Starting Weight (12/1/2012): 232.2
Last Week: 224.6
Current Weight: 224.2
Change Since Last Week: -.2
Total Change: -7.8
Height:
5'6"
Goal: 149
I was slightly disappointed with the results this morning, but I am hoping part of it is due to dehydration from all the shoveling/playing in the snow yesterday.
For being home on an unexpected snow day yesterday, I ate pretty well. I ate my normal foods for the most part, even with the added exercise of working out in the morning and shoveling. The exception was we did make cupcakes and i did have 1, unfrosted. Even though swimming was cancelled, I had my normal PB&J sandwich.
Today we are eating lunch at a mexican restaurant. Off to look at the menu and see if they have the nutritional info posted.
Today after my meeting I went to Target and took a nice leisurely walk around. I bought myself some new work out clothes!
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Friday, March 8, 2013
Operation 25th Reunion
I think I have decided to go to my 25th high school reunion. My weight wasn't the only thing that was keeping me back. I don't really keep in touch with a lot of people from my high school, and a lot of my friends were from other grades so they wouldn't even be there. I went to a private boarding school, so it isn't like this is a one night thing, it is a whole weekend. I think I have convinced my husband to go. I don't really want to go alone, since the one person I do keep in contact with is on the planning committee so he'll be busy a lot.
So the reunion is 13 weeks from today, so of course I immediately go to "How many pounds can I lose in 13 weeks" - Stepping on the scale this morning, it said 226.2 (this was at 5:30 in the morning, bleary eyed, they just had canceled school for snow,but we did have pizza for dinner, so who knows). So I think....Could I really lose 26 lbs in 13 weeks - that would be completely unrealistic. But I've decided it isn't about pounds, it is about how good I feel about myself in 13 weeks. So I am not going to kill myself to hit a number on the scale. But I want to feel really good about myself, and working out will help that.
And guess what, there is a 5K race during the reunion weekend? I had visions of waking up at school and going for a run (something I never did in high school - I was thinnish (as my "athletic build" would allow - I was somewhere in the 130s when I graduated, but was in the 120s in my early-mid 20s) but i was not an athelite. I had issues with shin splints and bursitis in my knees.
So, reunion aside, I did W2D2 of C25K this morning. I woke up, despite not having gone to bed early enough, and as I was in the bathroom changing (again, 5:30 am) my phone rings to say that school was cancelled. I could have gotten back into bed, but no, I went to work out as planned, and it felt great!
So the reunion is 13 weeks from today, so of course I immediately go to "How many pounds can I lose in 13 weeks" - Stepping on the scale this morning, it said 226.2 (this was at 5:30 in the morning, bleary eyed, they just had canceled school for snow,but we did have pizza for dinner, so who knows). So I think....Could I really lose 26 lbs in 13 weeks - that would be completely unrealistic. But I've decided it isn't about pounds, it is about how good I feel about myself in 13 weeks. So I am not going to kill myself to hit a number on the scale. But I want to feel really good about myself, and working out will help that.
And guess what, there is a 5K race during the reunion weekend? I had visions of waking up at school and going for a run (something I never did in high school - I was thinnish (as my "athletic build" would allow - I was somewhere in the 130s when I graduated, but was in the 120s in my early-mid 20s) but i was not an athelite. I had issues with shin splints and bursitis in my knees.
So, reunion aside, I did W2D2 of C25K this morning. I woke up, despite not having gone to bed early enough, and as I was in the bathroom changing (again, 5:30 am) my phone rings to say that school was cancelled. I could have gotten back into bed, but no, I went to work out as planned, and it felt great!
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Feeling weak....
Not sick or tired, just feeling weak-minded. I am working from home today because I have a head ache and the weather is so iffy for the next couple of days. But it is only 10:15 am and I have already had my snack (that I usually eat at 11:30). I need to chug the water. Chocolate chip cookies are in the kitchen that I managed to avoid last night. And I can't just have just 1 homemade chocolate chip cookie - they would be my last food if I was ever said I had a last meal.
