Post holiday workout

And so it begins. This thanksgiving I did really well. My eating was moderate, I didn't have one piece of pie, and unfortunately, I did have 1 soda and 2 cups of sparkling cider. That being said, I am down another pound. Today I walked over 3 miles and I feel pretty good. My goal this week is to drop another pound. I'm hoping I can do a pound a week for a while. Eventually it will add up.

I am still here. Did not loose any weight last week. BUT!! I did go down a size in jeans!! Only one size and I am back to pre pregnancy pants!

Saturday morning I woke up with a sore throat. I new I had to get out and run. And Monta had to work so I had to go by myself. I needed to get my eight miles in. From the minute I left my house I just hurt so badly. So weak from being sick and just my legs were cramping. I just kept waiting and waiting and waiting for my body to get the groove it never came. As I ran up Temple Hill I was holding back the tears. I wanted to stop so badly, I wanted to call Gary and say "COME GET ME!!" But I kept saying what if you feel like crap on race day!!!! I ran all 8 miles. Probably the longest run ever, I really felt like it was never going to end. I got to my house and realize I was at 7.75 miles so I had to pass my cold a sac and keep running. UGH! I am at that point I hate running. I thought I would be over it and happy I was able to finish it later Saturday no I still hate it!! I ran yesterday and planning on working out all week, except for Friday. Thursday I have my Turkey Trot. Monta and I are doing the 10k!! And then Gary or I will do the fun run with the kids! The kids talk about it all year having to run so far!! :)

Hello??

Where are you guys?  What happened to the updates?? =)

As Luck Would Have It

My plans are a bust!  New plan, and this is going to seem very outrageous.  Maintain my current weight till next summer.  I don't want to gain,  I don't want to lose, I just want to get my muscles in shape.  I'm gonna continue to do what I am doing, and work hard, drink lots of water and stay off the soda.

The soda thing has been going very well.  I have no desire to drink it.  Sometimes I think I want a sip, but then I think about what is going on with me and it completely deters that desire.

On Friday last week I was up 5 lbs from my current weight.  As on today I am officially down 6 lbs.  So I lost the vacation weight plus 1 lb.  Awesome!

Exactly what I expected

Vacations are never kind.  I came home and was up 5 lbs!  I think most of it was water retention from riding in the car because today I am down 3.  Yesterday was my first day off soda.  So far so good, except that I'm getting a little headache, but I'm sure it will pass.  Just goes to show how addicted I am to my cola. I am determined though.  I have a lot of chores to do today so I'm not gonna go out walking, but starting Monday I'm getting back down to business.

My goal for the next week is:

NO SODA

I think this one is going to be really hard for me so I'm not gonna make any more.  I've got to start small.  I have already made a mental change.  I actually turned down going out for fast food last night.  Instead we came home and had a small bowl of turkey chili and steamed veggies.

Remember

I texted Marlo last night, and I said, "You remember that girl that could not run one time around the track!" Marlo reply "That girl is long gone!"

Today Monta and I ran our twelve miles!! It was long and near the end my legs were hurting badly! Gary met us at Nellis Air Force Base and filled up our water bottles and took my sleeves.
Then Louis(Monta husband) met up with us at mile 10 and drove next to us for awhile and also brought us a drink and almonds. Once we got done. We died in my house for awhile, and Gary made us breakfast. Then we headed over to Planet Fitness ( Monta has a membership) and got massages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So nice!!

Gary took the picture of us!

Getting a well earned massage.

YEAH We hit 12 miles!!

Looking down at the temple!!

Weigh In

This week was a very nice week! I lost 7lbs! I really would like to loose 6 more pounds by the race. We will see with Thanksgiving in the middle of that we will see..

This week not eating after 7 has been okay, it is hard Gary gets home after 7 and is always willing to share.... I have been good to say no thank you! Even yesterday for some reason my dough would not rise finally when Gary got home the dough finally look good enough to cook. Fresh bread YUMMY YUMMY. And I was good and said NOPE that's okay...... I have still been without a soda since last Tuesday. I cut out soda completely it has a lot of calories that I can go without.

Next week goal is to eat better snacks. I got some carrots, apples and fat free sour cream to make some ranch dip and pretzels.

I am hoping this is a boost that my body needed to finally get this weight off!!


Training wise I have taken it rather easy this week. My foot is really killing me I did 10.5 on Saturday and on Tuesday we did 3 miles and I should have done something yesterday, but giving my foot time to heal before the 12 mile run tomorrow!! UGH

This what my next few week look like for my long run

Friday 11th- 12 miles
Saturday 19th- 8miles
Thursday 24th- 10k (turkey Trot)
December 4- 13.1 (race day!!)

Through out the week I will throw a few short runs in anywhere from 3-5miles)

I would have to say I took training not has strict this time throughout the week, still hitting the appropriate amount of miles on weekend. And I have to say I still enjoy running. Where the last time I did the half, I HATED running by the end of it.

