Wednesday Weigh in Week 58

Thanks for all the congrats on the 5k :) I think it went over well :0)

Gained a pound this week. Not surprised. Just one of those weeks I suppose. But I will get back in my grove and it will start going down again. I have to make sure this actually happens. Surprise, surprise. My friends keep getting married. And I kinda want to look cute for their wedding ;) So I will be back at it again. And so far winter seems to be teasing me. It was 55 and kind of sunny today, enough for me to roll the window down while I was driving. But it was super windy so that didn't really make me happy. But I don't feel like such a chicken about running because it's supposed to be in the 40's and staying light for me to run. Whew. This might actually happen ;)

Not much to report right now. I have been so tired because I keep waking up in the middle of the night. Once again I am about to head to bed early. And I do not want to be waking up at midnight or one and not be able to fall asleep till after 3. I would like a full nights sleep. Thankyouverymuch.

Runs for Cookies Virtual 5k

Woo-hoo!! I finished Katie's Virtual 5k this afternoon.

I mean. I really could have come up with every excuse not to do this. I woke up in the middle of the night and almost quite literally took two hours to fall back asleep. My back was hurting. Uh. We were under a freezing rain warning. I had asked a dear friend to come run with me, who yesterday texted me telling me she had hurt her back and didn't think she could run it with me.

But I signed up for it. So come rain or snow I was going to do it. I had figured out as much as I wanted to, I wasn't going to be able to do it on a treadmill. That has been like instant pain as soon as I start running. I don't know if it's because it's an old treadmill, and the incline is weird, or I'm just tense running on the treadmill. I knew I was going to have better luck outside.

So what did I do? I wore my workout clothes to work. Luckily we don't have kids today, and I only had to work for 3 hours, so I could get away with it. As you can see I am kind of a fashion crisis when I run. No really. I am. A green undershirt, a red shirt over that. I currently use my passport belt to hold my phone and key to my car in place of a running belt. So that's white. Then I have my blue sweatshirt, (Which I shouldn't have worn. I was dying and couldn't take it off in the park), and then a blue and white striped ear warmer thing. Oh and I wore some blue gloves for a bit. Put that along with black pants and there you have me. An elf running around like a mad woman. I just apparently want it to be Christmas year round.

So after getting off work, I made my way to the park. I then texted my mom to tell her where I was, since I was running alone. I'm not usually super cautious, and it was the middle of the day. But still. Safety first people. I took a before picture, and started walking. I still like to walk for 5 minutes in the beginning. It's just what I do.So after walking that I set off on my slow paced run. I got to .10 of a mile and said, oh hey 3 more miles to go! Haha. I ended up with the first mile at 18:39, the second at 19:10 and the third at 19:11. I might start out with a warm up, but I do the cool down after I turn the garmin off ;) I had told myself that I was going to run until I hit 1.55 miles and then I would turn around. Well about 1.4 miles I came upon a flock of geese. I. HATE. Geese. Therefore I turned around then and just ran past where I started a bit and turned around. I even texted my friend who was going to run with me a picture of the geese. I'm just not a fan. One of the other reasons I don't mind running at the track.

I got a little discouraged just because I think I had made a goal of like 47 minutes or something crazy stupid like that. But it was clear that wasn't going to happen. Due to me being a wimp and the stagnant air that's been hanging around in my area I actually haven't ran in weeks. The last thing I did was on Monday and that was a 2 mile walk with a friend. So I wasn't in the best shape to go out running today. But it didn't rain or snow, and it wasn't a bad 34 degrees once I got going. I just needed to do it.

If you don't already read Katie's blog, you should really check it out some time. I have been reading it for a long time now, and even got the idea of the Wednesday Weigh in from her. She has been an amazing inspiration and I can't wait to read her blog every night to see what her success and struggles have been.

So today we celebrated Katie turning 31 with a 5k and I celebrated leaving 31 with a 5k. Can't believe it's time for my birthday again. But I don't think I will be getting up on Monday with any intention of running 3.2 miles ;)

Wednesday Weigh in Week 57

I'm pretty sure our bodies are just weird. Just the way they choose to either hang onto weight or to let it go. This week I didn't do a whole lot and lost 1.6 pounds. Alrighty. Haha. I will take it.