On a good thing, the scale was very nice (224.2) this morning and I want to keep that up for my weigh-in on Saturday.
So I am going to try really, really hard. I will, I will!
And tomorrow morning will be another work out morning!
On a good thing, the scale was very nice (224.2) this morning and I want to keep that up for my weigh-in on Saturday.
So I am going to try really, really hard. I will, I will!
And tomorrow morning will be another work out morning!
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Up at 5:30 am!
Okay, really, I didn't sleep well. Convinced I would sleep through my alarm or something - it wasn't like I would miss a flight!
I got up and did W2D1 of C25K. Yes, I jumped ahead 2 days. But since I started on a Sunday and didn't get up on Monday, I wanted to start a new week (plus, week 1 is just so boring - not that week 2 isn't!) I had technical difficulties using the app on my iphone 5, so I pulled out my iphone 3 and used that - much better!
It felt so good to be up! Will be harder next week when the sun won't be coming up at the end of my workout. But that is okay! I did a few weights after - not as many as on Sunday).
And to not be rushed out the door after working out like I was in our old house is great too.
God I love exercising. Just getting to it is 90% of the battle.
I got up and did W2D1 of C25K. Yes, I jumped ahead 2 days. But since I started on a Sunday and didn't get up on Monday, I wanted to start a new week (plus, week 1 is just so boring - not that week 2 isn't!) I had technical difficulties using the app on my iphone 5, so I pulled out my iphone 3 and used that - much better!
It felt so good to be up! Will be harder next week when the sun won't be coming up at the end of my workout. But that is okay! I did a few weights after - not as many as on Sunday).
And to not be rushed out the door after working out like I was in our old house is great too.
God I love exercising. Just getting to it is 90% of the battle.
Monday, March 4, 2013
The weekend where I ran....sort of!
The crazy single-mom weekend is over thank goodness!
Saturday, I had a second breakfast, since I didn't know when or where lunch would happen. After shlepping the kids (ages 6 1/2 and almost 4) through the mall, by myself for the first time, we decided to brave Chuck E. Cheese. It wasn't as crazy as it could have been - ie we got a seat right away. But it was still crazy. We got a large pepperoni pizza - I got a water and some rootbeer (a lot of ice). No desserts though. We stayed for a while, did more errands (which included some M&Ms - 1/2 of which went in the trash - why can't they sell normal size packs of M&Ms anymore - not just King Size). Dinner was shells and cheese. Not a stellar day.
Saturday night I had dreams about swimming, all.night.long. One of those exhausting nights because you feel like you didn't sleep, but you did. But I woke up with the desire to exercise! I figured I had 1 week to try to get used to waking up early in the morning before Daylight Savings. So I hoped on the treadmill and did W1D1 of C25K. AND then did some light strength training! It felt fantastic (okay, my foot didn't feel fantastic, but I am still going to push myself)
This morning, I was all slated to do W1D2 before skipping to Week 2 on Wednesday. But I husband came to bed late and woke me up and I was up for hours and slept crappy so I didn't wake up this morning. BUT I will get up on Wednesday! (Tuesdays I have to get up early anyways because I am a 6:30 am conference call).
I love that my body aches. How I've missed that feeling!
TOM hasn't arrived yet - hope it isn't another month of being 6 days late - annoying!
Saturday, I had a second breakfast, since I didn't know when or where lunch would happen. After shlepping the kids (ages 6 1/2 and almost 4) through the mall, by myself for the first time, we decided to brave Chuck E. Cheese. It wasn't as crazy as it could have been - ie we got a seat right away. But it was still crazy. We got a large pepperoni pizza - I got a water and some rootbeer (a lot of ice). No desserts though. We stayed for a while, did more errands (which included some M&Ms - 1/2 of which went in the trash - why can't they sell normal size packs of M&Ms anymore - not just King Size). Dinner was shells and cheese. Not a stellar day.
