It's midway to January 31 and I'm not midway to my goal. I'm not really too far off, but still not midway. Did 5 miles today, 4 jogging (.5 incline @ 4.1 mph) and 1 walking (1 incline @ 3.3 mph). Thank you, Netflix, for making this a lot less painless on the treadmill. Running outside is pretty nice, using the ipod...but treadmill running is pretty boring.
A very productive day. I cleaned my now somewhat less dungeon-like laundry room. That took quite a while. The good news is that I threw out a lot of stuff. That's my favorite part.
Back to Netflix: I've gotten through 3 seasons of Nip Tuck, 2 seasons of Dexter, and 2 seasons of The Tudors. I tried watching Pillars of the Earth (a fantastic book), but it was too disjointed for me. So I switched to Weeds. I used to watch that a while back.
More about yogurt: I've found that the thickest yogurt I've made so far has been with half 2% milk and half powdered milk. Surprising. It seems like this combo yields more water. All I have to do is put a coffee filter in a strainer, pour in the yogurt, and I get yogurt the consistency of sour cream. I can stand a spoon up in it. This is, btw, using Fage yogurt as my starter. I like it a little more drinkable. Next time, I'm going to use my own yogurt as the starter and see how long I can do that. This seems to be quite a long experiment that I get to enjoy.
I am loving getting back into running -- ok, I'm really jogging, but what the heck? I'll be debating whether to register for the Broad Street Run. That sounds like something to accomplish. I just can't imagine running/jogging for 2.5 hours if I can keep the pace of 4 mph. I really can imagine 1.5, but 2.5? We'll see, we'll see. I'm not going to sign up until the last moment because I want to make sure that I don't have any injuries or needed rest time before my Run Amuck 5K. I can't wait to do that!!!
I'm on the 16th day of the 17-Day Diet. I have to admit, I'm already doing the 2nd phase of the diet because I couldn't stand my meals without some type of grains. Seriously, if cheating means having a piece of multi-grain toast or a bowl of Special K, well, so be it. I didn't have any bad foods; I've resisted cookies, donuts, pizza, and stuff like that. How much did I lose so far? I don't weigh myself, for me, it's all about how the clothes fit. Being 5'9" never brings me to those small numbers for weight, and I know the weight where I look good...so it's about being healthy and how the clothes fit. (And no, that's not a cop-out. That's how it is for me.) I can't wait to fit into the stuff that's been waiting for me in the closet.
On the bright side, I've quit smoking and truly consider myself a non-smoker. Not even an ex-smoker. A non-smoker. That's it.
Bottom line: 58.25 to go - 5 miles today = 53.25 to go.
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