Jasmyn

Things are good!

• The doctor said my brain MRI came out normal. No shrinkage, no Alzheimers, no excuses for my memory loss
• The hepatitis doctor said I probably will not need treatment. It depends on my biopsy. He expects to find no scar tissue or cirrhosis. If that is the case, no treatment! If there is scar tissue, then I will have to get treatment. So we will see. Since I have had no symptoms for 30 years, he thinks I will be ok without the interferon/ribovarin thing.
• I went down to NikeTown and bought myself a pair of Nike+ shoes that communicate with an iPod Nano How cool is that? I can’t wait to go for a run.
• Tomorrow I go to Tennessee
• I really AM losing weight. All my jeans are too big. I tried on 6 pairs, and there is only one pair that doesn’t fall right off. The scale doesn’t say I am losing weight but clothes don’t lie.

I guess I do need to congratulate myself. I had a 144 mini-goal, and I have met it. Next goal is 140.

Today I had to sit in an 8-hour defensive driving course, because I got a ticket while I was on supervision for another one. I realized there is something wrong with my hip. Both hips have been bothering me for quite some time, but usually if I have been sitting too long, and then I stretch and am ok. Today I couldn’t sit through the class, had to stand in the back for most of it.

I *did* however go for a run during lunch break. There was a fitness course at the college where the class was, so I did my run in intervals, stopping at the fitness stops and doing the exercises. The run sure didn’t help my hip and now I am wondering it the running is making it worse. I hope I don’t have to stop running.

Run, Forrest, Run!

Today was my 25 minutes straight run. It is the longest I have ever run. That completes Week Six. Week Seven will be 25 minute runs the whole week. No more sissy 10 minute runs. I will miss them, but as soon as I finish my Couch to 5K in a few more weeks, I will mix up my runs.

So, I went 5.5 mph, 25 minutes, 2.24 miles. Not sure if that is exactly right because I had the pedometer on the “walk/run” setting.

Things are good again, with the weight. Down a tad to 144.2. I fixed my leaky bathroom pipe all by myself. That felt good. I was glad I didn’t have to call a plumber.

Made plans for another weekend in Tennessee. I will go November 2 and 3.

I marinated some tofu in soy sauce, sesame oil, red wine, mustard, maple syrup and fresh garlic. Going to bake it, make some red potatoes, fresh asparagus, and a salad.

My daughter just came in with her angel Halloween costume. Well, an angel with black fishnets and boots, that is.

Your downstairs neighbor in your condo calls you and says “There is water all over my bathroom ceiling”, and the first thing you can think of (after thinking about smoking a cigarette) is how good it would feel to go for a run.

Whoulda thunk that running would be something I like. I feel so good after a run. After last week’s 20 minute run, this week is relatively easy. I walked 5 minutes. Then, the first run was 5 minutes. It seemed ridiculously easy. Then as the workout went on, nothing was at difficult. Then I walked 3 minutes. Then I ran for 8 minutes. Then I walked for 3 minutes. Then ran for 5 minutes. I was supposed to do the five minute cooldown here, but I forgot where I was, and I repeated the 3 minute walk and the 5 minute run. Finally, the 5 minute walking cooldown, sheesh, I was tired but it felt good. I really want to run every day but I am pacing myself to only do this 3 days a week. That way I really look forward to my run, and it doesn’t seem like a chore.

When I was a little girl in gym class I used to dread doing the 500 yard dash or whatever it was we did. I always came in last. I love that the girls these days are so much more athletic than when I was young.

Stats today:
4.2 mph average
3.4 miles
43 minutes

Week 6

Day 1)

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:

• Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
• Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
• Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)
• Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
• Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
• Walk 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) - cooldown

Day 2

Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:

• Jog 1 mile (or 10 minutes)
• Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
• Jog 1 mile (or 10 minutes)
• Walk 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) - cooldown

Day 3

• Brisk five-minute warmup walk
• Jog 2-1/4 miles (or 25 minutes) with no walking.
• Walk 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes) - cooldown

Hee hee, this basketball hoop that I see on my run still cracks me up.

Body is just as important as mind. 1/3 soul 1/3 physical body 1/3 mind. Maybe.

xoxox

Jas

 I was scared to try it. I knew I would fail. But guess what? I did it! I ran 20 minutes straight. The Couch to 5K plan that I have been doing jumped suddenly from 8 minutes of running to 20 minutes. It was hard. I was out of breath, but I did it, I did it.

For some reason the scale has been going up. Maybe it’s my inner cavewoman trying to store up some fat for the long winter. I’m not happy about this, but I have been hovering between 148 and 150. Up about 5 pounds.
This weekend is the Bar Mitzvah in Minneapolis. The one where I wanted to look great for seeing all the cousins I haven’t seen in years. So I got a haircut that I hate, and I feel fat. Isn’t it amazing how we can sabotage ourselves into having a rotten time just because of our perception of how we look? I am way too obsessed with how I look.

I don’t know why, but this cracked me up. I was in an international grocery store, and saw this sign over the produce department that said “All Day Freshness”.  Very Engrishy.

Snapped this picture at dawn with my cell phone.

 You guys, thank you so much for the insights. It sure is mental. Isn’t it amazing that things like diet pills can trick our brains into not sending the hungry signal to whatever it is that makes us hungry?

I had a nice day today. Drove a pediatric infectious disease specialist around. What a sweetie. I learned that we should all positively get flu shots and shingles shots.

My pants seem bigger. I still haven’t gotten the ones I wear at work taken in. I have black suits I wear, lightweight wool.  I think I like how it feels to have to keep pulling them up. I like looking in the mirror and seeing how floppy the legs are at the thighs. I do feel better.

I think this running and walking is really doing the trick. I think it is why we all are doing so well. It’s amazing. Whoulda thunk it? That walking could melt pounds away? With all the exercising we had been doing not doing anything, that it was just plain walking that would do it.

By the way, I have not been drinking. I miss my wine, but I think it makes me eat too much

Still loving it. I am on Week Four of the Couch to 5k running plan. Still not losing weight, but I think that will come eventually.  The important thing is improving my fitness level. This week I ran 5 minutes straight. It still doesn’t sound like much to me, but it still isn’t easy. By the end of the 12 weeks I will be running 5k, or 3 miles straight.

I lost my second pedometer this week.  I hope someone finds this one — I put my phone number on it this time.

Today I have to go to Dumb Driver School. Ugh!!!! 8 hours of torture.  What should I reward myself with enduring that?

I am understanding how this walking thing gets addictive. When I finished walking yesterday (I ran out of time and only got 2 miles in) I wanted to walk some more.
Thoughts while I was walking yesterday. We are all connected. But so far apart. Universal spirits. Spiritual beings. Looking up at the verdant canopy of leaves, hearing the rushing sound of rain about to come. Not one but two people stopped to talk to me. I am in running clothes with ipod headphones. The first guy was older, he asked me if I needed a ride. The second one was a young guy who was obviously concerned. I was standing by my car with the trunk open and he asked me if I needed help.

Down two tenths of a pound to 145.4.  I Guess the no drinking rule is helping the weight loss.

Things to be happy for today:

(And if you are listening up there I know I am supposed to be atoning for my sins today, sorry, but I am happy)

1. I am running, I really am! I ran 3 minutes And it felt good!
2. My weight is going down

This is a cool little gadgt available in iGoogle! It shows a moving average, so you can weigh every day.

I did NOT drink last night, and I really missed it.