Scraping the seconds (not the lunch plate)

David and I did the dish loop again yesterday. Our goal was to run with a good effort. That meant little talking. We both felt fairly stiff and our muscles were tired before we started, so we knew it was going to hurt and probably not result in a superior time. At least, we hoped, it would be better than the 28+ minutes it took us last week. We leapt from the start, and the up-hills did NOT feel good. My glutes were not happy. My lungs suffered because I was still slightly dehydrated from not drinking enough water on the weekend. BUT, we ran a decent time: 26:42 and only 8 seconds off the record.

Holly and I have a goal for the next two weeks. We are going to be VERY good. I'm trying to lose 2 lbs/week before I head off to running camp (and no scale) on Sept. 1st. On Monday, I weighed (a dehydrated) 136.5, and I think that I'm hydrated now, so that means I should aim for 135 by Friday morning of next week. My calorie intake goal is 2000/day and my exercise goal is to average 1000 calories burned. So far, I've managed the latter, but I've been struggling with the food. I need to take a tip from Holly and eat more fruit. At least I've been under 2500 per day, so that is a start. We'll see how hungry I get today. Tea, fruit and veggies are my friends.

Morning Weight: 138
Miles Today: 6
Other Exercise: Bike to/from work
Total Miles this Week: 30

Time Goals: 3/3!

Yay! My triathlon a week ago was a success! I beat my goal of 90 minutes by over 2.5 minutes! The official time was 1:27:25. I had my mom as my lap counter (I had to swim 18 of them) and she handed me my watch when I got out of the pool. It took me a while to heave myself over the large wall, but when I was upright and jogging to the transition area, I looked at my watch and it said 15:26. I'm thinking I swam around 15:20. Not bad for a non-flipturn swim. I didn't do any warmup laps before I went, so the first 5 laps consisted of a lot of adrenaline and breathing strokes. I can definitely see how an open water swim could be overwhelming.

The transition was smooth. I had my towel folded so I could stand on it and wipe my feet as I put on my helmet, sunglasses, shorts and racing flats. Putting on my shoes took the longest amount of time, because I didn't want to have to re-tie them or have them be uncomfortable for 15 miles of bike riding and 3 miles of running. I did a great job in that respect. I didn't even feel the shoes. I was worried that I'd make the shoes soggy and heavy because I was still dripping water everywhere, but I think it all soaked into the bike seat. Off I went out of the transition area! I had placed my livestrong band on my cateye speedometer, and when I went to start the clock on the cateye, I knocked the band and it fell onto the street. Poop. I didn't want to wear it swimming because of the drag. Oh well. I had been dreading the biking portion of this thing since I learning about triathlons, and surprisingly, it was my favorite part of the race! Since I started at about 7:20 am, there was still cloud-cover and it was cool out. I sped up and down those rolling hills! A few people passed me, but I passed several people as well. If I had remembered to stop my cateye, it would have said I averaged about 19mph with a top speed of something in the low-30s. I was moving on the flats at 22mph. Wow. I certainly did much better on the bike than I predicted, finishing that portion in under 50 minutes (probably around 48).

I think I probably had the fastest bike-to-run transition of the day. I unbuckled my helmet as I set my bike on the rack and took off my sunglasses and helmet. As soon as I placed my helmet on the towel, I was off and putting my sunglasses on as I ran through the transition area. Whee! When I was setting up my bike and arranging my stuff that morning, I looked at the way a few others had placed their bikes. Some had the seats resting on the bar, others had the brakes over the bar. I tried both ways and thought about how I'd be rushing. I think I tried about 4 different setups before I felt good about which rack and where on the rack and which side of the rack I put my stuff on and which way my bike hung. In the end, I was on the far end of rack 3 with my bike hanging from the seat, so I could go straight toward the exit without having to back it up or turn anything around or worry about people in the way.

