Day 59

Yesterday was quite a day.  I've been super busy at work and Hub's and I decided to make calzone's for dinner.

Not a super healthy dinner, but it was really good and I made the portions just right to keep it under my calories. 

After I ate dinner (hubs was still at work) I sat down and took some me time for a couple of craft projects and to prep my kindergarten and pre-k sub cd's for today.  (I was gone to District Band Contest.)

When hub's got home we met up with *J* and did Day 1 of Week 8, C25K.  WEEK 8!  This is the last "technically" week in the program!  After this week we're supposed to be able to run for 30 minutes straight.  I think I'm going to go in a create a couple more weeks in my custom run and keep bumping up the times each run until we get to 45 minutes.  When I can run for 45 minutes, then we're going to move outside.  Or that's the idea anyway.  If I bump the time 5 minutes a week we can get to 45 minutes in 4 more weeks (including this last one of C25K.)  That's just in time to run a 5K in the end of March!  Just so happens that one of *J*'s college friends is hosting one near us in the end of March.  It looks like I might be able to check off one of my resolutions soon!

That's if we can keep up with that running!  Last night's run was NOT easy.  Very challenging mentally.  I'm going to have to really start looking into a great running playlist so I can get pumped and stop relying on the tv on the treadmill.  30 minutes by then end of this week just may kill me!  I guess they say whatever doesn't kill you only makes you stronger... 

Day 58

It was very hard to find motivation today...  I think my over-indulgent weekend did me in and today it was REALLY tough to curb the cravings and talk myself out of the "it's ok if I have just one..." thoughts.

Monday's are just tough.  I was super tired all day.  I did get my new shoes today!  That was exciting, but when it came time to go work out I gained a bit of a headache, slipped on the rockwall at the Y and ended up pulling myself up with mainly my right arm and straining the pectoral muscle under my arm.  That pretty much killed any thought I had of swimming tonight, but honestly I was looking for an excuse anyway...  Hubs and I did play a good 40 min of racquetball so at least there was that.  I'm still trying to beg off the headache but I'm in bed typing this so I see lots of sleep in my future.

Day 57

Today has been a pretty good day.

Mom and I hit the gym this morning (to help take the edge of last night :-) ) and I did Day 3, Week 7 of C25K!  This run was a 5 minute warm-up, 27 minute run and a 5 minute cool down.

It was pretty a difficult run for me.  Not as bad as DAY 1 of Week 7, but I still had to battle my mind telling me to stop every 2 minutes or so.  I did the run though and I ended up running 2.09 miles and 2.61 miles overall!  Not to shabby if I do say so myself!

After the gym we had lunch at Panera and then back to Mom's to pack and head out to my cousin's b-day party.  Luckily for me he was having a skating party so I got an extra workout today.  Helps justify the cupcake I had!  After the party I headed home and made dinner (tomato basil pasta with chicken) and made another batch of the chocolate cheesecake strawberries (for a co-worker tomorrow.)

All in all it has been a pretty fun and productive day.  Now I've gotta go finish laundry and dishes, get a shower and get myself ready for school tomorrow!  Whooo!  What a FAST weekend.

Week 8, Weigh In

This week's STATS:

Weight: 224 pounds (- 1.6 from last week)

Waist: 38 inches (-1 from last week)

Hips: 45 inches (- .5 from last week)

Overall totals:

Weight: -21 pounds!

Waist: -7 inches!

Hips: -5.5 inches!

I'm pretty stoked about finally being under the 20 pound mark.  Now I am on a foreign scale so we'll see what the scale at home says tomorrow but I'm really happy with these results!  29 pounds to go until I reach my first goal!  I'M ALMOST HALFWAY THERE!

This week totally gets a smiley!!

Day 56

The sub title for this blog should be....  NOT OVERCOMING TEMPTATION!

As well as I did yesterday, I totally made up for that tonight!  I had a Girl's Night In with one of my best friends *N*, my SIL (sister-in-law) and my Mom.  IT WAS FABULOUS!

We did a Nacho bar (which surprisingly didn't turn out too bad on my log...) and we made some stuff from Pinterest....  Then it was chick flicks and popcorn.  Admittedly, I over did it, but I deserve a splurge every once in a while...  I may still try to log everything, but I'm not looking forward to seeing my indulgence on paper...



Speaking of indulgences...

Chocolate dipped, filled with cheesecake and topped with graham crackers.

