December 30, 2009: The end is near.

Well 2009 is almost over. The challenge is almost over...and well it wasn't as successful as I had hoped it would be. I guess it's documented proof that I tried. There's one more week left, I'll let you know if anything exciting happens.

Results

Week 9 Day 3
Weight: Batteries low.
Calories eaten: 1903
Calories burned: -86
Net Calories: 1817
Exercise: 2 dog walks (35 min)

December 29, 2009: Much better.

I'm back in to the groove again. I got two long doggy walks in an did a good job on what I ate. It's really easy to get off track...the key is to not stay off track! The eating splurges do add up over time. But if I can make more exercise splurges, one day, the scale should tip in my favor, right?

Results

Week 9 Day 2
Weight: No lo se.
Calories eaten: 1509
Calories burned: -135
Net calories: 1374
Exercise: 2 dog walks (55 min)

December 28, 2009: Oh the Snow!

Today is SNOWY. It snowed all day, on and off. 3+ inches. I did get my walks in, but they were not too long b/c it was freezing cold. I did shovel the driveway for 30 min! I vow to get back on my running schedule soon!

Results

Week 9 Day 1
Weight: Scale is covered with snow.
Calories eaten: 1879
Calories burned: -246
Net calories: 1632
Exercise: 2 dog walks (35 min)
               Driveway shoveling (30 min)

December 27, 2009: Finally caught up!

Yay, I have finally caught up with my blogging. Yay for me! I should really not get behind that much again. It's hard to remember what I was doing/thinking two weeks ago!

Results

Week 8 Day 7 
Weight: Too cold to weigh in
Calories eaten: 1630
Calories burned: -61
Net Calories: 1569
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min)

December 26, 2009: Only one more holiday to survive this year!

Day after Christmas, things start to slow down, right? Well they have. I'm done shopping and wrapping gifts. Now it's more of a regular eating/living/sleeping schedule. Who am I kidding! I'm still planning on doing a lot of sleeping, but hopefully I can squeeze a few trips into the gym in. I'm seriously considering just getting myself an elliptical.

Results

Week 8 Day 7
Weight: Ohio people are so fit, they don't need scales.
Calories eaten: 1688
Calories burned: 0
Net calories: 1688
Exercise: Opening a few more gifts. Don't worry though, the puppy got all her necessary walks, just not with me.

December 25, 2009: Santa brought lots of presents!

Santa stopped by last night. Lots great gifts and fun with the family...and of course, Lasagna! It was all so yummy and hard to resist. I have no problem with getting the exercising in, but we had cold freezing rain most of the day...not so desirable for outdoor exercising.

Feliz Navidad!

Results

Week 8 Day 5
Weight: Santa doesn't get weighed!
Calories eaten: 1315
Calories burned: -74
Net Calories: 1241
Exercise: 1 dog walk (30 min)

December 24, 2009: Santa is COMING!

And Santa needs his cookies! So I'll help him out by taste testing them to check for poison. ;) I did get my walks in today, but did eat them cookies. Maybe I should start thinking about another challenge for the new year.

Results

Week 8 Day 4
Weight: Like a bowl full of jelly!
Calories eaten: 1479 (I think I under estimated)
Calories burned: -98
Net Calories: 1381
Exercise: 2 dog walks (40 min)

December 23, 2009: Baking for the Holidays

These next few days will put me in close contact with baked goods and sweets! What a dangerous time of the year. I have no problems eating that stuff and working out more, I just have to remember to work out more. Maybe I should put an Elliptical machine in front of the TV, that way to get the best view, you have to work out! Needless to say, I don't yet have that Elliptical machine...so I pounded the cookies and didn't work out as much as needed.

Results

Week 8 Day 3
Weight: A bunch of cookie dough
Calories eaten: 2074
Calories burned: -86
Net calories: 1988 (holy moly! yummy cookies)
Exercise: 2 dog walks (35 min)

December 22, 2009: Now the craziness of the last minute shopping continues

Yay! I'm almost done with all my shopping for the season. Next step decorations, baking and gift wrappin!