When I left the transition area for the run, my watch said 1:06:10, so I figured I had about 24 minutes to run a 5k and to reach my goal. I knew I could do that, but it would be difficult because my legs felt like jelly. It took me only 21:15 to get from that point to the finish line. I think that the start of the 5k was at the finish of the bike instead of at the other end of the transition area (where I looked at my watch) because I didn't run THAT fast. My first 1/3 of a mile was great. Then, I got a painful side stitch and it miraculously disappeared after the first water station. I don't remember my legs bothering me after that.

Those three miles went by fast, and so did the people I passed. It was so strange to be running a race and passing people as if they were standing still. And these were fit-looking people too. It boggled my mind and made me a little unfocused. That was something I didn't expect. I expected the run to have people I could key off of and try hard to run down. It was definitely different than a cross country race where everyone starts at the same time.

I flew by these guys sitting and smoking outside a bar or something, and one yells, "I hope you twist your fucking ankle!" I was having so much fun, my response was a thumbs-up. Fortunately no-one else on the road had that sort of attitude. The race had volunteers every so often cheering us on. Some people had set out lawn chairs at the ends of their driveways and were cheering. Coming up to the first water station on the bike portion, I read cardboard signs saying that I was leaving the USA and heading to Mexico. Right before the water/gatorate, there was a huge line drawn in chalk across the road that had "USA" on one side and "Mexico" on the other. There were welcome signs and colorfully dressed people. About a quarter mile after the station, there was a sign that said, "Don't Drink the Water!" I laughed. On the run, we went over the railroad and back under it. The Southern Pacific had stopped on the bridge as I went under it and the conductor was out on the tracks leaning over the wall of the bridge and cheering. People had hoses and squirt guns ready to cool the runners down. There were chalk markings on the sidewalk like mini versions of the Tour de France chalk on the mountain stages, encouraging runners up Johnson Street. I had such a blast.

I couldn't have done this alone. My mom lent me her bike and numerous people gave me advice and their training time. I would like to thank the following people for helping me to achieve this goal: Holly, David, Tim, Mike, Mom, Frank, Doug, Marny, and Dad.

Morning Weight: 140
Miles Today: 10+
Other Exercise: Walked to the store and around Shoreline
Total Miles this Week: 10

Where did that come from? 1600 Time-Trial

So, I decided that driving to Davis and paying $20+ for a mile race plus $20+ for gas was a silly idea, especially when I'd be giving up my socializing all Sunday (the Tour and the World Cup were on). Instead, I saved 50 bucks and 4 hours of my time by, warming up to my local track, doing a few strides, changing into spikes and running 1600m in 5:41.1 (hand-timed ;} ). What the!?! Wow! Splits were 85, 2:49(84), 4:15(86), 5:41(86). That hurt my lungs. All this biking has really made my legs stronger and my turn-over quicker.

Unfortunately, My weight was 141 Sunday morning, so my weight goal wasn't realized, and I have a feeling that my triathlon weight goal of hitting <136 is unattainable now, but I'm still going to try to break 90 minutes. I want to break 16 in the swim, 52 in the bike and 22 in the run. That leaves no time for transitions, so I have to better all my goals and practice the transitions, so I can get the transitions under a total of 2 minutes. This is going to be very difficult. Wish me luck!

Morning Weight: 143
Miles Today: Day Off
Other Exercise: Biking and Swimming
Total Miles this Week: 5.5

One goal down, 2.5 to go

Woohoo! The Pozo 5k was today and Joe made me "Beer Gal". I've always aspired to be Beer Gal and have been a teeny jealous of the other beer gals at that race in the past. For those who don't know the Pozo 5k tradition, the women who beat the Beer Gal or men the Beer Guy, get a free beer. Talk about pressure. But I prevailed. 5 ladies beat me and two were under 21. I ran my fastest time for a 5k since college, 20:11. That is 6:30 pace! My splits were 6:24 and 13:10(oops,6:46), and the last 1.1 came out to 6:22 pace. Third in my age group. Cool.

Next goal: Break 6 minutes in the Davis mile. (and be about 138.5 lbs.)

