What Kate Ate, and When.

Finally Shutting My Pie Hole.

11/21/2008 21:31

my whirlwind world

today my day looks like this:  !!!

no, i do not know those hunky guys im with- they work at the MAC store (they were having a gold party/disco- you should have seen it earlier!) next to where i work. 

haha, i really, really, really hope nick does not get mad at this picture- if it helps, they totally batted for the other team- if you get my drift.

please excuse my hideous hair/makeup/outfit.  i did not feel like getting ready today, at all.

so- back to the acutal diet part of this blog...

my eating is still pretty good, except for that wretched, daddy-sized tin of popcorn (GAH KETTLE CORN, my FAVE!) that is sitting on my coffee table.  let's talk about how much of it i ate for breakfast! talk about starting off on the wrong foot. 

then- after a crazy sequence of events- i now have to hit the gym after work, at ten pm. bleh.

i will let you know about my workout tomorrow...

ps, i sold a $1000 painting at work today!  woo-hoo!

 and... i cannot get enough of my dancing turkeys, i might get a litte sad when thanksgiving is gone....

kate.

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11/20/2008 20:09

FREE Run For ALL

wow, ep, you really know how to get me steamed.  i just finished writing this post- that mysteriously disappeared!

anyway- back to business:

International 5K Turkey Trot

this is a link that must be clicked- NOW. there is an online event... COMPLETELY FREE TO EVERYONE being run (yeah- like no credit card  number, address for billing...).  if you run a 5K over thanksgiving weekend... at any point, you follow the directions on the page and you can win some prizes!  it doesnt matter if it is around the block, on a treadmill, with a friend- however you want! lets show 'em ladies!

this kind of makes you want to do a little more and a little less  this thanksgiving.
 
well- i know i will be printing out my little number that weekend.  maybe making up for the mac and cheese my mom has every year?!  (450 calories, 17g of fat !) wowza... maybe i will skip that one this year.
 
tell me, who has incredible plans for thanksgiving?!
i will just be running, then of course- eating!
 
kate.
 
 

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11/18/2008 22:31

lazy lazy

well- i have been lazy lately.  eating great, but just super lite workouts- think powerwalking.  thats okay, tomorrow i return to my grueling gym workouts, i cant wait!

it is acutally a little weird how much i love working out now- i feel a little down in the dumps if i dont go... whatever.  at least im not hooked on something else- like banana split sundaes.

today is nick and my anniversary!!! who else thinks that dating for seven years is a long time?!

talk about original high school sweethearts....  we are celebrating tomorrow- we both had work tonight.

kate.

 

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11/16/2008 12:30

Yesterday

Yesterday- I was walking to work, and found myself in this:











i normally dont comment on politics- on this blog anyway- but this is something i refuse to stay quiet about. 

i understand that all people have different beliefs, and i understand that gay marriage makes some uncomfortable.

all i am saying- gay, straight, transgendered, these are all people marching together, they walked for over 2 hours, and through all of San Diego. 

this is inspiring.

this is a group of people who UN-justly had a right taken from them by fellow citizens, have come together and have consistently stood up for what they believe in- that every person, without exception, has the right to marry the person they love.

 i believe this to be true- and if this offends you, i do apologize, not for my beliefs, but that i made you uncomfortable.

i finally see in the united states what i have seen other countries for years, the will to fight for what you believe in.

kate.

 

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11/14/2008 09:43

21st B-day Plans + NEW 5K

 February 21, 2009. (my 21st birthday)

@ 7am, I will be in the "Give your Heart to a Monarch" 5k. 


@ 9am, I will be eating and loving it.

@ Noon, I will be and learn how to fly.

@ Sunset, I will be with Nick in enjoying our own private piece of the sky.


i have already started saving to pay for all this crap- but it is what i want to do on my 21st birthday- and i will never, ever forget it! 

-I want to finish my 5K in 30 minutes or less.

-I want to eat my Belgian waffles and not feel bad about it, not even the tiny-est bit.

