October 2010
96 posts
September 2010
91 posts
After a whopping 2 days bringing my lunch to work, yesterday we had team (free) lunch and today I didn’t pack mine because I was trying to finish a project.
Maybe I should aim for a streak, say, 20 days, and give myself a prize at the end? What do you think would be good?
“I’m okay with sucking because I get up and I do it. Every day. And every day, I...”
– AndreAnna at Bodies in Motivation is a Crossfitter with a great attitude.
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“* 6:50 AM NY Waterway Ferry - Run 1 runners and families First Ferry to GI
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– YOU GUYS, in 4 sleeps I’m going to get up SUPER EARLY and RUN A 10K ON AN ISLAND!!!!! (Uh, not the one I live on. Different one.) Bland eating and obsessive weather-checking starts now!
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When the going gets tough...
deghanmay:
The weak head to J.Crew for some retail therapy. Use the code TREAT to save an additional 20% off of final sale items and free shipping for orders over $125. Just went a little bananas.
Aiee! I need a new little black dress, but not loving the J.Crew options (though the sale overall is amazing). Anyone want to do my Internet shopping for me? Family and holiday season looms…
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WIW: -1.2
Hopped up out the bed, turned my swag on.
September: -4.2/ 2010: 29.2/ Total: 69.6
“The statistics speak for themselves: For every hour you exercise you can expect...”
– Olympian and running coach Jeff Galloway (on Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy podcast)
Reuters: Gym culture not working out for the... →
French women may not get fat, but it’s not because they’re at the gym! Via Social Workout, an interesting article on why gym-going hasn’t caught on in France:
Few celebrities seem keen to publicly endorse the mucky business of sweating and straining on a cardio machine.
Even the sight of President Nicolas Sarkozy in running shoes jogging after his election in 2007 proved...
“I significantly increased my wardrobe, as I now fit into a bunch of shorts,...”
– Stolen from a blog I read, which does not elaborate on “junk-in-the-trunk-related reasons” (though as usual dying to ask). Funnier because it’s a dude writing? Absolutely.
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@losingweightinthecity
Here’s what I brought and ate so far today (disclaimer for everyone, not a nutritionist or dietitian, do your own research, etc):
Breakfast: Chobani yogurt
Mid-morning snack: Small apple and string cheese (I had a second apple but it was bad so I chucked it)
Lunch: Whole-wheat English muffin with natural peanut butter, 1/2 pound raw green beans (takes a LONG time to eat)
Afternoon snack:...
True! Food! Confession!
This is the first time I have taken my lunch to work in at least two months.
I was doing really well with bringing my lunch from the time I started working here. And then we moved to an open plan office where everyone can see/smell everything… and then it was summer… and then I got really lazy… All the while thinking “Yeah, I should bring my lunch.” I even packed...
Run Angry: The Universe Hates Me (Or: How I... →
Maybe not today but I identify with this a lot. All hail the Angry Runner.
Two Fit Chicks: Intuitive Eating II →
I wrote into the hosts of this podcast and got a shoutout in the “Blogger News” section. But don’t listen to it for my riveting story, listen for the thought-provoking interview.
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NYRR Continental Airlines Fifth Avenue Mile
Well, I’m calling it: I have officially surpassed my high school self as Fittest Self Ever. Sure, she weighed less at some points… but no way could she have torn out an unofficial 9:17 mile like I did today! And to all the 15-year-olds who passed me, I hope you can say the same in 11 years.
I haven’t run a timed mile since last year sometime. I should do it more, I was stunned...
Shopped, dropping
So I bought a swimsuit! It’s much more lap-lane- than beach-friendly, but at least I sucked it up and did it.
Also ducked in a bunch of places looking for pants for work, since the weather is starting to turn. Loved the stock at Banana Republic (I had never even been in one) but wasn’t prepared for the prices. Express’ pants selection was great, although its sales staff was a...
Someone at Express is about to be fired
From the dressing room next to me: Excuse me, but this is an 8 and I asked for an 0...
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Everybody kneeds somebody
You think I’m done with the knee puns? Oh boy, I’m just getting started.
So I stuck to my knee plan really well till I went out dancing last night. Not… the wisest thing to do, but it seemed like the right decision at the time, and still does. It was really nice to break even the mildest of sweats, and I didn’t feel fat like I did all week; I just felt like me. Plus on the...
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secretlyanoptimist asked: I had a knee scare late last year and I felt the exact same way. Like if I ever mentioned it, all people would say was I had to lose weight. I started mixing up my workouts and tried to squeeze in biking which didn't make my knee hurt and swimming. The thing about swimming is as soon as I'm in the water, I kind of forget how incredibly uncomfortable I am and I really enjoy it. Give it a...
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I Kneed A Miracle
I haven’t run since Sunday because of knee twinginess. I took off Monday, did elliptical/ incline walking Tuesday and took off yesterday. Given the state of the twinge I might be bagging today as well. **Edit: Of course as soon as this happens, I discover a running group that meets at a coffee shop in my neighborhood. Dying to go. Can’t.**
From reading it seems like I might have...
Social Workout: Crunch Fitness Creates "Glee"... →
From the description: “Glee Club is where the music of Glee meets stylized dancing with Hip Hop and Broadway flair. Singing is not optional.”