Morning Weight: 140.25
Miles Today: 7
Other Exercise: Kayaking to the fireworks
Total Miles this Week: 20

It's been about a year of blogging

This morning I took my heart rate for the second time in about a year. It was 46. Awesome! I'd love it if I could remember to do that every morning, so I could determine if I need to rest and load up on Vitamin C for fighting something that doesn't have any other symptoms yet besides an elevated heart rate.

Looking through the past year of posts, I watched my weight go down and back up, my speed follow the same path, and my confidence steadily increase. I'm glad that my weight is 10 pounds less than a year ago today, my resting heart rate is 5bpm lower, and I'm running faster. That is encouraging. It also reminds me that I haven't reached my goals. I still have about 12 pounds to go to hit 130, a couple minutes to slice off my 5k time, and I have yet to run a track season or in the Bay to Breakers Centipede yet. In the next year, I'm setting out to accomplish these goals. I'd love to run a steeplechase race again and be fast enough that I'm routinely in the top 33% of elite races. But, one baby step at a time. My most immediate goals are to break 21 at the Pozo 5k on the 4th of July (I'd really like to break 20, but Pozo is usually slower for me for some reason), break 6 minutes at the Davis Mile race, and break 90 minutes at the SLO Triathlon where I'll be ~136lbs.

Morning Weight: 140.5
Miles Today: 7.5
Other Exercise: Bike from work, swim 1800yrds
Total Miles this Week: 30

Oops, I did it again

So Dave and I ran the dish loop again, and we talked pretty much the whole way while maintaining a tempo pace and not pushing overly hard. I was less sore this week than last and my hill strength and speed has improved dramatically. I am slightly sore from running downhill in Rancho San Antonio on Sunday, but it didn't affect the uphills at all and that is where you get your most speed improvements. Anyway, we ran another new record, and we weren't even trying to! Sweet! 26:34. My goal of breaking 26 is looking very attainable now. Maybe we can even break 25 by the end of August, but we'll see.

Morning Weight: 141.5
Miles Today: 6.5
Other Exercise: Spinning Class (moderate), swimming workout 1800yrds
Total Miles this Week: 22.5

And I thought 35 minutes was a lofty goal

Considering that I had run 7:18s for a 10k 4 weeks ago, and the fact that I hadn't run a 5k under 7s yet this year, I figured that breaking 35 minutes in an 8k was a long shot. I thought it was going to be the toughest race so far in 2006. I had no idea how to run an 8k, so I went out fairly conservatively the first mile. When I looked at my watch, it said 6:51! I said to myself, "If you want to continue to break 7s you are going to have to pick it up, because you know the 2nd mile is always slower than the first." So, I increased my pace and went through the 2nd mile in 13:35! Whoa! A few more miles and a 20:25 and 27:14 later, I was on track to break 34, not 35. I don't know where any of this sudden return of speed came from, or where it went between November and June for that matter. I was so relieved at mile 4, since I had to run a 7:45 or better to achieve my goal, that I let up a little and a few people passed me. A little voice in my head said, "If you really push it, you can break 34..." and I returned, "Maybe, but it will hurt a lot and I already made my goal... so nah, I'll pass, but keep running strong and stay with the ladies in front of me." After a little less than a half mile, my body and mind realized that we didn't have much farther to go and picked it up a little. There was a "400 meters to go" sign and upon seeing that in the distance, I let my turnover and push-off increase. Looking at my watch a bit after the sign, I calculated that I would have to run a 94 to break 34 minutes, which seemed like a hard thing to do, but I decided to try anyway. At the 100m mark, I looked at the finish-line clock, and I had 30 more seconds! "Oh! I guess I'm going to beat my goal time by more than a minute!," I said in my head. Pushing the last bit, I finished in 33:52 (33:50 by my watch). I am so proud of myself.