-I want to throw myself out of an airplane, and feel like peter pan.

-I want to ride in a hot air balloon with nick and watch the beautiful colors wash over San Diego. 

i dont think this is too much to ask for, right?

on the way to the gym right now- just thought i would put my head in the clouds so i am running towards a day, not just running.

Todays Workout:

Elliptical: 32 min, Level 5, -408 Calories.

guess what?! i am walking/jogging a 5k on thanksgiving. i know, i know. dont overtrain... well, i am just going to use the 5k as one of my training workouts! plus, i am bringing my jack russell- so i cant run too hard! 

oh, and i am totally making matching shirts for me and shadowfax (my pup- except that he is 3, not a baby anymore ).  they will be SO cute! expect pictures.

Kate.


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11/13/2008 17:57

talk about a lead anchor.

so today was my train-run day at the gym, i did my run for 13 minutes (out of 20). then my legs started to feel really, really heavy- like they were made of lead.  i had to stop running, i couldnt believe that i had to stop, but i did.  it was like trying to run with my feet in blocks of cement!  i am blaming it on working out too hard this close to my race and my body is just sore and telling me to slow down, right?

maybe i should get a trainer.  but who can afford one right now!?  i think i am doing fine... i over-research everything, and my research tells me that i am just sore and to take it easy today and tomorrow. 

so, today's workout was:

Stationary Bike: 35 min, 12.6 miles, 164 calories.

C25K Training: (Workout 2 Day 2) 13 min, 1 mile, 112 calories.

not too bad, but noticealby shorter than my usual workout... hopefully this muscle development happens soon so i can get back to my workouts!

my eating has still been, so-so.  i will do really well until the end of the day- then tank it.  or i will start off terrible! but finish the day strong.  now it is more healthy than unhealthy, so the scale is tipping in my favor.

speaking of scales- i still have not weighed in.  i have decided to stick to my decision to not know where i stand until monday.  if i dwell on a number too much it could mess up a lot of progress i have made towards healthy, not just thin.

later ladies.

kate.

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11/10/2008 22:58

My legs might fall off!

Last night and tonight, i finally took it easy.

sunday: 1 hour hatha yoga, -189 calories.

today: 50 min elliptical, -625 calories.


not good, not bad.  my legs need the down time, and now i am sore from yoga because it has been so long since i had done it!  i cant believe how sore i am!  that is a good sign though- it means i am going in the right direction! 

i am getting so excited for this race! i feel like i am accomplishing something.  even though today is monday- i did not weigh in because it is TOM. that always screws the scale up and i really think it would just discourage me.  i will just wait until next week to see where i am at...

now that i have this new found love for cardio, i hate weights all of a sudden! the only way i can get myself to do any strength training at all is:

(1) a jillian dvd

(2) a real life yoga class

(3) yoga/pilates dvds.

what the hell?!  i can get over this, in time.  i did the yoga class on sunday, it was a good class! so i will do yoga at home tomorrow, along with a jillian dvd.  i dont know what it is, i have developed this weird phobia of lifting weights in the gym.

oh well, i will figure it out eventually!

since exercise has been so great- of course food sucks!  i have been eating sweets all week!  now it makes sense with TOM, but before i was baffeled! now i know that i have a sweet tooth, guess i never noticed it before. but- i have been working out really hard so (i hope) everything will even out.  

i really want to get back into yoga. i was getting semi-good, but then stopped.  so i will be doing home practice for yoga again, it feels so good to strech for that long! 

well, i have about an hour of yoga left to do- then bedtime early. i am taking it easy because i think i might be catching the latest version of sickness that is going around (knock on wood)!


kate



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11/07/2008 11:00

Post Cookie-Buster Workout

wow.  i thought last workout was hard... that was nothing.


elliptical 30 min, cross-train mode, -389 calories.
sit-down-bike 25 min, level 1 (to keep my legs warm) -189 calories.
spinning class from hell, 1 hour, (estimated) -750 calories.
yoga, ashtanga, 1 hour (with my coworker) (estimated) -300 calories.