Bodies in Motivation: Running Made Fun →
I often play games like this whether I’m outside or on a treadmill. For a while I would favor the treadmill at my gym that looked out at a streetcorner, so I could count the people walking by. (Best not to try this if you are running outside.)
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I don’t even think of myself as rewarding myself with food until it’s practically happening. I wore that groove into my routine years and years ago, when I was hardly conscious of it. Even now that habit is hard to break. Tonight after work I have to go do something I really don’t want to, and I was thinking to myself “Ooh, and afterward, ice cream!” Great dinner...
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WIW: -1.6
Back in a groove and it feels good. Now to get the knee on board.
-3/-28/-68.4
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Most Americans Aren't Active on Most Days →
happinessandhealth:
A new study from the American Journal of Preventive Medicine is pretty disheartening: only five percent of American adults do some sort of physical activity on any given day.
Major props to all my Fitblrs out there - we’re in that 5%!
I’m glad most of us are in that 5%, but I wish more of the country would join us. And I say that as someone who was in that 95% for...
Poll: What's your most forgotten gym item?
Gotta be my combination lock. When I switch gym bags, somehow it never goes with me. I finally got fed up and bought a second lock, only to then forget that one just a few weeks later. They have different colored dials so I could tell them apart, a system I ignored to my peril when I bought a third lock, same color as my first one, only to forget the combination and now it’s a paperweight.
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Big Fat Deal: "Mike and Molly" Starts Tonight,... →
“Mike and Molly” is a new CBS sitcom about two overweight people who meet at an Overeaters Anonymous meeting. According to the reviewers quoted above, it’s not as bad as you would expect… but still a lot of fat jokes.
I might hold my nose and watch the pilot for funny lady Melissa McCarthy (formerly of “Samantha Who?” and “Gilmore Girls”) but my...
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Read yourself fit!
Thanks to everyone who answered my call for health and fitness books! Here’s the compiled list so far:
Eat, Pray, Love (jenngetsfit and constantbattle, who also sent me this essay on women’s fitness and feminism)
Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen Roth (burlytobodacious)
Mind Over Mood (kittystardust/notgivingup)
“Anything about Lance Armstrong” —...
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I see healthy people. Walking around like regular...
Sailed into a party last night where I didn’t know anybody, which definitely contributed to my eating and drinking more than planned. First stranger I talked to? Clutching a pint glass of water because she’s running the tune-up today en route to her first marathon (Hartford, 10/9). Second stranger I talked to? The skinniest, ropiest personal trainer I have ever met, who just graduated...
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5M easy
Had some gas left in the tank, but also was feeling twingey (especially in the last 1.5 miles). About to ice it. Hmph.
Going to the Mets-Braves game this afternoon. It’s cloudy and breezy here, but the weather report looks clear, so keeping my fingers crossed. I was just looking for nutritional information for the Shake Shack and… I should not have done that.
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Tick, tick, tick...
On Tuesday I was walking out of work when I noticed my right shin and knee were really hurting. The knee puzzled me because I haven’t had that kind of pain before. I meant to run 2.5 miles but hopped off after 1.4 when I realized it wasn’t going away.
Wednesday I ran 3.1 miles and felt some twinges, but mostly good. Thursday after dance class I ran 2 miles but I still felt some...
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FDA Approves Fat-Busting Laser, But Do Results... →
sweatcetera:
A laser that can trim inches off the waistline has just received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to be marketed within the United States.
The device, called Zerona and manufactured by Erchonia Medical Inc., is intended to remove unwanted fat without the need for surgical procedures such as liposuction.
“This isn’t a procedure that treats obesity or is...
Ways to know you will end up walking out of that...
1. When the teacher recognizes and greets you as new, he tells you “Oh, we did this routine last week, but you’ll catch on.” I recognize these teachers are motivated to reward people who come week after week, but it’s hard enough to try a new class — the learning curve is high enough, without having everyone else already know the steps (I had taken this kind of class...
Will you give me something to read?
Can you please do me a favor? Recommend me: books about health, fitness, body image, self-esteem, weight loss, athletes/ athletics… and anything else that you find motivational or inspirational. I love to read and need some new brain fodder. Reply, answer, photoreply with a cover, message, Disqus comment, however you want.
Got more records than the KGB
Went out for drinks last night for a work friend’s birthday. He eats primal and before the festivities even started, told me that his tolerance had really dropped since he stopped eating most processed carbs. This caused us some trouble as we attempted to buy the birthday gentleman dinner and discovered that every food at the bar was either a carb, carb-coated, or a carb wrapped around...
AOL News: Nutrition Professor Goes on Monthlong... →
Mark Haub, 40, associate professor in K-State’s Department of Human Nutrition, began a 30-day junk food marathon on Aug. 25. He is living on a diet of high-calorie, high-fat foods, such as snack cakes, powdered doughnuts and sticky buns, to show that foods commonly regarded as junk can actually help people lose weight.
Oh, it’s the “Everything Bad Is Good For You”...
Losing Weight in the City: Guest Post: Great Big... →
losingweightinthecity:
Like our gracious host Theodora, I decided last year that I wasn’t happy with myself and that I wanted to be healthier. I’ve lost 65 pounds to date and gained an identity crisis along the way — but trust me, even if I would rather have done each of those things separately, it was worth it.
I’m over at Theodora’s virtual home today, playing with her virtual...