Our weather is just getting crazy around here. It's been super cold, and lots of stagnant air warnings. I'm really glad we didn't have school the last two days. And then today of all day starts the freezing rain and wanna be snow. Now I'm all for winter, but I want it generally on my terms. I want a white Christmas, and snow on Christmas break when I have to drive in it. Then it can warm up. But I don't want any more snow by the time my birthday comes around. Yep. Coming up on Monday, I will be hitting 32. Yikes. 31 wasn't all that kind to me. I'm hoping 32 is gonna go a whole heck of a lot better. But generally by February, I'm itching for spring. And no school cancellations because we want that 4 day weekend in May. Thankyouverymuch winter.

:) I don't have a whole lot to report this week. It was a bit of an emotional weekend, but I think I did alright with not eating myself out of sight. There was a Dairy Queen night involved, and a coffee. But sometimes you just have to give in a little you know?

Happy New Year to me? Getting ready to register for my 12k. And gotta get training for that. I'm hoping to run more of it than walk. Which means I've got to start hitting some hills. I remember whenever I get there that it's got way more hills than I remember. And it's pretty dang crowded, so I don't know how much running I will actually get to do. My time last year was 2:30ish and I would love to be able to do it in 2 hours, but that would be a throw up goal ;) So I'm thinking 2:15 would be nice. If I could stick between a 16-18 minute pace that would be good for sure! I just have to get my *ahem* running buddy on track with me ;)

Wednesday weigh in week 56

Well that was two short lived weeks :( I lapsed this weekend. I guess you could say it was a "yeah, I will eat the stuff I said I wasn't going to". Mainly dairy. I had some mozzarella sticks and ranch. Plus I pretty much haven't exercised in a week again. And Wham! On goes almost 4 pounds. Really? Dairy will up my weight that fast? It's kinda crazy to think that. I mean that would mean I would literally have to avoid ALL of it. And we use so much in our cooking it's just crazy. Sour cream, cheese, milk, cream cheese. It all makes excellent additives to the food we eat. So now trying to avoid it is just downright awful. Not going to lie. It really kinda sucks. So here we are 3 weeks into the new year now, and I'm a little disappointed. Disappointed that I didn't say no to the cheese when I should have, and disappointed that I didn't make the time to workout. If it wasn't so goshdang cold!! I have come to realize that as much as I want to think that I can go run on the treadmill over at my grandma's house, I can't. It hurts me more I think running on the treadmill then it does running outside. My knees and my back were almost instantly hurting on the treadmill, still, once I figured out the incline. So maybe I was just made to run outside? But running in feels like 9 degree weather? Oy vey. I'm gonna have to get really disciplined for that one...

Wednesday Weigh in Week 55

 

And another week of....

Success again! (And cute toes ;) I really gotta get that polish off my feet!)

I really don't know how I managed that one, because I didn't work out so much at all. And it's Wednesday. And I haven't worked out at all this week!! Man. Some weeks are just like that! But I have been trying to be really good about no dairy. Even though at this particular moment it's KILLING me! I so badly want some ice cream right now it's not even funny. Or some coffee. That would be nice right about now too. It's hard to get rid of things for good.

I can tell things in my body are shifting. Even if it's only been 3 pounds. The pants are fitting a little different and the cheekbones are starting to show again. It's an encouraging little sign of progress. Especially since the button came off my jeans yet again and I am down to one pair of pants that fit that I can wear to work. That smaller pant size has to come soon or I'm gonna get tired of wearing the same pants ;)

I got to wear my new shoes today. My sister got them for me for my birthday. That's one of the things that I do look forward to the most is my feet shrinking so I can actually walk into a store and buy a pair of shoes without having to order them from online :( Oh what a happy day that will be.

Sorry for the short post, but I've got to get back on a better sleep schedule. Christmas break really threw me off, and now I have dogs that I have to take care of in the mornings while my sister is off traveling for work. Never a dull moment I tell you what....

Wednesday Weigh in Week 54

Whew! First weigh in of the year and....