These I didn't actually eat, but I found them on Pinterest and HAD to make them for my cousin's birthday party tomorrow!  SOOOOO CUTE!

Day 55

The subtitle to this post should be... Overcoming Temptation.

I got up yesterday morning paid bills, made a quick Wal-Mart trip then went home and had lunch, did dishes, did laundry and straightened up most of the bedroom (the space between Hub's side of the bed and his shelf and dresser is his responsibility and subsequently you can not walk on carpet in that space...  Not that the rest of our room was much better but hey, I cleaned that up,) and packed for my weekend in T-town.

Hub's came home for lunch around 3 and I left for T-town around 4.  I rolled into town and promptly ran into MASSIVE traffic (which isn't much in comparison to say, Baltimore, but for T-town stand still traffic is a big deal.)  There was an accident so I ventured off the highway and looped around to the bypass and ended up only being about 15 minutes later than I thought I'd be meeting my mom, brother, other brother, sister-in-law and BEAUTIFUL niece for dinner at Carrabba's. 

This is where our sub-title comes into play.   I LOVE ITALIAN FOOD.  I love mozzarella cheese, especially fried, I love PASTA, I love meatballs, I love BREAD!  When I got there my family already had a table and appetizers (fried mozz, calamari and bread) and I sat down and started studying the menu. 

I ordered a bowl of Spaghetti and Meatballs with and Italian salad.  I only ate half the spaghetti and meatballs, all of the salad and I DID NOT TOUCH the fried mozz or bread.  It took a lot of restraint to not just say "ta hell with it" and dig in, but I knew that this would be the first of many restaurant trips this weekend and I stayed under my 1800 calorie goal!

I did not, however, consume 2 servings of fruit, eat enough protein or carbs and my sodium was way high.  I didn't exercise either...  Unless you count the 20 minutes I spent flying my niece around the house and playing with her...

All in all we had a fabulous dinner (one where we were there for over 2 hours) and great chill time with family.  My trip was long but it ended in a great time and a good practice of restraint and commitment to this diet!  Now I'm off to go figure out how to control tonight's "Girls Night In" dinner menu!

Day 54

I'm leading the pack in pounds lost for Biggest Loser!!  WHAHOO!  I don't know where I fall in the pack for percentage lost (we haven't even tried to figure it out yet) but I'm feeling pretty good about being in the lead! 

I lost another pound at work this week so I'm at an even 20 lost!  Now let's hope my weigh in on Sunday gives me the same results.

I'm going to my Mom's this weekend so it should be a good exercise in resisting temptation and portion control.  My Mom isn't known for her love of cooking.  We tend to go out a lot when I'm there so I will just have to plan my food carefully and stick to what I've been doing.

Tonight *J* and I ran Day 2 of Week 7, C25K.  It was a 5 minute warm-up, 26 minute run and 5 minute cool down.  It was surprisingly easy.  I was worried because the last run was so hard for me and I had a REALLY long day at work so I thought I was going to have a rough run.  I just started running and even did a SPRINT the last 20 seconds of the run and could have KEPT GOING!  I am still puzzled why some of the runs are so hard and some are pretty easy but hey, you gotta take what you get. 

I ran 2 miles in 26 minutes tonight.  2.6 miles all together.

Day 53

I have a funny story to share for today.

I bought a new swimsuit tonight and then went to swim.  I got in the pool and took off and wham!  I definitely felt over exposed.  My boob didn't fall out or anything, but I really felt like it was gonna.  I readjusted my suit but it didn't help much. 

So I spent 70 lengths pulling up my suit so I didn't expose myself to the lifeguards (one of which is a student and a co-worker's daughter.)  I guess I won't be wearing that suit for a while.  I bought it a little small because the last suit I bought in my size was way too large!  They are a different fit though, so I just need to drop a few more inches.  Less tummy means more fabric to cover the girls!

My swimming status so far is 904 lengths out of 7000.  Almost 1/7 of the way there!

Other than that today was pretty normal.  We had a pretty big dinner but I still got in a mile swim and 15 min of racquetball.  We're out of school on Friday so our Biggest Loser weigh in is tomorrow.  My weights have been pretty good all week so let's hope I didn't go too far off track tonight!

Badges

I was looking at my caloriecamp stuff and was so excited by my new badge that I thought I'd post all my badges, just to brag.  Not really just to brag because I'm not sure how accurate some of those badges are (like the running...)  Anyway, just so you know and they're all in one place.  I'll start with 1 and go from the top left to the bottom right!