Morning Weight: 142
Miles Today: 6
Other Exercise: biking to work
Total Miles this Week: 16

New Dish Loop Record

Yesterday David and I ran the Dish Loop as fast as I could again. We broke the time from before by 51 seconds, coming through at 26:56. My hammy's were tight for some reason, but we kicked our previous butts, so YAY! My goal for the summer is to be able to break 26. Then, at lunch I did a spinning workout. I'm hoping all this cross training I'm doing will reflect in my race this weekend. My goal is to break 35 minutes for the 8k (or faster than 7 min/miles). The weather is supposed to be an almost record high in Sacramento though, so it may be too hot to run fast, but we'll see. I'm going to take it easy the next two days, with doing some quick strides tomorrow on my run with an easy lunch spin session (maybe), and only running 3-4 miles on Friday and no cross-training.

Morning Weight: 143.25
Miles Today: 5.5
Other Exercise: Commuting to/from work on bike, swimming 900yrds
Total Miles this Week: 28.25

Food and Weight Logs

I've gone outside the blog world and signed up for a couple of sites that work better at tracking what and how much I eat each day, and that chart my weight. The links are now in the Linkspeed section on the right. Enjoy! Holly pointed me to them. Thanks Holly!

Morning Weight: 142.5
Miles Today: 6.75
Other Exercise: Spinning Class
Total Miles this Week: 23.5

8 x 400 cutdowns

On Saturday, I ran to the middle school track in Los Osos and was going to run 2x(4x440 )at 3k pace with 220 recovery and a lap jog between sets. After the first one in 99, I decided that 3k effort would be a better way to go because the track is eroded and the grass is growing into lane 1, so it ends up being a fairly sandy > 1/4 mile. Anyway, I guess I got used to being on a track again, because these were my times: (99,97,98,96,96,95,93,88). Whee! What's that, a 12:45 or so 2 mile?

After breakfast, I rode 40k into SLO on LOVR and back on 1. That's 25 miles and I averaged 27kph. Note to self: change CatEye to MILES next time you ride Mom's bike.

Morning Weight: 144.5
Miles Today: 10.5
Other Exercise: Spinning class at gym, 1 hour
Total Miles this Week: 10.5

Cross Training Galore

I've been cycling about 5x per week, running 6x, and swimming 1 (hopefully 3x in the future), and I feel really strong and energized. It's awesome... and totally weird. I work out 2-3 times a day, but my easy runs don't feel like a chore and I don't waddle around the office from soreness and achey legs. Instead of doing 3 running workouts a week, I'm doing 2 running and 1 biking. Maybe my energy can be attributed to running workouts that aren't as strenuous. My last two workouts were 4x5min fartlek with 2-5min rest at easy day pace today, and a 1600m time trial on Saturday. I'm mad at myself concerning the time trial. It was 6:07. Grrrcicle. (88,92,95,92) And the weird part was my lungs were the threshold and not my legs. I'm doing a mile road race in a month and my goal is to break 6 minutes. Hopefully by then, I'll have broken 140lbs. as well.

My food goal is to eat only when I'm hungry the next 4 days. I think I'm doing well so far. I'm glad I have plenty of snacks at my desk like apple rings and rice cakes. mmmm!

Morning Weight: 145.5
Miles Today: 7.5
Other Exercise: Lift Weights/Abs
Total Miles this Week: 22.5 running, 30 biking, .5 swimming

2006 Marin 10k and first fast Dish Loop

David made me do a tempo dish loop Tuesday. Talk about a confidence booster. We were chatting a lot of the way and still finished in 27:47. My goal is to break 26 by the end of the summer.

My first 10k race in my life was today. 45:17 by my watch, 45:21 by the race's. The start was slow. I think half the people didn't know they were doing the start. Some of those people were on the front line. Oh well. I started my watch when I crossed the line. My first mile was at 7:04, then 14:36 (7:32), 21:58 (7:22), (5k at 22:46), 29:12 (7:14), 36:39 (7:27), 43:53(7:14), (2nd 5k at 22:31). Yay for negative splits! I passed many people on the way to the finish after the 5k mark. Of anything, I'm proud of that. Considering that my best 5k time this year is 21:55, I think I did well. My goal that I didn't think I'd get was to go under 45, but I came pretty close, so I'm relatively happy about that. I don't think I want to race 10k again any time soon though. Ew and ouch. I'm going back to 5ks.