Results

Week 8 Day 2
Weight: Who cares! It's almost Christmas Day!
Calories eaten: 2183
Calories burned: -123
Net calories: 2060 (whoopsies...overboard)
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)

December 21, 2009: Time for last minute holiday shopping!

In the last few days before Christmas it's time to finish up all holiday shoppings. This means long check out lines and lots of walking in between and in stores! At least I'll be able to get some calories burned while looking for things to buy.

Results

Week 8 Day 1 (two more weeks to go)
Weight: All scales were sold out at the stores!
Calories eaten: 1630
Calories burned: -98
Net calories: 1531
Exercise: 2 dog walks (40 min)

December 20, 2009: Heading back home, the snows has stopped!

What a nice white winter wonderland. And I'm happy that the roads are dry and clear and made the drive north home good and easy.

Results

Week 7 Day 7
Weight: You shouldn't weigh and drive. It's against the law.
Calories eaten: 1707
Calories burned: 0
Net Calories: 1707
Exercise: Driving a car, does that burn enough calories to lose weight?

December 19, 2009: A weekend in Athens!

I just love my college town. It was the best four years of my life. Great food, great friends, great bars...always nice to go back and visit. And...it has been snowing constantly non-stop continuously all day! While this makes the scenery look super pretty, makes it difficult to get a workout in. C'est La Vie!

Results

Week 7 Day 6
Weight: Je nes sais pas!
Calories eaten: 1519
Calories burned: 0
Net calories: 1519
Exercise: Just trying to keep warm in the cold, or burning up by the fireplace!

December 18, 2009: Day 1 in Ohio

It's nice to be home in Ohio. Makes it feel like the holidays. It is quite chilly here though.

Results

Week 7 Day 5
Weight: Forgot my scale in Colorado
Calories eaten: 1803
Calories burned: -175
Net calories: 1628
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

December 17, 2009: Traveling again!

Today begins the second round of hectic travels in December. This time Bella and I are flying. Tim couldn't find me a parking spot so I had to check the dog and me in for our flight. It was quite the sight, lots of suitcases and bags, me holding the leash and trying to build a kennel all at once! Luckily Bella is the best dog ever! I just set up her bed and she laid on it, constantly wagging her tails, while I built her travel kennel. The Frontier agent said she was better behaved than most children they let on the plane. As we proceeded  to security for the dog, the second Frontier agent said she remembers Bella from last year...I guess my dog flies too often if people are able to recognizer her!

Results

Week 7 Day 4
Weight: DIA has banned all scales for humans, they only weigh dogs and suit cases!
Calories eaten: 1791
Calories burned: -86
Net calories: 1705
Exercise: 2 dog walks (35 min)

December 16, 2009: Looking good...but I'd like to see some results now

In terms of traking my food, I've done a pretty good job. I'd give myself a solid B+ for effort. I'm glad my iPhone has a calorie tracker to help me out. However, I'm not seeing much of any results. Maybe I need the 20 week challenge or the boot camp version.

Results
Week 7 Day 3
Weight: I crushed the scale, and it broke.
Calories eaten: 1413
Calories burned: -212
Net calories: 1200 (looking good!)
Exercise: 1 dog walk (40 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

December 15, 2009: The whirlwind continues...

I'm doing better at staying close to target for my calories and doing my best at squeezing in my exercising. I need to make exercising a priority to make sure it happens. It's just difficult, no on said it would be easy. It was easy back in the day (when mom did the cooking)...if I could only get back to that same high school body!

Results

Week 7 Day 2
Weight: I have banned scales from my house!
Calories eaten: 1714
Calories burned: -61
Net calories: 1652 (sooo close)
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min)

December 14, 2009: Only a few days before christmas break!

Well back to the grind in Colorado! Only 3 days until I head home to Ohio for the Holidays. These next few days will be hetic, kind of like the entire month of December. Luckily I have my pooch to remind me that she needs to be walked!

