Running in a sports bra

The name is Meg. The goal is to lose that perpetual and pesky 10 pounds and tone up (with the Tone it Up program!) I love to run and find healthy new recipes. While, my lifestyle overall is a healthy and active one, this is about keeping things consistent. @MegTonesItUp on twitter// @TheKeevster on Tumblr for other life adventures.

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M3: spring salad with spinach, strawberries, shredded broccoli, grapes, feta and honey mustard yogurt dressing.

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Thursday

M1: oats soaked in almond milk with cinammon and agave, hard boiled egg M2: berries and half chicken sausage M3: Tofu and veggie stirfry. Tjs apple bran muffins M4: strawberries, freeze dried blueberries, almonds M5: portabella mushroom, wilted spinach and homemade veggie burger & celery with pb on the side

WO: 5 mi in the sunshine :)

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Wednesday (in review)

Bootycall: 30 day shred

M1: Meta- D and egg whites with mushroom and tomato + half a Trader Joe's apple bran muffin and half a chicken sausage

M2: Plain greek yogurt and strawberries and blueberries

M3: Cabbage salad with avocado, celery, carrot, radish, lime juice and homemade veggie burger + apple slices on the side

M4: Hard-boiled egg and TJ's trail mix packet

WO: Shredmill

M5: Cabbage salad, turkey burger (bunless), sauteed mushrooms and 1/4c quinoa

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Tuesday

M1 (pre-workout) Lara bar and Meta-D

WO: 2.5 mi in 21 minutes, 20 minutes eliptical and light weight training

M2: Oats soaked in low-fat milk, cinnamon, agave and strawberries

M3: Homemade veggie burger (will post recipe later), two hard-boiled eggs,cherry tomatoes, strawberries

M4: Trader Joe's apple bran muffin

M5: Fish Tacos (minus the taco shell) and salad

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M2: smoothie with peach slices, strawberries, tofu, lowfat milk, agave and a dash of cinnamon.

M3: Lara bar and handful of almonds

M4: celery with pb, protein shake

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First day of Tone it up!

M1: egg whites with spinach, broccoli and tomato + strawberries.

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Wednesday: 3mi total (2mi@16:37!) 400 reps Half mile walk

Thursday:

415 reps Mile @ 8:11 15 mins arc

Friday: 30:mins arc 300w

Saturday: 2.5mi

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Monday: 8 mi

Tuesday: 500 reps, mile at 8:22, mile at 8:17

Sprints: 0.25m @ 8.1 mph 0.25m @ 8.3 mph

15 min incline walk

10 min arc trainer at 28 resistance

Cardio calories burned: 530

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Getting back to posting.

Yesterday: 50 mins of free weights and weight machines + 3mi run. I like to measure my lifting by adding all the reps together (it helps steer away boredom) so this would be 675 reps

Lots of fruit and veggies. Like apple, orange, fruit Smoothie, salad and baby carrots, lots.

Today: Sore! 330 reps plus 2.5 mi on the treadmill with 1.6mi of speedwork, .4mi of hills and .5mi cool down jog.

So far, egg white sandwich, coffee! and maybe some leftover jello salad. (I couldn't let it go to waste!)

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Workout check-in

At the gym:

5 K on the treadmill + 40 mins free weights

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I've been thinking about when and where my next race will be. I am pretty sure I want to my first marathon next October in Baltimore.

But, the Pittsburgh marathon in May is also enticing. My family would be there to see me and I could run 26 miles in my hometown. But, a May marathon would require winter training, beginning in mid-January. So my options would be freezing my but off outside or logging mileage on the treadmill.

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New PR

2 miles in 16:56 this morning = 8:28 minuter per mile :)

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After a couple weeks of running between 2 and four miles a few times a week, I completed a 6mi run this morning. It felt great and I'm slowly getting back to where I belong!

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Now that I'm back into running, I realize I'm going to need a new and more supportive pair of shoes.

Since I can remember I've been purchasing the on sale Nikes or New Balances I find out the outlets or Kohl's, but I think it's time to invest some money in shoes I spend so much time in.

Thinking about these Brooks Glycerin meant for high mileage running. At $130, it would be a splurge, but hopefully worth it.

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Slowly but surely

I'm back!!!

After a few weeks off (nearly four!) I can start running again little, by little. I put in 3 mi today and although my stride felt off it still felt good.

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After thinking about it long and hard, I've decided to sit out of the marathon. I will ask them to hold my spot for next year though.

I had my heart set on running this race, but I guess it isn't my time.

So, instead, I will give my foot time to fully heal.  I'll do more yoga and lift weights and slowly work my way back to running again.

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Welp. She looked at the x-ray I brought and confirmed it's a darn good stress fracture.

Good news:

It's in the best place for healing

It's not swollen

I'm no longer limping

I can still run if I REALLY want to

Bad news:

Running will likely make it worse