FINALLY!!!

I am off my plateau!! I lost 3 1/2 pounds this week!! YAY! Just in time for me to go on vacation and eat everything in sight just to put it back on!

We left on vacation Thursday afternoon and I actually ate really good on the drive and that night. Went on a 3 mile run Friday morning and had a healthy breakfast..... and I think that was the last healthy thing I ate.

Birthday parties, family parties, vacation, all ingredients for overeating.

BUT here is my HUGE accomplishment for the weekend. I'm training for this Ragnar race that is in 3 weeks which has some big mountain climbs, and long distances. I went running with my sister in law and we drove up the canyon and planned to run 3 miles up and 3 miles back down. The first mile was SO hard. It was a gradual incline, and the first mile is always the hardest. When we got to 2.80 miles we decided we could go even farther so we planned to go up 4. Once again, when we got there we decided to go up 5 instead and down 5. Yes, we ran 10 miles, 5 of that was uphill, like steep uphill. Hopefully that burned off at least one of the huge pieces of cake I ate yesterday.

So I have eaten horribly, and I'll probably be right back where I was, but I'll get it off again. Promise!

Kim's Weigh In

Okay, what do you get when you have cake, ice cream, and Church's Chicken?

A 2 LB WEIGHT GAIN!

I'm sure after my workout this morning I'll feel better. I asked Skyler if I could throw out the left over cake and he said it was okay. Yay!!

My munchies haven't been helping. I can't seem to leave snacks alone! This is NOT good. However, I have been using my new cup, which is 64 oz. I have successfully drank 64+ ounces of water every day this week. My skin has stayed mostly clear and I am feeling a lot better now that I am getting hydrated.

Good luck over the weekend!!

Tear!

I woke up this morning weighing 3lbs heavier. I am already having just a crazy, upsetting, and emotional week. Then to wake up to that. I wanted to cry it was a cherry on top. Then I don't want to change my trigger! I guess it is a good dose of humility. I wasn't perfect this week, but I don't think I was 3lb terrible!

Since I was having a bad day and gained 3lbs! I thought whatever and well ate like a pig today!! Thinking I will just start fresh on Monday. But my mind as changed! And that is why I decided to post tonight. Just to say I feel so when I think about giving up I can read this.

I feel disgusting. I feel gross. I feel sick to my stomach. I just feel awful. I want to just cry.(that probably has more to do with my week.) I think is this how I felt before I started this journey?

So Korina will not be giving up this journey I will be getting back on the boat tomorrow! Now for the dose of humility and changing my trigger! I may cry!

Sarah's midweek report

Cravings, cravings, and cravings!! All I want is sugar! And no, I'm not pregnant. I think it's because I had SO much sugar and junk over the weekend and it just wet my appetite for more. It has been hard, but I've not given in to any of the cravings. It has been torture though. I have cake and cookies staring me in the face. I am determined to get off this plateau though.
I've been working out extra hard this week. I was going to go to the gym and ride bike or swim but I haven't been able to fit it in. So I just added incline to my runs, big time. And after I did weights on Tues. I "Hiked" on the treadmill for about 1 1/2 miles. So far I think it's working. But it's been exhausting. I hope I don't have to do this every week from now on to lose weight. Hopefully it will boost me past this plateau and then the weight will just keep going down.

I am happy to report that I noticed just the other day that my leg isn't hurting nearly as bad as it had been. In fact, my limp is almost gone! I'm planning to run 8 miles Sat. so we'll see if it comes back.

I'm heading out of town tomorrow so I'm going to weigh in tomorrow, Friday, and Sat. and take the best of the 3 for my official weigh in. I like cheating like that.

Kim's Mid-week Update

Monday - I had intended to work out. Korina and I had even planned on switching so I could, but I was not well hydrated so I chose not to chance running in the heat. 76 degree weather is not hot, but it is when you're running. So, I was going to make time to work out at night, but instead, ended up having a very necessary discussion with my father-in-law. I feel a lot better now even though I did not work out.

Tuesday - I was SO busy with scout stuff ALL day! The day of Pack Meeting is always a very busy day for me. No time, and I also purposely chose not to work out because I needed all the energy I could muster to get through the day.

Wednesday - Well, the day has gone well so far. That is if you call eating a bowl of cereal then for a morning snack having 4 french toast sticks and a little bit of some nasty coke. I ended up giving that to the kids. Tonight is cake and ice cream for Teagan's birthday!

So, just like you guys, I'll be lucky if I can maintain this week. My eating habits haven't been so hot. I have had major munchies this week! Although, I have successfully drank the proper amount of water every day, which is a huge improvement. I am SO bad about getting enough water.

Good luck to us all!

Stolen!

Kim stole my motivation! I WANT IT BACK!!!!


This week has been hard. I am just so busy.

TO say the least it is just one crazy week!! Thanks to Kim I worked out on Monday, Tuesday no I didn't and totally regretting it. Eating could be better. Water can always drink more! Well I will be waking up bright and early tomorrow and working out! My goal this week at this point is just to maintain! That would be great!! So far this week if I was to get a grade it would probaly be a D, well hopefully I can turn things around and stay away from the cookies!

Would you believe it??

So, Friday we pigged out. Saturday I ate out and drank soda...I'm not doing very good with that goal. I gotta get my hubby on board. Sunday we had our usual BIG breakfast and then a not so healthy dinner. So, would you believe....

