Feb 16 - 19 & the 100 Mile GiVEaWAY

The GiVEaWay is over and the Winner will be announced later tonight.

Today I hit the 100 Mile Marker!!!! It was great to hit that mark and I am celebrating by doing a giveaway for you! It is an accomplishment. I have already done more excercise than I did ALL of last year. I did 5.66 miles tonight and I am one tired kid. If you look on the right side of my blog you will see the remaining miles left on the 1010 goal along with the current month's goals and successes. It is a permanent thing so it will be easier to watch.

Another change that has taken place on 1010in2010 is that there is a tracker near the top of the page counting down until my first 5k. I'm kind of pumped about it.

I will continue to make changes to this posting until the giveaway is over. My workouts will be posted below the rest of the post by date each day.

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For the giveaway: Here are the options for the prize that you can choose! They are not large items -- the last one might be bigger though! Prizes will most likely come from WalMart.

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GIVEAWAY PRIZE OPTIONS: (ONE)

1. Small 1 GB mp3 player.

2. Athletic Dri-fit style of Shorts.

3. Marshmellow style of Headphones. They go into your ear for a comfy fit.

4. $15.00 gift card from Walmart.

Each gift is around 15 - 20 bucks. If you win then you get to choose one from the list. There are multiple ways to enter into the giveaway.

Here's how to enter:

Please leave your Name and Email Address in a Comment and list the entries that you've done.

1. Tweet this post with link. (I will need your Twitter name) - mine is MistrTyler

2. Mention this giveaway with link in blog posting ---- BE SURE TO COMMENT LETTING ME KNOW YOUR NAME AND A LINK TO YOUR BLOG POSTING

3. Become a follower of this blog.

4. Comment on this Post telling me which post has been your favorite so far this year.

5. Refer a friend to this giveaway and have them tell me -- you will get another entry.

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Each thing that you do will equal one entry. You can have a total of five entries into the giveaway easily. You can tweet about this posting and giveaway daily until Friday for an extra entry each day. That is a total of eight entries into the give away. That's insane!

This is an awesome way for you to receive something for free and me do all of the hard work! :) I don't mind shipping internationally as long as it does not cost more than $10.

Thanks and I hope you win!

~Seth

Workout:
02-16-2010 = 5.66
02-17-2010 = 4.45
02-18-2010 = 0.00 - very sore today for some reason...took my off day today
02-19-2010 =

February 15th & Excessive Coffee

I believe I may have had too much coffee over the last couple of days. I drink a glass every day and don't think that it is that bad for me. The last few days though -- I might have had an overload of such coffee. I normally reward myself on Saturday with a Venti Pumpkin Spice Latte w/slice of either Pumpkin bread or Banana Nut. However, I also stopped on Sunday, and now today -- I was invited to go to the nearby town to their local coffee shop and hang out. In fact, that is where I am at right now. I've taken a picture of my coffee just to put up on here so that you can see the delight of my eyes.


I'm going to have to work out harder to pick up the deficit that this has included. Not that I can will where my calories are being taken away from or that I can control that but it has been nice just to go get some work done in such a cool atmosphere. I will be putting up some information soon on another post discussing the negatives and positives of coffee and all that that may entail.

I also ran into my brother while here at the coffee shop.

Food Intake:

1. 1 3/4 cup Raisin Bran Cereal
2. hard boiled Egg
3. 12 oz Sprite
4. Apple
5. 16 oz of water
6. 12 oz of Hazelnut/Vanilla Latte -- yum.
7. 2 bean burritos
8. 4 oz grilled chicken with italian dressing
9. salad w/romaine lettuce, mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers and a little ranch
10. mixed berry smoothie
11. 60 + oz of Water


Workout: Treadmill - 3.02 miles


Miles til year goal: 915.63

February 14th & I'm thinking about a Giveaway

I'm getting close to reaching 100 miles for the year so far. I am thinking about doing some sort of giveaway every 100 miles. I'm not sure about what to give away but had the idea and thought that it was a good one. That would be ten 100 mile giveaways. Any ideas????? Help!

