161.4 Lost 1.6 Lbs This Week/New Running Shoes

Apparently I'm still holding my water.  :(  I've been eating foods with way too much sodium lately; MyFitnessPal is really opening my eyes to it!

The above picture is of my new running shoes, the Puma Faas 300.  The number 300 has to do with how much support there is; the lowest number, 250, is pretty much a barefoot shoe, and I think it goes up to about 900.  I wanted to try a more minimalistic shoe, I loved the color, and the price was right, so I went for it because I was definitely due for a new pair of running shoes.  I tried them out for the first time today on the treadmill, and I noticed a couple of pretty interesting tidbits: first, they made me faster, as in, the time between my heel striking and my toes lifting off was shorter.  This was actually a bit annoying on the treadmill, as I kept running faster than the belt and couldn't help it (no matter what speed it was set to).  In the long run though (no pun intended) it will be a good thing.  Second, it changed what side of my foot I strike on, and therefore what side of my leg I get shin splints on.  With my old pair of shoes, I struck on the outside of my foot and got splints on the insides of my legs (although I hadn't really gotten them in a while); today, with the new shoes, I struck pretty neutrally, maybe a bit more on the inside of my foot, and I was getting mild splints on the outsides of my legs.  It doesn't make me like the shoes less, I just find it interesting.  Maybe as I become more accustomed to these shoes the splints will go away.  One more thing: they dig into my ankles.  I'm going to have to start wearing socks that come up a bit higher with them, because they were giving me blisters today (no chance of returning them because I already stunk them up, ha).

Here's yesterday:

November 1, 2012     If every day were like today...You'd weigh 154.3 lbs in 5 weeks

FOODS	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 1 cup	86	12g	0g	8g	5mg	127mg	0g	0g
Aldi - Millville Crispy Oats Cereal, 1 cup	120	23g	1g	4g	0mg	210mg	2g	3g
Lunch
Stonemill Essentials (Aldi) - Brown Gravy Mix, 1 tsp (6g)	20	4g	0g	1g	0mg	280mg	0g	0g
Aldi's- Chef's Cupboard - Instant Mashed Potatoes, 1 cup cooked	200	20g	0g	4g	2mg	30mg	2g	2g
Wild Venison - Tenderloin, 9 oz.	390	0g	6g	78g	201mg	0mg	0g	0g
Ole Carolina - Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon, 2 slices	90	0g	7g	5g	15mg	270mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Homemade - Chili (Trky Sausage, Grd Turkey, Crushed/Diced Tomatoes, Carrots, Gr Beans, Pepper & Onion), 2 cup	279	27g	8g	24g	0mg	680mg	0g	9g
Aldi Happy Farms - Finely Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese, 1/4 cup (28g)	83	0g	7g	5g	23mg	135mg	0g	0g
Old Orchard Pomegranate Blueberry Juice - Juice, 8 fl. oz.	130	31g	0g	0g	0mg	25mg	29g	0g
Snacks
Libbys - Mini Pumpkin Muffins, 3 muffins	100	17g	3g	2g	20mg	85mg	12g	2g
Gatorade - G2 Low Cal, 20 oz	45	12g	0g	0g	0mg	270mg	12g	0g
Ted Drewes - Vanilla Custard, 1/2 Cup	200	21g	10g	6g	55mg	70mg	21g	0g
TOTAL:	1,743	167g	42g	137g	321mg	2,182mg	78g	16g

EXERCISES	Calories	Minutes	Sets	Reps	Weight
Cardiovascular
Spinning®	512	60
Running (jogging), 7 mph (8.5 min mile)	119	8
TOTALS:	631	68	0	0	0