I lost a bunch of weight when I went to King's Canyon National Park with my parents. Hiking takes my mind off of food and keeps me entertained, so I don't eat so much.

Morning Weight: 145.5
Miles Today: 9.25
Other Exercise: None
Total Miles this Week: 12.25

On my own for a bit it seems

My coach didn't give me any new workouts for this period of time, so I took a little time off of workouts last week, focused on cross-training, and started again on Saturday. Saturday, I ran a 30 min warmup and 8x90 seconds at about 3k effort or harder with 90 seconds rest. I was dead on the last repeat. Then, I ran 12x200 cutdowns on Monday with 200 rest. (44,48,47?,46?,44,43,43,43,38,39,38,37) With trainers and no spikes. I'm glad I can go under 40, but I feel luke warm about the results. I was going HARD and they are still above 35. Blah.

Since it feels like summer now, I've gone into summer training mode. I just want to get myself ready for cross country season, which means getting to my racing weight, doing a lot of cross-training of swimming and biking (and saving gas along the way). I've biked to work Tues, Weds, and today so far this week. Wheee!

Morning Weight: 149.5
Miles Today: none
Other Exercise: Biked to and from work (15 miles)
Total Miles this Week: 27

Two races and an in/out workout

Not-so Zippy 5k, 6 x in/outs, and SLOW Run for the Future 5k. Both 5ks were on Sundays. I ran the Zippy in 21:55. Mile splits were approximately 6:49, 7:26 (14:15), and about 7. The 5k-pace part of the in/outs (21:34) were: 95,99,101,100,99?,98? Humph. That HURT. So this last week was a trial on all the things I shouldn't do a week before a race. 1) Wake up with the sun so I don't get my full 8+ hours any of the nights in the week except maybe Fri and Sat. 2) Forget to drink water 3) Drive to LA Weds/Thurs and back Fri. 4) Party on Thurs and get dehydrated. 5) Ride a motorcycle 45 miles on Sat.

Yeah. So I ran 22:10ish. I don't have the official results yet. I am sore today and it is probably from a combination of riding the motorcycle and running.

I really really need some speed. I also really really need to lose weight. Heavy legs are not fast legs.

Goal: 136 or lower by the time I do the SLO Triathlon this year. (July 23) That is 12 weeks away which is one pound a week.
Goal this week: Sleep 8+ hours a night starting tonight. (last night was ~3)


Morning Weight: 147
Miles Today: 12
Other Exercise: None
Total Miles this Week: 19.5

Workouts for 4/12 and 4/15

Last Wednesday, I ran 3 x 1600 in 6:46, 6:37 and 6:39, with 800 jog between each. Wore trainers. Warmed up 3 miles, 4 strides, 6 diagonals with spikes, 4 x 200 after the 1600s (--, 43, 43, 42)

Saturday, I was in my hometown and ran the first two miles of the 4-mile race there, backwards. The first mile was at tempo pace in 7:38 and the second was 7:11 at 10k pace. Total: 14:49

Today was 6 x in/outs which is a 400 at 5k pace and another 400 at faster than easy pace (about 15-20 seconds slower than 5k per lap), no rest between each in/out. My 5k laps were at 98, 97, 99, 97, 99, 97 and the total was 21:32 (for 3 miles). I thought that was pretty sweet.

Morning Weight: 148.5 (yesterday)
Miles Today: 10.5
Other Exercise: brick workout with ~45 min. on the bike
Total Miles this Week: 36.5

Two more Pretty Good Workouts

So, that last workout left me tired until Thursday/Friday. The following are the results from my two workouts last week...

Wednesday: Stanford Track inner lane. 3 mile wm, 4 strides, 6 long accelerations (it was dark and raining and the inside of the track was muddy, so I did them on the track instead of on the infield.), 4x800 at 3k pace w/ 400 recovery (w/ spikes) Puddles galore on the track surface. (3:05, 3:07, 3:08, 3:04), w/ David. 2.5 mile cool down.

