Re: Checking in: Sandi/food plan

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In a message dated 4/6/2006 4:30:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, susang@... writes:

I thought you were still using the Foodmover? Or am I getting you mixed upwith another member of the list who walks marathons and was on it?

Life changes....I had 2 people in my life (my niece & my friend) that asked if I'd do 6WBMO with them since they knew how successful I was on it before. So, I said "sure!". Now we spend Sundays shopping for our food for the week and cooking and portioning at my house.

I found that the Foodmover wasn't strict enough for me. I felt like I could look in the book and justify just about anything I wanted to eat. (When you can look in a book and say "Hmmm, 12 chocolate chips = a fruit" , you can justify just about anything. I didn't feel like I was sticking to it well enough to get the nutrition I needed. And I could eat it all at one sitting or stretch it throughout the day. With this plan, I eat a balanced meal or snack 5 to 6x per day with adjustments for pre-exercise meals.

And yes....I've done the Honolulu Marathon 3 times. 2 times completed all 26.2 miles (one during a monsoon, and one with 50 mph trade winds), 1 time I had the flu and only made it to 19 miles (in 90*+ heat) and had to quit (toughest decision of my life!). My son wants us to do it together when he's 18. So, I've got 2 1/2 years before I do it again. I'm thinking of doing the Nike Women's Marathon this October in San Francisco. I've got a few friends that I could get together to do it and it's so much more fun when you've got company. The neat things about doing San Francisco would be that I could do the marathon in the morning and have my family around me to cheer me on and then sleep in my own bed that night.

Sandi Starting weight 380 (1/1/99)/ Current weight 264 (3/29/06)/ Goal weight 190Starting size 30/32 Current size 18 Goal size 12/14Height: 5'10"

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> I use the 6 Week Body Makeover by Thurmond.

I thought you were still using the Foodmover? Or am I getting you mixed up

with another member of the list who walks marathons and was on it?

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> Life changes....I had 2 people in my life (my niece & my friend) that

asked

> if I'd do 6WBMO with them since they knew how successful I was on it

before.

It's great to have people close by to be your weight loss buddies.

> I found that the Foodmover wasn't strict enough for me. I felt like I

could

> look in the book and justify just about anything I wanted to eat. (When

you

> can look in a book and say " Hmmm, 12 chocolate chips = a fruit "

That's why a lot of people who follow Weight Watchers eventually regain -

they just look at the points for all the goodies and eat cookies and chips

instead of the healthy fruits and veggies.

, you can

> justify just about anything.

Like the ladies on the Sugar Busters message board all eating peanut M & M's

and black bean chocolate brownies because the total GI and carb level of the

foods is low. (See, Ann, I'm not the only one who eats weird foods.

Even *I* wouldn't stoop to making brownies out of black beans!)

> And yes....I've done the Honolulu Marathon 3 times.

Didn't you also do a Disney marathon? I know R in FL did the half

marathon once.

>The neat things about doing San Francisco would be that I could do the

> marathon in the morning and have my family around me to cheer me on and

then

> sleep in my own bed that night.

If you still have enough time to really train, go for it! You'll have all of

us cheering you on!

Sue in NJ

whose ideal " marathon " is one on the SciFi channel

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From: " Sue in NJ " <susang@...>

> foods is low. (See, Ann, I'm not the only one who eats weird foods.

> Even *I* wouldn't stoop to making brownies out of black beans!)

It's good to know you'll draw the line somewhere.

Ann

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In a message dated 4/6/2006 9:27:18 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, susang@... writes:

Didn't you also do a Disney marathon? I know R in FL did the halfmarathon once.If you still have enough time to really train, go for it! You'll have all ofus cheering you on!

Nope, the only one that I know that's done Disney is Sue Recchia. I haven't talked to her in years. Do you still keep in touch? If so, please tell her that I said "Hi".

Oh, I've got plenty of time to train. It only takes about 18 weeks to train for a marathon. (I start with a basic walk of 6 miles on weekends, and add a mile each week until I reach 24 miles for my long trainings on weekends. Then I take a weekend off, and walk 26.2 miles for the event. Training days during the week range from 1 hour to 2 hours towards the end with lots of intervals & hill trainings....especially for San Francisco.)

Anyone wanna join me? nikemarathon.com

Sandi Starting weight 380 (1/1/99)/ Current weight 264 (3/29/06)/ Goal weight 190Starting size 30/32 Current size 18 Goal size 12/14Height: 5'10"

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In a message dated 4/7/2006 10:22:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, maryannanderic@... writes:

How long does it take you to walk 26 miles? Ann

Well..........it depends.........It should take me between 7 and 8 hours, but, with bathroom stops, stretching stops, blister problems, competing with 45,000 people that all want to cross the starting line at the same time....etc., it could take anywhere from 7 to 10 hours.

(That's walking about 4 MPH or 15 minute miles. During the peak of my training, I can get down to about 13 minute miles. But, it's truly hustling! And to keep that pace for 26.2 miles...well.......it's not easy!)

My husband runs it in a little under 4 hours.

Sandi

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From: iwalk4tnt@...

> Training days during the week range from 1 hour to 2 hours towards the end

> with lots of intervals & hill trainings....especially for San Francisco.)

How long does it take you to walk 26 miles?

Ann

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In a message dated 4/7/2006 12:44:39 PM Pacific Standard Time, iwalk4tnt@... writes:

That's walking about 4 MPH or 15 minute miles

That's about the pace I am looking at for my 7.46 mile walk coming up... a little over 2 hrs to complete...

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In a message dated 4/7/2006 5:01:18 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ABrite@... writes:

That's about the pace I am looking at for my 7.46 mile walk coming up... a little over 2 hrs to complete...

Want a good trick to speed you up? (Actually 2 tricks?)....

(I'm assuming that you said yes....)

1.) This one is hard to explain, but, if you notice as you walk, if you walk with elbows bent at 90*, your opposite elbow goes back as the other foot goes forward....well, don't even think about your feet...the faster you pull your elbows back, the faster you'll walk. It sounds stupid, but, it honestly works.

2.) Throw in some hill training. It'll speed you up on flat surfaces because they'll seem so much easier.

=)Sandi