JDIA014's SparkPeople Blog

Running addiction

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 15:59:16 EST

I rarely miss a run once I get my routine going. Today I had to skip my run:
1) because the wind and rain were quite bad and
2) my body just really wasn't game for getting cold and wet today.

I have become addicted and now it is an hour before I like to get to bed and my body is feeling immense guilt for not going for it. Should I just do it???

Guilt vs. weather ... who will be the ultimate winner here?

Running on Raw: Day 4

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:22:50 EST

Today was very hard. I'm stressed - and when I'm stressed I like to distract myself by cooking and eating what I have distracted myself with cooking. I went off-raw and made "healthy banana oat cookies" this morning...then I managed to find my way into the freezer and cook a bread roll and put cheese on it...

BUT this time it didn't get me down. Instead I am anxiously awaiting 10:15am Tuesday when I will be all done with exams and free to enjoy the beautiful weather with a hike, ru...

Running on Raw: Day 3

Sun, 20 May 2012 11:04:53 EST

Day 3 was hard. I don't have as much energy as the previous 2 days; however, I did do a tough hike today and exams really bog me down. I understand that veggos and vegans are not a fan of this part - but in order for me to make sure i can keep working towards my goal of doing pull ups, I needed to have some meat-form protein. I just can't quit it cold-turkey, so I put some sliced ham on my lunch salad today and had another slice just now as my snack while my coffee was brewing.

Bre...

Running on Raw: Day 2

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:18:06 EST

Day 2 has been pretty good, and my body is dying for a run but sadly I am stuck inside studying for my exam. I will have to take a run after dinner to get the blood pumping and help my focus.

Breakfast: 1 grapefruit with 1 tsp of white sugar, 5 strawberries, 2 cups of black coffee
Snack 1: 20g sunflower seeds (unslated) and 5 more strawberries
Lunch: spinach, cucumber, bean sprouts, cherry tomatoes, avocado, and 1 tsp olive oil
Snack 2: honeydew melon, banana and 70...

Running on Raw: Day 1

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:56:42 EST

Today was the first day of my raw food cleanse. I had natural yoghurt with strawberries for breakfast and a small portion of sunflower seeds for my morning snack. Lunch was a salad, as was dinner, but I stocked up my fridge with enough veggies to have some variation in them. Since I lifted weights today I wanted a little extra protein boost, so I had a raw egg white as well.

I ran for 40 minutes and lifted today and felt perfectly fine! But granted, this is only day one, and my bo...

21 Day Raw Cleanse

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:56:45 EST

I have decided that after all of the holidays and celebrations that I have had to try to control my cravings through (and failed) I will try a 21 day raw food cleanse to show my body that it is strong and can do anything.

I'll keep everyone updated on how it goes and what I have been eating to fuel my weight loss and training. It will coincide with my spring gardening, so most of my protein will come from beans. No processed food for 21 days. 267

This will be ...

Bergen Rain

Sat, 12 May 2012 09:28:46 EST

Bergen has a reputation for being the rainiest city in Norway (if not one of the rainiest in Europe). I was really looking forward to a run down to my boyfriend's soccer game and back when I saw some sunshine. Unfortunately, Bergen saw that I was getting a good sweat and decided to cool me off with a total downpour and I struggled on the ride home.

On the other hand, I am nearly finished with my exams and I can then focus on my 2-a-days and training for the half-marathon. This mor...

Runner's World is not very motivational for dieters.

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:34:53 EST

I entered my measurements into the body fat calculator on RunnersWorld.com and I have a healthy body fat percentage - but Runner's World will classify this as "acceptance." I know I am at a healthy weight and treat my body pretty well, but how can someone take "acceptance" in a good way? I feel like it's kind of condescending...I know that I shouldn't feel that way but it's hard when I have gained weight since starting running more intensively (and don't worry, I know why).

I enter...

A countdown to create mini goals

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:14:14 EST

Days til half marathon: 131
Weight: 66kg
Longest run this year: 14km

Running goals:
June 9 - practice half marathon
July 29 - second practice
September 1 - Knarvik Mila Half Marathon

Weight goals:
May 6 - 64 kgs
May 20 - 62kgs
June 3rd - 60 kgs
June 18 - deadline to be at 60 kgs

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Cookie Binge = BARF!

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:45:53 EST

Made the horrible decision to make a small batch of cookies and eat every last one. All this running makes me carbo binge. I'm really disappointed in myself - but now that Ive hit rock bottom there's no where to go but up.

I now entered in the info for this week's food and know that I HAVE to stick to it. I definitely learned from my cookie binge because half way through my run I felt incredibly sick - like I needed to throw up. So lesson learned, let's just hope I remember it nex...

Bad knees

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:09:34 EST

It's bad when you are so addicted to running and have knee injuries at the same time. On Tuesday I have an MRI for them, so I'm hoping for the best!! I really want to lose this weight by training for my half marathon.