I lost 1 lb

Yeah, I woke up this morning, took a shower, with wet hair, weighed myself and I was down 1 lb!

2 lbs to go!!

Recipe for an unhappy tummy.

1. Eat about half of a homemade pizza.
2. Eat way too many of Kim's delicious chocolate chip cookies.
3. Eat too many Oreo cookies.
4. Stay up partying with the girls, laughing and playing games.
5. When you get home at 11:00 go running 2 miles.
6. Stay up till about 12:30 enjoying a quiet house.
7. Wake up early the next morning and run 6 miles... on the treadmill... with an incline.

I promise if you stick to this recipe by about mile 5 of your morning run your tummy will start to ache so bad that you will swear off ever eating chocolate chip cookies again.

The good news is that once you get off the treadmill you will return to normal and hopefully get off the plateau you've been hovering at for the last month.

(Actually my motivation came from eating so much junk, gaining a pound last week, and the relay coming up that I need to be ready for.)

Surprise!!

So, last night was fun. When I woke up this morning at 7:30 I could not come up with a good excuse to stay inside. It was cool and windy outside so I couldn't use the heat as an excuse. I'm all alone so I couldn't use the kids as an excuse, and I still had 2 1/2 hours before I had to pick up Nicky and Aiden so that wasn't a good excuse either.

So I went running!

All by myself.

Either my motivation is back or I felt really guilty about all the junk food. Oh! And I saw Maria and Emily out for a bike ride. Let's just say, she was really surprised to see me.

Sarah's weigh in

I also decided to use today's weight for my official weigh in. This is going to be a tough eating weekend, and with my weight for today, I didn't need any help from junk food. So here it is. I GAINED 1 pound. I was VERY frustrated this morning, now I just feel like, "whatever." I know I've been working hard, and eating well this week, but for some reason the scale was not my friend. I won't give up though. Even though I'm going to be eating bad this weekend, I'll be working out extra hard as well. And I am also planning to go to the gym sometime next week, maybe once or twice to ride bike, do eliptical, or have a swim. Hopefully that will be good to shock my system a little bit. So I'm a little bummed, but at the same time, I'm motivated to work hard next week to get that extra pound off, plus the other pounds I still need to lose.

With that being said, I'll be over soon to eat lots of yummy homemade pizza and snacks girls!

Korina's Weigh In

I have decieded to weigh in today! Tonight is Girl's NIGHT! And I am going to enjoy!! :) I lost 3.5lbs this week!! I am getting excited my goal is actually really near!! Which if I plateau I know it is going to be really frustrating. The past two weeks I have started working out 6 days a week. It gets hard, but I feel like my body needs it to keep burning calories. Today the goal was to do a few miles at the park. Well first lap around my Galbladder if that is what it is ended up hitting me. I ended up on the grass in a ball waiting for it to pass. We ended up doing mat exercises. That is something we have not done for awhile, so hopefully it will shock my body and I can loose a little. Well off to the Shower! Today Katelynn has field day and I am going to go help out! It will be fun!!

Kim's Results

I officially only lost 3lbs this week. It is good, but as Korina says... I want OUT of this decade and I've got 3lbs to go to get me there. Maybe next week.

I didn't do well with me eating the later half of this week so I really can't complain. I even drank a little soda at Costco...bad Kim, BAD! lol I'm just happy I kept the 3 off that I lost at the beginning of the week.

Next week the goal is to...as Korina says.... GET INTO A NEW DECADE! I'm so close!

1 goal accomplished

Korina made me do it! I ran 2 miles today.... up Charleston and down Charleston. I planned on two miles, just not up Charleston. It wasn't too bad, but it also wasn't easy. MY plan was to run to the park around and back. Although we did not go with my plan I am glad I went up Charleston because it pushed me. I probably needed to burn those extra calories anyway because I had dinner at Costco last night, which is never good.

More than running two miles... I got out today!! It's Thursday! Thank goodness for a mat workout tomorrow.

Sarah

First of all Sarah you look great! But since you are frustrated here are a few sites I found. There were tons. But one thing it said was to switch it up. So a few morning a week if you want to drop them off at my house so you can hit the gym and do the bike or swim or whatever you want. I would not mind watching the kids. You have worked so hard to get here and our doing so great. So anything you need I don't mind and the kids would love it!!!


http://www.ehow.com/how_5235865_lose-last-lbs.html


http://www.nowloss.com/how-to-lose-your-last-10-pounds.htm

http://www.googobits.com/articles/149-lose-those-last-10-pounds.html

GRRR

Me again, I know I posted like, 9 hours ago, but I'm back and I'm so frustrated!!! You know how I said I wouldn't beat myself up over eating too much dinner - I might have to eat my words. At least my words don't have any calories:) I ran 5 miles yesterday, and I feel like I work my booty off every day trying to get over this plateau. But no, all I do is work so hard to just maintain. Well, eating a bigger dinner last night made me gain 1 1/2 pounds!!! What??!! And it's not like I ate it right before bed so it was still in my tummy - I didn't eat anything after 7:00 last night. I think I'm destined to be at this weight. SO FRUSTRATING!!

