Zippygirl Runs

Lately, I’ve been flirting with the idea of making a video documentary of my weight loss progress.  I have training and experience as a broadcast journalist and I have access to decent equipment for shooting, editing, and narration.  I might do that as my fitness project for 2007, and post mini clips here or have [...]

I’ve been depressed for the past few days.  I need to force myself to go for a run in the sunshine as soon as the Eagles game is over.  I hope there’s still some sunlight left.  My eating has not been great.  I have to plan better for Thursdays, which are tough days for me.  [...]

Still loving Spark People, even though it’s down for maintenance right now. They did warn us. Running is going great. I think I can consistently fit in a 40-50 minute run three days a week, then a Saturday run is optional. I’ve really been itching to get out there and run, even on non-running days, [...]

I have to confess that I haven’t really been working hard on trying to lose weight in the past two months.  I have been maintaining, by not having pop and a lot of candy, but I need to work harder on getting rid of the bad eating habits that are keeping me heavy.  I’ve been [...]

I think I can safely say I love running again!  It’s been a long time… since that nightmare of a marathon in 2001.  Today, I got out and ran for 42 minutes.  Very nice.  Very hilly.  I hope to be able to do the same run in 35 minutes by December. It occurred to me [...]

I hate to see pictures of me.  Recently, I’ve seen at least two different pictures taken of me in the spring.  In one, I was definitely at my peak weight.  My face looked so swollen.  And I was huge.  It was embarrassing.  Another picture was taken a few weeks later and I didn’t look quite [...]

I know I said I was tired of talking about weight, but I think I still need to focus on it deliberately for a little while longer.  This year has been a great year for rethinking my relationship with food and my relationship with my own body.  A question I have been working on this [...]

I know it’s been a while since I posted.  I think it’s because I’m bored with weight loss talk.  From me, I mean.  I’m interested in how other people are doing, but for me… I know what I’m supposed to do.  Actually, with my diet, I am doing it.  I’m maintaining my 6.5 kilo loss [...]

Today’s weight was 84.9.  The vegetarian thing seems to be working.  The problem is, I’m so wiped out and I can’t sleep.  You’d think that giving up caffeine would have the opposite effect. Tomorrow, we’re going to the State Fair.  That will be a challenge, because I doubt they will have anything I will want [...]

I had my last cappuccino for a while this morning. I’m quitting dairy for a while, as I might have mentioned in a previous post. It’s part of my transition to a strict vegetarian diet (I say strict vegetarian because I’m not quite sure I fit the definition of vegan, since at this point, I’m [...]