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May 22, 2009

What Not To Do Before the Marathon

cooking, diet, running / 16 Comments

Despite my recent weight loss, I’m not very strict about my diet… until two days before a marathon. With 16 marathons under my belt, I’ve had my share of unfortunate incidents like begging for a spectator to let me in their house to use the bathroom when I did my second marathon. I’ve since learned a lot about how to fuel and not to fuel for a race. This week, as part of Runners’ Lounge’s Take it and Run Thursday, I’ll be sharing my “Eat This, Not That” list of what to eat and what not to eat in the …

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May 19, 2009

Breaking the plateau

diet / 6 Comments

I haven’t weighed myself daily lately, but when I have weighed myself, I’ve been very pleased with the results. Last year, when I was calorie counting pretty strictly, there was a certain weight that I just couldn’t dip below no matter how hard I tried. I could eat as healthy as possible and exercise as hard as possible (in the month of September, I did three marathons and a half marathon!) but the scale would just not budge below that weight… even if I was still carrying an extra pound or two. But recently, for no apparent reason, I’ve been …

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February 27, 2009

Unemployment has done wonders for my waistline… but it’s almost over

career, diet, health and fitness / 41 Comments

Since I lost my job, I haven’t really been going to the gym more (as I’ve explained before, when I know I can go anytime, there’s no reason to get off my butt and go right now), but I’ve gone out to eat a lot less. It’s not just the loss of expense account steak dinners; since I didn’t know when I’d have a job/full income again, I was trying to be frugal and cook at home more often rather than going out to eat. It surprised me when I realized how much more I’ve been going out to eat …

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January 21, 2009

I miss my American diet

diet, travel / 24 Comments

I’m not giving the South Beach diet another try till I get back to the states… but it’s a really good thing I made that decision. For every meal since I’ve gotten here, the table has been set with:-A basket of bread (not whole wheat, either)-A tub of butter-A jar of Polish mayonnaise-A platter of extremely high fat sliced meats (like, half the slice is marbled white fat) I haven’t seen a fruit or veggie since arriving. Oh wait – yes, I have. It’s the one other dish on the table, whose name translates to “cold feet.” You take some …

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January 14, 2009

Coming to you live from my bathroom floor

diet, health and fitness / 12 Comments

A long time ago at the library, I picked up a copy of the South Beach Diet. I love reading diet books, not necessarily to follow them but more to learn about the different schools of thought around dieting and weight loss. The book ended up sitting on my shelf for a long time, but this weekend I finally got around to reading it… and I really liked it. It made perfect sense, and it seemed to match what I’ve noticed about my own body when I give up certain things. The simplified version of explaining South Beach is that …

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