Hello! I woke up to find my Garmin dying so I decided to run without it this morning. 4 miles, easy. Next week starts my training for the Fontana Half and I’m thinking about doing a full marathon in August so this was the last of the easy days…
Randomly running 4 miles isn’t that much of a workout for me so I came home and did half of the 6 week 6 pack dvd. Why only half? Because my stomach said it didn’t want a six pack, it wanted food!
Luckily, I prepared pumpkin overnight oats yesterday and just gave it a stir and some toppings…
While I was running I thought about my March Goals. First, let’s review Feb…
February 2012 Goals:
1. Track like a little chu-chu train. Don’t eat junk. *I tracked via My Fitness Pal for a week or two, but have decided I’m a paper and pencil girl. So I got a notebook for the cause. I also have tried to keep junk out of the house (traveling and parties are another story.)
2. Create a workout plan with 1 speed session, 1 tempo, 1 LR and one Yoga class week. *I did a few speed and tempo runs, but only got to yoga once.
3. Finalize Race and Travel schedule for the year (because it already seems super crazy in June and not spread out evenly). *Almost done! I just have to finalize the 2 marathons I want to do.
March 2012 Goals:
1. Pre-plan and track with my new little Fitbook.
2. Stick to training plan. I build in easy days and rest days, so I shouldn’t be lazy on the other days.
3. March Madness goal = Nothing ate after eight. Keep working on breaking my worst habit 
4. Stick to budget! I keep getting notices from Mint.com that I’ve went over. Busted!
5. Make my leap list with Ben!
See, I got a little Fitbook to track exercise and eats and other random sht I want to write about and shouldn’t bother you with.
I decided to get this one because of the Happy/Eh/Sad/Face part. I think it is still in line with Intuitive Eating, just with a little more accountability. 
I also picked up Jillian’s Ripped in 30 yesterday. I’m super excited to try it!
February 2012 Review:
Favorite Run: IMS Half Marathon (In hindsight I feel like I learned a lot from this race.)
Favorite Eat: Triple D’s Chino Bandido
Fave post I want to Repeat: What I Learned From 4 Years of Blogging
Question: What are your March Goals?
I love the fitbook……..I’m a sucker for new stationary and free pens anyway, but it is genuinely super useful. I ordered my online and it arrived (in London) in less than a week! Of course I guess it’s only as good as the food you track……but at least I am tracking now! Thanks for the tip.
I do Jillian’s iFit workouts on my elliptical and I did 30 day shred consistently for awhile last year, but it killed my knees! I haven’t done any of Jillian’s other DVDs. Would you recommend the 6-week six pack? Is it all abs? I need to start doing some core work.
I want to hear your leap list!!!
I like the idea of the fitbook. Need to get back to journaling my eating! I will check that out!
I love Jillian’s DVDs. I started in December and have done the 6-week 6-pack, buns and thighs, and ripped in 30. I don’t do the same workout every day because I need some recovery, but after a month I felt a slight difference and after two months I am noticing changes. I feel like I’m curvier in a great way. It’s like she took my body and made some hourglass like proportions. My boobs aren’t bigger, but the muscles around are more well defined so I look more feminine. Anyway… I love her DVDs. Thirty minutes (give or take) is something I can manage 5 days a week.
OMG. Must.get.fitbook. Looks awesome.
I was one of the commenters that would go days without being able to access your site, and now I haven’t had that problem in over 2 days! Did you change something? SO happy I can stalk your site for new posts !!
I don’t know why people were having problems with RER lately 🙁 I’m trying to check on it. Thanks for letting me know.
I have to ask, since I do truly find you a warm, funny person… are you actually going to DO the no-eating-after-8:00 thing, or are you just saying that to pander to your commenters or whatever? Because you make these commitments and never, ever follow through, and it’s a little painful to read. For one thing, you wrote in another post that you consider yourself a weight-loss blog, but you haven’t succeeded in losing weight since you began writing the blog. (Which seriously makes me question the integrity of your request that people vote you ‘best weight-loss blog’, btw).
Here’s a novel idea: stop with the ‘intuitive’ (‘excuse to overeat’) eating, count calories, drop weight, and then go back to it to maintain. Bam. Done. Also, dude, stop with the cereal. Just stop. You’ve written about what a trigger food it is for FOUR YEARS. Has it occurred to you that if you just don’t buy it and try eating other, more interesting stuff, you’d lose weight? Another idea: COOK your meals. Protein, vegetables, interesting and pleasant seasonings, nice complex carb if desired. You seem to eat mostly convenience foods like stuff crumbled up on top of other stuff or stuff slapped on a plate with some bread, and that is not satisfying to the brain or the body. You’re into intuitive eating, so surely you’re familiar with Geneen Roth’s idea that ‘we deserve three hot meals a day.’ Try skinny-taste.com or something. The time spent interacting with food in order to create a pleasant, savory meal will allow you the ‘food interface’ time (and we all need some time to interact with our food, to appreciate it, etc.) that your random grazing on junk currently fills up.