Sarah's Midweek Report

After my morning run of 5 miles last Saturday, I did thoroughly enjoy eating. BUT I still didn't do as bad as I had the weekend before. I even went running again that night and ran 4 miles, and walked an extra 1 1/2 miles, so I felt really good about the weekend. Until.... right after church on Sunday I was exhausted and hungry and I didn't feel like being healthy so I wasn't. I didn't do horribly, just not the healthiest of choices, so I did still gain some weight over the weekend, which is always expected for me. And today I FINALLY got back to my weigh in weight. It is coming off slower than I want, and I feel like I'm having to fight for each pound, but I'll do it.
I woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning with a headache, stresses over money (who doesn't right?), stresses over my calling, I was too tired, and just in a bad mood. I was NOT looking forward to running 5 miles on the treadmill. Once I put Sydney to bed I just kept stalling and stalling, but finally dragged my booty onto the treadmill because I knew if I didn't do it right then, I would have NO other time to do it today. I am so glad I did. It was hard because I was so tired, but it helped my mood so much. Ok, so honestly, I didn't like it so much while I was doing it - in fact I was wondering if I actually EVER said that I liked running because I figured it must have been a big lie. But AFTER I got done I felt so much better, and my day ran so much smoother.
Because it was a busy day I went WAY too long between meals and by dinner I was STARVING, head was throbbing again, and stomach was growling and I ate way too much. But guess what, I'm not going to beat myself up over it. (I also won't be looking at the package of Pillsbury breadsticks to see the calories and fat either)
I'm still sticking to my workout schedule and I'm doing good on that, I've done alright with my eating this week, with the major exception of that delicious red velvet cake cupcake with creamy cream cheese frosting - Don't regret it one bit. But the thing I REALLY need to work on more is getting more sleep. It is just so hard to get myself into bed when it is the only time I am not interrupted by kids. But I have been SO tired all week, and it makes me too irritable with the kids. And I know it will also help me lose a little bit of weight just to let my muscles rest and heal also.

Mid-Week Checkin

So, I started out the week at a weight that was actually even higher than the weight that I have on my tracker. I think it is because of all the junk I ate over the weekend.

As of right now I am down 3 lbs this week, BUT I still need to lose another 3 to get any real weight loss for the week.

I worked out Monday, missed Tuesday because I got too busy, but went out again today.

In some ways I feel horrible because physically I am really back to square one. One mile makes me winded! On the other hand, I'm not dwelling on it. I'm taking Korina's advice and I'm making small goals.

Goal 1 - By next Friday I want to back to running 2 miles...doesn't have to be easy, just be able to do it.

Goal 2 - No soda!...even on the weekend. It is truely my downfall and it is not good for me. I want to get pregnant and I need to be off of it before I do

Goal 3 - make time for workouts on Tuesday and Thursday

Those seem easy enought, right? LOL...we'll see

Eating

This weekend I was determined to maintain over the weekend and I only gained half a pound! Which is really good for me. So I was determined to have a great week which would hopefully lead to big numbers of loss on Saturday.

Well Monday someone brought me a cupcake and can I just say it was so good!! YUMMY I could not resist it was delicious YUM YUM!

Then today the day started off good, but after lunch it went all down hill. I just kept talking to myself, then it went to yelling to myself. I say to myself for the fact that nobody else in my house was listening to me. To say the least I ended up in tears on the phone with Gary. 7am- 8pm sometimes is just way to many hours! Then my Dad came by at 5pm and said "Lets go to dinner!" SWEET so I hurried and got the kids ready and we went to Macayos all I can say is I went crazy and I enjoyed every bite of it, maybe a little to much. To be honest I needed to get out of the house so it was great! I came home and did strength training. Then tomorrow I will be running my butt off at the park then coming home and do some more!

So this just about my midweek check in! And as you can see eating wise I am doing GREAT?? I have been trying to drink more water. Mostly after seeing how much water Sarah drinks. Working out I am also doing good I actually have been doing a little extra to make up for my eating!

Really??

So, went to work out for my first time in a while. It was hard getting started. I felt a little winded in the beginning, but by the time we hit the second lap I was breathing okay, but of course tired. We did one round of circuits with the girls and to be honest, I thought I would be more sore than I am right now.

I can function and that is great, but we worked the whole body yesterday so what am I supposed to do today? I've always been told the only muscle you can work 2 days in a row is your abs. Do I just go for a run, or do I do Jillian Michaels...another whole body workout??

I'll figure it out I suppose. I don't want to do any damage, but I need to do this every day so I don't get out of the habit again.

OH MY GOODNESS!!

I try not to post twice in one day, but I just have to share.

I am SO out of shape!! Skyler and I took a walk to Blockbuster with the boys this evening and I don't know if it was the heat, or me, but I seriously got tired just walking.

I've got a lot of work to do to get back to where I was. Motivation is coming slowly.

Breakfast: oatmeal

Lunch: hamburger, 1/2 an individual bag of chips, and a cookie

Dinner: 1 slice of veggie pizza and 1 bbq chicken finger with a little bit of ranch

Drinks for today.... WATER WATER WATER.... and a Sobe Mango melon that I shared with the boys.

Not a very good eating day, but I have decided to listen to my stomach and only eat till I'm full. It has worked out quite nicely.

Light

My weigh in, as expected was the same as it has been the last 3 months...maintained. I expected it because I have not yet begun exercising again. I didn't go on the run this morning because frankly, I feel so out of shape right now, I'm not sure I could do it. I know Korina put in a shorter run, but still, I think I'd get tired even walking it at this point. I have felt like this ever since having that awful flu last week. My body is just drained.