1. 10/14 greens for 7 days!
2. Stay below your sodium limit 10/14 days.
3. Post 5 comments on caloriecamp.
4. Log your food for 30 days.
5. Attain a B+ (nutrition grade) or higher 20/30 days.
6. Run 30 miles within a month.
7. Complete the Iron nutrient goal.
8. Have a perfect day! (10/14 greens on nutritional analysis.)
9. Consume 30 servings of fruit over 30 days.
10. Drink 8 cups of water 8 days in a row (not sure how I got this one cause I average 6 cups a day...)
11. Complete your first week.
12. Exercise 3 hours in one week.
13. Upload a picture.
14. Post a comment when completing your day.
15. Complete your first day.

I only have 3 left. 

1. Try 3 different kinds of fish...   I don't like fish in general, but I do eat a lot of tuna and we recently tried some tilapia so I really only have one more to go before I get this badge.

2. Post 30 comments on caloriecamp.  I'm working on it but sometimes I feel weird posting comments for people I don't know.  That's the beauty of the site though.  Support and advice from complete strangers doing the same thing you are!

3. Reach your goal weight.  This one will take a while because my goal loss is 50 pounds for right now, but my goal weight on caloriecount is 180 pounds.  That I may not get to for quite a while but I'm ok with that!

Day 52

Today has been a pretty good day.  My plan for dinner worked out well and it turns out everyone was jealous of my food!  I had one of my co-workers comment "you're eating that and you're still losing weight?"  But what they don't understand is that I work really hard to balance out my calorie intake and dinner is always my biggest meal of the day!  I had a full plate, but 2/3 of it was green!

Tonight, after conferences, I started going through some of my tops and weeding out the ones that are just too big and the ones I want to donate to goodwill.  I did that until we went to meet *J* to run.

Hubs has been having a hard time with his foot (I think he's got plantar fascia...) so he went back to week 5 tonight but he did the whole run!  *J* and I went on to week 7 day one.  Here's the run down!

5 minute warm-up

20 minute run

3 minute walk

5 minute run

5 minute cool down

Tonight's 20 minutes was NOT easy!  Normally my legs kinda go "numb" after about 3 minutes.  By numb I mean the muscles relax and aren't fighting the workout anymore, I don't actually lose feeling, don't worry.  Tonight they just wouldn't relax.  I had to fight the feeling that I needed to stop, especially in the last 5 minutes, and just keep running.  The second 5 minute run was worse.  Honestly I'd have been better off just running 25 minutes straight!  But we did it and our next run is 26 minutes!  Oh!  And I ran 1.86 miles tonight.  In total I went 2.61 miles.  I'm hoping the extra minute will get me up to 2 miles, and if it doesn't I'll be really damned close!

No, Srsly...

No, seriously....  Who are you guys!

Day 51

I FINALLY GOT THAT STUPID BADGE!!!!!!!!!  I finally made to 10/14 greens 7 days in a row!  I got the badge, I got the badge, I got the badge!!

Hehem....

On another note, it was a good day.  I did well with my food and spent about an hour and 15 min on the racquetball court after climbing the rock wall (or attempting really) 3 times.

Tomorrow we have parent teacher conferences and a staff meeting so I'll be at school from 7:30 am to 6:00 pm.  Issa gonna be a long day.  I'm taking leftovers from last night to eat for dinner even though they are bringing in tortilla soup.  I'm just not a Mexican food fan.  Specifically I don't like chilli powder, which is a Mexican staple.  I'm trying to come up with veggies to take with me but we didn't have any left over tonight.  We do have raw carrots but that's really about it.  I might have to take Wednesday night's veggies and just go buy more.  Oh, the first world problems we have to deal with...  Lol, sheesh.

300

Somehow the blog views just keep going up.  I have almost 300 views.  Who are you?  Are you just passing by, are you following, do you know me?

I had a different blog on this domain for a long time but let it go and it has been gone for over a year.  Were some of you still checking in on that blog?

I'm totally curious!  Who are you?!?  Please let me know!

Day 50

I feel like I'm reporting the same thing over and over again.  Good day/bad day, good food, exercise.  Turns out the middle of a diet is NOWHERE near as interesting as the beginning of a diet!

