning a big grocery shopping trip tomorrow to get not only the food for Thanksgiving, but to restock the kitchen as well.

I have a 5k race on Thanksgiving. It's supposed to be about 20 degrees then. That will get my blood moving!

I think things will get back on track and this is only a blip...

Note to self....keep moving!

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Kitchen Redo---bit by bit

Thursday, November 18, 2010

We have been remodeling our kitchen bit by bit. Two years ago, we had all of the very old appliances replaced with stainless steel ones. We also replaced the light fixtures and put in brushed nickel/white fixtures and replaced the knobs on the cabinets with brushed nickel

In September/October, we painted the kitchen and repainted all of the cabinets white. We also replaced the old hinges on the cabinets with brushed nickel. Last weekened, we replaced the old metal mini-blinds with two-inch white blinds.

Yesterday, we had granite counter tops installed that are dark with flecks of nickel in them (it's called Blue Pearl).

I've ordered new seat cushions made for our bench seating and extra material to make valances. The material is a dark grey. They should be here in about a week.

As I'm writing this, DH is reconnecting the facet and garbage disposal. (Thank goodness for him.) We still have to retile the backsplash and paint part of the bench seating. We're having family over for Thanksgiving, so I'm hoping that part will get done over the weekend.

Once the tiling and painting is completed, we are getting our oak hardwood floors refinished in the kitchen and the rest of the house.

Bit by bit, it's getting done. It hasn't been bad at all as far as kitchen remodels go. I think it will be completed by Christmas!

This is what happens when I watch HGTV while I Spark!

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I'm in the 0.01%!!!!

Monday, November 15, 2010

According to this article, only 0.01% of the population followed all seven health factors outlined by the American Heart Association (AHA) as critical for living long healthy lives! I follow all seven!!!

How about you?
www.sparkpeople.com/resource/health_
news_detail.asp?health_day=645975

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Running slow is the way to go!

Monday, November 15, 2010

At least for me that is.....

I'm a really slow runner to start out with. I always have been that way, even when I was much younger. Anyway, I'm discovering that I really enjoy running when I just get out there and plod along. Today, the weather was great after two days of wind and rain. I ran 3 miles this morning...just plodding along....listening to a book on my mp3 player. It was great to be outside again.

This afternoon, I was just sitting here at the computer looking at the sunshine outside and I thought "I want to be outside". So, I just strapped on my Garmin, put my mp3 player in my pocket, and went out the door for another run. I didn't have any expectations in mind, so I just ran my regular 3 mile route. My time on the second 3 mile run was actually a little faster than the first 3 miles and I feel completely refreshed right now.

Running slow is the way to go!!!

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I know exactly why I haven't lost weight recently!

Friday, November 05, 2010

Did you know that Sparkpeople has a great nutrition report that can show you how often you eat in range? Well, they do....and here's what mine has looked like for the last two months:


The blue dots indicate that I ate in range for that day and the red dots mean I ate out of range. I was losing weight like gangbusters during that span of blue dots right in the middle of the chart. However, for the last four weeks, I've been pretty consistently eating out of range....either under or over. That's exactly why I haven't lost weight recently!

Tracking food works because it teaches me where I'm going astray!

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