RunningInTheMidstofChaos

Hospital Hill 10K

I walked the Hospital Hill 10K this morning. It was raining pretty hard most of the time. It's probably the coldest Hospital Hill on record!

My time was 1:44:58 which is a 16:54 minute mile. That's faster than I've done any of my C25K workouts so far so I'm pretty happy with that.

Welcome 2013

Now that 2013 is officially here, I thought I would just brainstorm about possible resolutions for the coming year:

1. Post a blog entry on my book blog every Monday-Thursday except on holidays.

2. Spend at least 15 minutes a day organizing my bedroom or the scrapbooking room.

3. Get at least 7 hours of sleep per night. On weekdays, this would mean going to bed around 11pm.

4. Start running again and run the Trolley Run, Hosptial Hill 10K, and maybe the Kansas City Half-Marathon.

5. Do yoga on Thursday mornings at Zona Yoga.

6. Print out the Motivated Moms list and follow it.

7. Plan and stick to a weekly menu. Limit eating out as a family to once a week.

8. Drink a green smoothie for breakfast or lunch every day.

Vegan Experiment Day 5

Here is what I ate on Friday, July 6th:

Breakfast

Coconut Cream Pie Lara Bar
Coffee

Lunch

Green Smoothie - coconut milk, mixed greens, banana, blueberries, protein powder

Dinner - Cafe Gratitude

Brown rice w/sauteed veggies and sesame ginger sauce
Chocolate-mint milk shake (made with nut milk)

I worked at the med school this morning and so I was rushed for breakfast. Then I felt like crud when I got home and had a fever. I almost just took a nap without having my smoothie but I forced myself to make and drink it. I glad I did, I think it made me feel better faster.

Vegan Experiment Day 4

This is what I ate on Thursday, July 5th:

Breakfast

1 Baked Oatmeal to Go muffin

Lunch

1 bowl Enjoy Life chocolate granola w/coconut milk

Dinner

Green Smoothie - mixed greens, banana, blueberries, protein powder, coconut milk
2 bowls mixed green salad w/dried cranberries, almonds, blush wine vinegrette

Snack

1 bowl Enjoy Life chocolate granola w/coconut milk

I felt like crud again this morning so after my muffin, I went back to bed. I should have had my green smoothie first to see if that made me feel better. Then I woke up with just enough time to get ready for work so I had to snarf down the granola. I didn't get in any fruits or veggies until dinner time. Not good!

I liked my Green Smoothie a lot better with the coconut milk instead of water like I had been using.

 

Vegan Experiment Day 3

This is what I ate on Wednesday, July 4th:

Breakfast

Green Smoothie - mixed greens, banana, strawberries, protein powder

Lunch

Salad w/mixed greens, dried cranberries, almonds, blush wine vinegrette
2 Baked Oatmeal to Go muffins

Dinner

2 Baked Broccoli Burgers
Sweet potato fries w/honey mustard
Zevia soda

Even though I slept in this morning, I felt really tired and achy for the first few hours that I was up. After I drank a big glass of water and rested a bit, I felt better. I may be feeling bad because of the toxins leaving my body?

Vegan Experiment Day 2

This is what I ate Tuesday, July 3rd:

Breakfast

Green Smoothie - spinach, banana, blueberries, protein powder

Lunch (Chick-Fil-A)

Side Salad w/raspberry vinegrette (I picked off the cheese)
Fruit Cup

Snack

Enjoy Life Cinnamon Crunch granola w/coconut milk
Handful raisins

Dinner

4 Vegan Tacos (2 with corn taco shells and 2 with lettuce cups)
Diet Coke

Snack

Thin Mint brownie

I am super proud of myself for eating vegan at a fast food restaurant amid the tempting smells of the delicious chicken. I'm not so proud of myself for having a Diet Coke. It was the last one in the frig so NO MORE.

I felt more full today so maybe my body is getting used to this way of eating already.

Vegan Experiment Day 1

This is what I ate Monday, July 1st:

Breakfast

1 Baked Oatmeal To Go muffin
1/2 cup of coffee

Lunch

Green Smoothie - spinach, pineapple, banana, protein powder

Snack

1 bowl Enjoy Life Cinnamon Crunch granola w/unsweetened coconut milk
1 apple w/soy nut butter

Dinner

15 Minute Creamy Avocado pasta
Mixed green salad w/dried cranberries, almonds and blush wine vinegrette

Snack

Thin Mint brownie
Handful of Salt and Vinegar chickpeas

I didn't keep track of the water I drank but I think I drank at least 64 ounces. I was tired today but I think that has more to do with only getting five hours of sleep last night. I felt hungry for most of the afternoon - I need to get some hummus or something. I think carrots, broccoli and hummus would be a good snack that would fill me up.

 

Vegan Experiment

This blog has been quiet for over a year. A quick recap of why: my knee pain never went away so I stopped running last June after the Hospital Hill 10K. Then, my Remicade stopped working and my Crohn's flared up. No other medication has worked and I've had a fever pretty much every day since last August. After two trips to the Mayo Clinic, it appears that the only solution is to get a colostomy which would maybe be temporary but most likely not. Since I have nothing left to lose, I've decided to go vegan to see if that improves my health at all. This is the perfect week to start because my boys are visiting their grandparents and there is no one here to bitch about the new recipes I'll be trying. I'm going to keep track of the recipes I try and whether or not I like them on this blog. I'll also post a food diary and how what I'm eating makes me feel.

May 9

I went to the master's yoga class yesterday morning and Advanced Vinyasa Flow tonight. It was 90 degrees here today and the temperature in the studio was 85. I was dripping buckets by the end of class.

I went to the chiropractor this morning and he wants me to run Wednesday morning and let him know how it goes. So this is the tentative plan for the rest of the week:

Tuesday: P90X leg video
Wednesday: Run 4 miles
Thursday: Yoga DVD
Friday: P90X leg video
Saturday: Run 6 miles
Sunday: Yoga class

Catching Up: May 1-May 7

On Sunday I went to the master's class at Zona Yoga. On Monday I went to Ashtanga FUNdamentals because I was meeting girlfriends for a movie later and couldn't go to Advanced Vinyasa Flow. On Tuesday I ran three miles and had knee pain. I took Wednesday off and then ran just one and a half miles on Thursday.

My chiropractor told me that if I had knee pain on Thursday that I should take a week off running and see if that helped things heal. He also said I should build up my quads and that should help. So on Friday I did just the leg portion of the P90X Chest and Back video. Oh my gosh - I can hardly walk this morning! I can't believe it - it's not like I haven't done any exercise since I finished P90X. I took today off to recover and I'll go to yoga in the morning.

I weighed myself this morning and I weighed in at 121.5! I'm only 4.5 pounds from my goal weight of 117. Yay!