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Woes from the Treadmill

8/2/2011

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Guess what? I'm getting married exactly one year from today. Isn't that exciting? As everybody tells me, this year is going to fly by. I could believe it. 

To celebrate the occasion, or my so-called half marathon training, I woke up at 6 am for a very early morning run.  As I was getting ready, I realized that the humidity was already ridiculous. I'm not conditioned to run very long in crazy humidity, so I did what any smart girl would do: I pulled out my laptop for about twenty minutes and then went back to bed. In my exercise clothes. I finally rolled out of bed at 10:40. It's a rough life, to say the least!

Since it was too hot for me to run outside and be happy at the same time, I made the tough decision to conquer my "frenemy", the treadmill. 
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I hate treadmills, and I always have. I only run on them when I can't run outside. I need the changing scenery of the outdoors; not staying in one spot on a moving belt in a basement or at a gym. Seems so unnatural, doesn't it? Also, the last time I really tried to get into treadmill running, I injured my leg! 

I didn't want to go for a long time today, and I thought it wouldn't kill me to do some speed work. I printed a sheet of four treadmill workouts from fitsugar.com and picked the sprint interval workout. I did two one-minute sprints, and then I quit at minute 8. I told you that I hate treadmill workouts!

I probably could have continued on a bit longer, but I just wasn't feeling it. I can go out and run 7-8 miles without a problem right now, but I am not good at going fast. It's something I need to work on. In other words, it's a goal! I decided that I will try this workout at least once a week. The next time I do it, I'll go for ten minutes. Then, I'll tack on  minutes little by little until I can complete the workout. Also, if I build up little by little, I am less likely to irritate my legs. No more excuses! I gotta get better. 
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I did my favorite elliptical workout after my failed treadmill attempt. That was gooooood. I felt the burn in my legs during that.

As usual, Rigley kept me company. She's always there for moral support.
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Since I slept so late, my breakfast was my lunch. I picked up a bag of Bear Naked Fit Vanilla Almond Crunch over the weekend. I like to throw a handful of granola on top of cereal or oatmeal. It adds something special. 
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This stuff, as you see, has a pretty short ingredient list. Usually, the fewer ingredients, the better. 
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Unfortunately, it's not the best tasting granola when you eat it straight out of the bag. When I added it to Kashi cereal with a handful of fresh blueberries and soy milk, though, it tasted okay. This was the healthiest of the bunch of Bear Naked granola that I found at the grocery store, so I'm sure that some of the "unhealthier" ones taste better. 
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Next, I went back to organizing my room. I have had the same furniture all of my life, and unfortunately there are remnants left from my sticker-sticking frenzy when I was a child. I decided that the star sticker display had to go. 

I tried soaking Goo Gone on it, but I was still left with brownish-yellow spots. I guess I should keep going with the Goo Gone? Or perhaps I can just put big pictures over them. 

I still have lots of cleaning to do....
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Around 4, my mom and I finally went to see the final Harry Potter movie. Did you know that I am an enormous Harry Potter fan and and damn proud of it? I used to read the incomplete series over and over again until the next big book came out. I think I read the first book seven times. As a result, I know the information very well. 

I did not like the first movies at all, because they were not how I envisioned the book. The first movie that I actually liked was the fourth movie. By the time it got to the "Deathly Hallows" (the last book was made into two movies), I had no criticism. I loved the final movie so much, and I should have brought a box of Kleenex for myself and my mom. I was crying so much that I had to force myself to not make sobbing noises and had to sniff really loudly as a result. I couldn't help it. If you have read the book or have seen the movie, I'm sure you know the part that made me hysterical. Great movie. Enough said. 

For dinner, I pulled a Sabatino's Flame Broiled chicken burger from the freezer and popped it on the stove. 
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I melted Finlandia Chipotle Jack cheese on top and heated up potatoes in the toaster oven from Sunday night. I also chopped up a cantaloupe. 

The chicken patty was gross. It was rubbery and just not good. Very unfortunate. I scraped off the cheese and mixed it with the potatoes. 
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At least the potatoes were good! I can always rely on my dad for good eats. 
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It's POURING outside right now! I also can't stop thinking about Harry Potter. What an amazing story. I wish I could write something like that. 

Goodnight!!!
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    I am  a Chicago-based Registered Dietitian working primarily in Acute Clinical Care. I started this blog in 2010, before I even knew that I wanted to be an RD! Now, as an active dietitian, this blog will become part of my life again. Read about my current healthy habits, but please peruse my old posts (from 2014 and before) to read about life as an RD student and my previous years in Australia!


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