Having chronicled my entire weight loss journey online has had many benefits, as well as a few drawbacks. The benefits are plenty - the verbal & photo documentation of my experience, the ability ...
This past Saturday was the Brooklyn Half Marathon! Heres how it went... All day Friday, all I could do was think about the event. I was so excited to run, to see Trixie, to represent my borough, to m...
This past Saturday I had a brand new bike tour experience: the Tour de Staten Island! This was another in the Tour de (Boro) series hosted by our good friends at Transportation Alternatives, and it w...
Yesterday was the long awaited Five Boro Bike Tour! Heres how my day went (Part 1 of 2): 4:30 Awake! I slept a full 4 hours! I had my coffee & breakfast prepared the night before. I just had to t...
I have to be up in 5 hours but Im not even ready to think about bed. This happens every year the night before the Five Boro Bike Tour. Its the closest thing I have to that feeling you get as a kid on...
Ive been teasing you for a while now that I was going to get a new bike, and it finally happened! Last night I received my beautiful new Brooklyn Cruiser! I took her out today for the first time and ...
Heres my recap for the month of April, 2012! How I followed the Plan: Food: I did much better food wise than the previous month. I cant say I tracked 100% but I tracked much more than April and made ...
Not long ago, I bought a bagel from my favorite bagel shop in the hood, Bakers Dozen. They make a knock-your-socks-off whole wheat everything - my favorite! - and its only a dollar. Now, I dont consu...
This past Sunday, I was registered for a 4 mile run in Central Park with New York Road Runners. I didnt prepare the night before like I usually do. Why not? Well... On Saturday evening I was out on m...
I want to dedicate this bike, run & blog to my friend Anna - a blog reader and fellow cycle enthusiast who lives across the pond and who I had the pleasure of meeting & biking with on both of...
Last August I was biking down Kent Ave in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn and I stopped when I noticed this curious piece of unfinished art... It was obviously a work in progress but I was alrea...
Ever since last year when I told my Dad I was qualifying to run the NYC Marathon this year, hes been making all sorts of wild claims about his running skills and his own marathon training. Now, my Da...
Heres my recap for the month of March, 2012! How I followed the Plan: Food: I got a little off track and did not track as diligently as I know I need to. Im recommitting to that this month because I ...
Ive had a great concept for a recurring blog post for a while now and am finally getting around to executing it. Im going to do recurring posts that combine a few of my loves - my love of NYC, photog...
Attention cyclists - some very exciting bike news! April 6: If you live in the NYC area, stop by Ciel Urban Bicycle Stores in Manhattan next Friday night for their Grand Opening Party. Info is on the...
I was thinking about something my leader, Melanie recently said. Shes run 8 marathons now (preparing for 9 and 10 this year) and she said the first 20 miles she runs are for her. Then to get her thro...
(continued from Part 1. This is the exciting conclusion to the NYCHalf Marathon post!) We ran as far west on 42nd Street as possible, turning right (north) briefly on the West Side Highway, only to m...
Sunday March 18th, 2012 is a day I will never forget! I had the experience of a lifetime - I was one of the lucky ones who were picked in the lottery to run through Manhattan in the NYC Half Marathon...
I get so excited seeing ads for running, especially races Im in!!! Tomorrow Ill be "running the city" with thousands of other runners in the NYC Half Marathon! Im SO excited to do this run. I...
I warned you that Id be talking about the marathon a lot in my blog this year, so get ready, its starting! I decided to start writing some diary entries because I literally think about the marathon e...
If youre a Weight Watchers meeting member, I really hope you make a point to attend your meeting this week. Why? Because you might see a familiar face on the cover of your Weekly! OMG thats me!!! HOL...
Today was the Rockefeller Stair Climb event that raises money for the National MS Society. I didnt get to train for it because of my tendonitis (I hadnt stairs for a whole month leading up till today...
Lets see, how would I sum up this month? Probably one word: Tendonitis. Unfortunately that kept my working out to a minimum, but I still did what I could. Heres my activity spreadsheet for the month:...
Since learning about my tendonitis diagnosis, I had planned to make my comeback run in Prospect Park on February 25th - ten days after my doctor visit - since I was registered for an event that day. ...
I mentioned in the January update blog post that I had gone out to dinner with my Dad that month and was so impressed with how I handled it that I would devote a whole post to it. If youre thin...
I havent run in over a week. In fact, I havent done *any* activity since last Tuesday. No running, no stairs, no elliptical - not even my favorite weights class. Thats obviously very out of character...
Attention all NYC area Weight Watchers peeps! First, I want to alert you to a handy new page on Facebook that lists upcoming events in Manhattan. Some of those events include the following - 3 more e...
Originally uploaded by Vanessa52 You may have noticed that I dont mention my veganism very often on this blog. Its not that I dont feel strongly about it, its because I feel that what I write about a...
In my January update post, I mentioned that I was supposed to run a half marathon in January but didnt, because that was the day in snowed. The entire 13.1 mile course was in Central Park, including ...
The Five Boro Bike Tour is a 42 mile bike tour that (as the name implies) bikes into each of NYCs five boroughs. I first rode in 2009 and have rode in the two years since. This year Ill be riding aga...
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