Week 8 Goals Roundup

Happy Birthday to my mom!

I went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this evening with my neighbors. I was okay, but it seemed to go on and on and on. I didn't particularly care for the way his (reverse) aging was handled in the end, though. Once again, another movie that I don't get why it was up for Best Picture. The Oscar wins for makeup and visual effects are definitely justified.

With all the hullabaloo surrounding the dog bite yesterday, I forgot that it was the end of a goals week which also means I forgot to play the piano and trombone last night as I had planned to do. So, no piano, no trombone, no French book (although I did spend a little time trying to help a friend who is taking French in college). I ran 20.62 miles, walked 4 miles, did 1 session of weight training, and spent a couple hours doing using other cardio gear (stepper, rower, elliptical, bike).

Workout

February 26, Thursday
4:45 p.m. CT
Warm up: .5 mile walk
Distance: 1.62 miles, treadmill @.5%
Duration: 18:22
Pace ave: 11:19
HR ave 143, max 153
Cool down: .38 mile walk
Shoes: Pegasus 25

Today needed to be an easy effort for 4-5 miles, and it started off okay but slowly went downhill. I didn't feel like I had any energy, and I just didn't want to go anymore ... so I didn't. Bah. Had it not been so windy outside and had the timing been better (people getting off work ... too much traffic on the routes I would have run), I'd have been outside instead of in.

Food

Today definitely wasn't among the more nutritionally sound days I've had.

My Food Diary on CalorieKing.com

Morning Stats

n/a

Gran Torino

We didn't get enough snow to write home about, just a few flurries. It's well below normal temps, but not as frigid as lots of other places. The sun even came out for a little while late this afternoon.

Went to see Gran Torino tonight with my neighbors. I really enjoyed the movie, but I didn't expect it to be what it was, particularly the ending. I'm not sure what I did expect, tho. Not anything like Dirty Harry, for sure, but ... hmmm ... I think the trailer makes it seem like there is more action that there actually is. Bob liked it better than Cheryl did. There is plenty of humor scattered throughout, much of it what we'd typically call racist remarks, but there doesn't seem to be any malicious intent with it from the main character ... it's just how he calls it. I'm sure there will be plenty who disagree with me. So be it.

I made some more bean stuff in the slow cooker today: Anasazi beans, long-grain brown rice, chicken broth, a couple carrots, a white onion, a very large garlic clove. Turned out pretty good.

Workout

January 13
4:34 p.m. CT

Treadmill@1%
Warm up: .5 mile walk
Distance: 3.25 miles
Duration: 34:57.3
Pace ave: 10:45 (11:14, 10:43, 10:06, 11:35 for last .25)
HR: ave 158, max 177
Cool down: .5 mile walk
Basement: 63.5 degrees

Shoes: yellow Pegasus

Comfortable run. Watched the end of Oprah and part of the 5 o'clock news.

Food

Breakfast: 10:00 a.m. banana, packet of Kashi oatmeal, 1/4 oz almonds.
Lunch: 1:10 p.m.  Lean Cuisine Salmon with Basil, celery, cherries.
Afternoon Snacks: 4:15 p.m. 1 oz beef jerky.
Supper: 5:30 p.m. Anasazi beans & rice.

Evening: @movies - popcorn w/o butter; @neighbors' after movie - Rice Krispie treat, some sort of low fat, no-sugar-added banana cream thing (recipe from a diabetic cookbook).

1764 calories (not counting the banana thing): 30% from fat, 15% from protein, 55% from carbs.

Morning Stats

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Quantum of Solace

I went to see Quantum of Solace this evening with Jeff & Amy. While it wasn't the standard Bond flick, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The chase scenes were terrific ... got my adrenaline flowing a bit and the ol' heart rate up. I hope the Bond franchise sticks with Daniel Craig. He makes a great 007 on many levels.

This afternoon, I felt an unexpected compulsion to go buy food for the Salvation Army, so away I went to the grocery. Spent about $90 and got dried beans, rice, oats, pasta (whole grain, even), canned veggies and fruit, Jello, corn flakes, loaf of bread (had a coupon to get a free loaf), corn meal. I left it all in the car and will haul it to the Salvation Army tomorrow when I'm there for the Kiwanis lunch meeting (my mom finally talked me into going).

Today, I noticed a little bit of a tickle at the back of my throat and my head is a bit achey. Yesterday, my right ear was making sqishy sounds like it had some extra fluid in it. I hope I'm not getting sick!

Workout

December 2
I'm giving the ankle another day of rest. I did walk to and from the movie theater, though, which is all of 5 blocks away.

Food

Breakfast: 10:15 a.m. 1 packet Kashi vanilla oatmeal, 1 packet sugar-free maple & brown sugar oatmeal, 2 packets Splenda.
Lunch: 2:00 p.m. Lean Cuisine Sezchuan Shrimp, green grapes.
Afternoon Snacks: 4:00 p.m. chips, Payday.
Supper: 7:30 p.m. @movie - popcorn, Diet Coke.

Morning Stats

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Beautiful Day, Decent Run, Lots to Eat

I watched Iron Man this evening. While I liked it, I expected more. When all was said and done, it just seemed rather anticlimactic.