So, Skyler and I have discussed my dilema and just to kick start my exercise I'm gonna get back on the old schedule for now. Once his schedule changes there will be no way I can do it, but for now I've gotta get back into gear. That means you should expect me Monday morning Korina...at least for the next 2 weeks. I'm not sure exactly when his schedule is going to change so I'm just gonna go with the flow until then. Sleep is over-rated right? =)

Honestly girls, I am so tired of being depressed, and my weight is contributing to that depression so it is absolutely time to do something about it. I can't change my family, but I can change myself.

Still Here

I hate plateaus!! I guess I couldn't really expect too much of a weight loss after my binge eating last weekend, but still it's frustrating. I did actually lose 1/2 pound as of yesterday, but this morning for my weigh in it was back. I could use yesterday's weigh in for my official weigh in, but I'm going to use today's just because it may help with next week. So if I lose that 1/2 pound I can count it and add it to hopefully another 1/2 pound at least.

I ran 5 miles this morning and it wasn't too bad. It was easier than last week, but then again it was only 5 miles instead of 6. I'm planning to go out running later today again to run 4 miles to prepare for the relay. I want to do a couple 2 a day runnings just so my body/ muscles can adjust for that. And MAYBE...HOPEFULLY... it might just help me not to pig out this weekend! I don't want to run 4 miles on a tummy full of junk.

A new decade

That is right finally the next decade. This is a decade that I have waited a long time to get into!! I only .5lb, but .5lbs put me in this new decade. I weighed in on Thursday and had lost the .5lb I was hoping I could loose the other half, but OH WELL! Yesterday we went shopping and I fit into a size smaller!! Still a little tight, but they fit!!!


Today Monta and I did 4 miles by the time I finished I asked Monta how did I ever do 13.1 miles! I still have no idea how I actually was able to complete. Talk about a huge prayer being answered.

The Results are in..

I finally hit the doctor today. I felt like such a wimp I just kept listing all of my aches and pains. I have to go in for more test. But here are the pains and what it is


I have been having this pain that starts in my right upper thigh then travels all the way down my leg to my ankle. It is really painful even when I drive it hurts so had! The result is :


-Sciatica is pain, tingling, or numbness produced by an irritation of the nerve roots that lead to the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is formed by the nerve roots coming out of the spinal cord into the lower back. Branches of the sciatic nerve extend through the buttocks and down the back of each leg to the ankle and foot( thank you Bing for that info)

-Treatment one of them is avoid setting! I love it. It also says take some anti inflammatory funny part is I can't take them!(more to come on that) But he said if the pain gets really bad take ibuprofen. He is having me go in for a X-ray.


My knee the top and behind my knee hurts . The outside I can hear the cartilage and bone or whatever grinding together. And it is constantly popping out of place. So the result. Chondromalacia patella. Yeah I had to have the doctor write that one down. I just looked it up and it is a really big word for runner's knee. Basically deformed cartilage grinding together. My favorite part of looking up this was it said mostly affects Young, Athletic Individuals!! Makes me not feel like a old lady!! The doctor also said he thinks some of my ligaments may not be lined up correctly so he is sending me in for a X-Ray.

-Treatment it says rest........... Yeah I don't know if I can follow that one to well

My stomach Pain- I have had this cramp that starts on the right side of my stomach and travels to my back. It feels like I am having back labor it hurts. Also my stomach is just really tender on my right side. He thinks my gallbladder may be acting up or I could have gallstones. He is sending me in for a Ultra Sound to get it looked at. That is also the reason why I can't take any pain killers he said it would flair up my gallbladder or it would contract faster.


So is the pain worth it is the questions?? I am happy to say it is totally worth it! I would do it again knowing this would have all been the outcome. I go get all the X-Rays and Ultra Sound next week.

My Stair Master!

That is right I got a stair master! Are you so jealous??? The sad think is I have had a built in stair master since we moved into our first 2 story home! And today I finally dicided to use it for my workout! And Man do I feel it!! By the 4th time going up my theighs were feeling the burn! But I finished my set! I made sure I kept the pace up in order to keep my heart beat up to burn the calories. I am going to do a few sets of these today. But good free workout and I did not even have to leave the house! Here I come new decade!!

Mid Week Check In a little late

I am such in a slump!! I haven't lost any weight yet this week!! I really want to get into this new decade. I have even bumped up my workouts to 6 days a week. Tuesday I borrowed Sarah's biggest Loser Cardio workout. It is only 20mins long but you feel the burn! So I am going to do that again today!! After seeing how much water Sarah drinks I really need to drink more! Today I am going to the doctor to find out what is wrong with my leg, knee, and stomach! Funny think is nothing is bugging me today! :) I am sure when I workout today I will start to feel it again after my workout! Well that's about it!

midweek report

Nothing too huge to report, but I figured I'd check in anyway. I PIGGED out over Mother's Day. Not that Mother's Day is a big "eating holiday" but I'd been craving chocolate all last week. So finally when I got to my free day I really enjoyed. Yeah, that candy bar bouquet - ate it all! Plus lots of other junk. So needless to say I gained a lot over the weekend, but the good news is that I'm almost back to my weigh in weight. I'm thinking I might only maintain this week, but I've been working out really hard this week, so maybe I can hope for a half a pound loss.
My leg is starting to feel much better. Yes, it still hurts, but not as bad. I haven't had to have any ibuprofen since Saturday and I think my limp is not quite as noticeable. However, I did increase the incline on my 4 mile run today and towards the end I felt a pain in my other leg. Great!