Results

Week 7 Day 1
Weight: Too busy to find out
Calories eaten: 1649
Calories burned: -225
Net Calories: 1424
Exercise: 1 dog walk (45 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

December 11-13, 2009: Finishing up the trip to Texas...not keeping track

Things have gotten complicated with this traveling and apartment hunting....just makes it super busy and hard to stay on track. I expected this and haven't done a good job at avoiding it. So I didn't write down what I ate during this trip, but I can safely assume that I was over budget and under exercised.

Results

Week 6 Day 5
Weight: ???
Calories eaten: A lot
Calories burned: Not much
Net Calories: More than I needed
Exercise: Walking

Week 6 Day 6
Weight: ???
Calories eaten: A lot
Calories burned: Not much
Net Calories: More than I needed
Exercise: Walking

Week 6 Day 7
Weight: ???
Calories eaten: A lot
Calories burned: Not much
Net Calories: More than I needed
Exercise: Walking

December 10, 2009: Day 1 Apartment Hunting...and It doesn't look good!

I had a physical this morning.I think it went well. They will mail me the results once they get them. They also concluded I was drunk or high during the test. Then I moved on to searching for an apartment. I was ready to not take this job after viewing a few sets of apartments....they were worse than undergraduate conditions and super expensive! This could be a super hard transitions.

Results

Week 6 Day 4
Weight: Texas doesn't have scales...they sold them to Colorado
Calories eaten: 1930
Calories burned: 0
Net Calories: 1930
Exercise: Walking around apartments...but that doesn't really count.

December 9, 2009: The Begining of Travels

Today I take off to Texas to try to find a place to live. With all this upcoming travels, things could get quite complicated. I will try my best.

Results

Week 6 Day 3
Weight: No scale on the plane
Calories eaten: 2039
Calories burned: -230
Net Calories: 1809
Exercise: 1 dog walk (45 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

Time to catch up!

Well I've gotten behind on my posts. I'll be catching up shortly.


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December 8, 2009: Last day walking doggies!

Today was my last day volunteering at the Longmont Humane Society walking doggies, and boy was it chilly! Around 10 F in the morning. Brrrr! I did get in my long walk with Bella, but no running again. With temperature between -10 and 10 F, I just don't think it's the best idea to try to run outside. How many calories can you burn by shivering? Hopefully next week we'll be back up in the 40s, more reasonable for running.

Results

Week 6 Day 2
Weight: Not going to tell you
Calories eaten: 1421
Calories burned: -155
Net Calories: 1266
Exercise: 2 dog walks (60 min)

December 7, 2009: 7 F

So today I was determined to get my run in....and then the high for the day became 7 F...needless today, no running for me. I was able to get two dog walks in, so that was good! I even went to the gym....hehehe...just to buy my boyfriend a membership, not to work out. ;)

Results

Week 6 Day 1
Weight: Scale is already packed for the move
Calories eaten: 1504
Calories burned: -129
Net calories: 1375
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)

December 6, 2009: Oh the weather outside is frightful

It appears to me that Weeks 4 and 5 have not been so sucessful. Today it snowed all day and was around 10 F...a little too chilly and icy to be running. A gym would be a good options, but seeing as I'm moving in a month, there is no point in joining for 30 days, when I should be packing! I hope things start to improve.

Results

Week 5 Day 7
Weight: Tooo cold to measure.
Calories eaten: 1104
Calories burned: 0
Net calories: 1104
Exercise: Shivering

December 5, 2009: It surely is winter time.

Brrr....motivation is low. Things aren't happening as planned. I guess this is the slump in the challenge.

Results

Week 5 Day 6
Weight: Who wants to know
Calories eaten: 1583
Calories burned: -65
Net Calories: 1519
Exercise:  1 dog walk (25 min)

December 4, 2009: iPod battery low

It's amazing how easy it is to skip a workout when the batteries are low on your iPod. While it's not a valid excuse, I took it as a good enough reason to not go run on ice and freezing weather. Not the best move, but it's done and over with. I'm considering spending a week at the Biggest Loser ranch...