Saturday: Palo Alto HS, 3.5 mile wm, 4 strides, 6 long accelerations (on the track, the infield was muddy, ew.), 3 sets of 4x400, 100 jog between 400s, 500 jog between sets. Last 400 in a set was at 5k pace, the rest were at 10k. (102,102,100,94, 104,100,101,95, 102,101,101,95), 2 mile cool down.

Morning Weight: 151 (after bowl of cereal)
Miles Today: 10 miles
Other Exercise:none
Total Miles this Week:10 miles

Good hard workout. Finally

I finally had a long, hard workout that I finished. On Saturday. Yay! It was 3.25 mile wm, 4 strides, 6 diagonals, 4x1600 @ 10k pace (6:58,7:01,6:59,6:48) w/ 400 jog between each and 800 jog after the last one, 4x200 w/ 200 jog (43,44,44,43), 2 mile cd. Yay! I was totally wasted after that. I still feel dead today. (But in the Tri class, we did a bike workout and a running workout, so..... it could be a combo of both.) Oh yeah. I've been taking a triathlon class at the gym and it is pretty fun. Monday/Wednesday at lunch (11:30-1). Today we did a bike workout w/ 5 minute intervals of different stuff (sprinting, hill climbing, etc), and then we ran on the treadmill w/ 4x(10 minutes on and 2 minutes walking) increasing pace or incline during the time chunk. I didn't go fast. I stayed right around 8 min/mile pace for the running. Still, I'm totally pooped.

Morning Weight: 151
Miles Today: 6.75
Other Exercise: spinning for 30 minutes
Total Miles this Week: 6.75

Log for half week of 3/15-3/18

Wednesday: 148.5
9 miles: 3 mile wm, 4 strides, 8 diagonals, 6xin/outs (5k/MP), Palo Alto HS track.(6:5?, 7:14, 7:16) (14:30 for last 8 laps), 2 mile cool down.

2 miles: 10 minute wm on treadmill, spin workout for about an hour or so (OUCHIE) I was making it rain on the ground. ew. Then we got to run (yay!) on the treadmill for about 10 more minutes, slowly increasing speed. I was doing sub-8 pace at the end and feeling good. I was suprised that my legs un-jellofied pretty quickly. Talk about a confidence booster!

oatmeal w/ cranberries and brown sugar[200], 2 egg whites[50], fresh pineapple[100], mocha[50], 2 hershey nuggets[150], salad[150], corn chowder[250], veggie strombolli[300], TJ choc. square[70], egg salad sandwich[400], yogurt[150], tortilla[110] = [1980]

Thursday: 147
7 miles: out on Junipero Serra for an hour, slowly.

PDI breakfast[350], banana[100], mazing bar and TJ square[150], M&Ms [100], soup, salad and veggies w/ rice [500], PDI cookies [300], ...= [1500]

Wow. I couldn't even finish a half week. Being stressed at work stinks. I won't stop trying to eat right!

Log for week of 3/5-3/11

Sunday: 149 (Parents')
Hiked up Bishop's Peak

Carlock's Bavarian Cream Donut [500], 3 big strawberries [50], a few chocolate chips and M&Ms [50], 4 homemade buttermilk pancakes (w/ choc. chips) [500], 1/3 of large Round Table Chicken Garlic Supreme [800?], Negra Modelo [150], choc. chips and M&Ms [300] = [2350]

Monday: 150.5
stiff from hike
7 miles - ran to Stanford track far side (27 mins) 8 strides of jog the turns, stride the straights, ran home (28 mins), a few walking drills, step-ups on bleachers
3.5 miles - 2 slow laps around business complex ~32 minutes

Oatmeal w/ cranberries and brown sugar [200], fresh pineapple [100], 2 egg whites [50], mocha [50], fun size peanut M&Ms [100], salad [100], okra gumbo soup [100], brown rice and mu shu veggies [300], 1/2 egg salad sandwich on whole wheat [200], Dark chocolate square [70], Nature Valley choc. chip bar [120], fun size mazing bar [100], gatorade bar [250], bowl oatmeal [150], gardenburger patty [100] = [1990]

Tuesday: 150
sore in glutes, quads and hamstrings
7 miles - Raining. w/ David, up Dish loop and down the back side to the cow grate and back.

