Replace Sugar with Honey?

I was reading just recently in a magazine article about eating clean, and the article suggested I put honey in my protein shake. I wasn’t sure why I would want to do that, since my shake was already sweet enough. There had to be a reason for adding the sweetness. Plus I started thinking if [...]

Eating Clean

I’ve been reading up on dieting, not fad dieting, but eating healthy, and it seems that the new terminology being used is eating clean. So I thought I would give it a try. I already have a pretty good diet, with the exception of the last three months, so I’m thinking this shouldn’t be too [...]

Are You Kidding Me? 1520 Calorie Burger?

Who would want to eat that? I was just recently reading an article on the “a Calorie Counter” website called Fast Food Restaurants & Nutrition Facts Compared.  I don’t eat much fast food, and if I do it’s mostly Subway and Jamba Juice. But I was surfing so I thought I’d check out this list. [...]

Having a Look at the Calories

Here is a look at my calorie intake for the 11 weeks of the 12 Week Body Challenge. Click the photo to enlarge. The green line is my target at 1800 calories and the yellow line is my weight progress. I was really consistent there for a few weeks, but lately it has been up [...]

Week 9 Summary

<—-Sample lunch during the week.
Week 9 was a so-so week. I did much better on my first trip than I did on this one. I didn’t get to do any spins on the trip, but I did one before I left on Monday. On Tuesday I ran, Wednesday I did the elliptical trainer and light [...]

Who’s the Geek in the Mirror?

Yep. Silly me. I was on the treadmill again today. Of course I ran, but I had to slow down to a walk to take the picture, and it was still blurry. Nothing new and exciting to write today, my last day in Seattle. I only had about 30 minutes to workout this morning because [...]

Vacation Diet

I didn’t keep my diet journal this week for obvious reasons, but I still managed to snap a picture of what I ate most of the week. I did have a few more apples than the one shown and a few bananas thanks to our Bed & Breakfast hosts who provided fresh baked goods every [...]

Week 4 Progress Report

One month down, and only 2 months left. For me, that means now I have to try to lose more than 1 lb a week since I’ve lost none thus far, although I’m really getting in pretty good shape. On my long ride yesterday, I was able to shave 11 minutes off my time for [...]

Come On Legs! Push, Push, Push!

Jo Novelli over on the Foothills Revolution Spin blog has been posting her Missy-ism, or saying that her spin instructor says during class. I haven’t attended one of Missy’s classes in a while, but I happen to get a couple of the same instructors each week. There’s Rock ‘n Roll David on Monday mornings and [...]

Moving On to Week 4

I’ve got to run more. I just know it. I just can’t motivate myself to do it though. It’s so hard, and I have a serious mind block about doing something I used to be so good at, but now I suck at. I just know that if I can run some distance, I can [...]