So basically.... I'm a fish

Here is my eating for today.
8:00 - 1/2 C lowfat yogurt & 1/2 C lowfat cottage cheese mixed together. (It's actually quite yummy, believe it or not.) A mulitivitamin, and 4 cups of water.

10:00 ish - 4 cups of water while exercising.

11:00 - Chocolate protein shake with skim milk.

1:45 - Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread. (Two slices of bread, and 3 - 4 thin slices of 98% ff turkey - I usually have FF mayo and lettuce but I was out of both of those, so boring bread & meat today) also, a small handful of baby carrots. And 4 cups of water.

3:45 - banana and guess... yes, 4 cups of water.

6:00 - Chicken and Rice bake. Oh, and 4 cups of water.

8:30 - Orange and 1/2 C. lowfat cottage cheese all topped off with 4 cups of water.

Yes, I eat all day long, and I drink TONS of water. I have a green 4 cup water bottle and I basically try to to drink that with every meal. I drank 24 cups of water today.

Kim's Tuesday Menu

Today was just bad...

1/2 cup Cocoa Krispies w/ 1 cup fat free milk- Skyler wanted me to try them because supposedly they are SO GOOD...I think NOT! I didn't have any time to eat something good after that fiasco so on to lunch

1/2 a 99% fat free turkey sandwhich on Great Harvest cheddar garlic bread - SO GOOD! no preservatives yay! Oh and don't forget the honey mustard! I only got half because after Teagan was done with his lunch he ran off with the other half and ate that too.

1/2 an orange - the other half went to Logan

I cooked a turkey for dinner - Jennie O of course- sooo...
3 inch wide-thin slice of turkey breast
1/2 cup peas
1/2 cup Suddenly Salad bacon and ranch...I love that stuff!

Only 32 ounces of water today. I've tried drinking more, but my stomach has felt full all day and it is hard to drink when you feel full. It has been my dilema since having the flu.

I won't be eating anymore today because there is no time. I gotta go to bed early cuz I have to start babysitting VERY early tomorrow

A day in the mouth of Korina

12pm-Lunch( Yes Yes my first meal)-
Sandwich- Roast Beef(I get the 97%fat free lunch meat)
Cheese( I cut my own cheese)
Mustard( I like to try different mustards had some flair to my life
2 slices of Wheat Bread(Toasted)
Lettuce
Salt/Pepper

Chips/Salsa- Okay the chips are just bad. But I only eat one serving and also something I have learned NEVER eat chips out of the bag, because then you never stop.
Salsa- Gary made me homemade salsa for Mother's Day and it is all fresh Tomatoes, Peppers, and so on. That way I get one of my veggies for the day!!



5:30pm-Apple



6:15pm- Dinner
Strognoff
slice of butter bread!
Green beans



And since I can't eat after 7pm thats it!


And I have been drinking my water! I have this huge pink water bottle and I have drank 4 of those and still more to go!

Challenge!

I have a challenge for us! Pick a day this week a post everything you eat and DRINK for a whole day. I think it will help us see what we eat. And also give others ideas. So will you accept the challenge???

Example:

8am-bowl of chocolate ice cream

9:15am- 2 candy bars

11am- Wendy's #4

2:30pm- Large Pizza

5pm- Big Mac

8pm-another bowl of Ice Cream

11:55pm- A Family size bag of Doritos

and during the day I drank 5 cokes, 3 Dr. Peppers and 4 Gatorade's and a glass of water!

OKAY IT better not look like this but take the challenge I think it will help us all! Plus if we can eliminate just a few 100 calories a day that is a pound at the end of the week! And I am still maintaining and it is driving me CRAZY!!! So will you accept the challenge????

Life Happens!

So I think I should officially bow out of early morning workouts. I could not go today because I had to be at the courthouse at 8:30am, which was a chore of course. Jury duty always is. Luckily I decided to leave early this morning because my car had no gas AND there was an accident at the top of the on-ramp at Charleston which was slowing things down a lot. People love to see chaos. I barely made it there on time and I left an hour early! j

Okay back to the subject... on Wednesday I have to be at Jessica's at 4:30am!! I offered so she wouldn't have to find someone else. I lost a weeks worth of money last week, I can't afford to lose anymore! On top of that, Skyler has been having to go into the branch early every day because the new procedures are VERY time consuming. Sometimes he ends up working close to 12 hours with NO overtime because he's salary. They did that on purpose! They knew he'd be working overtime so made him salary to save money! Ugh...gotta lotta rants tonight. =)

Well, with no one to wake up the kids and get them ready for school, other than myself, I am finding it VERY difficult to exercise in the morning. So, like I said, I think I have to bow out. I give up! Skyler's schedule is going to change in June anyway and at that time I'd have to find a new schedule so I decided I'm just going to quit now.

The new question is....WHEN AM I GONNA DO THIS???? I am so frustrated. I know Sarah has offered to help, but finding a convenient time during the day is so difficult when I'm juggling 7 kids. Matthew and Jayden only have 3 weeks of school left and then it REALLY will be 7 kids ALL DAY!!

Does the flu count??

