Mamma Amy Knows Best - Mentor Group Year One - CLOSED (Page 19)

I'm currently eating Primal.  I eat a good amount of full fat dairy, meats, fish, veggies, nuts, some fruit.  I find it tough to eat enough at times without the processed foods, grains and sugars I used to eat.

I did a whole 30 in August and while it was rough for a couple of weeks I did find that avoiding so many food items (dairy, legumes, all sweeteners, all grains, certain oils) really got rid of cravings and forced me to eat better foods. 

DLB Congrats! - Quite an accomplishment

Amy - I never heard of the Paleio diet until Dogpaddle just mentioned it. Been looking online for info. Is there a synopsis version or site you used? Any insite you could provide would be appreciated.

Holy Cow I am going to lose my job! Sorry for being late. Rusty Mom moved up in the standing, jeuart had another steady 2 pound loss week. Big 5 pound loss week for DLB. Lets keep it going.

I never recommend firing volunteers.

And I think I'm already back up two pounds. I've had a nasty cold for two weeks and I think I was dehydrated. Didn't get hardly any exercise during that time either. But I'm finally feeling better. Got in a run, weights and a swim tonight. Felt good mostly.

Weekend includes longest run of my life - 9 miles. I'm starting to freak a little bit, as my half marathon plan is getting serious. But I know I'll feel awesome once I accomplish this goal.

Did my 9 this morning. I felt fantastic! I struggled through 6.3 last week with a bad cold. But I'm mostly over it now. Today was sunny. It was (relatively) warm. Birds chirping. Trees budding. It was really just perfect this morning.

Next week is cut back. I have a 4 mile race Saturday evening. The week after I have a 15k race, that I will pace like a training run. Race day is about 2 months away. I'm feeling good. And amazed that this is something that I can actually accomplish.

After the half marathon, I have one month until my first tri of the year, so I need to get more consistent with my swimming. Which will get easier every day as it turns from winter to spring. Hard to get motivated to swim when it's snowing outside.

jeuart - Great job on the 9!

After being injured it was nice to finally get out there running this weekend. I did back to back 5 mile runs on Saturday and Sunday at Wompatuck State Park near my house. I like to run there because it is safe after it snows, there is a main road 2.5 miles long that is well plowed and not many cars. We got dumped on Friday with another 2 feet of snow which is rare in March. One thing that was really cool on my run was seeing two dog-sled teams going through the woods. It was beautiful seeing the Huskies through the trees and sunlight.

Found out TriMania is in Boston on March 23rd and Mirinda Carfrae will be there holding a seminar and taking part in some events. They are going to be holding some beginner Total Immersion clinics too that I am going to try and attend.

BTW - Down 4 pounds this week to 174.

James,

Weight this morning holding at 235. Sorry I missed last week.

weight is 180. 

It was at a new low on Thursday.  I hope to see that number again in a few days.

This is so great! Congratulations on the 9 miles! Next up - double digits (as in 10 miles).

Amy

Thanks for all of the encouragement this week, everyone. 9 miles was a big milestone for me.

No change in weight this week. Too much celebratory wine.

Oh geez. Daylight savings certainly made this morning a challenge. Last week was a recovery week which combined with one of my kiddos being sick made for a very (and I mean very) light exercise week.

This weekend I ended up doing my training solo because of family events which gave me plenty of time to reflect on getting back on track this week. So last night I was in bed early. Early enough that my hubs was teasing me with the "old" time and stuff. But that made it easier to get up for the early swim workout. I needed every moment of that sleep because it was tough getting back in the pool. I am definitely a person who loses swim fitness quickly and I have to work to not miss swim workouts or I pay for it dearly. Which is what happened today.

But I slogged it out. Admittedly with a little extra rest here and there :-) But I'm feeling back on the program which is good.

What is the TriMania? I see the ad but haven't clicked on it to find out what it is. I would love to see Carafrae speak for sure. That does sound great.

Have a good week everyone!