Water, Water Everywhere! and Other Challenges

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Yesterday's SparkCoach challenge was to carry a water bottle with you all day. It didn't specifically state you had to drink it, just carry it. Well, I did it and was surprised that I drank even more water than usual and was really surprised that I enjoyed having it with me. My only problem was that the kids wanted to drink from my bottle rather than theirs, so I had to have 3 bottles and keep washing them, especially since Gwen has a bit of a runny nose.

Yesterday morning I weighed 127.2, tieing my lowest weigh in of 2012, and just 1.2 pounds over what I call my "happy weight". I'm not sure that is what I should call it, because I can be happy at other weights, too. But I do like that feeling I'm beginning to feel, especially in the core, of being tight and lean!

Today's challenge involves thinking about and then writing long term goals. I'm going to have to give that one some thought. Maintaining around 126 may or may not prove to be a good long term weight goal, but I probably need some other life goals. Now that I'm retired I'm not as goal oriented, but it could be a good thing. Hmmm.....

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The Wisdom of the SparkCoach

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Yesterday I logged back into SparkCoach and was very surprised to see a message like I had never seen on SparkPeople. It said something like, Marsha, you've already finished today's SparkCoach session, now get out there and do something! I loved it and did!!!

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What's Cooking? At Goal and Maintaining Team Challenge, Week 2

Monday, January 28, 2013

Here's my week two entry, Crispy Oven Chicken and Oven "Fries":



Here's a SparkRecipe that is very similar to the chicken recipe I used. The actual recipe I used was from the Ready, Set, Go! Weight Watcher cookbook. It is copyrighted and I don't think I should post it:
recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detai
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Here's the SparkRecipe I used for the "fries," although I used no spices as most of my family will say, "What's that strange taste?" since they aren't used to spices on their fries. They do like catsup. I used the long wedge shape option:
recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detai
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I split the difference between the two cooking temperatures and found that worked out just fine. I was really surprised how much everyone liked both recipes. The kids ate it; the picky adults ate it; the people who eat everything raved about the dinner! We will definitely do these recipes again.

Happy, healthy cooking!!

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Cartoon for Runners

Sunday, January 27, 2013

I just found the SparkPeople Funnies. Don't know why I'd never noticed them before. Here's my favorite:



Did you laugh?? I did.

Hope you are having another great, healthy day!!

Edit: link to funnies www.sparkpeople.com/resource/funnies
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Wish I'd Had My Camera

Saturday, January 26, 2013

In 2012 I only had two Weight Watcher weigh-ins below 130 pounds, so at 130.2 today I weighed the least I have since September 2012. The other lower weigh-in was in January 2012. (At home, on the other hand, undressed and unfed, I had many weigh-ins with a middle 2.) So that is just another indication that 2013 is off to a good start. Still would like to stick around 126 at home and 129 at WW. Time will tell if I can do it!

Today I got up at 4 am to meet my running group at 5am. There were 5 of us at the beginning, but one other runner, a mid-50's ex-military woman, and I were going faster and the other 3 told us to go on, so we did. We covered 10.41 miles in 2 hours and 2 minutesat run 2 minutes/walk 1 minute, and that included a warm up and cool down. It was 51 degrees at the beginning of our run and I felt pretty comfortable in shorts and short sleeves throughout, although when I tried to turn my flashlight on and off while running I was aware that my hands were cold. We finished after sunrise around 7am. I would rather run at 6am or even 7 during the winter months, but the people running my pace like earlier, so I'll adapt.

I took along corn cushions, as I've developed a hard corn on my second toe. It didn't bother me as much as I feared it would and I managed without stopping for a cushion. I'm thinking after my 5K this Friday I'll try a corn pad to remove it and see if it works. I'm afraid I'm going to make my toe a whole lot sorer before it gets better. Anyone ever treated a corn? Anyone think it would be smarter to go to a podiatrist than treat it myself?? Any advice you can give is appreciated!

My nephew wanted to walk the lake, so even though I didn't need the exercise today, I walked with him and my niece, his sister, the 2.84 miles plus another .8 to get to the restroom and back to the lake. He's going to run his second 5K on Friday with me. She is leaving to visit her mom (my sister) in Tucson this week. We'll see how he does running without her to pace him. I do plan to race, so I'll undoubtedly be ahead of him, but will root him on to the finish! I'm glad I walked the lake because when I ran it was dark, but walking I appreciated the peace and beauty in the daylight. One day I'll take my camera to the lake.

Hoping everyone is having a super healthy and happy day!

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