LOL.. I lost 3 lbs this week, but I have to say it was absolutely not because I exercised...because I didn't. I was dealing with all 6 of us getting the flu one after another. Well, I wish I could say it was one after another because one would get it, start feeling better, then get it again in a much milder way. The sad thing is, we're still dealing with it because Logan, the last to get it, is in his relapse stage. Well, he was the last kid to get it anyway. Skyler got it on Wednesday and is finally over it today and I got it on Thursday and well... I hope I'll be over it today. I feel fine, but food does NOT look good to me right now.

I HATE getting the flu so instead of being miserable I decided I should take this new found hate for food and use it to my advantage. Seriously, NOTHING looks good to me. The thought of soda makes me cringe because I threw up coke. GROSS!! I know! But hey, if it makes me not want soda, maybe its a blessing. I only drank it cuz my stomach was upset and I knew that would kick things into gear. Not a bad idea if I do say so myself.

Anyway, sorry I had to miss the run, but I'll be out next week. By the way, Korina, I won't be working out with you on Monday because I have jury duty. I will be there if by some miracle my number is not called to go in. I'll find out after 6pm on Sunday night.

Weigh In

This morning I ran 6 miles, and as much as I was dreading it - based on how hard 4 miles was the other day - it wasn't so bad. Is it weird that I actually kind of like waking up early on Saturdays now to run? And today it's nice because I don't need to take 3 hours to recuperate from my run.

As far as my weigh in goes - I'm going to use yesterday morning's weigh in. I actually ate really good while I was out with my friends - but my weigh in this morning was still 1 lb. more than yesterday's so I lost 1 1/2 pounds this week. Not bad, except that Wed or Thurs morning I was even 1 pound less than that. I'm happy with 1 1/2 pounds. It is a little hard having the weigh in numbers get smaller each week, but I knew that was going to happen.

I also went to the doctor yesterday. I've talked with my brother in law who is a doctor a couple times, but I finally decided to go see another doctor - not that I didn't believe what he was telling me, but more for a second opinion, just to make sure everything was ok. I wasn't quite sure what to expect because I just picked a doctor from the provider list that was close, and had availability soon. But I really liked this doctor. She was great. She said it isn't a pulled muscle because muscles repair themselves faster than this has. It's a pulled tendon. They take much longer to heal (which my bro- in-law had told me it will take a while to heal.) She said it could take up to 6 months to heal completely, but during that time I should start feeling a little better week to week. That's the important thing. I asked if I have to stop running. She said no! YAY!! In fact she said that I should keep running to keep stretching those tendons and exercising them. It would be more dangerous to stop completely, then when I start it would hurt them again. Maybe that's why I liked her, she told me what I wanted to hear. She did say it's smart to cut back on the running now that the race is done, but when I do run longer miles just to take some ibuprofen and it will be fine. So that is good. I don't' feel like I'm limping nearly as bad as I was, so hopefully the limp will be gone within a month. Just in time for me to do my next race, then I'll be limping again.

Weigh In

I maintained.......... :( I am not very happy about this. I really want to get into the next decade. Today we ran 4 miles and I usually run about 14min miles I know slow. But today I was able to do it 12 min miles! By doing less I am hoping I can keep picking up my time each time. Now for my knee at first it felt great. Then I hit 2 miles and I started to feel it, then all of sudden it started locking up or giving out as we were running! It hurt so bad!!! I will be calling on Monday to get my knee looked at. Or maybe I will get a knee brace.

Kids

I thought this was to funny. Today we watched Sarah's kids and Katleynn was of course taking pictures and she was having them pose. Then she was like look Mom it is like you do when you stand by the door and take pictures. (meaning the weigh in pictures) My poor family has been drug into this journey!

FRUSTRATED!

I am getting so frustrated. The past two weeks the weight has been coming off and I am so close to a weight that I am excited about!! But this week I am going crazy it took till Wednesday just to break even. Which I wasn't even that bad this weekend. Then yesterday I finally broke even. So I was determined to loose a pound. I worked out ate right, drank my water, took my vitamins. I stepped on the scale today and gained 3lbs!!! WHAT THE HECK!!! I am going crazy! I don't get it!! I really don't want to gain weight this week............ I am so frustrated. Why is it so easy put on weight and so hard to take it off??

Why is it??

That I ran a half marathon 1 1/2 weeks ago, and I was terrified to run 4 miles today. And even more - why were those 4 miles SO HARD!!! I swear, I was so close to stopping today because running just exhausted me. I did realize after I finished that at about 2 1/2 miles I increased the incline. I was so exhausted that I pushed the incline down just to make sure I wasn't on an incline - well, my brain must have been exhausted too, because instead of pushing down, I pushed up. It wasn't THAT much of a difference, because it was only up 1 or 2 levels, so like 2.5%, but it helps me feel a little better about the run being so hard. So I'm planning on running 6 miles on Saturday. I'm hoping it's a little easier than today was. I'm tempted to cut it down to 5, but you know me - I'm a slave to my schedule, even if I did create this schedule. I think my muscles are tired, so I'll rest them tomorrow & do weights instead, and hopefully that will help.
Anyway, as for the rest of my midweek check in. It's going good so far. I ran 2 miles Mon. and walked an extra 1 1/2 miles. Yesterday I ran 2 miles and did weights, and today 4.
I've been doing good on my eating, and having more fruit this week. I really notice a difference when I eat more fruit. I need to keep up on that.
The area I need to improve the most is still sleep. I'm SO tired, because I stay up too late just trying to get a little alone time/ unwind time after going all day.
My leg is still very sore. I stopped taking ibuprofen in the middle of last week, to get an accurate picture of what the pain really was. I've been stretching a ton, and it helps a little, but I think just time will heal it the most. I did take some today because I was really as scared for this 4 miles today, as the first time we did it. And the ibuprofen really helps a lot. I'm going to dinner with some friends on Friday night. I'm going to TRY to eat healthy, but I might weigh in Friday morning just in case I blow it on Friday night.

