Racing On Saturday...A Family Event

8 1/2 weeks of 12

Weight today: same

Total lost: 6 pounds in 8 1/2 weeks

1/2 cup of oatmeal:150
1 tsp of sugar:15
1 tbl of powder creamer with tea:30
2 tsp of sugar with tea:30
total:225

Some pretzels: 30
1 large egg:70
1 large egg white: 16
1 tsp of Smart Balance light butter:15
1/2 cup of rice: 85
1/2 slice of Rotello white Italian bread:27
total:243
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running total: 468

2 large eggs:140
1 lefse:30
1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese: 80
1/4 cup of canned pineapple:35
several corn chips:35
1 tbl of powder creamer:30
2 tsp of sugar:30
total: 380
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running total:848
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bite sized Snickers:45
candy piece: 25
total: 70
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running total: 918

2 oz of spaghetti: 180
3 oz of chicken breast: 105
Blue Bunny Bomb Pop:40
Bites of son's cheese bread: 30
total: 355
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running total: 1,273

1 Ferrer Rondnant: 55
1 tbl of creamer with tea:30
2 tsp of sugar:30
total: 115
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Running total: 1,388

1/2 cup of Blue Bunny Premium light icecream:100
1 tsp of chocolate syrup: 20
total:120
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running total: 1,508

Today's challenge: Staying on-calorie

Actual fitness: a 3-mile lunch run

Note on no sweet-n-low and no caffeine: I ran pretty hard yesterday and my stomach held together well. Don't feel I had any major upset stomach issues. Don't really have any more headaches. I need more sleep though.

Note on picture: It's been awhile since I've felt like I've had enough calories for ice cream at night. This tasted great. After eating it, I warmed up with some hot tea. Makes sense doesn't it? First something cold and then the hot to warm back up. That's the routine I think needs to happen if you're living up north here and want ice cream in the winter. Unless of course, you take a really hot bath and need something cool to cool off. In which case, ice cream would come first. But you could still follow that up with hot tea.

Anyway, 1/2 cup of Blue Bunny premium vanilla light ice cream:100, 1 1/2 tsp of Nestle chocolate syrup:35 (estimated) for 135.

*Special Note* I'm having another truffle tonight that my friend gave me...another Ferrer Rocher...but this flavor is different. I'll be posting that photo tomorrow.

Racing On Saturday...

A Family Event

Good Day everyone!

Thought I'd let you all know that I'm running another 5K race this Saturday.

Also at this same event....

Our 14-year-old daughter will be running a 1 mile fun run.

Our 7-year old son will be running in a half mile fun run, as will his cousin be running it too.

Our five-year-old daughter will be running in a kid's dash, as will her cousin be running it too.

Finally, our 3-year-old son will also be in the dash with his older sister.

Our one-year-old son won't be in a race, and neither will my husband.

Then, to spice up things even more, my sister-in-law will also be running in the 5K race. I'm sure we'll both try to beat each other all in good fun.

right? right?

Good... fun.

Ok, so I couldn't resist a little poke at that because we are both very competitive and our latest 5K times are within 30 seconds of each other. I keep telling her she's fast and she keeps denying it. I keep telling her to sign up for races and kick some butt. Finally last weekend she runs this 5K race and gets second overall, (read medal) with a time of 23:36.

How exciting is that?

Yah, it's somewhat annoying to go through the whole "getting-up-early-for-the-race", being nervous, and getting winded in the middle, thing. But, holding a medal and being out there and a part of the race ends up being fun.

Now, the whole family gets to be involved.

Anyway...

My time four weeks ago was 23:13.

What's my goal?

Well, now, I already told you all in that questionnaire thing that my goal was the Olympics, so until then, I'll have to make little steps along the way and maybe go for a 22-something. Maybe a 22:30. It's be really nice to get 21-something actually...but, I know, one thing at a time.

After all the next Olympics is three years away.

What are you all doing this weekend?