It is so tough Nancy but we can do it! Im sorry your day did not work out as planned....toddlers just arent good at following plans sometimes.
They just have a mind of their own. Glad you got in a run and I am amazed at anyone who can run and push a stroller.
I hope when dh gets home he will give you a few hours of quiet time.
Ok my plans changed yet again. Since it was so nice out we decided to go to my nana's again for dinner. My kids love to play with their cousins so we went over for them to all play outside together. I had grilled chicken, salad, and a very tiny portion of rice. My nana had made fried fish but I passed even though it is delicious. She makes stewed tomatoes with her fish so I had a small serving of that as my veggie. Now here I thought I was making a good choice until I was on my last few bite and I asked what type of tomatoes she buys. She said she uses a can of whole tomatoes. I asked what spices she uses and heres the good part. Butter and Sugar
I mean really!!!!! I actually had to laugh by this point what else could I do.
So I guess I still did ok. Even with eating fast food last night I ended up being down 1.8lbs from yesterday although it was only .8 from monday. So I am really trying hard to have the scale continue to move down over the weekend for my weigh in on monday.
Tomorrow is going to be a rainy day so it will be a stay at home relaxing day...with a bit of cleaning thrown in to.
Talk to you tomorrow
running with the stroller really sucks. i mean, it's nice to get out with the munchkin and all that but it slows me down SO much and makes what usually an "easy" 4 mile run feel like an 8 mile run!
how come grandmothers always put endless butter and salt and unhealthy stuff in everything? and they never seem to gain weight! even with the added "flavor" to the tomatoes it sounded like you made some great decisions. plus, you wound up down which is great!
Girls, You need to try mapmyrun.com
You can well...map your run before or after to see the distance. hubby is obsessed with it!
Nancy
hi nancy. you know, i really love mapmyrun. that being said, i'm a little bit in a fight with them. lol! i used their app for my iphone for ALL my training for the princess half marathon. it was wonderful. it would play my playlist as well as use the GPS to tell me exactly how far and how fast i was running. it was a great and accurate way to see where i was running. it would then upload it onto the computer automatically and i could see it online too! oh, and i had it set that every 15 minutes it would tell me how far i'd gone and what my pace was!
i had it all ready on race day. and OF COURSE when the fireworks went off and it was time to start...the app crapped out on me! GRR!! ever since then it hasn't been working. it will record my workout but when i hit save it just stops working and doesn't record anything. WAAAHHH! i love that app! i need to find something to replace it. the site itself is really good too and they have challenges every once in a while like run 30 miles in 30 days, things like that!
Mapmyrun is fun to play around with. We used it until we finally broke down and got a garmin.
Good morning! I am really optimistic about getting a run in tomorrow. When I did zumba on Wedesday, my knee was a little sore Thursday. So we talked to a chiropractor and to my neighbor who is a personal trainer, and I have been attacking my itb with "the stick". Yesterday in zumba we did a lot of stuff that almost resembled running and I had no pain last night and no pain this morning. So, tomorrow I will run, and if it hurts Monday I will call for an appointment. I'm still hoping this was a one time flare up and not full blown itb syndrome. Mike and I were talking last night about the fact that if I didn't have a race scheduled I would have rested it better, BUT if I didn't have a race pushing me, I might have fallen off the wagon. Mentally these past couple of weeks have been a real challenge. DS called me three times yesterday with good news--so I don't have to worry about that at least! Anyhow, fingers crossed that things will continue to improve.
BRB with QOTD.
glad things are looking up! is the stick the rolly thing? my friend gave me one before the princess race. of course i forgot it but i've been trying to use it post-runs. feels great!
i think i need to schedule a race. i'm finding myself not as serious as i should be about getting training in for this marathon. sure it's a long time from now but i really need to build. i think there is a bronx half in august but not 100% sure on that. if i sign up for that it'll force me to run at least 2-3 days a week while we are away on vacation in may.
hope that knee continues to feel better. take it easy on your run!
QOTD--Saturday, March 19
What are you doing for fun this weekend? How does it fit into your healthy lifestyle? Is it different than it might have been in the past?
Have a great Saturday!
QOTD: well, DH finally got home last night around 1am. not exactly sure what we have planned this weekend but i do have about a million loads of laundry that i MUST put away. i think i'm going to head out in a little for a run. maybe 4 miler. (need to start increasing but i'm just not feeling anything longer today). i think DH is going to take the little guy to the zoo. i wouldn't mind going but i also think they could use some bonding time. and i could use a break. my friend who just moved back to CT after living in costa rica for 7 years (like, literally in the jungle) is off today - she is running an organic farm up there in CT, what a hippie
- is off today and texted me last night that she wants to come down and hang out. i think i might make her go to the movies with me. that part wouldn't normally fit into my healthy lifestyle b/c i LOVE movie theater popcorn. but since i'm off processed foods i'll just have to bring a water and i dunno, some carrots or something to snack on. of course she is 5'10" and has difficulty keeping weight ON so i may want to attack her food.
i want to think of something fun to do tomorrow. it's very lame that we live in nyc and sometimes i can't think of what to do. ooo! maybe a trip to central park and go to the zoo there?? we are members at the zoo and get in free at the other zoos in the other boroughs. could be fun. high is 50 today and tomorrow. not bad! (though our high of 70 yesterday was awesome!)
But moving to maintain, that is a good idea that I haven't thought of 
I'll think about it this weekend. Ideally I would like to be losing, but the idea of maintaining, again, would probably be better for my mental state 
otherwise I'm using the treadmill, so it's not a loss for me. My plateau was one of the reasons I got the watch, but I definitely will keep weighing! It's just really hard for me to see the negative number after the weights are submitted.
I know how you feel, I've got my own. I always tell people I have a 2 year old going on 16 
Tomorrow it's supposed to be 70 so fingers crossed. My knee is feeling MUCH better.
