…I hope

WHEE! It’s been too long. I’ve been so busy this semester even though I only have one class. Although I quit posting I did stay somewhat on track for a little while, fell of REALLY BAD for a little while then have been getting back on. Today I decided I’m gonna try the whole food journal thing again. Starting with TODAY. None of that tomorrow bullsmack =)

But first… a little update =)

I haven’t weighed myself since before I quit posting so I don’t know the exact numbers but I’m pretty sure I’ve gained back some of my 23 lb loss. I know I can’t be back up to 295 because I have this skirt that the only time it’s ever acctually fit was at that weight and I almost lost it on thursday. hehe. That could have been fun… dancing with no skirt on… anyway we’ll get to that later.

More than a month ago I realized that I haven’t been doing my running and I’m not very likely to do it as regularly as I originally planned. I don’t think I ever posted that I’m not going to be running the marathon after all. I wasn’t progressing as much as the schedule required and I wasn’t about to hurt myself for it. I’ll get back running when I feel like it and work up steadily and when I get to the point where I can do a lot then I’ll find another marathon to join (it was only a half-marathon that I was going to do anyway for those who haven’t followed my peice-meal blog). Late one night I saw this advertisement for the BenderBall core training method. It seemed like pretty basic exercises just enhanced with this little rubber ball. The price wasn’t bad for the DVDs either. So I ordered them. They said if you return in 30 days no charges apply so I figured I’ll try it, if it’s lame I send it back no big deal, out maybe a few bucks for shipping. I acctually bought them on VHS because at the time I was thinking my DVD player doesnt work and my VCR does … well DUH i should have just bought a new DVD player cuz I NEVER use the VCR xD oh well… I wasn’t very brilliant that week, i was not being able to go to sleep and then having to get up — sleep deprived. Anyway so I never opened it once it showed up and then I got a second box from them and I thought “what in the world?” So I opened them both. Apparently it’s a subscription you can cancel at any time. LOL It had been over 30 days since I got the first one (acctually a pair on vhs, they put 2 25 min workouts on each dvd) and I hadn’t returned it or cancelled so they sent me the next set. So I figured I’d just send the second set back on the return policy. More on this exercise video in a bit.

So, I joined a musical as a Liesure studies class at college, It’s gonna be a blast. We’re doing Oklahoma! I didn’t get a part but that wasn’t at all surprising. I’ll have a blast in the chorus as usual =). So thursday night we did our first night of practice. We danced for almost three hours with a 10 min break in the middle. =D LOL i was sore the next day (yesterday - friday) I told my sister “i think i discovered some new muscles” I used my whole body in ways I dont’ normally. It was a workout, everyone was sweating =).

Then the next day, friday, yesterday, I could tell i had too much sugar in my system I was irritable, hot, my body was trying to deal with all this sugar but I didn’t need it and I wasn’t using it. So I decided hey I’ll try that exercise video see if it’s any good. So I had to dig through stuff for almost 30 mins before I found my missing cable. I still haven’t finished moving my stuff out of my old room *sigh* gotta do that this afternoon … unless something better comes up =P. Yes, I know i’m terrible. So I did the first video, the core method. It was pretty easy in some parts and not in others. It was a pretty good workout but I don’t have the balance for it, but the balancing is really what gives you the toned core. So I didn’t feel very exercised so I went ahead and did the buns & thighs tape too. (these 2 are the 1st set) and OH BOY did it work those thighs =D lol its great. I highly reccomend it. It’s not too hard, and it’s kinda fun trying to balance on the wobbly lil ball =) The weight limit for the ball is 300 lbs. I couldn’t find it anywhere on the website before I ordered and it was something I was worried about myself so I’m posting it here for you guys.

Anyway so today I’m sore EVERYWHERE and OHBOY does it feel great! Wheeeeeeee so I’m gonna cancle my subscription to BenderBall but I’m gonna go ahead & keep the 4 tapes I already have.

For anyone who’s curious: I’m not being payed for this testimonial, I just really thought it was fun. =D I hope anyone who buys it based on my reccomendation agrees!

