Running/food questions and finally a run!!!

I’m glad to hear your ankle is feeling better!
I BKs veggie burger as a healthier option.
I drink diet soda, but I try to limit my intake. Mostly b/c it feels wasteful to spend money on something with no nutritional value. It is tasty though!
I use light dumb bells for arms, but try to go heavier on legs. I like doing lunges with 30#. i bet those 115# have never left the rack:)

oh I am so addicted to diet pepsi – I work nights so I like to think I’m entitled but it hurts me to think of the money I spend… and I always use cash because the hubs doesn’t know that I drink it so I always have to wait until I’m at work… I like to think that what he doesn’t know won’t kill him =)

So glad your ankle is feeling better!!! Being injured is never fun! And I love grilled chicken sandwiches from whataburger (they’re in the south) – well pretty much everything is good there but if I’m going for a healthier option…

I will drink a diet soda once in a blue moon, but I don’t think anything that artificial should be consumed every day. But then again, I eat plenty of other things that some people might say the same thing about … so who knows! ;)

P.S. You haven’t convinced me to try tapioca pudding yet. ;) What does it taste like??

So jealous of your Krispy Kreme! We don’t have that in Houston, so you know that was my first stop when I went to Austin last weekend. ANd it was during the fresh time! Score!

I rarely eat fast food. I guess my go to would be the Wendy’s baked potato.

No diet soda for me. I don’t really drink soda either…but if I do, I don’t want diet.

Thursday nights: Gym, Vampire Diaries, I’ll hopefully bake some cookies, and sleep!

5-15…depends on what upperbody part i’m working. But I usually just attend BodyPump anyway.

I like Subway because its fast food but it does the healthy ones. My favourite is ham and turkey on wholewheat with loads of greens and peppers and either i ask for a TEENY dash of low mayo or nada.

I try not to drink fizzy anymore at all but diet drinks also make me suspicious because it scares me to think of all the chemicals that are in them instead!

Im in my office trying to get essays done :(

I use 4kg dumbells which is 8.8lbs according to la internets :)

I don’t like soda because it makes me burp, so diet soda is not a craving for me. Tonight (and almost every other night) is baseball for us. I use 5, 8, 10 pound dumbells depending on the exercise. I don’t know how people use those huge ones. I guess I have wimpy little arms:) Have fun watching BL!

Are those dumbells in lbs or kgs? *shivers*

I almost don’t eat fast food at all except over in NZ we have a burger chain call Burger Fuel and they have superfantastic fries which I allow myself to once in a while.

The heaviest dumbells I use are 11 kgs.

the only fast food i will eat is panera or subway.. cant stomach anything from the other places!

Ah yes, addicted to diet soda for many years now… i limit it to once a day but usually only a few times a week. but i use a lot of splenda in coffee every day!

i use 5 lb dumbbells for anything using my triceps cause they are weak! but 8 lbs for other moves… a serious improvement since last summer i could barely lift 5 lbs!!

thursday night plans are hopefully a little run & jillian michaels.. then an 11 PM bus ride 3 hours upstate to see my family for the weekend :-)

I am not a fan of fast food in general, occasionally I will get a vegetarian sushi roll but not that often. I used to be a diet coke addict until a few years ago when I gave it up for lent. I realised I didn’t need it, and now it is a treat item. I just use the 5lb dumbbells. I can’t imagine someone using those 105/115 lbs ones; that is more than I even weigh. Congrats on your run!!

When that Runners World article came out, several people who know me asked if I was the one writing in about candy corn and coffee! Seriously – that’s what I eat for my long runs.

I haven’t had fast food in years, other than an occasional soft serve ice cream cone. :-/

I use 5, 8, 10, 15 and once in a while 25 lb dumbbells. 10 is pretty normal for most days.

In college I would only drink diet cherry-vanilla Dr. Pepper. However, now I lay off the sodas completely. But I have two exceptions. The first is a (regular, not diet) large Chik-fil-a lemonade. Since I hit 8 weeks preg, I crave them. I may or may not have a gallon in the fridge. The second is when I am in Texas visiting my in-laws, I’ll drink a Dr. Pepper because the original manufacturing plant is like 30 minles from their house and a Dublin Dr. Pepper is pretty close to heaven!

yayyy for your run!!! i hope that it will continue to feel good and not give you problems! :)
as for fast food, i don’t eat it much, but if i do, i choose subway. thie other stuff my tummy doesn’t like much.
i used to be a diet coke junky, and now i rarely ever drink it and my body feels so much better. if i AM craving a soda, i choose diet because it doesn’t have all the extra sugar and calories. however, diet isn’t much better with all the chemical-y artificial sweeteners.

