Week #3 Scorecard

The competition is getting pretty serious...

1st place: Cori

2nd place: Amber

3rd place: Keely

I hate to say something so trivial as "You are all winners!" but...

honestly...you all are looking so strong and everyone is giving there all at camp...

r o c k on!!

Week #2 Score Card

Cori is  rockin' the competition 

with Amber and Keely nippin' at her heels...

At this point...anything could happen..

Keep a loggin'!!

Marathon

I just returned from Las Vegas where I went to help my sister post-new baby. I drove by myself. I don't enjoy driving, much. As I started out on my journey, I realized that I could easily (not really easy...but you know what I mean) run a marathon in the time that it would take me to drive to Vegas. I realized also that I would prefer to run a marathon. (But I am a bit sick in the head, I realize). These thoughts were on my way to Vegas.

On the way home today, I realized as I was grabbing at food particles to keep myself entertained and alert for my drive that I (no doubt) consumed more calories than if I had gone out to run a marathon. When I run, I consume 100 cal for every hour of running (I am expending between 500 and 600/hour). When I drive...(close to 0 calories expended)...and yes...even though I included fruit, vegetables, almonds, AK Maks and a healthy sandwich...MORE CALORIES CONSUMED THAN WHEN RUNNING A MARATHON!  What is up with that?!

Not only that...I have been away from the web log...So? How's it going for you??

PS. Just so you don't think I threw it all away while in Vegas...I did run twice with my brother in law (at 4:00 am!!) and did the workout that is over.......there......on the ride side bar. It was tough in the heat but kind of fun to do while my niece and nephew played at the park.

Kath's commentary

I have a personal blog where I rant about life and such. I have had an ongoing series which I entitled "Food Wars". I have decided to share with you my most recent post of this series. I figured it was only fair since I alluded to the lot of you...

This is the banner I created for the Boot Camp blog to advertise the new Spring session that is complete with a score card and competition.

I am losing. (Not weight) I got pretty frustrated upfront because the score card is directly related to a web log where we are to record our food and fitness. The web log is not my friend. It is tedious and I don't like tedious for fitness. Tedious is okay for invitation creating, lesson or talk prepping and even teeth scaling but fitness accountability? I think not!

Hopefully with practice I will get more friendly with the web log. In the meantime I have learned (or relearned) a few things about myself.

1. My killing myself with exercise the morning after a bad eating day was my way of justifying my bad eating choices. I am not talking calorie for calorie, I am talking self penitence and reconciliation.

2. Exercise is not the "fix-it" for over eating. The only "fix-it" for over eating is getting to the bottom of why

it is that you over ate in the first place.

3. All of this feels connected to how I feel about myself.

4. When I am strong and confident, I am in control of what enters my mouth and I have a realistic outlook of the results of said intake.

5. When I am in a state of self doubt for whatever reason, other parts of me get to take control like appetites.

6. When it comes right down to it...my mouth and stomach have much less to do with this equation than I have ever realized before.

more to come...

Week #1 Score Card

Junkie or Flunky??

So...which are you? A point junkie  or a point flunky?? I happen to be a flunky according to the traditional less than 50% possible points. And well...I have to be honest with you. I have been a bit bent about the whole thing. I mean seriously...20 calories off? that's pretty serious monitoring there.

I am feeling better now. It must be that I have eaten two meals and burned some boot camp calories. Or maybe it's 'cuz I already let out all the frustration to anyone who would hear me out...including Dee--sorry bout that.

I realize that, for me, I gotta' keep this whole thing in perspective. Did I eat better than I would have before the challenge? yes! Did I work out extra hard? yes! Do I feel technically challenged when logging my food? absolutely! but no matter...

Don't get discouraged...this is a journey. And if you do get discouraged?? Call a fellow camper and have a whiners fest. It helps, I think. Or...you could always start a comment chain on the blog....Come on! Tell us what you think...

(unless you are Cori...we know what you think, ahem! Did you get all A+ in school too? probably.)

weigh-in

Tiffany sent this to Deanne as a mere suggestion.

Perhaps we have been doing it the 

WRONG WAY!!