So, My plan for now is to record everything I eat, try to eat a little something every 2-3 hours to keep my metabolism up. Keep track of my weight and maybe keep track of my measurements. I really am trying to lose about 30 lbs by showtime, that’s about 3-4lbs a week. The performance is probably the first week of May, or the week before or after that. We’re going to schedule it around finals and local graduations and such so that people don’t have conflicts. I know that one of the local highschool’s graduations is Friday, May 9th and the next friday is the colleges graduation. So we’ll have to see. I’m guessing it will be Apr 30 & may 1st & 2nd Not sure how many nights we’ll do it but that’s my guess wed thur fri that week =)

Anyway that’s my update =D

Glad to be back

I now have 104 comments to check. I’m guessing at least 80 are ads but the few that aren’t will be worth weeding through the others to find =)

~*Nancy*~

Time to go check on ppl

PS :

As an interesting side-note

of my 104 comments which were posted over the course of about 6 weeks

9 were posted from the IP 64.22.110.2 either commenting on a diet to reduce acne or by the name Daniel saying he didnt understand the post and has a link back to a variety of email addresses/homepages

79 [[i forgot to check how many were on the 4th page]]
were posted by IP’s starting in 85.255.120 either advertising one of two particular drugs or videos of a nature I would rather not use the word for to not attract any more comments of that variety all these comments had mostly nonsense names and the e-mail address on the first 60 and some of the 4th page i saw was the same garbage name [at]gmx[dot]com the rest advertiesed a variety of drugs and had a variety of email addresses, about 4 diff servers

2 were posted by IPs starting 209.59.201 and had similar gramatic types but no apparent connection other than that

3 were posted by email address starting radiusali about amazon discounts but the rest of the info varied

1 had no connections to any that i saw today but i’ve had it before. it just repeats a section of my blog and links to a forum where my blog’s been linked dozens of times =/

8 other spam types had no connections to any others in the list that i noticed

AND TWO ♥ A FULL TWO REAL COMMENTS ♥ =D

I knew that there was at least one in there =D

WOOT! 3.5 miles in 73:40

I feel terrific! 

My avg speed is 2.84 mph
at this rate it would take me over four and a half hours to do the half-marathon.

I only jogged for like 8 mins.

Starting at 2mph every 4 mins I either went up or down on the speed. I jogged at 4.5mph for 4 mins then at 4mph for 4 mins with a 3 and a 2 mph between. (4.5 - 3 - 2 - 4 ) the rest of the time I was stil going up and down up to 3.5 mph. The most intense part ended at 36 mins. I probably would have kept going but about 1/3 through my last lap (each ‘lap’ is a quarter mile) I felt like I was getting a blister near my big toe on my left foot. There’s a red spot there so it’s probably good that I stopped when I did.

I wore those new shorts I bought. They didn’t bunch up and stayed dry, unlike the cotton ones I’ve used before. Great buy! Thanks Sis. 

They both absorbed the moisture, but the cotton ones held onto it, the silk ones (yes silk!) wicked it away.

The treadmill said I burned 390 calories. I still wonder how they estimate that. a 120lb woman?

EDIT: Every online calculator I’ve found online that has me input my weight puts calories burned over 500.

I updated my ticker in the side to have the goal be 200 mi.

I calculated that if I follow the training calendar I’ll run at least 100 mi just on the long ones. Hopefully soon I get to the point where I can run most of the length. I think if I was on a track or something I’d be more able to run. Something about the treadmill makes it difficult for me to run.

Sunday December 23rd 2007

If I start today, I can still succeed. There are more than 13 weeks until April 19th. Even if I have to start at 1 mile this week instead of the 4 that is on the schedule if I increase 1 mile per week I’ll be able to be up to 13 by April 19th. I just have to do it.

I’m going to go run as many miles as I can, probably only 1 or 2. This will be my starting point.

I can do this.

I can make my blog title true as well.

Marathon Training is no longer on hold. 

~*MSN*~

Note: the acronym has nothing to do with why I titled my blog the way I did. When I noticed it, I almost renamed it. Then I decided not to NOT do something I liked just because of what others might think about it.