I got new running shoes the other day - Asics-Gel Noosa Tri 6...they glow in the dark! I feel like the coolest runner in Bergen 36

Feeling good today

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:37:04 EST

Yesterday I ran 13.5km in the rain to try to give myself the kick in the butt that I've needed. I managed to do in in less than 90 minutes! I'm on the way to a good first half marathon. The reason I ran so far was because I really messed up by finishing off a bag of potato chips through out the day in my office at the University.

Well well.. it's gone now and I only got fruits and veggies at the grocery store today. Not a great start to the week food-wise, but this morning I got up...

Hit the plateau

Sun, 11 Mar 2012 09:26:12 EST

I remember last year when I first began SP I hit a plateau for the longest time, but I kept with it and before I knew it weight was just falling off for a few weeks before I returned home for the summer.

After a break from SP, I'm back on and back on that plateau. Have to remind myself to keep on tracking and just stay strong, and soon I will reach my goal. It's hard when May isn't so far off and yet each day feels like it goes by so slow and there are so many temptations!
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Hard time back on the circuit

Sat, 3 Mar 2012 08:13:32 EST

I had my first long run (with a small weight session in the middle) since post-pneumonia and I got home so looking forward to seeing the scale, but it says I'm up 2 kilos since Thursday. I don't know what happened! I'm hoping that during the day while I'm studying my post-run burn will continue and I will wait to step on the scale til Monday weigh in.

So glad to be back from pneumonia and knee injury. I went to my first yoga class yesterday with my friend, and now we're going to g...

Fell off the wagon (again)

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 15:23:02 EST

The past 4 days I have been so good at staying within what I tracked the night before the whole day...and then I turn on a movie at night and all goes to crap. I already went up to the end of my range and then continued to make a banana cookie dessert thing that I improvised. I think I just like the preparation process because I'm doing something, but then I smell it baking and can't help but to eat what I've made - thus putting me over my daily limit.

Ohh pooh. At least I can say...

New Motivation

Sun, 5 Feb 2012 05:17:42 EST

I ordered my first pair of minimalist shoes! I have found that updating my gear gives me new motivation and encourages me to use it! For Christmas my boyfriend gave me a food scale, and I try to remember to use it as often as possible, and my dad gave me a running jacket.

It's just too bad that I'm injured right now, so my marathon training has been reduced to walking to and from the gym and riding a bike for 30 minutes at low resistance this week. Hope that I can get my injuries ...

Beating the Holidays - the end

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:33:36 EST

I wasn't good at keeping up with the blog during the holidays, but I always had SP on my mind; nonetheless, I still enjoyed my time at home with my family for the holidays.

I brought both of my parents to the gym with me a few times, and taught them some healthier eating habits (beer rules for Dad, and sugar guidelines for Mom)...I kept my drink count low, but sugar always gets the best of me...but I still made sure to keep it within a reasonable limit so that I didn't gain everyth...

Beating the holidays - day 3

Thu, 8 Dec 2011 12:58:53 EST

Today started out well, and then it progressively got worse and worse... I could not control my temptations to snack. Exams does this to me every semester. I want to make up for this by going to the gym, but to get there I have to walk downhill on ice the entire way and on top of that it's raining.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow. No more exams and I can catch a ride to the gym with my boyfriend when he gets home. Not my best week mentally or physically.

Beating the holidays - day 2

Wed, 7 Dec 2011 17:06:50 EST

Today was not my best performance. I had a really hard exam that I was nervously preparing for and so breakfast was slamming down a bowl of musli as well as a slice of bread with a traditional Norwegian spread used at Christmas time called 'gomme' (made with milk that has been boiled til it curds and then you add cinnamon and raisins - even though it may sound bad, it is really good!). At lunch I only had two clementines, which made me soooo shaky during my exam -> low blood sugar + nerves = ...

Beating the holidays - day 1

Tue, 6 Dec 2011 13:21:53 EST

So I should have started this back on Dec. 1, but I was just now inspired to do this by other SP users....to get back on the SP streak and track every single food every single day til the New Year and not weigh myself until January 1.

Today I made pasta with chicken, broccoli and sweet potato. Very full now and preparing for my exam! Meanwhile, there is a gingerbread house staring right at me...Thank goodness I'm so full from dinner!!

Exercise today: 40 min run and weigh...

Any tricks or tips to get back on track?

Sun, 6 Nov 2011 15:45:14 EST

I've been quite bad lately about sticking with the program. It's hard to remember to track my food when I am fairly busy with school work and working out. And the extra complication is that I now live in Norway, so much of the food I track has to be manually entered or weighed in metric since they don't have tsp., tbs., or cup measurements here.

So, does anyone have any tips for getting back on track with SP? I'm so close to my goal, but it is just soooo easy and always tempting t...

10 more lbs

Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:24:44 EST

10 more pounds to go til I've reached my goal weight. I'll be happy with just 5 pounds, but I know that when I drop 10 I will really feel like I have succeeded. Went off track since being home and my parents buying the groceries. Makes it harder to restrict myself. Truly a test.

Had a break

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:33:51 EST

Got back home after being away for 2 years, so my parents overfed me. I feel like I'm kind of starting back from scratch. I don't have my gym membership here, so no pump classes. I'm just trying to really watch my food now and run everyday. Oh jeeze...

