jenirochelle

Overall grade for this challenge B+. Main goal to be healthier: A 1.) Complete my first half marathon: A Completed my half marathon with a time of 2hrs 43mins and 29secs, I only missed a few actual training runs. 2.)Cut out refined sugar and eat more fruits and veggies: C I have cut out a lot of refined sugar but not all. I have also started snacking on more fruits and veggies. 3.) Yoga 2x a week. F this was a miserable fail. I managed a few yoga workouts over the six weeks but most of the time I just did a stretch set after running. LIfe Quest: Night out of my birthday: I had an awesome kid free night out so major A+ there!! I'm really happy with how this challenge turned out!!

Overall grade for this challenge B+. Main goal to be healthier: A 1.) Complete my first half marathon: A Completed my half marathon with a time of 2hrs 43mins and 29secs, I only missed a few actual training runs. 2.)Cut out refined sugar and eat more fruits and veggies: C I have cut out a lot of refined sugar but not all. I have also started snacking on more fruits and veggies. 3.) Yoga 2x a week. F this was a miserable fail. I managed a few yoga workouts over the six weeks but most of the time I just did a stretch set after running. LIfe Quest: Night out of my birthday: I had an awesome kid free night out so major A+ there!! I'm really happy with how this challenge turned out!!

Well I did it!! I finished my first Half Marathon with a time of 2hrs 43mins 29secs!! I'm super excited and really can't wait to do another one sometime!!!! I would add a picture but I'm not sure how to on here.

Tomorrow is my half marathon! I'm kinda nervous and a bit excited! A great ending to this challenge I do believe!

So tomorrow is my half marathon. Kinda nervous about it but super excited too!!!

So I'm super excited to share that I beat my personal best at the 5K this morning!! Super excited about that. New personal best is 3.1 miles in 26 minutes and 42 seconds!! I was soooooo happy when I saw my time at the end. In other words still chugging along now I can focus on my half marathon next weekend. I get to wake up early again tomorrow and knock out a 10 mile run!

So I hurt my leg/knee a little on a run wednesday so I've been taking it easy since then. I have a 5K race in the morning so I want to do my best. I'm so looking forward to tomorrow. Its the Race for the Cure and a day of girl fun for me. I get to spend time with my awesome sister-in-law and just have fun!! Can't wait!

I haven't tried it yet but I do plan on trying it. I've just recently got my hubby on board with moving toward a mostly paleo diet so I'm slowly transitioning our household over. I will definitely give that a shot.

I use yoga videos and my nike training club app for most of my stretching. Theres a bonus workout on the Nike training club app called Kara Goucher's Pro Running stretches that I use after every run and it helps A LOT for my legs. There are a couple "different" stretches in it that I really like.

I will definitely try that smoothie. I used to do smoothies a lot but I'm trying to get away from using milk or yogurt for them so much. I do need to get some sweeter fruits and just stick to that instead of going for the milk duds or such. So far my running has stayed on track and my foot isn't giving me too much trouble. I've got a 5K race coming up on the 19th that I'm getting ready for right now and then I have my half marathon at the end of this challenge.

Ok so a quick update. I've been super busy lately with school and home life. So far my running is still on schedule. I haven't missed any runs. I've got a 5K race coming up on the 19th and then my half marathon on the 26th. They're getting close so its crunch time for me. As for my food. I'm doing much better but not super great. I know I can do better. I've also been slacking on my yoga workouts but i'm still getting in some good stretching sessions so its not a total loss.

So I know I've been MIA. My internet was out for a fews and then just stayed busy with starting new online classes this week. LOTS of reading to be done still. SOOO for an update. My running has stayed on track just fine but the food stuff has NOT . I have had a MASSIVE sugar craving lately and nothing I've found wants to quench it. Since I'm trying to stay away from refined sugar I've been looking for other healthier options. So far I haven't been a big fan. And as for getting the yoga workouts in I've managed a couple quick mini sessions here and there but not as much as I would like. I'm noticing the lack of stretching like I was used to in my running. I'm staying sore longer than before, I know part of this is due to my increased mileage. I have also recently found out that I have a bone spur in my right foot that is causing the discomfort when I run. So I've been trying different things to help with that until I can manage to get into a doctor. Now off to catch up on everyone!!

Its going ok. I missed a couple days due to some unexpected errands coming up but I'm trying thats what counts right?? I too have to do the "girl" push ups as I'm not quite to the point to do them the other way. My arms are super sore too. It also doesn't help that its been hot so I've been carrying a waterbottle with me on my runs and thats effecting my shoulders too. Hopefully between the water bottle and the push ups my arms will get stronger!

I wil totally try out the pushup challenge with you! I've been thinking about adding some upper body workout in with my running so my arms don't feel left out. Also I read Steve's article about a "standing desk" and I too have set up a "desk" area for myself at my bar to use instead of sitting at the table like I usually do. I've only tried it a couple of days so I'm still getting used to it but I'm liking it so far!