I hear what you’re saying and I’m aware. Agree about the cereal thing.
Hey, where did you get that notebook? Love the emoicons. Any online retailer? [since I’m in the other part of the world…hopefully they do shipping as well]
Target or I think Fitbook dot com has them.
I love the fitbook! I’ve gone through 3 of them.
Where did you pick up that fitbook? Love the idea.
My march goals are to hit the gym once a week, eat breakfast at home at least twice a week, and tackle a DIY project.
Good luck with your goals!
I got the book at Target.
I just finished the 1st 4 weeks of the livefit trainer and I really like it! I havent been following the diet at all though and so for March I want to work on eating cleaner. I also want to get my taxes done- eek.
I almost wrote that one of my goals was to do taxes, but I want to live in denial a little longer…
Ripped in 30 is my favorite of her DVDs – look out for Level 3. It’s a sneaky bitch. So is level 4 though. Damn. http://www.the-purple-giraffe.com/2011/08/here-we-go-before-after-photos-and.html
Wow! Great job! Did you follow the eating plan too?
No, I’m terrible about eating plans (mostly because I refuse to make two separate meals for me and my husband, and he’s picky), but did limit how often I ate crappy food to a couple times per week (we were eating out A LOT).
Definitely write a review on the Ripped in 30 dvd. I have been thinking of buying it! She always leaves me super sweaty. (TWHS?)
I love how you say running 4 miles isn’t enough for you, it would literally kill me at this point to run or even walk 4 miles…I hope to say one day that 4 miles is a warm up for me 😉
mint always yells at me.. i give up! you should do a post on how to buy clean, healthy eats why’ll staying on a budget 🙂 cause i suck at it and i need help!
I’m hoping to PR the Sh#* out of a marathon this month. Then rest and enjoy some down time before IM training.
Good luck!
I’ve been tracking my food with an eating log like that for the past week (except I just made a Word doc instead of getting a fancy book – maybe I’ll look into that). It has been helpful to look at the times I eat, and make sure my meals/snacks are spread far enough apart. I also write down little smiley faces if I ate for fuel and ate healthy food. Hope you enjoy your new journal!
Great goal! March goals are to actually rest this injury. yuckers..
I like your goal of nothing ate after eight 🙂 Also- I’m curious about the Ripped in 30 DVD! I love her 30 Day Shred- do you know how this one is supposed to be different?
This one is supposed to be more intense/advanced and has an option diet plan you can download.
I am getting one of those FitBooks! I have been keeping track of training in just a plan notebook, but this looks like it will help me track everything a little better. As someone who used to have some disordered eating, sometimes I think keeping a food journal is a little too strict for me, but since I just signed up for my first marathon ever in the fall, I feel like I need to track for good fuel purposes!
I just injured myself (again) last week so my goal for March is to heal up quick so I can run my half marathon at the end of the month!
Get better soon 🙂
THANKS! That’s the plan haha
March Goal: Stop rolling my eyes every time asks me what my goals are. I swear this is leftover from childhood or something. I totally understand the benefits of setting goals, but my eyes have minds of their own!
Busted!
I have a lot of names I call JM when I do her workouts. Serious stuff!
I LOVE Jillian’s Ripped in 30! Levels 1 and 2 still kick my butt though-ha!! Hope you like it 🙂
Ok must go find FitBook today. Where did you get? I am in serious need of setting goals and STICKING to them. Thanks for the post, gotta get going on my goals now!
I got it at Target, but they’re also available online.
I saw that fitbook at Target today! I almost got it, but then I didn’t!
I use the Fitbook too! I tried using online tracking for workouts/food but I’m more of a paper & pencil girl too. I’m almost through my first book and already have another one waiting.
I have a Fitbook and love it. Making monthly goals is a great idea, I should really try this. Thanks for always reminding me what I should be doing. This is why I love your blog. 🙂
Can’t wait to hear about Ripped, I have Shred and have been in pain but enjoying it.
I Love the Fitbook! I found my first one at Fleet Feet and just found them at Target. Angela M – (the business owner) is so down to Earth and really passionate about helping others. So happy that you have one too!
Where did you get the Fitbook? I have been using myfitnesspal but I’d really like to change it up and try it the old-fashioned way.
They’re suppose to be at all target stores or you can find it online 🙂
Yeah, I got mine at Target or try Fitblook.com
I have ripped in 30 – love it!
I am working through Ripped in 30 right now. I do it randomly after short runs sometimes and have just tried the Week 3 and 4 workouts (trying Week 2’s today!). They are harder than the Shred, though about the same length. She’s also a little bootcamp-y in her tone, if you like that. Not sure if I do, but it keeps me going through the tough parts. Looking forward to your review.
I love Ripped In 30. I look forward to reading your thoughts on it.
budgeting is hard…
I like the Jillian dvds too. They always kick my butt. Good for you for keeping track in a book. I always start and then get bored and never follow through.
i did jillian’s ripped in 30 and really liked it! that was the first dvd of her’s that i’ve tried and it was hard core…in a good way of course 🙂