Yanti & Lynn: Manatee Madness Mentor Group CLOSED (Page 31)

Hello Manatees -- Tuesdays are a crazy workout and life day for me right now, so here's what I've got --

Love your new avatar Chris. Eating, Jim, Yanti pretty well covered it, but think higher fiber, protein and a bit of fat to combine, (fruits with portion control peanut butter, lowfat cheese, small portions of nuts, other fruits and veggies) which Yanti already said and all of which will help give you a sense of satiety and you won't be famished all the time. There might be another reason you're so hungry, 1-your stomach is used to having way more food and is experiencing that it's not as stretched out or 2- you need to eat more for the level of activity you're doing. One good way to see if you're losing too much is too see how your clothes are fitting and if you have enough energy to fuel your workouts in addition to the scale. Sometimes the scale has a lag time with weight loss. Remember, for all of us, the real training is in the recovery and that includes how you're fueling your body. Just got out of my Exercise Phys. class.

Here's the quote from Runner's World -- thought it applies:

If we write our dreams and goals down, we dramatically increase our odds of realization. If we share them with others, they become potent and alive.

Kristin Armstrong, Full Cup, Mile Markers blog, Runner's World.com

And, what channel is the marathon on this weekend? It's the Houston mary, right?

Night all---or morning depending on your time zone -- Yanti and our UK friends.

Did a swim workout this am.  During it I thought about blowholes in my armpits.  Pretty sure I got my stroke looking just like yours  

Ann-Marie

It's on NBC 3-5p EST.

Ann-Marie

So the awesome weather we have been having here in Charleston is ending right in time for the HM, mid to upper 70s for the last 4 or 5 days and a high of 55 on saturday with somewhere around high 30s for the start of the run BUT I found out there will be shrimp n grits, and beer of course, at the finish line so that ought to speed me up a bit.

Getting antsy for the race and I don't want to do to much other training this week so I'm not sore for the race will do a couple mile run tonight just to burn some energy off of me, and the dog who apparently doesn't understand the term 'Taper'

I *love* Charleston ... spent as much time there as I could when I lived in NC. Am really excited for you. Should be a fun race!

YAAAAAAAY!

Be careful what you say. I have this habit of literally showing up at people's doors, or calling from the airport as first notice.

Shrimp n grits and beer???!! How awesome is that? Sounds like my kind of race.   And, you gotta love those running dogs.  Sending good vibes your way for race day. 

I can't agree more with that quote. Someone had asked me if I wrote my goals down about a year ago and it got me thinking. I finally wrote them down and it has made a world of difference. It is much easier to wade through the chaos of life with a little direction.

NBC will be broadcasting the marathon from 3:00-5:00 ET and yes, it's in Houston.

YAY! 

Oh no!  I received an announcement for an event that I didn't need to know about -- Bone Island Tri

key words included

• wetsuit legal
• current assisted
• pancake flat

It's a full/half iron in the Florida Keys in next January by the event production company that does Beach2Battleship.

http://boneislandtri.com/

It does sound great! Good luck!!!

That sounds amazing!!!! More like, OH YES!

I'm trying to get my head around it.  Mid January IM.  Back it up three months so IM focued training would be in October, November and December with six hour rides around Thanksgiving time.  Hmmm.  Lots of indoor since it's dark out... 

Yeah, I hear what you are saying. One thing that I will mention is that as I was preparing for running in the Keys in Jan. I was running mostly inside on the mill and it actually really helped prepare me for the heat.  

I Love the keys...

 I want to do a full in 2013, had hoped for one in 2012 but weddings in september/october which would be over by prime training times, this could be the one must forward email to wife...

Great job HB--I'm betting you will be 'laps ahead' in no time--I was pretty bad when I started swimming last year--I'm still not a great swimmer, but I have fun! 

I completed today's workout--5 mile run in 59 minutes....I think that's a record for me, but I can't quite remember....I also did a 5 minute walking warm up and a 5 minute cool down. My legs are tired, but not sore--more than anything, I am just a bit tired....a GOOD tired! Thankfully the rest of my 'to-do' stuff is already done--now I am just waiting for my apple-bbq glazed pork roast to finish cooking! nom nom nom nom! 

On another nutrition-based note, today marks my first day---WITHOUT SODA!!!! I am a soda addict...and I just want to not be reliant on it anymore. So....here goes. I'm sure I'll start getting the dreaded caffeine withdrawal headaches tomorrow...ick...that's the ONLY reason I have not kicked it before, I am a wimp when those headaches hit! Wish me luck!

Whine, whine, whine.....

Craving, and I mean CRAVING chocolate milk (almond milk, I'm lactose intolerant) after my bike workout and I have no chocolate syrup in the house.    Jogo sad.

As I am writing this my AWESOME husband just yelled upstairs to say that he was going to the store to get some chocolate syrup.  He said I had a hard workout on the bike and I deserve it.  Wow, I need to marry that man, oh yeah, I did!! 

No grandbaby yet....5 days late and counting. 

kgore - 2012-01-12 7:20 PM Aw nevermind---I guess my tiny little brain decided that the headaches could start tonight! ug...PAIN!!!!! Even worse, it is way too late to have any caffeine to get rid of it! If I did, I wouldn't sleep at all tonight...I think I will whine the rest of the night and let Clint feel sorry for me.

I feel your pain.  Except I have been working on eliminating sugar from my diet this week.  All those little yummy cookies, candies, and such are gone.  During last nights run all I could think about was milkshakes.  Tonight on my drive home from work it was ice cream sundaes...  We will get throught this together. 

Missed my master swim workout tonight.  Apparently a little one wee'd in the shallow end of the pool and they had to close the pool and clean it.  Pool will reopen tomorrow morning.  Tonight Wednesday will be my rest day instead of Friday this week due to pool closure.  One has to learn to be flexible about things you have no control over.  As was the case with missing my 1.5 hour swim workout tonight. Life happens or in this case wee happened.

On a more exciting note.  My nephew who is running as a "lost boy" in the Tinkerbell HM with his mom and aunties at the end of the month texted me yesterday. "Aunt Chris would you be interested in running the less tinkalicious 5K with me at Disneyland on Friday night?"  The cost of the 5K was $99 bucks.  I have been saving my mad money to spend while I am at Disneyland. BUT then I thought to myself. Self, do you really need all those trinkets & such, no.  Instead wouldn't you rather spend some of the mad money you saved on a precious running memory with your nephew. Yes I would. How many people get the opportunity to run  through Disneyland at 10:30 at night.  It will be a slow 5K as we plan to pause and be total Disney character posers throughout the run.