Hey Team! Sorry I've been MIA for a few days. Things just got super busy with schedules. So my late Monday check in follows: Running: I give myself a B+. I missed one run last Friday and I overslept Saturday and missed meeting my group but I still got out and did my 7 miles. Sunday was a rest day and yesterday I am proud to say I had an awesome 4.5 mile run! Eating: C+ I had to resort to fast food a couple of times this weekend due to stuff that came up unexpectedly but I still managed to stay on the "healthier" side of that. I did totally cave though and drank like 3 dr. pepper so I definitely need to get back on top of my water intake. Yoga: A- I got one good yoga workout and one quick/semi ok workout in last week. To answer a daily question I missed: My secret weapon would probably be this team for the most part. I can't really think of anything else that would qualify as a secret weapon. The hardest thing for me is the eating. I'm constantly craving the sweet not healthy junk and even when I ignore it and eat something healthy and sweet (fruit etc) I still want to cave on the junk! I also need to start really planning my meals again because slacked on that so we end up just scrambling for dinner.

Wow sorry to hear about your accident. It totally sounds like something I would do. I definitely agree that pizza was called for in that situation. Sometimes you just have to have that sweet sweet goodness of pizza.

So I've had a super busy weekend so I didn't get to post like I wanted but I'm back so here I am! I did miss one day of running last Friday but I think my body needed the rest because I had a great 7 mile run on Saturday and another awesome 4.5 mile run yesterday. I also got in a nice relaxing yoga workout yesterday! I think I did pretty good on my eating even though I ended up eating out a couple of times. Overall a pretty good weekend.

I'm still slacking on the before pics but I will eventually get there. As for everything else, I got my run in this morning, 3.5 miles down and another 4.5 tomorrow! Hello!! I feel pretty rad when I think about completing it!

Awesome goals! Good luck during this challenge! I definitely understand the motivation point about the spouse. I have the same tendency, when I'm not feeling great about my self, hubby is sad and when he's sad then I'm sad and we're all sad together. It is a terrible spiral.

Hey Lauren! I'm definitely going to have to try your omelet muffin idea. I think that is something that both my son and I would eat for breakfast! I too have had an interest in trying out kickboxing! I found a local place that offers free women's kickboxing to moms of their martial arts students so I'm thinking of signing my son up. He's interested in it so I feel having the perk of a free class tops the cupcake!!

Hey Team!! Hope everyone is have a good start to this challenge. So far I've stayed on schedule for my runs. 4.5 miles monday and another 3.5 this morning! I think a Monday check in is a great idea too! As for my support team that would be my wonderful husband, who helps give me that extra push when I need it, my awesome cousin that lives with us, he's a pretty hard cord exerciser so he always has helpful info plus he watches my 3 yr old for my morning runs , my awesome friend Jessica that is helping me train for this half marathon. She runs with me twice a week and helps me push past my walls. And last but certainly not least would be the NF community and this team! I'm on of those people that I need the accountability to stay on track otherwise I'll find excuses out the wazoo to not exercise.

I would love some recipes. I'm just starting out trying paleo so the more recipes the better! I did a lot of thinking about my life quest and decided that that was something that I REALLY want to be able to do especially since I didn't do anything for my birthday last year. I thought that it was pretty neat that the half marathon fell at the end of this challenge too! I'm excited to have a team this time around. I think that will help me stay on track tremendously!

This looks like a awesome group to hang with for this challenge! I'd love to have the encouragement and motivation throughout this challenge!

OK didn't get to posting last night like I wanted to but here are my starting out stats: Weight: 124 Waist: 31.5" Hips: 36.5" Thighs: L: 21.5" R: 22" Calves: L: 13" R: 12.5" Biceps: L: 10" R: 10" Chest: 32.75" I'll post before pics when my hubby gets home later since I forgot to take them yesterday and I need him to take them for me! As Far as Day 1 went. I did pretty good I was scheduled to run 4.5 miles for my half marathon training and I did! I ran 4.55 miles in 54:26 at a 11'58" avg. pace. Thats pretty good for me considering it was smokey and HOT outside! I'm working on getting faster because I have a competitive 5K race coming up on Oct. 19th! I want to beat my PR of a 5K in 30:32. I did slack a bit on my eating though because I had a late night coming home so I just grabbed a burger from Wendy's for dinner. I know not the best option. Day 2 so far: Its a rest day from running but I plan on doing a yoga workout as soon as I'm done posting this. I did wake up late this morning so I'm a little behind but so far so good on my eating! I'll post again later for any updates! Also if anyone would like to add me on Nike+(Jennifer_Wilson) or MyFitnessPal( my id is jenirochelle) I would love to have more friends on those!!

Hi my name is Jeni. I'm a 27 year old stay at home mom. I'm from central Arkansas. I joined nerd fitness a couple months ago but never really did anything with it until recently. I'm a semi-beginner runner(started back in March). I love running. I'm also very interested in crossfit and would love to eventually find a place around here locally to get started. My biggest goal is I want to be healthy so I can keep up with my 3 year old son.