Results

Week 5 Day 5
Weight: hmmmm
Calories eaten: 1469
Calories burned: -129
Net calories: 1340
Exercise: 1 dog walk (50 min)

December 3, 2009: Brrrr...chilly

Well today we had a high of 17 F....too cold for a run. I was able to get a good long walk in with the dog, so that was good!

Results

Week 5 Day 4
Weight: I'm avoiding the scale
Calories eaten: 1818
Calorie burned: -116
Net Calories: 1702
Exercise: 1 dog walk (45 min)

December 2, 2009: On the roll again.

Looks like things are continuing to get better. My daily food in-take is back under control and I've been able to keep up with my exercising. The weather is getting chillier, which might make it harder to get my runs in (i.e. hard to breathe), but it shouldn't be a problem for the walks. I'm considering buying the Bodybugg system to keep track of calories burned (once I get a job), but I think I need more help keeping track of what I eat not burn.

Results

Week 5 Day 3
Weight: Not sure.
Calories eaten: 1741
Calories burned: -243
Net Calories: 1497
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
              1 mile run (12 min)

December 1, 2009: Getting back on track

I'm back home, getting back to my usual schedule. It will take time to make up for last weeks splurges, I hope I start seeing some results that I like sometime soon. It's approaching the half-way point of the challenge.

Results

Week 5 Day 2
Weight: Ugh!
Calories eaten: 1349
Calories burned: -243
Net calories: 1106
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
              1 mile run (12 min)

November 29-30, 2009: Long drive Part 2

We began our trek back to Colorado. It's hard to eat healthy when you are trying to stay awake and drive for 27 hrs straight. So I didn't do that well. Not to mention, it's hard to excercise in a truck. You might call it all excuses, which they are, however, sometimes life just doesn't let you have it easy.

Results

Week 4 Day 7
Weight: I'd rather not know
Calories eaten: 2463 (whoa Culver's!)
Calories burned: -26
Net Calories: 2437
Exercise: 1 dog walk (10 min)

Week 5 Day 1
Weight: I think the alititude adds 10 lbs.
Calories eaten: 1483 ( I probably underestimated...I was tired)
Calories burned: -65 (at least the more you weigh, the more you burn ;) )
Net calories: 1418
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min)

November 28, 2009: The aftermath

Well, Thanksgiving put a kink in things...eating is just so much fun. Looks like I went over board and I'm going to need to change that.

Results

Week 4 Day 6
Weight: I don't want to know
Calories eaten: 1964
Calories burned: -90
Net calories: 1873
Exercise: 2 dog walks (35 min)

November 27, 2009: Black Friday!

Today was a day of lots of shopping. I didn't get up early as in past years, but earlier enough to find what I wanted. Most places didn't really have that great of deals! On the positive note, I completed two dog walks and a lot of walking while shopping, helping to burn off some of the turkey calories. I'm contemplating buying the bodybug system...I just hope it isn't a waste of money.

Results

Week 4 Day 5
Weight: Full of shoppings!
Calories eaten: 1635
Calories burned: -103
Net calories: 1590
Exercise: 2 dogs walks, shopping walk (40 min)

November 26, 2009: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day! Gobble gobble gobble! Well today was a day of eating lots of yummy food. I did manage to get my two walks and a run in, so that was good. My calculations showed that I was just slightly over my calorie budget, but I'm sure that was an underestimate. I really didn't eat that much, but I'm sure I was over budget. I think I just need to increase my working out. Life is definitely going to get really busy in the near future, but I hope to make exercise a priority.

Results

Week 4 Day 4
Weight: Just ate a turkey, what do you think it is?
Calories eaten: 1945
Calories burned: -243
Net calories: 1701
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

November 25, 2009: Closer to target.