I guess that's a good sign.  I'm really adjusting to the diet and exercise.  I'm doing well and keep losing every week.  Just gotta maintain that.  I'm still waiting for the ever dreaded plateau.  I suppose I could be proactive and start making a plan of action for when I do plateau.  How DO you get over a plateau.  Keep doing what you're doing or change it up to get over it.  It's an interesting thought.  I've always expected that someday it would happen but never thought much past it.

Ok, I'm rambling.  So here's my day.  We got up this morning and I did my weigh in.  After breakfast and lunch we met *J* to do Day 3 of Week 6, C25K.  Today we did a 5 minute warm-up, 15 minute run, 3 minute walk, 10 minute run and 5 minute cool down.  I actually ended up running 1.87 miles and with the walking 2.55 miles overall!  I can't say that I'm enjoying the running.  I have NEVER enjoyed running.  I don't get a rush of endorphins and feel really good after running.  Mostly I feel tired and stiff and like my muscles are going to kill me.  What I do feel, however, is a sense of accomplishment.  I've been working very hard to get to this point and almost running 2 miles seems crazy to me!  I don't run.  Especially not long distances.  2 MILES!

I've decided to start doing my weigh in at school on Mondays.  I don't like weighing in on Friday's because I think it throws me and makes me panic about the weekend.  I think doing the weigh in on Monday I'll be better prepared and it will more accurately reflect my progress.

Ok, I think this post has been random enough.  Happy Day 50!

Week 7, Weigh In

Here we go!

Weight in Pounds: 225.6 (-1.4 pounds, -19.4 total!)

Waist in Inches: 39 (-.5 inches, - 6 inches total!)

Hips in Inches: 45.5  (-1 inch, 5 inches total!)

This week has been Crazy!  Here's the low down.

Sunday: On the road, had lunch out with my Dad.

Monday: Snow Day, couldn't go workout because the Y was closed.

Tuesday: Valentines Day.  Worked out but then ate like a crazy person at dinner!

Wednesday: Pretty much my only normal day this week, good food and 20 minute run

Thursday: Parent teacher conferences so I had pizza for dinner and was too tired to go workout.

Friday: Had a pretty good day.  Did good with food and did another 20 minute run.

Saturday: 1 mile swim, good food day.

I'm totally surprised that I didn't gain this week and I'm REALLY happy with my loss.  I am, however, slightly annoyed that I'm still .6 pounds away from losing the elusive 20 POUNDS.  One more week I suppose!  It's not like I'm stopping anytime soon.

Ok, I'd say this week, crazy as it was, gets a fruity smile!

 

Body Progress, 7 Weeks In

Thought it was time for a few Then and Now photos!

 

 

 

First up, some progress in ma face.

Then: October 2011

Now: February 14, 2012

Next we have a front profile.

 

Then: Christmas 2011

Now: February 2012

Now a side profile (yuk!)

Then: September 2011

Now: February 2012

Day 49

Today has been a pretty good day.  We got up this morning and I made a nice brunch.  I packed up a few snacks and my suit then Hubs and I left to take the foster pup we've been keeping to meet his new mom!

On the way home we stopped by the Y and I tried to correct my slacking off in the swimming department!  I swam a mile today and then Hubs and I went and played racquetball for a bit.  I tried to go upstairs and do weights but my arms were super tired after my swim.  OH WELL!  You can only do what your body lets you!

I made a DELICIOUS new chicken recipe tonight for dinner and we had a good time sitting and watching re-runs of Dancing With the Stars.  Hubs went out to hang out with the boys and I've been primping on the couch.  It was HIGH TIME my toes got some attention.

Tomorrow is my weigh in and this morning when I got on the scale I was right where I was last Sunday, so who knows what tomorrow will bring!

Day 48

I apparently fell off the face of the planet yesterday.  Didn't work out but I did well on food.

My weigh in for school was not stellar today.  I didn't lose according to the school scale.  We'll see where I get on Sunday.  After this week I'm really not surprised though...

Today was a pretty good day.  I did awesome on food and Hubs and I went and redid day 2 of week 6, C25K.  I reran for him and upped my pace by .02 tonight.  I ended up running about 1.5 miles!  Getting there slowly but surely.

I didn't do any swimming this week.  Whoops.  I'll get back on that train next week!  Gotta keep up with my mini goals.