Saturday night I had dreams about swimming, all.night.long. One of those exhausting nights because you feel like you didn't sleep, but you did. But I woke up with the desire to exercise! I figured I had 1 week to try to get used to waking up early in the morning before Daylight Savings. So I hoped on the treadmill and did W1D1 of C25K. AND then did some light strength training! It felt fantastic (okay, my foot didn't feel fantastic, but I am still going to push myself)
This morning, I was all slated to do W1D2 before skipping to Week 2 on Wednesday. But I husband came to bed late and woke me up and I was up for hours and slept crappy so I didn't wake up this morning. BUT I will get up on Wednesday! (Tuesdays I have to get up early anyways because I am a 6:30 am conference call).
I love that my body aches. How I've missed that feeling!
TOM hasn't arrived yet - hope it isn't another month of being 6 days late - annoying!
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Weekly Weigh-in #14
Starting Weight (12/1/2012): 232.2
Last Week: 228.2
Current Weight: 224.6
Change Since Last Week: -3.6
Total Change: -7.6
Height: 5'6"
Goal: 149
Friday was a pretty good day depite the fact that I was working from home. I was 98% sure I wasn't going to be able to go to WW this morning, but I still wanted to eat like I was. I did pretty good job with that, though did have a couple extra snacks before heading out to get the kids and go to swimming (where I had a PB&J sandwich and a cheese/cracker snack). The kids went to bed at 8:30 and I was asleep by 9:40 (but then when my husband got home at 2:30 I felt like I had slept a whole night and spent the rest of the night tossing and turning).
I woke up at 6:50 and asked him what time he had to be at work - 10:00, which meant if I had known that last night I could have made the 7:00 meeting.
I am going to try my hardest to get back to 222.8 (at least) by next week. My post-TOM weigh-ins are usually pretty nice (though weirdly I have fantastic weigh-ins the day before TOM arrived...then once the cramps and bloating arrive, I weigh 5 lbs more).
A couple of years ago I embarked on a 52 week project of photographing our neighborhood every week (well, every week in the spring and fall when things change rapidly, and occasionally during the summer and winter) - Our old neighborhood was full of flowers and beauty. I decided I would do the same thing at this house, especially since we don't know what our house will look like in every season. I start on March 1 which is the beginning of meteorological spring. I took my first set yesterday and I felt so alive. But also a little bummed. I know our previous owners didn't like flowers, so I don't have much hope of getting beautiful pictures, but it will be a good exercise of what to add to the house for next spring.
Also the trees on our property aren't fantastic during the fall like some up the street, but I decided to not venture beyond our property for this project. Why you ask? I told my husband if I have the free-time (ie child-free) to venture off our property on foot, I want to be running, not meandering with a camera. He suggested I bring the camera with me (a big DSLR)- he doesn't get exercise :)
Here to it being "spring" - The time of year that makes me the most giddy of all!
Last Week: 228.2
Current Weight: 224.6
Change Since Last Week: -3.6
Total Change: -7.6
Height: 5'6"
Goal: 149
Friday was a pretty good day depite the fact that I was working from home. I was 98% sure I wasn't going to be able to go to WW this morning, but I still wanted to eat like I was. I did pretty good job with that, though did have a couple extra snacks before heading out to get the kids and go to swimming (where I had a PB&J sandwich and a cheese/cracker snack). The kids went to bed at 8:30 and I was asleep by 9:40 (but then when my husband got home at 2:30 I felt like I had slept a whole night and spent the rest of the night tossing and turning).
I woke up at 6:50 and asked him what time he had to be at work - 10:00, which meant if I had known that last night I could have made the 7:00 meeting.
I am going to try my hardest to get back to 222.8 (at least) by next week. My post-TOM weigh-ins are usually pretty nice (though weirdly I have fantastic weigh-ins the day before TOM arrived...then once the cramps and bloating arrive, I weigh 5 lbs more).
A couple of years ago I embarked on a 52 week project of photographing our neighborhood every week (well, every week in the spring and fall when things change rapidly, and occasionally during the summer and winter) - Our old neighborhood was full of flowers and beauty. I decided I would do the same thing at this house, especially since we don't know what our house will look like in every season. I start on March 1 which is the beginning of meteorological spring. I took my first set yesterday and I felt so alive. But also a little bummed. I know our previous owners didn't like flowers, so I don't have much hope of getting beautiful pictures, but it will be a good exercise of what to add to the house for next spring.