Today I did much better with my meals....enjoying the sucesss for the day. With Thanksgiving day tomorrow, I'm sure I'll be way over target.

Results

Week 4 Day 3
Weight: Not going to tell you.
Calories eaten: 1589
Calories burned: -102
Net Calories: 1487
Exercise: 2 dog walkes (40 min)

Novermber 25, 2009: Whoopsies!

Looks like I ate a lot today...I guess I was in the mood. Hopefully after this week I can makeup for it.?!/. I think I need an excel spreadsheet to keep track of my numbers, rather than just a food diary, to see if my excess calories total up to 3,500 calories in one week. Those numbers would surely explain the weight gain...

Results

Week 4 Day 2
Weight: Sure don't want to weigh in today!
Calories eaten: 2411
Calories burned: -115
Net calories: 2296
Exercise: 2 dog walks (45 min)

November 23, 2009: Some sprinkling rain

It looks like snow could be heading this way, in fact today it drizzeled all day! However, I was able to get my exercising in. Today marks the begining of week 4. I think I've done an above average job at staying under 1800 calories of food and walking/running for 45 min a day, even with that, I haven't observed any weight loss. It's possible that I'm under estimating my caloric in-take, but I don't think it's been so underestimated that I haven't observed any weight loss. This I don't understand! Maybe I'll see more results by week 8?

Results

Week 4 Day 1
Weight: No lo se.
Calories eaten:
Calories burned:
Net calories:
Exerciase

November 22, 2009: First Day in Ohio

Now that I don't have much driving to do, I am able to get back on the exercising bandwagon. Hopefully I can keep this up during the Thanksgiving Holiday! :)

Results

Week 3 Day 7
Weight: I don't think they have scales in Ohio
Calories eaten: 1587
Calories burned: -102
Net calories: 1485
Exercise: 2 dog walks (40 min)

November 21, 2009: The long drive

Since Friday at 3pm MST, I've been sitting in a truck, doing a lot of driving! This means, not so easy to exercise, but I tried to minimize my endless snacking. It's hard though, when the road is sooo boring and it's dark, alll I want to do is eat!

Results

Week 3 Day 6
Weight: No portable scale
Calories eaten: 2212
Calories burned: 0
Net Calories: 2212
Exercise: nada...unless changing the radio dial counts.

I guess you could call it emotional eating? After 27hrs of driving, I'm not that hungry!

November 18-20, 2009: Almost travel time.

I've spent this week getting ready for a long road trip to Ohio. This has made it a little difficult to get all of my workouts in, but I tried. I also feel like my calorie in-take estimates might be a little off, however, I'm not going to carry around measuring cups and spoons. This will just have to do!

Results

Week 3 Day 3
Weight: Ooopsies...I forgot.
Calories eaten: 1251
Calories burned: -238
Net Calories: 1013
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

Week 3 Day 4
Weight: %$&*( (that means it went up)
Calories eaten: 1462
Calories burned: -116
Net Calories: 1346
Exercies: 1 dog walk (45 min)

Week 3 Day 5 -The start of a 27hr road trip
Weight: No scale in the car
Calories eaten: 1429
Calories burned: -76
Net calories: 1353
Exercise: 2 dog walks (30 min)

November 16-17, 2009: Closer to Turkey Day!

Had a visitor is town...did lots of eating out, but not too bad on the calories.

Results

Week 3 Day 1
Weight:??
Calories eaten: 1624
Calories burned: -238
Net calories: 1386
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

Week 3 Day 2
Weight: One of these days I'll weigh in again.
Calories eaten: 1254
Calories burned: -124
Net calories: 1130
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)

November 14-15, 2009: Baby it's cold outside.

Well it has happened...it has snowed and slowed my workouts. It was bound to happen at some point during the winter, after all, it is Colorado. I still need to watch what I eat more carefully, but I did not do as horribly as I thought I would do. I'll keep chugging along

Results

Week 2 Day 6
Weight: More than I want to know
Calories eaten: 1715
Calories burned: 0
Net Calories: 1715
Exercise: The snow won today!

