My friend Rhebs has accepted my challenge of running the 2010 Detroit Marathon with me. And she has even kept a fitness log. I’m so excited!

Seven pounds is the weight I need to lose. Seven pounds is the weight I gained in a year since I became a Weight Watchers lifetime member in July 2008. To some seven pounds might be nothing and not even worth sweating over. But last week I was working ( not seriously though) on losing [...]

Well that’s me, taken last May 24 when I finished the Madison Half-Marathon (13.1 miles/21 kilometers) in 2:18:something seconds.

Day
Cardio
Strength
Stretch
Daily Pts
Bonus Pts
Act Pts
Water
Fruits
/Veggies

Thurs
30 mins
(walking)
none
none
24.5
28.5
1
4
3

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Legend:
Cardio – running in minutes except when indicated. I am following a training schedule.
Strength – from dvd workout, ideal is 20 minutes (equivalent to 1 pt) 3 times a week
Stretch – from dvd workout, ideal is 20 minutes (equivalent to 1 pt) 3 times a week
Daily Points – 19 pts
Bonus points [...]

My official weigh in day is Thursday. I gained 1 pound. Arggghhhh. Okay, I’ll do it the Weight Watchers way and give myself another week to panic. Damn those munchies. Another reason why I should count points.

I got this idea from a friend a few weeks ago. While hers was a running log, I chose mine to be an overall fitness log. For now my cardio is running and I am pretty disciplined about following the training schedule. It is the strength, stretching and staying within my Weigh Watchers points I [...]