Also the trees on our property aren't fantastic during the fall like some up the street, but I decided to not venture beyond our property for this project. Why you ask? I told my husband if I have the free-time (ie child-free) to venture off our property on foot, I want to be running, not meandering with a camera. He suggested I bring the camera with me (a big DSLR)- he doesn't get exercise :)
Here to it being "spring" - The time of year that makes me the most giddy of all!
Friday, March 1, 2013
Getting back on track, sort of....
I've been stellar during work hours this week, though today I did have a protein bar before going to the grocery store at 8 am and now at 10:15 I am just having my normal breakfast.
Dinners have been up and down.
Monday - I was good - I purposefully drank a ton of water on the way home and had a cheese stick while making dinner.
Tuesday - I used my WW 1 cup spoon to portion out my pasta, but I overflowed it a bit and had some small meatballs as well
Wednesday - I had seconds on rice - need to not have the food right in front of me (we eat at our kitchen island which also has the stove, so it also is where we dish out.)
Thursday - My husband is working until 2 am for the next 4 nights and my son's school is next to McDonald's and every day he asks, so I decided to go with them since we had zero food in the house. But I didn't make wise choices (which to me would have been 1 cheeseburger, water and a small fries).
I made sure I bought my normal foods at the grocery store. My husband working all weekend isn't a reason to overeat. Though I did find out mid-week that he is supposed to be there at 8:30 am on Saturday (other weekends it has been 10-11, after having worked until 1 am) so that would mean I couldn't go to my meeting without bringing the kids. But since there is a chance that he coulld get home tomorrow morning and not have to be in early, I am still going to eat today like normal.
TOM will be arriving Sunday or Monday so this weekend will be extra hard, but I will push through.
I am not going to make my goal of being 216 by March 23 (which is what I was 3 years ago when I started my journey to loose 30 lbs). But I can't let that get me down.
At the grocery store I bought all the candy for Easter - yep, 30 days in advance. But I will be okay. I buy traditional Easter candy (jelly beans, chocolate eggs, Peeps, a chocolate rabbit) -Not the Easter-ized version of normal candy (ie herseys kisses in pastel colors).
I am so glad it is March. Meteorological spring has begun! Day light savings is 9 days away! (though I have been enjoying the light mornings).
Dinners have been up and down.
Monday - I was good - I purposefully drank a ton of water on the way home and had a cheese stick while making dinner.
Tuesday - I used my WW 1 cup spoon to portion out my pasta, but I overflowed it a bit and had some small meatballs as well
Wednesday - I had seconds on rice - need to not have the food right in front of me (we eat at our kitchen island which also has the stove, so it also is where we dish out.)
Thursday - My husband is working until 2 am for the next 4 nights and my son's school is next to McDonald's and every day he asks, so I decided to go with them since we had zero food in the house. But I didn't make wise choices (which to me would have been 1 cheeseburger, water and a small fries).
I made sure I bought my normal foods at the grocery store. My husband working all weekend isn't a reason to overeat. Though I did find out mid-week that he is supposed to be there at 8:30 am on Saturday (other weekends it has been 10-11, after having worked until 1 am) so that would mean I couldn't go to my meeting without bringing the kids. But since there is a chance that he coulld get home tomorrow morning and not have to be in early, I am still going to eat today like normal.
TOM will be arriving Sunday or Monday so this weekend will be extra hard, but I will push through.
I am not going to make my goal of being 216 by March 23 (which is what I was 3 years ago when I started my journey to loose 30 lbs). But I can't let that get me down.
At the grocery store I bought all the candy for Easter - yep, 30 days in advance. But I will be okay. I buy traditional Easter candy (jelly beans, chocolate eggs, Peeps, a chocolate rabbit) -Not the Easter-ized version of normal candy (ie herseys kisses in pastel colors).
I am so glad it is March. Meteorological spring has begun! Day light savings is 9 days away! (though I have been enjoying the light mornings).
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