It was a success :0) I have no idea how I did it, but I lost almost a pound. And I'm just gonna go with it. (And notice the pretty nails? Grandma took me and my sister out for pedicures yesterday. It was quite the grandma/granddaughter affair. I like the idea of a pedicure and I like how my feet feel. I just feel sorry for the person touching my feet :( Hopefully this year I will get my bad feet under control and will be able to enjoy maybe a monthly pedicure :) And I took full advantage of using my teal nail polish from Mary Kay! :0))

Anyways. I have done my darndest to avoid dairy since the beginning of the year (haha..2 days). I even said no to mac&cheese for dinner (!!) This saying no is going to take some getting used to. But it will happen. Now I just have to get rid of the dairy as much as I can permanently. I guess the eggs doesn't seem as hard. As long as I don't have a lot of things that have eggs in them I should be ok. And yes I do missed a good fried egg sandwich every now and then. But I want a healthy body! I'm pretty resigned to no peanuts by now. It's been 6 months. I guess I can't really say if I miss it or not? I'm gonna cave soon and get some almond butter. I am just gonna not care about price, because I do want to experience an almond butter and honey sandwich. I miss being able to just eat a sandwich quickly when I am hungry and need something to eat. I have been eating way too many ritz and graham crackers. I am not going to go completely gluten free here, but as much as I can I will be avoiding bread and breaded things. But I can't avoid everything sadly enough.

I need to start tracking my beef and headaches though. I've had some headaches and I can't tell if they are happening on the days I have beef or not. So I am gonna make sure that I start being more aware of the days that I do eat the beef and what happens later in the day. Because if that's the case I might as well stop eating it altogether. I have a feeling chicken and turkey are going to be my friend :)

Other than that, I spent today getting all the Christmas decorations put away. I have to head back to work on Monday, so it needed to get all done, plus I was ready to have the living room back to normal! As much as I would love to entertain the idea of just leaving the Christmas tree up all year! I think that would be fun one year to leave it up. You know, just as a conversation starter ;)

I am loving my garmin. It's fun to come home and upload my workoout! I am still trying to figure out the heart rate monitor though. The day I got it to work it told me my heart rate was 35 beats per minute..and I thought that was a little low LOL! Especially when I knew I was breathing harder than that. I do have to figure something out for the chafing however...I want to wear it and not have it rub me raw :/ I have done 3 workouts with it. And I love being able to go to my garmin connect site and check all the stuff out. 

I always seem to snap back into it during January. I just feel good about it this year :) I have a lot of things I would like to see happen. So I am just plugging away at it :0)

Happy New Year!

2013. Wow. I for one am incredibly ready for a new year! I am ready for a fresh start for sure. The tale end of last year was just a tough one. And while I learned a lot about myself, I didn't quite accomplish my goals. It makes me rather hesitant to make goals for 2013, but I know if I don't have a goal that I won't accomplish much. I had a goal of losing 100 pounds last year and I lost 12. And I'm not going to let it take 10 more years to lose the 100+ pounds that I want to lose. So I know for sure the goal this year is to lose more than 12 pounds and keep it off :0) I know that I want to have some fitness and food goals this year. But I haven't figured out what. I know food wise my main goal this year is to actually quit eating all the foods that I am allergic to.Which sounds so easy to SAY. But not so easy to do. Cause gosh dang it. I really wanted an ice cream sundae at dinner tonight for my dessert. This no milk thing is for the birds. Or eggs. I have pretty much accepted the peanuts. Luckily I won't be going into shock if I eat them on accident. Well maybe after not eating them for almost 6 months I might. But I'm just not going to go down that route. I did have a few episodes of my throat closing up last year, but I couldn't pinpoint what it was.

So I had an idea of having a goal of running a 5k every month. But then I thought that was a little silly because after I get trained for Bloomsday I will be running more than that every time I go running. I'm still toying around with the idea. It would be interesting to see my time change over the year as I get faster. I might still do that.

I know I want to do Bloomsday in May. That's a 12k. And that's really all I have planned for this year. If something else presents itself this year that would be great :)

And I'm pretty sure I am ready for slightly warmer weather ;) Running when it's 34 and slightly snowing just isn't a whole lot of fun. But at least I still made it out there to run. Not that we are just getting into winter or anything, but I hope it stays a bit warmer for my runs. None of this 20 degree high stuff!

OH! I got a pedicure today. First time in almost a year. They hurt, but I think they might help. I might have to start doing them more often :( As much as I don't really have the money for them, I think they are going to be helpful to my feet during this whole training thing :)

Really rambling today..Not so direct with my goals, but I am going to give it some thought before I settle on them I think :0)