The one thing diet related I did discover this week was a way to tailor pants REALLY easily.  I was trying to find an outfit to wear on Tuesday night and none of my pants fit.  They were all HUGE!  I'm not complaining, but it makes it a little difficult to look pretty.  Anyway, I was tugging here and there and ended up gathering a bunch of material in the back of my pants, folding it over and pinning it.  The pins ended up pulling so I took out my sewing machine and did a quick stitch down to the seam.  It ends up making a triangle shaped cut out in the back and it made my pants fit perfectly!  I did it to slacks and jeans without a problem!  Yay for a cheap fix for my pants for a while!

Day 46

Today was a pretty good catch up day.  We had a wonderful time out last night and it was a great splurge.

Today was a great day to get back on track, and back on track I got!  I had a great food day and then came home and even did a little cleaning before I made dinner. 

After dinner hubs and I headed to the Y and I did Week 6, Day 2 of C25K!  Today was a 5 minute warm-up, 20 minute run and a 5 minute cool down.  I RAN THE ENTIRE 20 MINUTES!  I ended up running 1.4 miles and almost going 2 whole miles when you added the warm-up and cool down!  I haven't done that run since last spring/summer and I DID IT!  WHOOP!  After another 30 minutes of racquetball and I was spent, but it was a great work-out night!

Day 45

I did really well all day until....

VALENTINES DAY!!  I went buck wild today and hubs and I went to dinner!  It was soooooo good and I totally enjoyed every last buttery, chocolaty bite.

I did manage to go do weights after work so at least I got a work out in.  It was a pretty great day!

Day 44

Yesterday was a SNOW DAY!  I slept in, got up and sat on the couch reading for the remainder of the day.  I did managed to go out to pick up stuff for dinner but the Y was closed (because school was closed) so no workout for me.  Tonight I get to go off the diet (although I logged everything anyway.  STILL UNDER 2000 calories by my estimate) and even if I overeat I DON'T care!  We'll see if I can get in a workout anyway...

Day 43

Today has been a pretty good food day!  We were traveling back to the house and I made some excellent choices today.  We stopped back by my Dad's to have lunch and ended up going to a steak place.  I decided to go for their chicken strips (because they are DELISH) and instead of fries I opted to ask for green beans!  I also had a salad and a roll but managed to stay pretty low on calories!

We got home and went to the Y to run and then did our grocery shopping.  We're expecting snow tonight and I wanted to make sure we had food if we couldn't get out tomorrow. 

We did something tonight that I rarely do and had fish for dinner.  I'm just not a fan of food that comes from the ocean.  Never have been, but I'm trying to expand my horizons and decided that fish was the first step.  I decided on some Parmesan crusted tilapia and it was actually pretty good.  Not too much fishy taste.  Definitely something we can have again!

I'm hoping to get into bed pretty early tonight so I can be fully rested for when they DON'T cancel school in the morning.  I'm hoping for at least a delay, but probably won't receive that either.  OH WELL!  Here's to the end of a great diet week and the start of a new one!

Week 6, Weigh In

Ok!  Here we go!

Weight in Pounds: 227 (-4 pounds this week)

Waist in Inches: 39.5 (-.5 inches this week)

Hips in Inches: 46.5  (-.5 inches this week)

OVERALL

- 18 Pounds!

- 5.5 inches in my waist!

- 4 inches in my hips!

I feel FANTASTIC about this weigh in!  Almost to 20 pounds lost.  Maybe next week I'll get there!

This week gets a SMILEY!

Day 42

Today has been a tough decision day.  Hubs and I are traveling this weekend and that means a lot of temptation and bad food.

We went out to breakfast with my Dad and Brother this morning.  I planned what I was going to eat before I got there so I knew exactly how much I could eat.  I didn't necessarily eat the best foods but I did stick to what I logged.

After breakfast we traveled to Hub's parent's house.  We didn't have lunch because of our big breakfast but that was where the easy decisions stopped.  I thought I'd offer to make dinner for everybody so I could at least control what I ate, but everyone else wanted to order out for pizza.  I did my good little girl act and looked up my potential meal on calorie count and figured I could have 1 slice of pizza, 2 cheese sticks with sauce and a half salad, which was honestly quite enough food for me.

I'm just a little frustrated right now because Hub's kinda went food crazy all day.  He ate and ate and didn't seem to care.  It's hard to be the only one trying to make good food choices, but it becomes even harder when the people who are supposed to be your biggest supporters aren't even defending your choices.  It would have been nice if he would at least say we were on a diet so I wouldn't seem like such a control freak.  I'm already a picky eater and I'm sure this didn't help with his parents view of my meal planning.  I asked him about it and told him it would be nice to have a little more support and basically started a fight because he feels like I'm always shooting down his ideas when we plan menus.  I don't mean to, but I am A VERY picky eater and he just isn't so it's easier for me to choose what we eat and cook it. 