Week 2 Day 7
Weight: Still unknown
Calories eaten: 1666
Calories burned: -62
Net calories: 1604
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min) (It's still chilly, snowy and icy out there! and even though my Wii tells me I can workout and burn calories...I don't think it is enough!)

November 13, 2009: Friday the 13th!

The weather is getting chillier!

Results

Week 2 Day 5
Weight: Who knows!
Calories eaten: 1351
Calories burned: -238
Net calories: 1113
Exercise: 2 dog walkes (50min)
              1 mile run (12 min)

November 12, 2009: Week 2 Day 4

Results

Week 2 Day 4
Weight: Forgot to weigh in!
Calories eaten: 1618
Calories burned: -278
Net calories: 1340
Exercise: 2 dog walks (35 min)
               2 mile run (25 min)

November 11, 2009: Hump Day

Today's progress was great! I got a lot of exercise in during a gorgeous weather day. I'd better enjoy it because it looks like wet snow will be here this weekend...so I'd best eat better during the week. I took two extra long walks with the dog to drop off/pick up my car from getting work done, and managed to motivate myself to do a 2 mile run! I hope this momentum keeps up.

Results

Week 2 Day 3
Weight: Missplaced the scale...it's around here...somewhere....
Calories eaten: 1635
Calories burned: -367
Net calories: 1268
Exercise: 2 dog walkes (70 min)
              2 mile run (25 min)

November 10, 2009: Week 2 Day 2

Some days it appears like it's easy to stay on target. For me, I think as long as I keep up with my exercise, I can keep the net calories under controll. Controlling what I eat is the hardest because I'm often tempted to load up on sugar. It just tastes sooo good! With all my spare unemployed time, I think I'll be able to maintain my exercising at a good level. It will get difficult with an upcoming move and new job because my exercise time will be hard to fit in and I'm bound to just eat what ever is most convenient. What I should do is make 'healthy' foods the most convenient foods so that while exercising might decrease, my calories eaten won't incase, but that will be hard! I guess I'll face that challenge when it arrives. In the mean time, I'll focus on keeping up with my excercising and hoping to see some weight improvement before the crazy life begins!

Results

Week 2 Day 2
Weight: Scale ran away.
Calories eaten: 1344
Calories burned: -297
Net Calories: 1047
Exercise: 3 dog walks (75 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

November 9, 2009: The start of week 2...

The begining of a few week! It will be better this week. That is the plan. My problem is the more I try to 'eat healthy', the more I want to eat 'unhealthy'. I run into this everytime I try to get fit. Maybe one day I'll figure out how to trick myself into eating right! As for today, I managed to stay on target, it has been a good Monday!

Results

Week 2 Day 1
Weight: Scale is broken! :)
Calories eaten: 1443
Calories burned: -237
Net Calories: 1206
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
                 1 mile run (12 min)

November 8, 2009: Thanksgiving Round 1

My neighbors had an early Thanksgiving dinner....which means lots of good food. And...I still have another Thanksgiving to eat at later this month. The good news is that I did ok with the caloric in-take. On the other hand, I didn't make the time for the exercise. One out of two isn't bad. I did make it out for one walk. Maybe tomorrow I'll just make it an extra long walk to make up for it.

Results

Week 1 Day 7
Weight: -3.9 lbs...how much of this fluctuation is water weight?
Calories eaten: 1427
Calories burned: -60
Net calories: 1367
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min)

At the end of week one, I've done well keeping up with the exercising...but need to reduce the amount of calories eaten. Hopefully I can improve on that during the next 9 weeks!

November 6 & 7, 2009: Not sooo good.

So things have gotten busy. I've been ok at keeping up with exercise, but the calories just pile up!

