RunKeeper

Yesterday while I was out sick from work (not a good feeling) I decided to find a better way of tracking my workout progress.  One of my cousins on facebook is training for a marathon always posts things from RunKeeper, but I never really thought about doing it. I finally looked at the website and I love it so far.  It tracks your actual distance and times. It keeps records of your progress. 

I wanted to start this morning, but the medicines the doctor gave me have not completely kicked in yet and my head feels like it is about to burst!! So not cool.  I am going to test out this weekend, even if it is only for a short walk or workout on the treadmill. I love the fact that it can keep track of different activities, rather I run, walk, get on treadmill, or even dare to tackle the elliptical machine (HA!).

Sidenote...this medicine they have me on the pharmacist said no dairy products....guess she is really trying to make me vegan.  I have come to the conclusion that I am going to stick to just being a pescatarian....might go straight vegetarian, but we will see, that will be another post about my eating habits and portion control.

Have a great day!! Today will be a half day because the more I think the more my head wants to hurt. Not Cool :-(

Weekly Update :-(

A lot has been going on, but here is an update.

1. Weight 292 (gained 2 pounds)....I have to stop eating out so much
2. Working out 3 out of 7 days....I have to get back to at least 5 days...I am aiming for 6
3. As stated on my last post I am thinking about going back to straight vegan...just not about the weight loss, but I was able to manage portions better and not putting as many bad things in my body during that time.
4. I am signed up to do a 5k WALK on the 25th with my church....I would love to run it, but not there yet.

I think that is all for now. In the morning I am going to attempt to cut some time off my 15 minute miles....we shall see.

Vegan or Pescatarian.....that is the question

Recently I have been really looking at the things that I have been eating and how it is affecting my weight. I can admit a lot of times I do not have will power.  I think my biggest struggle is when I have nothing to do.....I eat.  One way to stop this is always staying busy, but I need to rest, I just don't need to pig out when I do.

In February when I attempted to do the Daniel's Fast I truly ate a completely vegan diet for close to 4 weeks, then I brought back in dairy products, then eventually added seafood back into my diet.  When I was completely vegan my weight loss was very noticeable, but don't think that is necessarily good. As I added bread, cheese, and milk back into my diet the weight loss slowed down. Once seafood was added not a big  change. 

So right now I am having the debate of becoming a vegan and eat no meat and no meat products at all....and this includes seafood or stick to being a pescatarian and continue to eat seafood, but no meat will be in my diet.  I don't think seafood is my problem....it is the cheese and bread that gets me. Plus I have to do thinks in moderation and I am so not good at that.

We shall see...Honestly I do not know what my choice is. I don't look at it as depriving myself, because I have found great recipes for several dishes under both choices, my problem is sticking to it.  We shall see....