19 July 2009
Marian July 19th, 2009
Decided to try a little something different today! I did an interval Walk / Run on the Monte Sano 5k Course. It was really good, I can’ wait to do it again later in the week!
Travel and Exercise… the Dilemma
Marian July 4th, 2009
We recently took our annual family holiday. This year, it was the Pacific Northwest.
We arrived and drove to Seaside, OR and had accommodations right along the sea shore. I was looking forward to the next day, planning to get up early and go for a run along the beautiful flat beach. The time arrived and I got up to a chilly morning, headed to the beach and saw it littered with 4″ diameter holes, everwhere along the waterline! It was like a mine field that had recently been cleared! I began my run, and finally slowed to ask someone who was creting the holes what they were dong. The answer: the were digging for clams. When they are at low tide they are apparently easy to find a few inches under the surface of the sand in the wet layers. Who’s a known? Well, got my run in, dodging all of the holes and felt great after, never really feeling the cold.
We were only in Seaside for 3 nights then had to go to Portland (PDX) where my husband was attending a conference. The hotel had a great gym, almost all of the same equipment that my gym at home has! I still managed to get up early to get in a workout with a friend before the kids got up! But, I must say, I missed the chance to run the beach! Oh well, I knew that the opportunity would be there after the conference because we were going back to Seaside before we had to fly home!
I have made it to the gym most days since our return and today eing the 4th of July, I still managed to have a workout, but stayed in the neighborhood and ran my local route!
Nike+ Run Result
Today’s Workout
Marian June 13th, 2009
| ACTIVITY | TIME | CALORIES BURNED |  |
| Treadmill :: Walk / Run | 43 min. | 420 | |
| Walk :: 1.1 Loop | 23 min. | 191 | |
| Walk :: 2.1 Loop | 40 min. | 324 | |
| 1 hr. 46 min. | 935 |
It’s been a while….
Marian June 13th, 2009
It’s been a while since I have made any contributions here!
Since my last post I have undertaken some changes! For the past several years, I have have had a variety of problems with my feet, which has curtailed a lot of my activity. But, last Autumn, I had a catharsis! Time to make a change. As I approach the half century mark in my life, and look to the future with a challenged child, I decided I need to do a little maintenance on myself! I also knew that I would need to learn to work through the pain in my feet. Some days are better than others, and some are really great! But, this whole process is 90% mental!
In September, I saw that a new gym was opening near my son’s school.. So, I waited, though September, then October. In October, before the gym was even open, I joined. I waited a while longer and just before Thanksgiving it finally opened! 
So begins my journey. I weighed for the first time on 9 December, and found that I was the heaviest I had ever been. That alone help to strengthen my resolve. I had already started going to the gym 5 – 6 days per week. I also began to watch the portions during meals. I have never been a big junk food eater, that wasn’t my problem… I just went for 2nds and 3rds too often! Bread was also a major pitfall for me! I allow for only 1,200 calories per day, and aim for a minimum of 30 minutes of cardio at least 6 days per week. With the help of a great Personal Trainer, I began to incorporate strength training into my workout, and I started seeing results.
By mid December I had started losing weight. On New Years day I was down 11 lbs. In early March it was 20 lbs. Now, here we are in June, and I have lost 40 lbs. I don’t plan to stop here. I now am running a bit, not fast mind you, but running none-the-less!
Today, I have been to the gym and done 2.25 miles on the treadmill and burned 420 calorie in the process, I have also walked 1.15 miles with my children and burned 191 calories. We are going to get in another 2 mile walk before the afternoon is over!
More later!
Homemade Laundry Detergent, and me!
Marian June 12th, 2008
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The price of a 75 fl. oz. (2.21L) bottle of a name brand detergent is approaching $14. The items to make multiple 2 gallon batches is less than $10.00. I just made my second batch…. This is after almost finishing the first batch… By the way, the recipe I use is the first one in the list of links to the left, it makes about 2 gallons of detergent! I love it… have no plans to go back to the store bought variety. $3.29 => Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda
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Birthdays… “23!”
Marian June 11th, 2008
I have never been a real fan of Wal Mart. But, my opinion is softening of late.
Did you know that they are designing their stores to use less energy. All of the newer stores have skylights that illuminate the shopping space. When it goes cloudy ( for a period of time, not the passing stray cloud), the lights will become a bit brighter to make up for the light deficit.
And, did you know that Wal Mart has become the larges retailer for CFLs (Compact Fluorescent Bulbs)!
At any rate, they have the ability in their Bakeries, to take any photograph that you may have, scan it, and convert it to an edible image that they lay on top of the icing! The cakes are not bad as store bought cakes go…
Just wanted to share!