Results

Week 1 Day 5
Weight: MIA
Calories eaten: 2236
Calories burned: -237
Net Calories: 1999
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
                 1 mile run (12 min)

Week 1 Day 6
Weight: Scale is broken..
Claories eaten: 1546
Calories burned: -177
Net Calories: 1369
Exercise: 1 dog walk (25 min)
               1 mile run (12 min)

November 5, 2009: Those darn sugar cookies!

Well on day 4 I ran into a batch of sugar cookies...a weakness. It happens, and at least I enjoyed the cookies! It didn't push me over the edge for the calories eaten...well it doesn't seem that way. But I'm sure it will bite in the butt soon enough! Maybe I just miscalculated for the day.

Results

Week 1 Day 4

Weight: Unkown

Calories eaten: 1728

Calories burned: -237

Net Calories: 1491

Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)

                 1 mile run (12 min)

November 5, 2009

Major run in with a batch of sugar cookies...they were so pretty looking. Calories just keep adding up!


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November 4, 2009: Day 3 and Still Moving,

Day 3 is coming to a close and the motivation still exists! That's a plus. I even managed to run 2 full miles today and my mile time has dropped from 14 min to 12 min (+/- 30 sec) during the past two months. I think it has to do with the new shoes. The hot pink makes me go faster. :)

Those are some sharp, fast looking shoes! What a great birthday present. While there was positive increases in excercise...there was a quick run to Wendy's for dinner that put me over the calorie goals...oh well! It happens. I'll keep trying!

Results

Week 1 Day 3

Weight: +5 lbs..hmm...it looks like the 24 sugar cookies I ate have caught up with my wasteline!

Calories eaten: 1979

Calories burned: -315

Net Calories: 1664

Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)

                 2 mile run (25 min)

November 3, 2009: Blogging Issues

I want purple font and no high-lighted background. Or a better template! Maybe google will update it soon.

November 3, 2009: Day 2

Well I pretty much survived Day 2, so that is good news. At least I can keep it up for two days in a row....but there was a run in with a tub of frosting. That is what pushed me up to the 1800 calorie mark, if I guestimated my servings correctly. I'm also thinking of trying a cookie/cake decorating hobby which increases my exposure to major temptations. My first batch of sugar cookies with decorative frosting, kind of bombed. The recipe didn't work out, the cookies were pale, the frosting looked horrid, but in the end the cookies were edible. I think I need a lot more practicing.

Results

Week 1 Day 1
Weight: Good question?
Calories eaten: 1802
Calories burned: -277
Net Calories: 1525
Exercise: 3 dog walks (70 min)
                  1 mile run (12 min)

November 2, 2009: The 10 lbs in 10 wks Challenge

Hello and Welcome to my Blog!!

Lose 10 lbs in 10 Weeks! That's the challenge.


That's the goal, to increase exercise (walking/running) and decrease caloric intake to lose 10 lbs in 10 weeks. We'll see how it goes. I'm using a blog as a means to keep me on track and record my progress...or lack of progress. I'll try to write daily or as often as I can. The joy of unemployment is I should be able to find the time, right?

Caloric goals: 1800, my goal is to keep my caloric food intake under 1800 calories. I think 1500 calories/day would be to stressful. If I can keep with the 1800, maybe I can decrease for the last 5 weeks of the challenge.
Exercise goals: I have a suggested walking plan to follow, but I think I'm going to stick to 2 dog walks/day (50 min) and run at least 1 mile every day that I can (12 min). That pretty much covers all the walking that the program is suggesting. I could start at a higher level of the walking program, but I don't want to set myself up for failure. I'll be more motivated to continue if I am successful at this level. Maybe I'll increase my running during the later half of the challenge.

Su: Walk 15 min
Mo: Walk 20 min
Tu: Walk 15 min
We: Walk 25 min
Th: Walk 30 min
Fr: Cross train
Sa: Walk 40 min

Results

Week 1 Day 1
Weight: Don't you wish you knew! I'll let you know if it goes up or down
Calories eaten: 1848
Calories burned: -302
Net Calories: 1546
Exercise: 2 dog walks (50 min)
2 mile run (25 min)