Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Fight to the Finish Week 4

My Weigh In Results

Last week I forgot to weigh in. Two weeks ago I weighed in at 216.4lbs. Today… 215lbs.
My attempt at math:
216.4 - 215 = -1.4lbs

Goal 1 is to get below 200lbs, my first goal was 20.3lbs away.
Goal 2 is to get to my goal weight of 180lbs, my second goal is 40.3lbs away.
The % for these:
26% of the way to goal 1
13% of the way to to goal 2

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Music for Running Fat & Large

The CRTC may have ruined me. My music taste is questionable at best. The preference is pretty strictly Canadian music, musicals and pop targeting teens - in that order.

My running "On the Run" playlist on my early generation iPod nano is heavily influenced by my preferences. That latest song that seems to get me moving is Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne. It fits the category of Canadian & pop.



It's replaced Sum 41's Fat Lip from the All Killer, No Filler album.



These are making it pretty clear to me I may have some inner teen angst haunting me despite approaching my 37th birthday! Especially since I'm pretty comfortable declaring myself a "casualty of society" and "victim of... conformity".

What do you listen to while running?
What would you recommend I add to my play list?

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Fight to the Finish Week 2

My Weigh In Results

Last week I weighed in at 216.0lbs. Today… 216.4lbs.
Oh no! That's not the right direction.
My attempt at math:
216 - 216.4 = +.4lbs

Then I used the calculator at fitwatch to figure out that is .19% of my bodyweight.

That
Goal 1 is to get below 200lbs, my first goal was 20.3lbs away.
Goal 2 is to get to my goal weight of 180lbs, my second goal is 40.2lbs away.
The % for these:
21% of the way to goal 1
10% of the way to to goal 2

As I sit here eating a spinach salad and getting ready for a run? I have nothing but a heavy sigh.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Run run run run! Running Large, Running Fat but running.

Oh yeah, this blog started to talk about my return to running. But this whole healthy living, healthy eating thing seems to be taking priority.

Well, it is - and it isn't. My return to running is underway. The Running Room's Learn to Run clinic is a great way to keep me motivated. We've moved up to 4 minute runs and 1 minute walks. Total time out is about 20 minutes and my iPod Nike+ claims we're covering about 2.5km. The good is the motivation to keep going. Enjoying the Wednesday night and (sometimes) the Sunday morning run clubs. Barry is a solid leader. Encouraging and not annoying. The bad? Speed dating was a failure. I have no new running partner. A key part of my first success was finding the perfect partner, so it's disappointing not to have found 'the one'.

I've consistently gotten out for 3 runs a week since the class started 5 weeks ago. This week I'll be short an outdoor run, but I did get one in on the treadmill.