Yah for donuts as a celebration!! I’m happy for you:)

And yes, I use those dumbbells….hehe. I kid, I kid.

As for diet soda, I don’t believe crap like that should ever be consumed on a regular basis. Yes maybe once in awhile (i.e. 1 x every few months), but regularly, no way. I don’t care if there isn’t real science yet to back it up, I’ve worked with one too many overweight ladies who drink diet coke on a regular basis, and won’t give it up…..

My plans tonight are study. And procrastinate. With a little studying. Exam at 8:30am tomorrow! And I think the heaviest dumbell I’ve used is like 20 or 25… and that was for an 8 rep set kind of deal… I’m a fan of 10. It’s a great number. or 15 if I want to get INSANE. haha

MMMMM I want warm KK now!!

I am against diet soda because it gives me migraines. Which is in part good – bc I go straight for some good ol H2O!

Thursday nights are our designated, not-to-be-messed-with, set-in-some date nights. We do an exciting dinner (tonight: caprese salad and baguette with tomato and cheese on top), talk about the week, and sometimes cap it all off with a movie. Date night perfection (for us, anyway)! T-minus one hour and counting!

pshhhh don’t share with Billy!! he needs to EARN his krispy kremes hahaha. So glad your ankle felt okay!! Have you ever thought about using Kinesio Tape (KT Tape) on it? what it does is supports the surrounding muscles and increases blood flow to the area – my guess is you’ll be able to run with less pain and whatever’s going on will heal faster :) I’m using it on my knees right now and the difference in pain I felt was HUGGGEE! As huge as those 115 pound weights (pretty sure those are in case Arnold Schwarzennegger shows up at your gym lol) anyway just a thought :)

I have spent too much time looking at facebook today. I attempted to like sentences in your post at least twice. Once about a pain free run and then about the awesome apple salad from wendys– yum!
I have never been a soda fan. My husband could drink a 2 littler bottle in a day if we had it.
Thursday night plans- bath night for the baby, (I might shower too), and then GREYS!
Have a great night!!!
PS- you already have to share the donuts with the baby, do you really want to share any more?

That is very interesting concept to use honey instead of gels.I love all natural things. I’m going to look into that when I start running more than 10K haha.

I haven’t had fast food in FOREVER but as a kid I was seriously addicted to BK’s chicken fries. Those things were amazing. I really don’t drink- love sparkling water though and the occasional diet coke/fresca

I use 5, 7.5 and 10 lb weights- 5 for most exercises though!

Currently eating raspberry thumbprint cookies and watching greys anatomy. Perfect Thursday!

I’ve had Wendy’s salad and chili before, but really fast food grosses me out! I can’t stand it! If I’m stuck without food and MUST buy something I try to go to a grocery store and get French bread, apples, and string cheese.

Good job on the run.
Not much on the fast food. But I am FOR diet soda.
We watched a movie.
I used anywhere from 8’s-12’s.

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you are way too cute!!!

My Thursday night plans were sushi with my parents since my dad was in town, then writing my blog post while watching Impractical Jokers with Daniel.

I usually will use 12’s or 15’s, but sometime’s I’ll grab the 8’s for a specific exercise. I have some 20’s that I use as well.

Great suggestion with the honey! Thank you!

Hi Janae,
Congrats for that 4 mile run with a pain-free ankle!
Regarding diet soda: I don’t know whether it’s good for the waist line or not, but it sure makes some damage to the food budget. If you drink 2-3 cans per day, it really adds up by the end of the month. On the other hand, water is tasteless, and fruit juices are calorific. I drink 1-2 coffees per day and 2-3 cups of herbal tea. No milk added, but… sweetener. Should I worry about cyclamate and saccharin?
On a side note: it is always a joy to read in your blog all about your super training and your sugar love affair. Keep it up!

I tried that apple pecan chicken salad at Wendy’s yesterday for the first time! It was glorious. It was like dessert and salad all mixed together. Yum.

yayyyy for running!!! i hope hope hope you can run the race! im working packet pickup today so maybe i will see you there!?! miss you! you are gorgeous!!! i just read your latest baby post and seriously…you are adorable!

I am completely against Diet ANYTHING. All of those artificial sweeteners are just chemicals that can do bad things to the body. Yuck!

Chipotle is as fast-food as we go… and I consider it healthy because it has rice, beans, lettuce and dairy (cheese and sour cream)! Plus good fat = guacamole. It’s my pre-marathon dinner. :)

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