Well... My face is red. Has it really been 10 days since I posted? How embarrassing...
First of all, nothing to report, plus or minus, in the weight loss department. If has been pretty steady. I am not sure why. I haven't been eating excellently. I haven't been working out a lot (3 times in the past 10 days). My energy and mood has been all-around lower. I am grateful not to have lost ground, but I am not sure that is for any reason other than luck.
I think part of it is in already knowing I won't make 30 pounds, so there is a small aspect of just knowing already there is some failure there. But some of it, quite frankly, is just plain laziness. I am not proud of it, but it is true.
I am using C25k as a vehicle to get back on the wagon. Doing Week 6 over (before heading into Week 7, which is all running, no walking) to rebuild a bit more endurance back up, and moving forward with completing the program before this 60 weeks end (shouldn't be a big issue, given that I have about 6 weeks until my birthday.) But I know I need some discipline to get back on track and keep moving to the end goal.
Whoa... 6 weeks until my birthday? That's fast!!
Thanks for checking in again to see if I have updated, and thanks for reading!
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Just a quick update.... more tonight...
Just so I can get a quick note in on my weigh in -- more about the weekend and my challenges when I've got time to post tonight.
This week's weigh in: -0.2 lbs.
Total weight loss: -22.3 lbs.
In case you're wondering, I'm very happy about this being a negative, even if only a smidge, after the weekend I just went through! The key was, even though I ate poorly, I didn't eat a lot of the bad things... bad food + portion control = not as much of a train wreck as it could have been!
More later, and thanks for reading!
This week's weigh in: -0.2 lbs.
Total weight loss: -22.3 lbs.
In case you're wondering, I'm very happy about this being a negative, even if only a smidge, after the weekend I just went through! The key was, even though I ate poorly, I didn't eat a lot of the bad things... bad food + portion control = not as much of a train wreck as it could have been!
More later, and thanks for reading!
Monday, August 9, 2010
Not too much to talk about... but challenges ahead
Kind of a boring week... nothing too interesting to talk about, I'm afraid.
This week's weigh in: -0.4 lbs.
Total weight loss: -22.1 lbs.
I've been very focused on getting my husband ready for his big 12 hour mountain bike this weekend.... My next personal challenge is getting through a weekend of camping and hanging at a big festival of mountain bikers surrounded by lots of crap food and lots of beer.... Hoping not to do too much damage, but I expect it will be very difficult to find healthy food and stay focused when in the middle of the woods for most of the weekend! There will be barbecue there for dinner for the event, and most of the rest of the time, eating will be whatever I packed for our campsite. It's been hard to find things that work, that are okay to be unrefrigerated or in a cooler, and don't need to be heated or cooked in any way. I'm still working on it.
Of course, me sticking to my diet is no way near as challenging as my husband riding in a 12 hour mountain bike solo! Yep, about 8 and a half mile loop, over and over again, for 12 hours, by himself. Pedal pedal pedal!!
This week's weigh in: -0.4 lbs.
Total weight loss: -22.1 lbs.
I've been very focused on getting my husband ready for his big 12 hour mountain bike this weekend.... My next personal challenge is getting through a weekend of camping and hanging at a big festival of mountain bikers surrounded by lots of crap food and lots of beer.... Hoping not to do too much damage, but I expect it will be very difficult to find healthy food and stay focused when in the middle of the woods for most of the weekend! There will be barbecue there for dinner for the event, and most of the rest of the time, eating will be whatever I packed for our campsite. It's been hard to find things that work, that are okay to be unrefrigerated or in a cooler, and don't need to be heated or cooked in any way. I'm still working on it.
Of course, me sticking to my diet is no way near as challenging as my husband riding in a 12 hour mountain bike solo! Yep, about 8 and a half mile loop, over and over again, for 12 hours, by himself. Pedal pedal pedal!!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
A post of minimal value
Honestly, I have nothing very interesting to say... I've just decided that, when my blog gets clicked on, by you or by me, my "BEFORE" picture shouldn't be the first thing aaaaaanyone sees.
So, my aim is to provide a posting here that is long enough to bounce the picture a little further down the page.
Have you read "The Monster At the End Of the Book"? It's been a favorite of mine since I was about 3 or so.
It prepares the reader for the scary monster at the end of the book.
This post prepares you for the Monster on the next post.
