A Case of the Runs

This is my second update to the post in which I mentioned I was going to try to lose some weight to spare my joints and such as I ease back into running post-marathon .  After 2 weeks (I've been doing weigh-ins on Mondays): Change (me) Change (Ukr) Overall Weight  -2 lb -2 lb Waist  no change --  Bicep  -.5" n/a  Hip  no change n/a Thigh  -1.25" n/a After 4 weeks (all changes are compared to baseline , NOT the previous week... figure there are gonna be ups and downs, so this is the best way to capture just the overall picture). Change (me) Change (Ukr) Overall Weight  -3 lb -4 lb Waist  no change -2" Bicep  -.5" n/a  Hip  no change n/a Thigh  no change n/a I decided not to post Week 3's update, since I wasn't able to get the tape measure numbers.  However, that week, I was down -4 lb from the start and seemed to have gained one back in Week 4 (though I was wearing more cl...

I have been working out regularly for about eight years now, but personal training is unventured territory for me.  The last thing I needed during my "me time" is something constantly staring at/correcting me .  So although I had access to free training in the past, I never bit. My best friends recently got trainers and are seeing pretty good weight-loss results.  Given that I gave jumped on the weight-loss wagon, I thought it'd be a good time to at least see where I stand in terms of my body composition. I look tired here, blah.  To be fair, I drove an hour to get there, and I had just gotten off from work. Joe from Encino Personal Training Institute offered "The Ukrainian" and me a free trial session.  This place is located off the 101-N on Hayvenhurst (for those who aren't in CA, there are other franchises -- but this I'm sure they are all different). The club includes a variety of equipment.  This is their cardio area, which members a...

This is my first update to the post in which I mentioned I was going to try to lose some weight to spare my joints and such as I ease back into running post-marathon .  After 1 week (I've been doing weigh-ins on Mondays): Change (me) Change (Ukr) Overall Weight  -2 lb -4 lb Waist  no change --  Bicep  -.25" n/a  Hip  -.5" n/a Thigh  -.5" n/a After 2 weeks*** (all changes are compared to baseline , NOT the previous week... figure there are gonna be ups and downs, so this is the best way to capture just the overall picture). Change (me) Change (Ukr) Overall Weight  -2 lb -2 lb Waist  no change -- Bicep  -.5" n/a  Hip  no change n/a Thigh  -1.25" n/a *** this week covered Thanskgiving and 4 days of not working out =/ I am not getting too excited yet, as I'm pretty sure water weight and muscle loss are occuring to affect the changes.  The lower-impact stuff I have been doing is probably n...

Since I haven't been able to figure out how to control the fate of my marathons (if you missed the recap of my recent marathon gone wrong, it's  HERE ), I turned to another new goal that I might be able to control. Yep, the rebound goal . I'm calling it " equilibrium " on the blog, which is really just a code-word for weight loss.  I have pretty much been the same weight for nearly three years now. Prior to that, I had an extra ~10 Starbucks -induced pounds somewhere, and each year that the scale number increased, I feared that it would only go up from there. Should the same trend start again (due to aging, babies, or whatnot), I want my starting point to be as low as I can (healthfully) get it. I haven't talked much about weight loss on this blog.  For one thing, I've approached the whole thing rather stupidly in the past .  Secondly, I know that such topics are controversial/sensitive, which opens me up to criticism.  That all comes with the territor...