Food Intake:

1. 1 cup Raisin Bran Cereal
2. Coffee Frap
3. oven roasted chicken sandwich w/ cheese and mayo on whole grain
4. three boiled eggs - no yoke
5. 12 oz sprite
6. pumpkin spice latte
7. pumpkin loaf slice
8. garlic herb grilled chicken
9. steamed vegetables
10. cut pieces of potatoes in a seasoning of some sort
11. mixed berry smoothie
12. 60+ oz of water
13. white chip mac. cookie - 2

Workout: Treadmill --- 3.71 miles

Miles til Goal: 918.65

Feb 12th - 13th

My weekends are the busiest (sp?) time of the week. I don't have the time to read any one's blog or get the time to write much of a blog post myself. I will however be able to get all caught up either tomorrow or on Monday. We are out from school for presidents day on Monday. Yesterday is normally the day that I have trouble waking up, but I woke up earlier than normal and got a lot done. It was nice not to waste the day away in bed....... We do have a comfy bed though.

the changes in my diet consisted:

pumpkIn spice latte
rice crispy treat
we had eggs, turkey bacon, and a piece of toast for dinner on Friday.

Workout: none Friday or saturday.

Miles til year goal: 922.36

Feb 11th & one HUGE cramp!

Last night I played basketball as I do every Wednesday and Sunday night and it was a really good time. The first half of the night I did not make a single shot but made up for that the second half of the night. Since I started on the treadmill I have noticed that my energy and endurance level has gone through the roof when it comes to playing on those nights. I can play at a higher level of intensity for longer periods of time. That has been a gradual thing that has taken a while to get too -- not just this year. This year has just helped in making activity easier.

I only talk about basketball because it brings me to the subject of muscle cramps. Last night at about 2 or 3 in the morning. I woke up with a MAJOR cramp in my left calf. I usually have a pretty high tolerance for pain but that cramp woke me up and had me calling out. It woke my wife up. It was not good. It probably took 10-15 minutes for it to subside enough so that i could get back to sleep. Any quality sleep after that was in only in small increments. I'm limping around today because the muscle is still pretty tight. I doubt I'll get the miles in that I'd like to tonight. I had a cramp like this in high school during basketball practice when we were doing bleacher runs and the calf muscle was like an indention, (looked like it was sucked in to the bone), in my leg. Does not feel good at all.

So what causes muscle cramps (involuntary contraction of muscle)? I searched around for some information regarding this and this is what I found.

Muscle Cramp Causes.....Muscle Cramp Solutions
1. Dehydration ................Drink more water
2. Not enough rest ...........Take breaks to replenish and regroup
3. Over exercising............Take breaks in between
4. Vitamin Deficiency.........Vitamins and/or change of daily diet
5. Insufficient Warm up......Warm up before exercising/playing
6. Poor Circulation............Looser clothing, Do a warm-up
7. No cool-down period.......Come to a gradual close of workout

Here is a site that has some pretty good information regarding Muscle Cramps and prevention of them.

Food Intake:

1. 1 3/4 cup of Raisin Bran Cereal
2. cup of coffee
3. Banana
4. oven roasted chicken breast
5. sweet and salty peanut bar
6. last of the super bowl health snack
7. 12 oz sprite
8. white chip macadamian nut cookies (2) from Subway
9. oven roasted chicken breast salad
10. Mixed berry/Banana smoothie
11. 60 + oz of Water

Workout: Treadmill - 2 miles


Miles til Year Goal: 922.36

Feb 10th - Two a day!

