Slim People in Progress

Marathon Training Day 1

Yesterday was our first day of marathon training, bright and early in Santa Monica.  Didn't have a chance to write because I was getting ready for my trip to NYC.  Arrived a few minutes ago and thought I'd spend a few minutes catching up before business and conference consume me.

After taking care of admin stuff, the Westside TNT group broke up between the runners and the walkers.  We met our mentors (mine is Tiffany with lots of tatoos) and the coaches, Tereza and Marie.  Marie is Irish and ran the Olympic marathon for Ireland in 1988.  She's coached a lot of runners and is very enthusiastic.  Tereza is a runner, coach, personal trainer and Pilates instructor.  Nice. We got a good Pilates cool down after the first run.

We started with a 5 minute run around the block before we warmed up.  After some warm up stretches then we were off, a small group of 50 or so.  Since it was a holiday weekend.  Normally there will be about 140 people on the team.

Weight Watchers Post-Bootcamp Update

Finally, the day I've been waiting for when I got the definitive answer to how much weight I lost after getting throug the three-week bootcamp...

Backyard Bootcamp: Day 9 -- The Finale

I made it!  I survived Backyard Bootcamp and have my dogtag to prove it!

Today was our final evaluation. Going full circle, we got weighed, measured, timed and counted.

According to Leslie's scale I lost 3.5 lbs, but the real number is the one I find out at Weight Watchers tomorrow.  I also lost 2" in my back and little bits around the rest of my upper body but nothing in my lower body which of course, is where I want to lose it.  The running should start taking care of that.  And, I did have a couple of bad food days in the last 3 weeks.

Body Image Book

Yesterday, I wrote about the Body Image photographs I found in Mode Magazine.  Today I found the actual website from the author, Roseanne Olson.  She features women from 19-95.  You can go to the site and click on "preview exerpts" to see some of the photgraphs and read what the women have to say about their bodies.  I think every woman and girl should take a look.

Body Images website

Healthiest Foods in the World

Don't miss Hungry Girl's quick run-down on the best fiber rich foods. Hungry Girl culls some of these power foods from The Healthiest Foods in the World by George Mataljan. After reading her rave review of what Hungry Girl calls a "food Bible", I've put this book on my wish list.

Briefly, here's a list of some of the best fiber rich foods:

Raspberries
Cauliflower
Collard Greens
Broccoli
Swiss Chard
Spinach
Celery
Cabbage

I've got broccoli in my fridge so that's on my dinner menu tonight!