Posts by sharz96

I'm 40, and I feel like a grown up.  But that's only settled in the last five years or so.

Jogging is running. 

But the difference between jogging and other subsets of running (sprinting, for example) vary too much from individual to individal--and for that matter, over time and fitness levels for the SAME individual--to define it by a speed measurement, as the OP inquired about. 

That's not to say that a particular group, such as a track team, for example, may not establish that when they say "jog", they mean X min miles.  But as far as a generally accepted speed definition ... no.

I agree, there is no line.  People are too different.  I am short with stubby legs, and there are many people who can walk faster than I can jog. And at the gym, there's this tall, lanky guy whose easy, warm up jog is as fast as my 1/2 mile pace. 

I've heard that, technically, if your front foot touches the ground before the back one lifts off the ground, it's walking.  If both are off the ground, it's running.  That leaves a very WIDE range of speed, from person to person.

It's mostly dead.  In most parts of the country.

Nice to hear that it's not in the south. 

I just came back from vacation.  My approach was to eat about 80% healthy and 20% "what I want" (which translated into several deserts and a few glasses of wine) but not to count calories, or even try to approximate them.  I had an active vacation (running and kayaking) which worked up a strong appetite, which I indulged with good quality food. 

My initial increase the day after returning (8/17) was about 5 lb.  This morning (8/18), I'm down .8, or 4.2 above when I left.  I'll probably drop another pound or so in the next two days, and I'm guessing my "real" weight gain was 3 pounds in 9 days.  Not great, but very much "worth it".  I had a great vacation, had some wonderful restaurant dinners with dishes I'd never get at home, and which I'll remember fondly as part of the overall vacation.  Totally worth it.

I work out 4 days a week, three of them at the gym.

Mon -- short run (25 min) and strength training

Wed -- longer training run (over 1 hr)

Thurs -- short run (25 min) and strength training

Sat -- long run outdoors

I want to get my BMI to "normal".

I want to run faster.

I want to get rid of the belly fat that likes to bulge and rub between my PFD and sprayskirt.

I have a friend who tried all liquids.  She gained weight.  (Too much fruit juice.)

I doubt it's your exercise.  Or rather, if it is, it's because you need to eat more, not exercise less.  If you give your height, weight, and frame size, that might help us assess that possibility, but my first guess is that you are still burning as much/more than you're consuming, and your weight and fat % are still insufficient.  Your diet quality sounds fine, it's not just about eating enough fat, but the amount of body fat you have.  If you don't have enough body fat for your body to sustain healthy pregnancy, then your body eliminates the possibility. 

It seems a little early for that, but it will happen.  Inevitably.  I suggest adding some spurts of jogging throughout your walk.  Slow and easy, more a shuffle at first than a jog, and just a minute at a time, until you see how your body takes it.  And assuming it goes ok, gradually increase based on a run/walk program.  Running will burn a lot more calories than walking, even if your "running" is no faster than power walking.

My first name is highly unique: Sharla.  I love it. But unless I spell it out, it always gets written as Charla.  I guess as a combination of Carla and Charlotte.  I never minded it at all when I was single and my last name was the plain, can't be mis-spelled, Jackson.  Sharla Jackson.  Loved it.  And if people mis-spelled Charla, I didn't really care.  Same name.

But then I married.  Short and sweet: Utz.  Pronounced "Uhtz".  (Same as the potato chip company out east--very, very distant relatives, going back somewhere between 150-250 years, most likely).  When you say "Uhtz" it usually gets turned into "Lutz".  Or they can't process it at all, and just stare blankly, or dead silence, on the phone.  But the best is if you spell it out U-T-Z, then it gets prounces back like You-TEEZ-ey.  Cracks me up.

But now, put my two names together, Sharla Utz, and it comes out as first name Charlotte, no last name, every bloody time.  I don't like Charlotte.  At all.  Because of an old lady I knew as a small child, and because really didn't like Charlotte's web.  Hate spiders.  So now I'm doomed to spelling out both names.  Sometimes I wish I'd kept my maiden name.

Let's see ...

Wasn't worth the calories? Pretty much any ordinary chain pizza (Pizza Hut, Papa Johns, Domino's, whatever. ) Seems like I indulge several times a year, and always end up saying "that was SOOOO not worth it".  I think I've finally learned however ... see next.

was indulgent but worth it? Giordano's Chicago style stuffed pizza. I don't even KNOW how many calories, but there's a LOT of cheese, so it's high.  But regardless of what it comes to, totally worth it.  Best pizza on earth.  If I'm going to spend calories on pizza, it won't be anything but Giordano's.

was so good you cant believe only had that many calories? Dove dark chocolate miniatures.

I couldn't keep up with C25K, either.  I suspect that any overweight, truly sedentary person who was never an althete would have trouble with it.  I was also obese/overweight (right at the borderline) and could do 45 minutes on elliptical, no problem.  I started C25K, but within about 4 weeks, I couldn't keep up.  I started repeating weeks, and I probably could have stayed with that and finished the program, but I got bored, and ended up adapting it to suit me.  It was about 6 months from the time I first started C25K, to when I could actually run a full 5K.  (Pretty slow, but still running.)  Now, I love running.  I'm still about 5 pounds over "normal" weight, but I suspect that will be gone by the time I've finished bringing my weekly base mileage from 14 miles (where it is now) to 20 over the next six weeks.

I do as someone above suggested – I aim for a range. The planning it would require to hit every macronutrient exactly, in conjunction with the overall calorie target, would border on obsessive-compulsive, I think.  My targets are 25 fat/30 protein/45 carb.  For any particulary day, I’m aiming for a range of 25-30 fat, 25-35 protein, and 40-50 carb.  As long as you’re logging as you eat, it’s not difficult to hit within a range, provided you have a general idea about the macronutrients of various foods and try to include some of each with every meal so that you aren’t too far out of balance at any point.  And then as you get to 75% of your daily calories, you need to eat whatever you are low in, and avoid anything you are high in.  I try to make my overall averages for a week hit closer to my ideal 25/25/50 target, because I don’t want to end up consistently high or low.  But to day, I have a 5-10% range, and that works well for me.  (When I stick to it, that is.)

Lose the last 20 pounds.

Including two cup sizes.