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Exercise Day 269

Shanti — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:43:43 +0000

Today my knees and hips were pretty beat up and I really don’t want an injury so I took it easy…

Yoga: 20 minutes
Stretching/Yoga: 20 minutes

Yay The yoga felt amazing. What a respite from running.

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Exercise Day 268

Shanti — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:42:51 +0000

I didn’t want to push it too hard because my knees were sore. Still, I went far and kept my time up.

Running: 3.88 miles in 1 hour – uphill most of the way OMG

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Exercise Day 267

Shanti — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 06:56:16 +0000

I didn’t exercise on Saturday. Today I ran AND walked. Oops?

Running: 4.5 miles in 1 hour (YESSSSSSS personal best!!)

Walking: 2.5 miles in 1 hour – late night phone conversation, walking and talking

I impress myself, honestly. PROGRESS!

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Exercise Day 265

Shanti — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:59:58 +0000

Today I did what I would consider a really tough workout, but the numbers don’t really reflect it Sometimes that happens.

Running: 3.5 miles in 50 minutes
Uphill 1/3 of the way, flat 1/3 and downhill 1/3

When analyzed in depth, it was about 800 calories burnt! YES!

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Exercise Day 264

Shanti — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:21:24 +0000

Yay! Today was a “slow day,” meaning I worked harder/longer than usual yesterday and so today I took it easy. Did I mention it’s like 25°F out? OMG.

Ran: 2.0 miles in 30 minutes.

Solid cardio exercise… definitelty not pushing it, but getting the exercise thing done and avoiding injury/burnout.

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Exercise Days 258-263

Shanti — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:45:19 +0000

I have FINALLY fallen back into a routine with exercise again and I am just loving it. Oh, yay.

I am in SO in love with running again, and since quitting smoking and dropping even more weight, running is like a BREEZE compared with before. YES.

Jan 23, 2009
Biked: 9 miles in 1.2 hours [~600 calories]

Jan 24, 2009
Ran: 3 miles in 45 minutes [~500 calories]

Jan 25, 2009
Ran: 3.86 miles in 1 hour [average HR 160]

Jan 26, 2009
Ran: 2.7 miles in 50 minutes [easy day]

Jan 27, 2009
Rest Day

Jan 28th, 2009
Ran: 4.3 miles in 1 hour [average HR 165]

YAY!

I need to incorporate some strength training into this. I’m thinking P90X is the way to go…

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Food Days 247-263

Shanti — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:39:33 +0000

Hi Everyone

I know I haven’t been posting my food… I’ve been incredibly busy and just haven’t made time for it. Nonetheless, I have been TRACKING on my own. The last week in particular has been really stellar.

After weigh-in last week (and aren’t I due to make another today? yes) I really got my act together, fell in love with running all over again, and am now here happy and better off.

Food has been at the losing-weight level every day. I’ve run several times, and on those days I compensate for the burnt-off calories by eating more but only as many calories as I’ve burnt off. Yay!

I haven’t been anally recording my exchanges… it was causing me too much overwhelm. I really quite prefer to just count calories. THAT BEING SAID, I have learned heaps and heaps from eating balanced according to Jenny Craig and will never eat like I did before, again. My eyes are open now and I will always eat more balanced I’m just not going to track every little thing because it was driving me crazy.

<3333 Hope you’re well… thanks for following

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Food Day 246

Shanti — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:49:39 +0000

Today I ate 1310 calories. Broken down…

Breakfast: 600

225: Granola [2 starches]
60: Banana [1 fruit]
90: Yogurt [1 milk]
15: Blueberries [free]
210: 16oz Nonfat Mocha [2 milks]

Lunch: 240

100: Bread [1 starch]
70: Caesar Dressing [1 fat]
10: Lettuce Etc. OMFG [2 vegetables]
60: Olive Oil [1 fat]

Dinner: 360

140: Rice [1.5 starches]
80: Tofu [1 meat]
70: Bread [0.5 starches]
30: Oil [free]
20: Green Beans [1 vegetable]
20: Carrots and Green Pepper [1 vegetable]

Later: 110

110: Apple [1 fruit]

EXCHANGES: …

Starch: 6/5
Meat: 2/5
Milk: 3/3
Fat: 3/2
Fruit: 2/2
Veg: 4/3+

WATER: 30 oz (should have at least 85 oz) — BAD!

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Food Day 245

Shanti — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:06:21 +0000

I ate rather well yesterday until I went to a party and had 3 beers and some chips. Ah, well, I always said I was allowed to go over on Fridays and Saturdays… I just rarely do, so it feels weird. I ate about 2100 calories yesterday.

Today’s eating was a little all over the place. Tomorrow will be better. Today I ate 1825 calories. Broken down:

Breakfast: 295

90: Plain Yogurt [1 milk]
125: Granola [1 starch]
20: Blueberries [free]
60: 1/2 Banana [1 fruit]

Lunch: 680

500: Pizza [3 meats, 3 starches, 2 fats]
180: Beer [2 fats, 1 starch]

Dinner: 680

200: Rice w/Mushrooms [2 starches]
150: Baked Chicken [4 meats]
30: Green Beans [2 vegetables]
200: Bread [2 starches]
100: Olive Oil [2 fats]

Later: 170

170: Tall Nonfat Decaf Mocha [2 milks]

EXCHANGES: Bad. Just bad.

Starch: 9/5
Meat: 7/5
Milk: 3/3
Fat: 6/2
Fruit: 1/2
Veg: 2/3+

WATER: 40 oz (should have at least 85 oz)

Ugh.

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Food Day 243

Shanti — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:48:34 +0000

Today I ate 1320 calories. Broken down…

Breakfast: 260

140: Lemon Yogurt [1 starch, 1 milk]
100: Grnaola [1 starch]
20: Blueberries [free]

Lunch: 410

170: 4oz Turkey [4 meats]
10: Red Pepper [1 vegetable]
10: Hot Sauce [free]
220: 16oz Nonfat Mocha [2 milks]

Snack: 420

120: Apple [2 fruits]
70: 2 Tsp Peanut Butter [1 fat]
70: Carrots [2 vegetables]
160: Soy Protein Drink [1 starch, 1 meat]

Dinner: 230

220: Pice Pilaf [2 starch]
10: Mushrooms [1 vegetable]

EXCHANGES: I missed one fat today. Did that really happen?? LOL

Starch: 5/5
Meat: 5/5
Milk: 3/3
Fat: 1/2
Fruit: 2/2
Veg: 4/3+

WATER: 100 oz (should have at least 85 oz)

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