I'm VERY tempted to tell him he gets to plan and cook all of next weeks meals since he feels that way but I know that won't actually solve anything.  I think what I will do is build in one or two days a week where we "Roll our Own" so that he can choose what he eats.  If he wants to eat what I make that's fine, if not he can make his own decisions. 

He isn't as careful about measuring and logging his food and has been complaining lately that he hasn't been losing much weight.  I'm trying to help by portioning out dinner at least so that he knows what to expect, but I'm not going to try if all it is going to do is push us apart.  I need all the support I can get on this deal.  It would be really nice if he was trying as hard as I was...

Day 41

Yesterday was an overall good day.  I had a pretty good weigh in at school, down 1.5 pounds from my school weigh in last week! 

We decided at the last minute to head South for the weekend to visit my dad and Hubs' parents so we spent about 4 hours on the road after I got home from lunch.  We made smart decisions for on the road snacks and when we got to my Dad's my brother had made a pasta bake for dinner so we managed to eat pretty well all day yesterday.

My Dad even has an elliptical so I managed to get 30 minutes in for a work out!

Day 40

Today has been a pretty good day.  I ate pretty well today and busted a great work out.  Tomorrow is weigh in at school and I'm kinda looking forward to it!

My foot is kinda hurting right now cause I played racquetball pretty damn hard tonight but I'm hoping resting it tonight will make everything all better by tomorrow.

Here's to happy weighing!

Day 39

Today I hit a pretty big weight landmark!  I got home from school and just for kicks I hopped on the scale.  IT SAID 229.2!  229.2!!!  I'm under 230 pounds for the first time (I'm pretty sure) since college!

Other than that today has been pretty normal.  Had a good dinner and a pretty good work out!  We did day 3 of week 5 of C25K.  Tonight's run consisted of a 5 minute warm-up, 9 minute run, 2 minute walk, 5 minute run, 2 minute walk, 2 minute run and then a 5 minute cool down.

I thought the 9 minute run was going to be pretty tough but it wasn't that bad!  I don't even think we need to repeat week 5 again!  We're onto week 6 on Friday!  WOOT!  Pretty awesome day!

Day 38

Not much to report today except for the fact that I didn't work out today and I'm not feeling guilty!  In the past I've tried to get to the Y and do at least 30 minutes of activity.  Today I came home after work a little earlier than normal and sat down to work on a new crafty I discovered.  It turned out beautifully too! 

I also rescued a stray pup from the freezing cold and rain.  I've given him a bath and he's doing ok with my puppies.  HE IS NOT STAYING.  But he is a loving sweetheart and took to me almost immediately.  He's been following me around all night and is really human friendly...  SO IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR A DOG....

Day 37

I did my last swim for week 5 finally!  My progress is as follows!  714 lengths out of 7,000!  That's 10.2 miles ya'll!!!!  WOOT! 

Otherwise today has been a pretty normal Monday.  Work, home, dinner, Y.  We didn't get in as much racquetball as we wanted but almost an hour is still pretty great.

I also managed to pull off another "perfect" nutrition day!

Here's  hoping we keep up this week's momentum!

Day 36

Today more than made up for yesterday!  I got up around 11 and did my weigh in and was pleasantly surprised with my 2 pound loss.  2 more pounds to go and I'm under 230!  I can't even remember the last time I was under 230.

I ate some lunch then headed to the Y to do my swim and weights that I missed on Friday.  I headed straight from the Y to the grocery store then back to the Y to do Week 5, Day 2 of C25K.  Today looked like this...

5 minute warm-up

6 minute run

1 minute walk

4 minute run

1 minute walk

6 minute run

5 minute cool down

It wasn't as bad as Day 1.  OH MAN!  But Day 3 throws in a 9 minute run followed by a 5 minute run then a 2 minute run.  I can for-see this not going well!  We may repeat week 5 but that's ok because the goal is to be comfortable doing the running!

Alas, this post would not be complete with out a mention of the Super Bowl.  Yes, we are watching but only for the commercials.  I did want to mention that we did a traditional super bowl meal (steak, potatoes, shrooms and corn) tonight and made it a healthy way to keep up tradition.  No munchies or sweets.  I think we're really starting to come around because we could have totally made excuses tonight but we didn't.  We're in it for the long haul!