Oatmeal w/ cranberries and brown sugar [200], fresh pineapple [100], 2 egg whites [50], bagel with strawberry cream cheese [400], mocha [50], salad w/ pasta [200], cheese sandwich [300], 2 chocolate squares [140], 2 gatorade bars [500], some strawberries [50] = [1990]

Wednesday: 148
still stiff
9 miles: 3 miles warm up SLOW, 4 strides, 6 diagonals with spikes, 2x1600 (7:23,7:23) w/ trainers on inside lane of Stanford (I was supposed to do four at 10k pace, but I did the first one and it was really difficult and I got such a slow time, any my lungs were a little rumbly, so I decided to do one more only) w/ David, 400 recovery, 5 min after, 4x200 w/ 200 recov at 3k pace (43,45,44,44). Man I'm slow. Those were hard. 2 mile cool down.

Oatmeal w/ cranberries and brown sugar [200], baked omelet with spinach, matzo meal, and cheeses [150], mocha [50], maple yogurt [150], pastry thing [200], salad [150], 1/2 egg salad sandwich [250], 2 pieces olive cheese bread [300], 2 mazing crispy bars [150], chocolate square [70], carrot cake Clif Bar [240], strawberries [50]= [1960]

Thursday: 149.5
6 miles: ran around for ~53 minutes, slowly. sore and stiff.
1.75: 1 lap w/ Holly 16:26 windy!

Oatmeal w/ cranberries and brown sugar [200], fresh pineapple [100], 2 egg whites [50], mocha [50], 4 rice cakes [140], veggie lasagna [300], greek salad [100], bread [100], 2 PDI cookies [300], choc. square [70], cereal [200], some sugarly snackies [100], Clif Bar [250] = [1960]

Friday: 148
DNR

??????

Log for half week of 3/1-3/4

Ash Wednesday: 152.5
DNR: still gunk in my lungs

Oatmeal w/ dried cranberries and brown sugar [200], 2 hard-boiled egg whites [50], fresh pineapple [100], green tea, calcium pill, spinach and pasta salad [150], "Carrot and mushroom loaf with forest mushroom sauce and brown rice pilaf" [700], upside-down apple coffee cake [400], calcium pill, TJ's chocolate square [70], chocolate chip nature valley chewy granola bar [120], bowl of cheerios and cornflakes w/ milk [200], 2 liters water = [1990]

Thursday: 151.5
DNR: still gunk in my lungs

Oatmeal w/ dried cranberries and brown sugar [200], 2 hard-boiled egg whites [50], fresh pineapple [100], calcium pill, banana [100], salad [150], 1/2 veggie calzone [600], 2 PDI choc. chip cookies [400], calcium pill, peach wallaby organic yogurt (this stuff rocks! Usually I gag on the consistency of yogurt, and this is more liquidy) [130], stir fry from TJ's [270] = [2000]

Friday: 149.5
28 minutes of running. Ran for 1 minute. Had a hack attack with tears streaming down my face, and then tried cautiously running and felt fine! yay!
30 minutes of Yoga - easy, but I'll be sore tomorrow.

Oatmeal w/ dried cranberries and brown sugar [200], 2 hard-boiled egg whites [50], fresh pineapple [100], vanilla bean wallaby yogurt [140], macaroni and cheese [600], salad [50], mocha (nestle powder w/ 300 mg of calcium and coffee) [50], Nature Valley choc. chip chewy granola bar [120], calcium pill, pad thai [600] = [1910]

Saturday: 147.5 (Parents')
DNR: gunk

Choc. chip Gatorade Bar [250], 1/2 cup vanilla TJs yogurt [90], cheese sandwich [300], 1/2 a huge banana [70], nachos [250], 1/2 clam chowder in a bread bowl[ 500], red velvet cake [400], some choc. chips [40] = [1900]