Running towards improvement

By Tom Conner

I thought I would give you a brief glimpse into what a week looks like for my diet and exercise program. Keep in mind that in my younger days I was a distance runner. Then, after a foot injury, I gained weight due to becoming sedentary and not watching what I eat. Recently, I've become active again in the sport I love and I've made some serious diet changes resulting in weight loss, a boost in energy, and a regained sense of self-confidence, all of which I am working very hard to maintain.


Sunday- Ate at my favorite buffet for lunch. Need I say more? Ate a light dinner of meat and fruit. Ran 4.5 miles at a 8.5 minute pace

Monday-Banana and OJ for breakfast, with soup and salad for lunch and pasta for dinner. 40 min. on the treadmill with 3 reps of weight training using 50 lbs weight.

Tuesday- Fruit for breakfast with salad for lunch and went to Naked Tchopstix for dinner. Basically had noodles. Left knee had some soreness, so no exercise.

Wednesday- Same breakfast as Monday and then I had chili and a roll at Longhorn for lunch. I had penne pasta with chicken and 1 piece of bread with butter for dinner. 30 minutes on the elliptical and I did 50 crunches-no weights.

Thursday-fruit and a bagel for breakfast with a salad at the Rathskeller. Dinner at Cheesecake factory and had 8oz sirloin steak with veggies. Elliptical for 30 minutes with 50 crunches.

Not a real successful week because of the soreness in the knee. Planned on running the Saturday St. Patrick's Day run downtown on Saturday but will not because of the left knee.

Did not lose or gain any weight. Better luck next week.