Week 5, Weigh In

Weight in Pounds: 231 (-2 pounds)

Waist in Inches: 40 (same as last week)

Hips in Inches: 47 (same as last week)

I'm actually super excited about my numbers this week.  After having not really worked out for the past two days and having such a high calorie day yesterday I was convinced I was going to either totally push or flat out gain this week.  So two pounds is a great number!

  My week this week was really busy and hard to manage food wise because of that Honor Band but it's nice to know that I'm capable of keeping control and making better choices than I used to.

I'd say this week gets a great big SMILEY!

Day 35 (going nuts!)

I went kinda crazy today and had PIE!  CHERRY PIE!  And it was delicious and totally worth it.

I will say, despite my pie and catered lunch that I still got an A on my nutrition grade and was under calories!  Too bad I couldn't work out tonight.  The concert this afternoon let out at 4 and by the time I got everyone home there was no way I was making it to the Y before they closed.  I'm only disappointed because tomorrow is a weigh day and my calorie deficit was about 1,000 calories less than it normally is. 

So I'm expecting a gain this week and that's ok because I knew it would happen eventually.  Let's just hope it's not too much of a gain!

That pie was totally worth it though!

Day 34

Today was an interesting day.  I had to take some of my kids to an Honor band at 7:30 this morning so it's been a pretty long one.  This also means that I had to eat out this afternoon.  I managed to resist fast food not once, not twice, but three times!  We went to a little cafe for lunch where I had half of a grilled chicken sandwich (I was too full to finish it!) and a garden salad with ranch.  Not my first choice but I didn't like their Italian!

I drank water all day and on the way home the kids were hungry so we stopped at a couple drive thrus on the way home and I held up my end of the bargain.  All in all a pretty good food day.  Dinner is in the oven and my calorie analysis says I'm on my 8th perfect day but I don't fully believe it.

Tomorrow is day 2 of the honor band and they cater in lunch so I'm hoping I can do as well tomorrow.  There will be a delicious dessert in my way tomorrow and I'm not sure if I'll splurge or not.  I know it's ok every once in a while, just have to weigh my options when I get there!  I guess a lot depends on what else they're serving.

I'm kinda disappointed I didn't get home in time to go swim but I'm still hoping to get to the Y after dinner to get in some weights and racquetball at least.  They close on an hour early tonight though so I'm on a tight schedule! 

Day 33

Today should have been my badge day.  BUT CALORIECOUNT DENIED ME!  Even though I had 7 days with 10/14 greens and I'm PISSED!

I worked hard for that badge and got nothing.  BOOO.


In other news we ran C25K Week 5 Day 1 tonight and it kicked our booties!  Week 5, Day one went as follows: 5 min warm-up, 5 min run, 2 min walk, 4 min run, 2 min walk, 5 min run, 2 min walk, 4 min run, 5 min cool down.

It didn't help that hubs and I got there early and *J* was late so hubs and I walked for 45 minutes before the run.  Then we stretched for a good long time.  Then we played racquetball for an hour.  I'm already feeling it and am not looking forward to tomorrow morning.

I didn't want to get up this morning because all that congestion crap has settled into my chest and I couldn't talk.  I loosened up after a couple hours at school but I'm still dreading tomorrow.  At least I don't have to teach tomorrow!  Yay for honor band!  I also have to weigh in for Biggest Loser tomorrow and I'm hoping for a good loss! 

Month 1

 

Weight in Pounds: 233

Waist in Inches: 44

Hips in Inches: 47

Pant Size: 22

Here's looking forward to another great month!

Day 32

Today was a pretty good day.  I had my one month weigh in which I'll detail in my 1 month blog. 

I am coming down with some kind of congestion/cold which has been bogging me down a bit lately.  It's settled down into the top of my chest which is more annoying than anything.

I didn't really want to go swimming and had to talk myself into the water but I got in and pumped out my laps.  I've started to do sprints on lengths 1 and 6 of every 10.  I'm getting better at them and feel comfortable for about the first 2/3 of each length.  I want to eventually bump up to 3 sprints in each 10 then to 4 before I do the triathlon in April.


I had to do a bit of juggling to get all my nutrients in for the day but I did it!  One more day for the 7 perfect days badge!  It's sooooooo mine!!!