I’ve decided I am going to keep blogging here. There are many things going on in my personal life that I don’t want to put in an online journal. At the same time, there are several things that I can’t talk about with the people in my life that I do need to get out of my system. I think I’ll be able to calm myself down and quit having emotional breakdowns if I manage to open up to the right people about the right sorts of things. When it comes to personal things such as weight, diet, and exercise I don’t feel comfortable talking with anyone I am around on a day-to-day basis. When it comes to other sorts of issues, some of them I need to deal with internally and some of them I need to take up with the other people involved. I think I can do this with a balance between this blog (health), a private journal, and by kicking myself and making myself open up to the people around me how I really feel about certain things. I don’t feel any use for keeping a daily food journal. Tallying up for the day helps me not overeat on a day-by-day basis but I rarely review anything other than the current day. I probably won’t post as frequently as I have in the past but I do think I’ll continue posting especially now that the internet in my bedroom has been restored and my only access to the internet isn’t my parents’ computers or at work. Keeping this blog has helped me in a few ways, but I don’t think it’s really helped me with what I eat, this is why I’ve decided not to keep a food journal. Honestly, most of the time I know that I’m eating something that’s unhealthy or a poor choice. On another note, the chart of my weight has really helped. The further that little slider gets to the right the more I think :O YAY I really AM getting somewhere. Especially once it hit the halfway mark (on the current goal).

Recently I got excited because I thought I would be able to join an aerobics group that has been going on for long enough I honestly don’t know when it started. I even talked to the teacher/leader of the group about it and she was excited I’d be comming back. Then I realized that it starts before I get off work which had me really down because the group feel is really encouraging to me. I feel motivated to keep up and keep going.

I started a marathon training group with my sisters a while back. Honestly, it was just to give me motivation to acctually exercise. I thought we’d be able to get a bigger group and that it would give me that feeling that helps me so much. Since our group is so scattered, we haven’t ever all run together. I’ve only ever done 1 run with others, there were 3 of us. I don’t think my Mom’s done any training at all and one of my sisters has kept on {the} track really well. Two of my sisters don’t know if they can afford to sign up (45 if registered before Jan 1st, 55 after) and I don’t know if I’ll be able to get TO the marathon. Some group effort. However this paragraph was supposed to be about the encouraging part of this whole mess. I just got off track. I started an online MSN group, Centennial Runners, for us to post on since we live so far apart and group e-mails aren’t as cool. Everyone but Mom has joined the group. I don’t think Mom’s really going to do it, though she sounded like she wanted to at first.

So far I’ve bought a sports bra and some shorts that are supposed to wick moisture away better than cotton. I haven’t used either yet because I haven’t been running.

To get over the blues about the aerobics class I ordered this set of exercise vids and an exercise ball that’s about the size of a 4square ball. It was only 17 dollars after shipping was added and it seemed pretty typical but It’s a routine set up by someone else that I just have to follow. Pure mental laziness on this one. It’s the only way I think I can stick to a routine.

So, now I’ve gotten you all up to date on my thoughts over the past few days. I also have a post I wrote earlier today in notepad.  I’m going to post it seperately then go do what the other post says ;) 

Best Wishes to All

~*Nancy*~

P.S. I’m going to weigh in when I go to the treadmill and post it right here

Current Weight : 273

YAY we did it! Two of us did our mile, one did a half-mile!

Go us!

We approximated that 20 laps around my parents back yard is 1 mile. Two of us (the younger two with no children) did all 20 laps, 2nd from oldest did half her laps, then had to take care of her son and never made it back out, and nobody else did any. Then we did DDR (finally ) all 4 girls did DDR and liz did one round. I only have 2 mats so we were taking turns but we’d stand around and do the moves anyway. It was great! The only problem is that I’m still energized and its 2:18 am o.o

However I didn’t do that great at eating today

appx 1 C Organic Rasin Bran + 1/2 C soymilk

2 c broccoli w/ bottled ranch dressing

1 slice Mom’s home made wheat Bread with honey

Big bowl of stew (appx 2 cups) including lots of veggies a little meat a little rice and the liquid.

With a few more slices of bread with butter

A few mini candy bars (like 5)

I think thats all. for food… gonna go take my calcium pill right now and I had lots of water today… so… I’ll have to calculate this later… its so late xD wheee *falls off chair*

Marathon training day 1 = success