Fitbloggin', meeting internet friends & a 5k oh my!

I had a great time this weekend.  From attending my first fitbloggin' meetup in SF to meeting up with a friend from Chicago and ending with a 5k race.

A while back I heard about a local fitbloggin' meetup in SF being hosted by Attune Foods.  I drove to SF pretty early and met up with some Bay Area bloggers.  I "knew" about 1/2 of the bloggers in attendance since I read their blogs & follow them on Twitter.  It was great meeting them in person.   The bloggers in attendance were:

Picture from Danica's blog

Danica of Danica's Daily
Tracey of TJ’s Test Kitchen 
Marlene of Nosh My Way 
Anna & Jillian of Cubicle Chronicles 
Danielle of Eat, Sweat, Smile 
Annelies for Attune Foods 
Melissa of Journey to Marvelous 
Courtney of Pancakes and Postcards 
Suki of Super Duper Fantastic

One of the two breakfast bars set up

Attune Foods products

Attune Foods (along with other sponsors) provided an awesome goodie bag and breakfast bar.  Since I can only find Uncle Sam's Original Cereal I decided to try the Honey Almond cereal with almond milk, blueberries & strawberries.  Yum!  Annaleis also invited Registered Dietitian Jae Berman to talk to the group about the importance of breakfast & to answer any questions we may have had for her.  Some of the things she mentioned were:

• Breakfast lowers stress hormones
• 4 hours of sugar/glucose is what the body holds so she recommends eating every 3 to 4 hours
• If you don't eat, the body holds on to fat especially in the stomach area
• Try to eat a combination of protein & carb with every meal
• If you don't eat before working out, you could gain weight because the body is starving
• Spread calories throughout the day
• Chocolate milk is a great drink after a long run

After that, we all walked over to the Ferry Building to walk around & explore the farmer's market.  Unfortunately, we sort of spread out and I was unable to find anyone towards the end.  I really enjoyed my time & I hope to meet up with them soon.

Afterwards I met up with my friend Emily who is from Chicago.  Emily & I "met" through a site called Gals' Guide.  We both used to write for it and started following each other on Twitter.  We both have a passion for make-up so we constantly chat about it.  When she told me that she was going to be in SF I knew that we had to meet up.  I'm always worried that when I meet someone that I know online there may be some awkwardness.  I am happy to report that meeting up with Emily (and her friend Taelor) was like catching up with an old friend.

Foggy San Francisco

Today I got up early to participate in the Race for the Cure 5k benefiting the Susan G Komen foundation.  I was able to get a group to go and off we went back to SF.  My goal was to beat my previous time (54:55) & I beat it with a time of 53:50.  A minute improvement makes me happy.   Like I've mentioned before, my goal is to participate in a 5k a month & each time to improve my time.

On your mark

I thought these signs were really neat

We finished!

Happy after finishing :)

I also had a pretty rad non-scale victory today. When I went to get my shirt, then had run out of 2x.  I was pretty bummed and got an extra large.  I thought that I wasn't going to be able to wear it for the race.  However.... IT FIT!   I was so happy.  It was a bit tight at first (that's why I am wearing my jacket) but afterwards when we got breakfast I took my jacket off and it didn't feel or look tight anymore. Wheee!  A year ago I used to wear 3x tops and now I can wear a xl. Hell yeah!

Tomorrow I have my weigh in.  Will I hit 70 pounds?  Stay tuned...