Preparing for the Pre.

It's Monday and I finished my cleanse yesterday. I did drop a few pounds but didn't notice a difference in my measurements. It was TTOM for me yesterday which sucks coming off the cleanse because I always get bloated. The mocktail idea worked pretty well for me and I plan on doing that again this week. Saturday is our local Prefontaine race. It's 6 miles. I wanted to run the course once before the race but it's not going to work out for me. My back is really hurting me again so I skipped the course run yesterday and went for a leisurely walk. In about an hr I will be going on a run, 3 miles and I'm really hoping for no pain afterwards. I bought the best veggie patty burgers this week. They are from Morning Star and are only 110 calories each with 10 grams of protein. They taste like a zucchini fritter. I plan on having them for  lunch this week. It's always good to find something new!

Cleansing week

Since the weight is not coming off and I am exercising I decided to do a cleanse this week. I chose a 7 day rapid cleanse from the health food store. The reviews on it were very good. I am on day 3. It's not a brutal cleanse if you get what I mean and I'm not scared to be away from a bathroom but I am definitely getting flushed out. Some of the side effects said your organs would hurt ie. kidney and liver and my left side is hurting but it's not excruciating. I have cut liquor completely out of the picture for the 7 days. To get over that hurdle I am drinking sparkling water in a wine glass and last night I made lemon sparkling water with orange juice, my mocktail version of a mimosa. Whatever works! Saturday I went on a 3 mile run with my husband and Monday morning I did another 3 miles at 5:30 am with my partner. It's funny....yesterday I had someone say to me "oh, you are in that other running group on Mon, Wed and Fridays". I didn't know I was in a group! I have just been running with some friends but I guess people are taking notice because there is now another "group" of women running on Tues and Thurs in the morning. I was invited to go as well but those are my rest days. I guess actions really do speak louder than words as it appears my friend and I have gotten some other women motivated to run as well :) My diet is strictly off the 14 day diet, which is basically what the cleanse recommends too. Lean protein, lots of fresh veggies and fruit and on and on. I am drinking a ton of water at work and just putting almond milk in my coffee...thank goodness for the Keurig and the fabulous coffee it brews! Today I added agave nectar to my coffee to see what I thought, it's pretty good! I also measured myself this morning so in four days I will remeasure and see the results, if there are any. If anything I am proving to myself I can go for more than one day without a drink!

Back adjustment time!

Weight 142.3

Weight wasn't so bad this morning, especially after my epic cheating weekend w/ all that sangria! Yesterday after my run my back started hurting badly. I went to the chiropractor this morning and my left leg was 1/2 inch shorter than my right. He adjusted me with a lot of cracking and popping and right now I'm sitting on ice. He said I should swim and not run,,yeah right! Non runners don't get that there is a need to get out and push yourself to the next landmark. It was my first time seeing a chiro and I must say I enjoyed all that popping. Hopefully I feel better so I can go out again tomorrow. Diet has been good. Yesterday's breakfast was 1 12 oz smoothie with greek yogurt, 1 c strawberries and 1 c almond milk, snack was veggies dipped in ranch, lunch was chicken salad and dinner was coleslaw with baked halibut (a carb free version of fish tacos).

I am cheating today with Starbucks pumpkin latte'.  I have waited all year for this to come back, but I only allow myself one coffee drink a week and the rest of the time it's black coffee with almond milk.

Cheers to feeling better!

9/4/13

All of my kids are back in school!! Hooray. The boys are running cross country and my daughter is doing volleyball, we are all very busy.

With school starting, I am trying to find the time to run so we are going at 5:30 in the morning. It's pitch dark and there is a lot more traffic than I counted on, but such is life to find time to fit runs in. This morning we went for 3.21 miles. I did another 2.5 mile run last night and then tomorrow is no run and Friday will be 5 miles. My partner is doing a 1/2 marathon in Sisters in November so our mileage is increasing which is great.

I didn't even bother to weigh myself today. I was BAD labor day weekend. We went to the lake with our boat and kayaks and I drank gallons of homemade sangria. I did try my hand at paddle boarding which was a lot of fun and worked out my core!! It was a great time.

8/29 I HATE SCALES

The title says it all. Maybe instead of weighing myself everyday I should stick to once or twice a week to see if there is actually improvement. I am doing well with exercise and diet though. Yesterday I ran 5 miles at 5:45 am and then in the afternoon went for a 2 mile fast walk and ran up and down 35 stairs twice. My butt is killing me today!!

I am taking today off from running but will walk and do the stairs again this morning. The increase in exercise should help with the weight....at least that is what I am telling myself!

8/27/13

My weight is slowly going back down :)

This is the last week before my kids start school and life has been a little hectic with school shopping, registration and on and on. I got a nice run in Sunday afternoon with my hubby around our favorite spot and then Monday morning my partner and I left early and ended up going for 4.5 miles at a 9:20 pace. It felt good! My body was sore last night and today I took the morning run off my schedule as well as the elliptical. I'm getting ready to go do some core work and then I am walking with one of my friends tonight.

A lot of people I know are doing the Advocare weight loss system. One of my friends lost 10# in the first 24 days and is continuing to lose. I have another good friend who just started the 24 day cleanse challenge and I'm curious to see how she does with it. Any thoughts?

8/20/13

No new change with the weight. This week is TTOM for me..so I'm bloated and would like to eat everything in sight! I haven't ran since Thursday. It's 4:18 am right now and in an hour and half I will be meeting with some ladies to go out for 3 miles. It always feels good to get that run in and out of the way before the day even really begins :) My kids made it home this weekend. It sure feels good to have them home after they were gone most of the summer. I had a great time with my mom in Bandon shopping and just getting to enjoy some visiting. Rex took my dad out fishing but they weren't successful...good thing I had a pulled pork in the crockpot!

With all that being said, obviously I had company this weekend so I just didn't stick to the no bread or sweets diet at all. It's time I get my 17 day diet book out again so I can refresh and get excited. Several people I know are now on a diet kick using Advocare products. I am trying to stay off that band wagon just because I know my diet works and I know I just need the willpower to stick to it. I also came to the "duh" conclusion this morning that a year ago I was running over 3 miles EVERY DAY. I have been slacking to say the least. We run a lot but not that far, guess it's time to step up my game. I am posting some pictures of some of my runs I did this year. Time to spice up my blog a bit! Here are some of the half marathon and then of the steens rim run that was brutal!

brutal steens rim run.