Weight Lost - 28.6 lb. in 70 days
Total Calories Eaten - 1275
Today's MFD calorie allowance range - 2086 for a 2 lb loss/week rate, 3086 for weight maintenance
MFD occupation activity level - Moderate Activity
Total MFD Exercise/Activity Calories Earned - 749
MFD Calorie Balance - 811 left to eat at 2lb loss/week rate
MFD Weight Loss Rate Today - 3.6 lb loss/week
HWHL Points Today - 40 (393 total this session) I did everything, including an extra 45 minutes exercising, and I posted
Cat's Challenge Points - I'll be joining a new blog challenge. I figure, I'm already tracking everything for myself and for HWHL, so I might as well get some more kudos for what I'm doing. But with the way Cat has laid out her point system, I think I'll just tally everything once a week.
Exercise - 2 min 3.0mph walk to warm up, then 3 mile run 4.0mph, then 20 laps (0.625 mile, 1100 yards) swim in the pool, about 31 minutes.
I posted this on HWHL tonight:
"I Did 2/3 of a Triathalon Today!"
Okay, that's a BIG WORD - Triathalon.
Let me explain.
I was coasting around the internet yesterday, and was checking up on aliedwards.com. I came across her post about doing the Seattle Danskin Triathalon. I thought, "How cool it would be to be able to do that someday!" Her triathalon was an 800-yard swim, then a 13-mile bike ride, and last a 3.1 mile run (hello, that's a 5K!). And I thought, "Hey, 800 yards, that's just under half a mile. I ran 1.75 miles, followed by 0.625 mile swim (1100 yards) on Saturday." As I stood there today in front of the treadmill, ready to run 2 miles, I thought, "Yeah, I bet I could run 3 miles." So, I did it! I tell you what, I was clinging onto the treadmill off and on about the last half-mile, so I don't know if that counts entirely, but I kept picking up my feet, nonetheless. Then, after drinking the rest of my water and walking around for a couple of minutes, I dragged myself huffing and puffing down the stairs to the locker room, where I changed into my swimsuit, stood under the shower to wash off the sweat, and then headed out to the pool. I swam 880 yards (1/2 mile) in 26 minutes (yes, I am super slow, but steady). Then, I threw in another four laps (220 yards), just because. So, I did 2/3 of the Danskin Triathalon today!! Holy Monkeys!!
Okay, yes I know, compared to the Ultra distance triathalon, or IronMan Triathalon (3.8 km swim, 180 km bike ride, 42.2 km run), the Danskin Seattle Triathalon is what is known, according to Wikipedia, as a Sprint distance triathalon (interpretation - Sissy Triathalon). But darn it, I'm going to feel a big sense of accomplishment anyway. Yey for me!!!
Random quotes:
"It's too big a world to be in competition with everyone. The only person who I have to be better than is myself." Colonol Potter-MASH - I definitely have to ascribe to this one, because I will NEVER win an athletic competition. I'm just too darned short, long torso & short stubby legs. But I can always compete and finish the race!
"The only place 'success' comes before 'work' is in the dictionary." Vince Lombardi - Thank you, sports drill sergeant, but it's so true.
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Breakfast - 1 pluot (a plum/apricot hybrid), 2 tablespoons creamy wheat cooked with 1/2 cup water and dash of salt, 1 cup frozen strawberries cooked with the creamy wheat, 1 E.T. Munchies cookie (recipe on yesterday's post), 32 oz. water when exercising after breakfast
Total calories - 225
Lunch - 2 pieces Smith's whole wheat Cottage Bread, 1 tablespoon Miracle Whip Light, 1 slice Oscar Mayer White Turkey Smoked round lunchmeat, 1 wedge Laughing Cow light swiss cheese, 1 roma tomato (2/3 cup worth), 1 pluot (a plum/apricot hybrid), 2 E.T. Munchies cookies
Total calories - 553
Dinner - 2 cups Kroger/Smith's Mirepoix Cajun Style Blend veggies (green peppers, onions, celery) sauteed with 1 large roma tomato (3/4 cup worth) and a dash of salt & pepper, 1/2 cup Naturally Yours Fat Free sour cream (mix with the sauteed veggies to make a dip), 1.5 oz. (21 chips) of Tostitos Baked Scoops, 16 oz. water, 1 Great Value Chocolate & Vanilla Flavored ice cream sandwich, 20 oz. water before bed
Total calories - 497
Veggie Dip looks like this:
Love the Naturally Yours fat-free sour cream! It's the BEST!!
Yay! I love your blog, and am so happy to have you join our 500 challenge. I love the Happy Healthy Wife blog, and I hope my challenge can go hand and hand with the ones they have and doesn't conflict! I had a whole group of them do my challenge this summer and like to think of them as Fitness Friends! Sounds like your on a great path to a healthier and fitter you... woo hoo! And go for the triathlon goal, I know I am going to do one in the next couple years (I have to have this baby first) but then races here I come!
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