Mid Week Check In

Well the weight is not falling off this week. I just barely got back to where I ended last week. I am hoping to take off at least a pound to get me in the next decade. I have a crazy week so far. Sunday our fridge broke so I laid in bed stressing out about it all night. Then woke up bright and early to work out. Then Monday waited all day to get my fridge fixed and eating out of a cooler! GOOD TIMES! That night Aiden was up the whole night having night terrors or something I don't know. All I know is every hour he was up. Tuesday Maylee woke up with a fever and running nose. She ended in the Dr office all afternoon. Then that night Aiden and Maylee took turns waking up and I had the bright idea to go to bed at midnight!! But I knew with a sick kid there was no way I was going to find time to workout today. So amazingly I got out of bed and worked out this morning. Lately my IBS has been killing me and this morning when I was working out it hit! I felt like was having back labor so enjoyable running with pain in my stomach. But at least it is done for the day!!

I really need to drink more water! And I can always work on my eating habits! What a whiny blog!

WOW

I could not wait! I had to post the two pictures and see if I could see a difference in us. The first picture is us on Thanksgiving 2009 and of course the half marathon! When I first saw the half marathon pictures I started to critique myself and think of all the rolls and the things that I need to loose! And then I compared and then my mind changed OH MY GOSH Did I need to loose weight! I am so happy we did this! This picture seriously brought tears to my eyes, part of me is happy for the steps I have made, but at the same time disappointment in myself for letting myself get that big. I still have a way to go, but these pictures are motivation! Thank you girls! I am so happy we started this journey and we will finish this journey "smaller" people. Because we have each other!

Note: This was not any of our finishing time, we just wanted our picture in front of the finish line!!

BAD DAY!

Let's just say today was a bad day to get back on the diet wagon! According to the schedule I was supposed to run 2.5 miles today. Did that happen? Absolutely NOT! I had to wake up at 5:10 this morning so I could be presentable when baby Logan got dropped off at 5:30. Not to mention the fact that I was up with a child throwing up all night. Then Logan had his evaluation at Child Find for preschool today. It was supposed to be one hour but turned into almost 4!! The good news on that front is that more than likely he's going to get in, and we got all the interviews done today so I don't have to go back Wednesday. So, Durrae was watching the kids and when I got back, as usual when a cousin is over here, the house was COMPLETELY TORN UP! Why is it, I can watch 10 kids in my house and it won't be a disaster, but one cousin comes over and it is like a tornado hit it??? No respect, that's all I can say. Ugh, enough of that rant.

Anyway, so just to keep from falling asleep today I drank the forbidden PEPSI, in fact, I drank 2 cans! I didn't want to but I couldn't lay down cuz I missed baby Logan's nap time and I REALLY needed to clean. So, 4 o'clock rolled around and baby Logan finally went down for a nap, but could I go to sleep...NO I had to start dinner so we could eat a decent hour. Finally at 5 o'clock I was able to lay down for 30 minutes, which is good cuz if I didn't I would have fallen asleep driving baby Logan home. I get there and have to wait 30 more minutes before Lisa gets out because she didn't balance. I am now home, waiting for Skyler to get home because they are having trouble with the new system and some of the new employees didn't balance.

I figure if I can muster the energy I'm going to do some strength training tonight and wake up for a 2.5 mile run tomorrow. We'll see....

10K Training schedule

I found this 10K schedule I like it because everyday is not running!! It has cross training and strength training also in it. I would have to switch around the schedule. This is what I was thinking. http://www.halhigdon.com/10ktraining/10knovice.htm

I would do what it says for Tuesday on Monday
I would do what it says on Monday on Tuesday
I would do what it says on Saturday on Wednesday
Thursday Rest
I would do what it says Thursday on Friday
I would do what it says on Sunday on Saturday
Then rest on Sunday!

Okay so I changed the whole schedule but that works for me!

just a little change

I thought we might need some inspiration. If you haven't noticed yet, check out the blog title and description. I thought it suited our journey nicely.

New month's pictures

Jan. 2010

May 2010

Jan. 2010

May 2010

Here are my pictures for the new month. I don't see much difference from last month's picture, but that could also be the shirt. I didn't quite reach my ambitious goal for April's weight loss, but that's ok, I still lost weight. For the month of May I'd like to lose 8.5 pounds. That would put me at a total of 51 pounds lost. Yes, ambitious again, but if I can do 2 pounds per week, and an extra half in there I can reach it. I am also going to do a couple two-a-day runs to prepare for the Ragnar race. As I sit at my computer I think, that won't be hard. But I'm sure as I'm running it will kill me. I wrote up my training schedule for the month, so that will help me to know what I need to do each day. Hopefully I'll reach my goals for this month!!

4 months outcome

Here are the 4 month pictures! We are used to having church at 1pm and today it was at 10am so the pictures are in my Sunday clothes. And now I am in my comfy PJ's!