Workout

November 26
11:30 a.m. CT
Warm up: .6 mile walk
Distance: 6.87 miles
Duration: 1:16:46
Pace ave: 11:10
HR ave 152, max 172 [1st 46 mintues only. HRM memory full.]
Cool down: .6 mile walk
@start: 44/41, 57%, sunny, SE@5
@end: 48, 51%, sunny, SSE@2

It's such a nice day today! My goal for the run was to just enjoy the day, take it easy, and not worry about pace. It felt pretty good, although I noticed my breath was a little ragged again on one of the hills. Just another reason to get back to eating well and ditching the junk. My left ankle was a tad "twinge-y" but in a new spot.

Food

Breakfast: 8:15 a.m. banana, clementine, green grapes, 1/2 oz almonds.
Snacks: 1:00 p.m. remainder of Raisinets from last night; 2:30 p.m. apple.

Supper: 3:45 p.m. @Stoll's (Amish buffet) - fried fish & chicken, veggies, beans, a little mac & cheese, mashed potatoes & a smidgen of gravy, coconut cream pie, apple cobbler with a little ice cream.

Snack: 9:30 p.m. mini bag microwave popcorn, glass of Goats do Roam wine.

Supper was just preparatory work for the stomach for tomorrow's feasts.

Morning Stats

weight: 150.0
bf: 29%
pulse: n/a
bp: n/a
bg: n/a

Hard Treadmill Workout , Big Supper, & Bolt

I went out to eat this evening with my sister (step-sister, to be technical) and niece & nephew at one of the two local Mexican eateries. I ate too much ... urf ... moo. Afterwards, we went to see Bolt. Great flick! Monsters VS Aliens and Up both appear to be must-see movies come March and May, respectively.

It was a very nice evening, and I was glad to spend some time with them since they are moving up to Bloomington in a week and a half. Of course, Bloomington is only a couple hours away, so it's not like I'll only see them once a year or anything like that.

Workout

November 25
8:00 a.m. CT
Warm up: .5 mile walk
Distance: 5.86 miles
Duration: 1:03:45
Pace ave: 10:21 for intervals, 11:52 for 1st & last mile.
HR first mile: ave 135, max 146; P4L8: ave 150, max 163; P4L9: ave 167, max 185; last mile: ave 163, max 166
Cool down: .5 mile walk
Basement temp: 62

On the treadmill: 1 mile slow (1% incline, 5.0->5.2 mph), 3.86 miles using 2 iterations of pre-programmed Speed intervals (P4L8 [0%, 5.0-6.4 mph] & P4L9 [0%, 5.6 - 7.0 mph]), 1 mile slow (1%, 5.2->5.0 mph). I watched part of GMA and Regis & Kelly. The first set of intervals were comfortable, the second not-so-comfortable, nope, not at all. Unlike the last time I did this workout, I pretty much felt like dying 75% of the way through Level 9. Perhaps the difference was I hadn't had anything to eat today when I did the workout versus last time when I did it at 6 p.m. and had eaten.

Food

Breakfast: 9:30 a.m. banana, clementine, green grapes, 1/2 oz almonds.
Lunch: 12:00 p.m. Lean Cuisine Salmon Mediterranean, Green Giant Yellow Carrots, Navy Beans, and Spinach in a Garlic Herb Sauce.
Supper: @El Rodeo - 5:15 p.m. chips, salsa, queso, fajita beef in soft tortillas, guacamole, refried beans, Diet Coke; @movie - popcorn, Almond Joy, Raisinets, more Diet Coke.

Urf. Yeah, well. It was free popcorn night at the movies. Of course, that doesn't explain the candy. :-) It's not like I was even remotely hungry. Just one of those things.

Morning Stats

weight: 149.6
bf: 29%
pulse: n/a
bp: n/a
bg: n/a

Rest Day, Some Movie Bafflement, 4 Fat Cats

I finished watching Inland Empire this morning. I really like David Lynch stuff, but this one baffled me more than usual. [NYT Review, IMDB, Netflix]

Workout

None and I'm glad! Actually, I wish I didn't need a rest day and could go hike 30 miles or something like that.

Four Fat Cats

I have four large-sized house cats. It'd been a while since I last weighed them (Nov '07), so I did so today. They only eat dry food and don't normally get any treats. Aside from his weight, Marvin is a big cat ... tall, long, long tail. Proportionately, Simone is probably the "fattest" but Andy isn't far behind. Mary is also large-framed. Weights are in pounds.

Marvin: 18.0, previously 16.2.
Mary: 15.8, previously 16.6.
Rooney: 15.8, previously 15.4.
Simone: 15.6, previously 15.0.

Food

Breakfast: banana, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, 1/2 oz almonds.

Morning Snack: 9 Kisses.

Lunch: big salad - baby spinach, mixed baby greens, bell peppers, onions, cauliflower, cucumber, tomatoes, blueberries, ground flaxseed, balsamic vinegar; cantaloupe, watermelon.

Afternoon Snack: Well, um, uh, ... a bunch of Kisses and Raisinetts and Almond Joys. I no longer have any of the latter. That's a good thing.

Supper: Ordered a pizza online but they called & said they didn't have any delivery drivers tonight, so I canceled the order ... cosmic intervention? Kashi Black Bean Mango replaced the pizza.

Evening Snack: n/a

Morning Stats

weight: 148.2 [not surprisingly, I expect it to be up in the morning :-(]
bf: 29%
bp: n/a
pulse: n/a
bg: n/a