i guess you could say im crazy. 


i just kept working out because it felt good... i havent trained like this since i was sixteen.  now i remember what being athletic felt like.  also remember why i was so in love with it!



i really do wish i could go back to martial arts, but my knees would never be able to stay in those stances for as long as necessary.  it really makes me sad that i cant, maybe with lots of work i can get my knees back up to par?

so i have decided that me eating out all the time probably isnt the best route to staying closer to vegan.  i now have made peace with the fact that i will have to cook most of my meals.  i can deal, plus nick said he would help! i have loads of cookbooks, the problem is getting up and cooking.  i dont mind it, it is just the whole process that i kind of hate. actually, that i really hate.  i bet i can learn to love it! 

well, nick is still a cookie baking fein, but i didnt eat a whole sheet of cookies last night!  YAY!
they did smell amazing... but i thought about how hard the cookie-buster workout was, and did not feel like doing it again today.

work is sneaking up on me, and its time for a shower.  i will check back in later.
todays workout: jillian dvd, pilates dvd, and my C25K training. (im supposed to take everyother day off.) hopefully i  stay on plan.

kate.





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11/06/2008 09:38

"C" is for Cookie

 yesterday at the gym was the most intense workout i have ever done...

-30 min elliptical- crosstrain mode -360 cal.

-1 hour spinning with the hardest teacher i have ever had! -500 cal (on TDP)

-1 training session: C25K -158 cal.

whew!

and now im going back for more... but i deserve to.  nick has been on this cookie kick lately- he bakes EVERY night, @ least one time, most times twice.  normally i am able to say no to the cookies, but last night i ate six huge sugar cookies! i could not believe what i had done!  so now i have to drag my butt back to that gym for a "cookie monster workout".  im not sure what yet- but it will be hard!

my C25K training is going much better than i thought.  if you just follow the plan it really isnt too bad!  only 37 more days until my race! i still think i am on-plan for doing this... i had a dream last night that i just stopped training but still tried to run the race, talk about a nightmare! 

well, i have to get back to the gym to do my cookie-buster workout, then work later.

see you around ladies, keep up all the good work! (and SoF, and Smooth)

kate.

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11/04/2008 21:37

back on top-bloggers! :)

thanks guys. i am back on the top bloggers list.  im not sure why this matters to me, but it does.  so thank you to all the people who read this blog.  i hope it is at least entertaining!

well- today has been nuts. election coverage, madonna is in town (for one night only), and it rained in san diego today !  and... i bought the coolest calandar ever!

i think im in love! it has everything...

at the back there is a record of races, a graph so that each week you log your miles in a cool chart, and on every single day there is a spot for distance and pace!

there are also running tips and inspirational quotes sprinkled throughout.  since i use my phone/home calandar for events/work/holidays, this calandar is ONLY for exercise purposes. (ps, i totally stole this idea!) i also got happy-face stickers for on-plan days.

so... back to today. today, all day, san diego looked like this:

it was so weird!  rain just isnt that big of an issue here. i had planned on going to the gym and working out... but i walk to the gym (parking there is way more of a hassel!)
so- instead, i did some jillian dvds.  today was the first day i had the guts to try the "cardio-kickbox" dvd.  man, i can feel that one. i highly reccomend it for rainy days- it sure warmed me up!  
 
so today was my first weigh-in since my 2 week "vacation".  i gained .9 lbs, which puts me at 149.9
could have been better, but i was lazy.
 
and... looks like its that time again ladies and gents. all vegan all the time?

maybe just until my 5k... or maybe mostly vegan but i really cant have this wiggle room with cheese, i seriously have a dairy problem.  well, how about- no cheese unitl december? bet you 20$ that the rest of the vegan eating just follows suit.

i think that does it tonight, nothing too big going on. except, that i am realizing how close that 5k is... i can totally do this!
 
i wish everyone's candidate the best of luck, may the best man win!
 
kate.

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