January 2010

May 2010

Jan 2010

May 2010
I still may end up taking a picture in jeans just to get a more accurate picture. But this will do for now.

My feelings: Well I am excited about the weight that I lost. But I realized when I hit this new weight that most likely I will need to change my goal by probably 10lbs. We will see not going to change it just yet. But I have a size in my and I think 30lbs is probably going to get me there. I don't know. That is reason why I want to change it. The reason why I want to keep that goal. First I feel that it is practical for me and I know I can reach that goal. Next is most likely in the Fall we are going to start trying for #4 and I get sick and loose anywhere between 25-35lbs within the first 4 months. So I know the weight that my goal currently is at I would not be anorexic to loose it. I know that every pregnancy is different but I have already had 3 kids. So I am still debating I guess we will see.

Goals: I would to say my to continue loosing 5lbs a week! :) Keep up the working out and to continue eating better!

Thoughts

We all know I'm stuck in a RUT! A BIG rut. The good news is you guys are great motivators. Soon life is going to get back to normal around here, and believe me, I am looking forward to it. I honestly wish I hadn't wasted the last 3 months letting life stop me from reaching my goals, but it goes back to that old saying, "You can't teach an old dog new tricks". That is how it has been my whole life...stuff happens and I lose focus. As I talk to you guys it amazes me how you can find time to exercise and eat right when you are so busy. I can't seem to do it! I can't seem to get my butt out of bed to exercise at 5:30am...yes 5:30am because I've got to eat breakfast, drink water, and get ready just to be there by 6am. I have not been eating too bad apparently because I have been able to consistently maintain this 3 months. I have not lost, unless I was sick, and I have not gone over my last weigh in weight. I love the times I've lost, but because I did not lose it right, it came back.

Now that the sun is up when I need to get up I am finding it easier to NOT sleep in. So, here's the plan. I am going to get my booty up and exercise on Mon, Wed, and Friday. I am assuming I'm not going to get much strength training in because Marlo doesn't get there until 6:30 and besides that, it is going to get hot here really soon. So, on Tuesday and Thursday I will have to do strength training. I was thinking of doing my Jillian Michaels 30 day shred on those days, but if I do it will have to be after Skyler because there is not enough room in the living room for both of us. LOL.

To be honest, my eating habits are not going to change. I eat out when I can't seem to get dinner done at a decent time, and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to fix that problem because even if we don't eat out, we eat something quick, which is just as bad. No matter what we take in extra calories. The one thing I am going to desperately try to change and I have NO idea how is cut out soda. Like Korina said last week, "Some days you just need a coke". I have had those days a lot lately. Soda is horrible anyway because it makes my skin break out like crazy. That is the one thing I hate about drinking it.

I hate to say it, but you guys need to be hard on me. Don't accept my excuses. Believe me, I'm good at coming up with them, especially in this area of my life. Yell at me if you have to! Give me guilt trips, I don't know. I need a Jillian. Someone who's gonna totally kick my butt if I don't eat right. LOL HELP!! =)

by the way, this starts tomorrow cuz I've gotta Pepsi in the fridge with my name on it!! hahahaha

It's about time!!

I'm back from vacation! Had a wonderful time, and ate, ate, ate. But also walked, walked, walked. Still, vacation is always brutal to the scale so I weighed in on Thursday morning before heading out of town. I lost 2 1/2 pounds!!! I'm so excited!! I was getting very frustrated with my little plateau. Even though it was only 3 weeks it was very frustrating. I know it's probably silly to count the half pound, but that little half put me down into the next decade, so I'm counting it.
I was thinking about exercising tonight after I got home, but with just getting home, and getting everything organized it didn't happen. But don't worry - I haven't lost my motivation.
Kim convinced me that I need to go see a doctor. I was planning to call and schedule an appointment on Monday, but life made it much easier. My brother in law that watched my kids while we were gone is a doctor. I talked to him on the phone a month ago, but it's been a while, and last time it was just over the phone. While we were there getting the kids I had a doctor appointment. He's great - although it was a little odd having my brother in law push on my upper thigh trying to find where the muscle hurt. He was also rubbing my sciatic nerve (on my butt), right as Jerry walked into the room. Good thing Jerry knew what he was doing :) It was kind of funny. Anyway, back to the story.
He says I pulled a muscle, actually a couple different muscles right there in the hip/groin area. He says the groin muscle takes a long time to heal, and that's the one I've not been as diligent at stretching. He taught me some good stretches to help it. I asked if I have to stop running, and he said no. Just listen to my body. If it hurts, take it easy. So, with that, and the fact that I ate SO MUCH yesterday and today I'm planning to run on Monday. I think I'll start with just 2 miles & see how it goes. My plan is to use the training schedule for the next couple weeks and do the weeks that we cut out. They were right there in the middle, with 5 - 6 mile runs on Saturday.
I forgot to take my new month picture before we left, so I'm going to take it tomorrow and put it up then, and I'll set my new goals for the month. WOW - this month flew. It seems like I just did that.

Solo

Saturday is the day we go on our long runs. And today all my running buddies are out of town and Skyler had to work. We don't really run together but we start together which is nice it makes me get out of bed and go!! So today I had to make the decision to set on the couch or to run! So I finally got off the couch a little after 8am and ran a little over 3 miles. I look forward to next week having my running buddies back!!! :)