And I already have my next plan for after the race...........................

The beginning of the end

I am leaving for Disneyland in the morning.  This week is the last week for a lot of things so I'm gonna enjoy everything I want to eat, drink soda when I want to drink it, and I won't feel guilty about it.

However....  post vacation is a whole other story

NO MORE SODA
NO MORE EATING OUT (no more than once a week anyway)
HEALTHY SNACKS
WALK TO THE SCHOOL AT LEAST TWICE A DAY -(3x if I have the time)
BEGIN STRENGTH TRAINING 3 DAYS/WEEK

Those are the goals.  I've got Skyler on board and I've got the cupboards full of healthy food.  I'm ready to rock it when I get back.

by the way... I did lose 1 lb this week. woohoo ;)

10 miles!

10 miles down only 3.1 to go!! We ended up actually doing 10.5miles! My legs, butt, arms, okay my whole freaken body hurts badly!! But it is done! I only have one more long run before the Vegas half marathon! Next we are doing 12 miles. Then the following week I am thinking 8 miles. Turkey Trot the 10k and the following weekend is the Race!!

I did loose 3lbs this week!! I have set different goals for each week, but continue the week before goal

Week 1- No Soda! - on day 4 right now!
Week 2- No eating after 7pm
Week 3- Make my snacks healthier
I will add more once I get there.

Weigh in

I weighed in this morning and was so happy! I lost 6lbs!!! I'm sure it's higher because I've done hardly any exercising in the last several months. I want to keep the momentum going. I am a little, no VERY bummed because I called to get a replacement part for our treadmill and found out that they no longer make it. :(:( So just because of one simple part the treadmill is unusable - even though it runs fine and everything. But the part that the roller screws into is broken. So I'm going to have to find other ways to get cardio exercise once the weather gets too cold to go out with the kids in the stroller. I'll take it one day at a time though and try not to stress too much now.

Day 2!

Well on Tuesday I finished the last bit of soda in our house, so its gone. I can't believe I am even trying this I love my Pepsi! Really LOVE it!! But it is a lot of calories and I am having it way to often, so no soda till Thanksgiving then I will only have it when Gary and I go on our dates. But first I need to cut it out completely. Ugh! All I think about is I want SODA!! Ice cold coke from Sonic YUMMY!! Mostly today is tough, I woke up at 4:30am to work out. Then today is my day for playgroup. The kids are all really good, its just a nice soda would help me wake up right now!! But I can do it and will do it!


5am workouts. It is so cold and dark(Pitch Black) and Dallin is still not sleeping through the nights. So since it is cooling down I am going to go whatever days Monta can in the afternoon. That way it will be a little warmer, light and also good training for the half marathon. AND I will get to sleep past 4:30am!!! Saturday we will still have to go early, but not that early!! :)

So Far...

This week is going to be a bust!  I have been so busy and haven't had the time to get in my 5 miles/day.  I have been able to walk the kids to and from school only two days so far.  Pitiful.  Oh well.  Next week I'll be in Disneyland.  I'm gonna see if I can find a pedometer to borrow so I can at least count my steps.  However, when I get back its crackdown time.  I'm gonna change my diet, change the way I cook, and make sure I get in my 5 miles per day.  One good thing about being as big as I am right now... I'm totally motivated to NOT be this big.

Starting again, again

Yesterday I was kind of lacking motivation, but I'm really sick of wearing my maternity pants, and decided it was the day to start. My main goal for the day was to avoid any Halloween candy, which is really hard on November 1. I woke up and weighed in and even took starting measurements. Depressing. Then I didn't give myself to think about what I really wanted, I just made a healthy breakfast of eggs and toast. Slowly I started getting more and more motivated. I can do this. We did it before, and can do it again right? I just have even farther to go this time. My weight is higher than it was last time we started, but I can do it!
FINALLY we moved the treadmill inside last night. I've been waiting and waiting. We got it in, and I got on to go walking. As expected from the move the belt had shifted a bit and needed to be tightened. Got it tightened and started walking again. After a total of about 5 minutes the treadmill broke. CRAP! The plastic around the screw to tighten the belt was already week, but I guess I added too much pressure, and it was cold from sitting outside so it just broke. So now I get to order the new part and wait. BUT I wasn't going to let this stop me from exercising. I had to at least do well on the first day. So I did some weight lifting until Luke woke up and he wanted nothing to do with Jerry. He wanted to eat. RIGHT NOW! So I didn't get in as much of a workout as I wanted, but it was at least a start.

This morning I wasn't going to let no treadmill get to me. After I dropped Rebecca off at school I came home and put the two kids in the stroller, bundled up really good, and went walking. I walked 2 miles, and it felt really good.

So I need to get the nifty little wigit on the side for my walking and also update my weightloss one and I'm hoping to be on here a little more regularly because I'm planning on losing massive amounts of weight!! :) (I'll also get a pic taken soon.)