When is the best time to weigh yourself?

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:27:06 EST

I like to weigh myself everyday to keep myself on track and aware of fluxes. But what time of day is best to weigh in? In the morning I'm lighter than at mid-day (obviously because of not eating during 8hrs of sleep), but even lighter than that after working out at the gym. I like the weight after gym because it is very motivating, but is that not very realistic?

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Go me!

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:43:20 EST

I am finally seeing results! Thank you to all of you on SP! All the support has kept me with the program and sticking it out. I think I just might get to my goal of 63kgs by the time I fly back home in about 2 weeks!
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My 1st pump class

Thu, 9 Jun 2011 03:46:30 EST

I haven't always been up for taking group fitness classes, mostly because I felt like I was being watched (for some reason, I did not feel this way when I used to play soccer). But today, I was convinced to take pump at my gym today by one of my friends. I felt out of place at first but the instructor was very friendly and didn't call people out on bad form but rather walked over to you so you realized you were the one with poor form and spoke like he was instructing the whole class. A plus i...

I hate fluxes

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 15:52:04 EST

I hate weight fluxes. One day you're on top of the world for losing weight, then it comes crashing down when it says you've gained half of that back. It's not very pleasant. Really puts a damper on my day.

Scary Run

Wed, 8 Jun 2011 04:44:02 EST

I usually run through the park around 4:30 in the afternoon to take a break from studying and get the blood flowing again. This time I thought I'd change up the trail run portion and saw another trail branching off. It looked-well traveled, so I thought I'd see if it connected back to the main trail. I got to a dead end where there was a tarp fashioned into a tent and I saw a hand start to come out of the tent!!

I was TERRIFIED! So I turned around and ran back so fast! I had mistak...

Stoltzen raceday playlist

Mon, 6 Jun 2011 04:19:31 EST

These tunes really get me pumped up for my HUGE race that I have this coming September in Norway:

17 Years - Ratatat
Wildcat - Ratatat
King Without a Crown - Matisyahu
Won't Back Down - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ooh Ahh - Grits
Remember the Name - Fort Minor
Calabria 2008 - Enur
Right Here, Right Now - Fatboy Slim
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

The list could probably go on for quite a bit, but those were my tunes toda...

Queen's Birthday

Sun, 5 Jun 2011 23:37:16 EST

It's a public holiday today in New Zealand (The Queen's Birthday), which means that the gym is closed. So I will have to do an extra lap around the park today.

Last night I threw together a pot of sliced carrots, parsnip, swede, onions and celery. And on the side I have 2 slices of crisp bread. DELICIOUS and VERY LOW in calories :) One of the reasons that it's great to be a student on a limited budget!

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Feeling better today

Sat, 4 Jun 2011 22:27:07 EST

Today's "secret of success" that I'm trying is drinking loads of water and having a cup of green tea after dinner.
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Very glad that despite the bad weather yesterday, I managed to put in a good cardio session indoors and see the scale giving me what I want to read today. 192

Must have just had a bad couple days of fluxes. I'll have to keep up the effort now! Only three weeks left until I go back home and everyone will see the slimmer me! I h...

Crappy weather

Fri, 3 Jun 2011 16:28:06 EST

Last night I had one beer, and one gin&tonic and I can feel it. 297

I've really lost tolerance to alcohol, which is cool. This morning I regret both of those drinks. Usually I would cure the regret with a run through the park, but today the weather is not good. Very windy and pouring rain. I guess I'll have to sweat it out at the gym today. 328

Weight gain?!

Thu, 2 Jun 2011 16:00:14 EST

I work so hard, and yet I see the scale going the other way. I even changed up my routine the last few days and shuffled things around.

That is one of the most discouraging things I have ever encountered. It's like my body won't let me lose those last 8 pounds. It's the WORST! Especially right before bikini season 42

Impatient

Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:58:03 EST

Here we go again, the same old story with me. I see the scale stuck at the same weight for 4 days and I start to get impatient. I work out 5 days a week, eat within my diet range, and still no budge. I've even upped my cardio burn the past couple days with hill runs. I just cannot get over the hurdle that is 66kgs. I got to 65 last week, but then gained it back over the weekend. The scale must be pointing its finger at me and laughing. Just not the motivation I need. Feels like nothing I do i...

The Test

Tue, 31 May 2011 16:33:07 EST

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Today is not the first time that I will push myself beyond my comfort zone. I'm going to try some hill runs today to keep training for my big race in September. 630

I often forget that I have this race in a few months and sometimes slack off.

Is anyone else doing any races this year? What kind of preparations do you usually do? Any favorite workouts? I'm usually a gym addict, but I need to keep changing it up to keep my muscles guessing an...

First entry

Tue, 31 May 2011 07:04:38 EST

I have been using SparkPeople for over 2 weeks now, into week 3. I'm seeing results. My problem is that I get impatient. I often have to remind myself that I am losing the weight and it is a slow process when you get to the final pounds.

In September, I will be running one of the steepest races in the world (Stoltzen Opp), in Bergen, Norway. My goal is to complete the race in under 18 minutes.