Category Archives: running
Lighter Fare
Last week covered some pretty heavy subject matter. I think emotions are tied up with our eating patterns more than we might realize. I hope that my successes and failures can help others who are also struggling the way I … Continue reading
More On Running and Exercise
My first race was a half-marathon. I tell people this and many of them are surprised. Most people start with a 5k race, figure out they love running, and go from there. I wasn’t in the mental shape to actually … Continue reading
My Emotional Eating
We gain weight because we consume more energy than we burn but the reasons for over consumption vary wildly. I overeat for a lot of reasons. Sometimes, I genuinely feel hungry and I simply overestimate what I need, but more … Continue reading
Good for You (or GFY, for short)
I wrote last week about weighing my food. My food scale and my bathroom scale are the most important tools in my arsenal. They are how I track what is going into my mouth and the results they have on … Continue reading
I Did it!
On October 22, 2017, I completed my very first marathon, the 29th Ashworth Awards Baystate Marathon. I finished in 1,264th place with a net time of 5:31:56.2. Preparing for and running this race was one of the most difficult things I … Continue reading
Burning It Off
In my last post, I wrote about what calories are and how I set my goals. In that post I noted that a simple equation for caloric balance was: Energy consumed – energy expended = energy balance I wrote a … Continue reading
A Simple Equation
After I downloaded the MyFitnessPal app, I jumped right in! My calorie goal was 2,040 calories. When I first started this adventure, I understood that a person needed a certain number of calories a day. Thanks to nutrition labels and … Continue reading
Part of a Complete Breakfast
How do you define running? I never thought much about that until well into my running career but in the beginning, running was just whatever was faster than walking. For me, running wasn’t (and still isn’t) a fixed concept. If … Continue reading
Spent the morning running a 5k in Wakefield with the Mystic Runners. It wasn’t my best time but it’s a nice course. You can see, though, that this is not a conventionally beautiful image. I’m sweaty, sloppy, and winded. I … Continue reading