Food Challenge Update and Link Love

Time for another update about my food and exercise regime that I’ve been on for about 2-3 months now.   This, inspired by the lovely Maren, who has kept up with her routine admirably!  You can read about her update here and some very interesting exercise television shows on cable here, here, and here.   There are a lot of choices out there!  I’m currently down 12 pounds with about 5 to go.  I need to step it up as I’ve started the slow down that is normal when you are nearing the bottom.  But, I need to do what Maren is doing.  She’s incorporating weights into her workouts which I did, and then stopped when I broke my finger and then never picked up again.  I hope this, along with the interval training that I haven’t started yet because I’m too lazy to read the manual, will help get me over the hump.  It’s extremely important to add weights and I know this.  I am a dork.  How is the food coming along?  I’m starting to like the one-salad-a-day rule.  Doing that ONE thing has been absolutely essential.  Maybe it’s my imagination but everyone in my office got sick instead of me, when usually I’m leading the pack.  Or I’ll lead the pack and then come back around for seconds several weeks later.  It could be the salads, or maybe the fact that I’m a germaphobe and washing my hands every 5 minutes because I’m afraid of the swine flu.  You decide.

One thing that I’m having to learn is how to order healthy food when out and about.  For example, how does one eat healthy at a football tailgate party and should one even try?  Yes one can and one should.  The rules are pretty easy – grilled instead of fried, salad but dressing always on the side or not at all.  And, no seconds.  In general, it seems that it’s the toppings that get you.  And beer?  Um…yeah…haven’t been working on that part yet!  I can’t bring myself to order wine at a tailgate.  I just can’t.  I guess I could not drink at all.   (crickets).  I’ll keep you posted here!  5 more to go!

Penn State beats Michigan!