I was looking at my mile tracker and realized that I am still about the same distance off pace as last month from where I should be for the year. Those missed days held me back some. Today, I am planning on getting a couple miles on the treadmill and then going to play basketball in hopes for a good workout there as well. I step on the scale every morning so that I have an idea of where my body is at. This could be a dangerous thing. As I've stated several times --- my journey to better health focuses not on what I can control and not what I can not control. Right now the focus is on the miles that I do and what I put into my body. Any form of weight loss will be the added bonus. I caught myself taking on the mindset of it being about the weight and when it is only about that -- people get discouraged quickly. If the emphasis is on the scale than I'll lose control --- if the emphasis is on what I can do each and every day in the form of what I eat and what activity I have done - that's when I have control.


Food Intake: will post on the 11th.

Workout: Basketball --- 3.96 miles total



Miles til Year Goal: 924.36

February 9th & a little of my story

So I'm sitting here watching the Biggest Loser and for some reason I remembered the time that I actually thought about filling out the application to join the show. I even printed it off. I probably would not have met the size requirement but the fact that I had the thought made me think of how far I have come from then. It was a mindset that I had. It's been 40 days into the new year and it's been great so far. As long as I can remember - when it came to trying to be healthier, I constantly failed. I would start a "diet" and then leave it when something better came along (usually fast food). There is something different about this. It's not a "diet" but a change of lifestyle. It's a change in mind set. My mind is clear and I think about what is good and bad now. I weigh the decisions more and try to make the better decision. This is not a shallow attempt to have the appearance of perfection because I do eat things that aren't the best choice. I still allow myself a sweet snack every day but it is with purpose. I know that I would binge if I did not. This allows me the opportunity to have the sweet but control the amount of sweets. This is just my routine that seems to be working thus far. This may not be for everyone however. It's good to have the many other bloggers out there that share a similar story. I thought that I would give a few of those bloggers that I constantly read some love and post them below.

Mac at getfitslowly

John at Johnisfit

Andrew at andrewisgettingfit

J.Darling at wellnessjourney

These are just a couple of people that I read daily or as soon as they get a post up. They keep me inspired. I also have included a photo of me with the final look at the Super Bowl Snack stuff that I won from a drawing that Johnisfit held.


Look at that beard. I started growing just before I started this journey to better health. I do have to say that it is getting pretty fierce.

Food Intake:

1. 1 3/4 cup of Raisin Bran Cereal
2. banana
3. oven roasted chicken breast sandwich
4. 10 pretzels
5. 2 cookies
6. 12 oz sprite
7. oven roasted chicken on a bed of salad with ALL of the available vegetables
8. 60+ oz of water
9. Peach smoothies - yogurt, banana, agave nectar, milk, peaches

Workout: treadmill --- 4.2 miles

Miles til Year Goal: 928.32

February 8th, 2010 & a Large Size Shirt

I'm blogging for yesterday Feb. 8th, today. Last night (8th) we were at Walmart and they were having a clearance on most of their winter clothes for some reason -- (It was 11 degrees last night) so I figured I would look around. I am a pretty stingy guy when it comes to spending money unless it's something that must last. I found a long sleeved shirt that I liked but it was a size Large. I typically get an XL because Larges are just too tight for me to wear. Not this night. I knew I had lost some weight and thought that I would try it on. It's a good thing I did because it fit and it fit well. I don't feel that my stomach is protruding out of the shirt and it is pretty slimming. I don't think my wife had realized that I had lost the weight. She had heard the number but I don't think it registered until this morning when she had said, "You could really tell that you have lost weight". Score! That is enough motivation to keep anyone going.

I didn't get a workout yesterday because my body was so sore. I can't figure out as to why it was. The only thing I could think of is that on Saturday I shoveled loads of heavy wet snow. Either way - I've got to keep pushing!

Food Intake:

1. 1 3/4 cup of Raisin Bran Cereal
2. 1 Banana
3. Oven roasted chicken breast sandwich
4. 12 oz Sprite
5. snack bag of my healthy super bowl snack
6. 2 leftover tacos from super bowl party
7. small portion of some sort of salad -- (it had romain(?) noodles plain, cabbage, almond slivers, nuts, and some sort of oil dressing---i think)
8. 60 + oz of water

Workout: none

Miles til Goal: 932.52