(No... I don't think of myself as a monster... it's just a little startling when it's the first thing that shows up on the page!)
Thanks for reading!
So, my aim is to provide a posting here that is long enough to bounce the picture a little further down the page.
Have you read "The Monster At the End Of the Book"? It's been a favorite of mine since I was about 3 or so.
It prepares the reader for the scary monster at the end of the book.
This post prepares you for the Monster on the next post.
(No... I don't think of myself as a monster... it's just a little startling when it's the first thing that shows up on the page!)
Thanks for reading!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Week 50... Ten more to go!
Not much to add in terms of thoughts since yesterday's post below, but here are the numbers:
This week's weigh in -0.6 lbs.
Total weight loss: -21.7 lbs.
It was another week where my Friday morning weigh in was the lowest of the week (down another quarter of a pound or so), and I worked hard to make sure I didn't gain too much back over the weekend. Heck. If i lose a half pound a week every week left, my final weigh in will be almost -27 lbs, which is nothing to sneeze at!
As for measurements... I'm struck by 2 things:
1) Total inches (remember, I just do bust/waist/hips): -4 inches this time, -19 inches in total
2) I have lost more than 6 inches in each of those areas! That's crazy!!
I'll post some pictures tonight.
Thanks for reading!
This week's weigh in -0.6 lbs.
Total weight loss: -21.7 lbs.
It was another week where my Friday morning weigh in was the lowest of the week (down another quarter of a pound or so), and I worked hard to make sure I didn't gain too much back over the weekend. Heck. If i lose a half pound a week every week left, my final weigh in will be almost -27 lbs, which is nothing to sneeze at!
As for measurements... I'm struck by 2 things:
1) Total inches (remember, I just do bust/waist/hips): -4 inches this time, -19 inches in total
2) I have lost more than 6 inches in each of those areas! That's crazy!!
I'll post some pictures tonight.
Thanks for reading!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Staying focused as the home stretch appears, and the height of summer abounds
My husband and I realized this week that we have plans to be up at our NH place probably 9 of the next 10 weekends, including this one! While on one hand, this is a great thing, I can't help but notice that pretty much aligns way too scarily with my last 11 weeks of my countdown, and it can be easy to get distracted by weekends away up in NH. Too easy to say, "Oh... it's the weekend... I can have another beer... another container of popcorn... some ice cream... another piece of that crumb cake... " But if I do it EVERY weekend left, I will undo so much good work.
So, I decided that I was just going to have to grab it more forcefully, starting with this weekend. Yesterday, went to the gym for a class the schedule called "Metabolism-boosting pilates" which is code for "we didn't pay for the license to use the term 'BodySculpt' ". This morning, I did my C25k (I'm into week 6... remember, my efforts don't match an ACTUAL calendar), and I will do some WiiFit to continue to stretch from some of the weight work from yesterday. It is clear to me that the easiest way for me to stay committed is to make some efforts early in the day, and set the tone for the rest of the weekend from there.
I won't be able to do it every Saturday and Sunday of the next 10... there will be weekends in there where we've got other stuff going on, and it just won't be as easy. But I'm going to try. Hard.
Tomorrow is the weigh in for Week 50. Measurements and pictures. I'm hoping for at least an inch... it's hard at this point to continue to make impacts on that part of it, but I'm hoping to get a little bit of reinforcement. Pictures... we'll see how that goes!
Thanks for reading!
So, I decided that I was just going to have to grab it more forcefully, starting with this weekend. Yesterday, went to the gym for a class the schedule called "Metabolism-boosting pilates" which is code for "we didn't pay for the license to use the term 'BodySculpt' ". This morning, I did my C25k (I'm into week 6... remember, my efforts don't match an ACTUAL calendar), and I will do some WiiFit to continue to stretch from some of the weight work from yesterday. It is clear to me that the easiest way for me to stay committed is to make some efforts early in the day, and set the tone for the rest of the weekend from there.
I won't be able to do it every Saturday and Sunday of the next 10... there will be weekends in there where we've got other stuff going on, and it just won't be as easy. But I'm going to try. Hard.
Tomorrow is the weigh in for Week 50. Measurements and pictures. I'm hoping for at least an inch... it's hard at this point to continue to make impacts on that part of it, but I'm hoping to get a little bit of reinforcement. Pictures... we'll see how that goes!
Thanks for reading!
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