Posts under ‘Diet/Excercise’

My 30 day challenge of not hitting the snooze button went well. I think I only hit it once the first week of the challenge. I’ve made a lot of improvements in my running. I’ve even lost 7 pounds. Right now my schedule is 62 minutes on Saturday and Sunday and 42 minutes during the [...]

My pressing the snooze button totally messed up this challenge. I’ve been getting up late and not going to the gym for about two weeks. There were quite a few times when I didn’t even realize I had turned the alarm off. So I’ll have to start a new challenge. It begins tomorrow. It will [...]

It may not be considered “diet food” given the cheese and the non-whole grain egg noodles but this casserole was a big hit with my husband and I. This is a very good thing since I’m generally not enthused by my own cooking. I got the recipe from my cousin who is an excellent cook. [...]

That’s when I finally got out of bed after hitting the snooze a few times. It took me a while to get out of the house but I did make it to the gym. I said a lot of affirmations during running. That was especially helpful when I was getting tired. Today’s Numbers Treadmill Times [...]

I’m getting inspired by Personal Development for Smart People. I’ve decided to revisit the 30 day challenge. I’ve done two so far. The first was to stop complaining for thirty days in 2006. The second was waking up at 5:00am every day for 30 days. Both of these challenges were extremely successful. The 30 days [...]

So not only did I take a break from blogging last year, I also took a break from the gym. These were the stats at the height of my gym days: 4/20/2007 Treadmill Times 3.5 mph: 10:00 6.0 mph: 15:00 5.5 mph: 05:00 3.0 mph: 10:00 average speed: 4.6 mph 13:02 minutes per mile 3.10 [...]

Ok, I went 10 days without working out. Some of them I had my period and then I was just too tired to get up but today I went back. It was short because I didn’t get up as early as I needed to in order to get my full workout. I’ve noticed that the [...]

I’ve been going to the gym since November 2005. I’ve since lost approximately 20 pounds. I went from living a very sedentary life to someone who enjoys going to the gym so much that I feel disapointed if I can’t go at least 3 times per week. I still have more weight to lose. I’ve [...]