DOWN for 2013 - New Year New You! (Page 9)

Congrats on the outstanding achievement.  Especially considering the time of year it occured.

Congrats!

WOO HOO!!!!

awesome!

Sorry this has taken so long...but here it is

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

4 red peppers (roast your own, or buy the bottled ones)

2-3 carrots shredded

2 cups shredded zucchini

2 cups diced tomatoes

2 roasted jalapenos ( seeded cleaned)

1 head of roasted garlic

6-8 cups of chicken/vegetable broth

Salt/Pepper and Paprika to taste

Chuck everything together in a big pot and bring to a boil over medium heat, reduce and simmer for 20-30 minutes. We use an immersion blender to puree it all up to a nice smooth consistency, but you could use a blender just as easily. Add water to thin it out if required and you can also throw in some plain full fat yogurt as a dollop in the middle of the bowl for some added creaminess!

Jan 1 - 242

Jan 6 - 235.6

Jan 13 - 231 !!

Jan 18 - 231

Hurt my back at crossfit earlier this week, and as of thus I have been taking it pretty easy. Still staying 100 percent Paleo but weight loss has kind of stalled out, need to get back to sweating! soon!

Dec 29 - 154

Jan 6 -  149.6

Jan 12  - 148.8

Jan 19 - 146.8

Started of 2013 with a bang.  Ran my first race of the season.  A Salute to Servicemembers 5K here locally and set a new PR.

Was shooting to come in under 27 minutes, well I did that and then some clocking a 23:45 which is just a shade under 8:00/mile and just a shade above puking threshold for me.  Was pumped about it.  The first of many PRs for me this year as I plan on running my first Olympic distance and first HIM distance race this year.

Now sure there was a time when I clocked a sub 18:00 3 mile run on a USMC PFT, but that was 16 years ago.  So all of my PR's are kept from Jan. 2012 when I got back into this whole fitness regimen.

Stay the course and stick with it, gains are sometime hard to come by but persistence will see them happen. 

OOORAH, DEVIL DOG!!  Way to smash a goal all to hell!  LOVE IT!! 
Kinda makes me jealous.  :-)  I'm planning to do a 5K in April, but I'll be running with a friend of mine who will be graduating from the Couch to 5K program... I promised to run at her pace, so I can't just go to blow it away.
Since I am training my rump off for a half marathon, I'm hoping to be ready for the sprint tri I wanna do on June 2.  My goal is to blast that 5K in about 25 minutes AFTER swimming 750m and riding 20K.  My goal for that sprint is < 1:20:00!!

Again, OOORAH!!  And you're totally correct: Stay the course and stick with it, gains are sometimes hard to come by but persistence will see them happen!

Alas sir it wasn't meant to be.  I was under contract to the Marine Corps through my college ROTC program at Texas A&M.  However, while in Quantico at OCS I tore up my knee on a hump and became medically ineligible as I had already had that same knee surgically repaired once thanks to football.  It was in the mid 90's and the military was not in need of as many people as it was today therefore we parted ways amicably.  So while it truly was a Marine Corps PFT that I clocked such a great time on, in the end I did not ever have the priviledge to serve.

Apologies for statements that may have been misleading, but do want it known that I did not have the chance to serve despite the desire to do so.

My eternal thanks to those who do.

Been doing very well on my diet this week.  Last night was Baked Tilapia with a strawberry salsa, a balsamic cucumber and berry salad, and avacado "fries"

Delicious.

Working out going well too.  Rested Sunday, 3 mile run Monday morning, spin class this a.m., and probably a 4 mile this evening.  Scale should be good to me come Friday if I keep this up.

Not fair to tantalize us with that delicious menu description ...w/out the receipe!! It all sounds delicious and healthy=win win!!